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I paid for FSD when I bought my car and have been using the FSD Beta and supervised during the entire time so I have watched it develop. There is a comfort level you get with it. The latest version, yes, I have cut it off for speeding a few times. And to avoid potholes. There was this one...

I find these direct "driver assistance" comparisons very confusing. I am using FSD supervised and I worry I have a bias for it. - I agree that Consumer Reports seems to put too much emphasis on protecting idiots from using "driver assistance". I know CR isn't asking for the following but the...

I would say there are three parts to keep clean... inside, outside and underside. When it is below freezing and they use salt on the road then the mixture of salt and snow/ice can get stuck on the bottom of car and the salt can kind of keep the snow/ice "slushy" and semi-liquid where it...

It is said that those light up and become more obvious when the screen is dead.

they have automatic transfer switches. The use case is if you have an electric clothes dryer outlet then you can also plugin and EV charger and using the clothes dryer will stop your EV from charging. I suppose it would work with any 240V load like a stove or oven. I don't know if it could be...

Well... the really good versions include a small ICE with no muffler for real authenticity!! :-)

At higher battery percentages than that I have had the car warn me that the percentage could drop a lot by the time I returned and I might not have that much range. I presume that warning is based on ambient temperature and maybe lower battery percentage. These cars really do like moderate...

search the internet, it took me 30 seconds to find them. Basically external speakers that emit "engine" sounds. The one I found was $800+

Minor point about the J1772 locks, I had bought a plastic (3D printed?) one an used it for a while although I noticed that the fit wasn't that great and I could wiggle it around enough and push the J1772 cable connector button enough to get my car to stop charging and remove the cable. If it...

I'm on 2023.7.30 and although not as continuous as you are experiencing Auto Wipers are wiping a lot too frequently in recent versions. I presume eventually they will fix this. The only thing I can recommend is to clean the windshield right over the camera. That seems to help. I also while...

A small minority of Tesla's I see on the road are tinted. Along the same lines the only thing I did was get a double layer 100% opaque roof screen (Model 3). In the summer the factory tint roof gets almost too hot to touch so the screen both reflects that heat away and insulates the interior...

I think car wash mode without enabling free roll is also meant for doing a hand wash in your driveway so exiting the vehicle and weight in driver seat doesn’t do anything special. For example you don’t want the charge port door opening during a hand wash. It still would be interesting to...

How can anyone not like car washes? :) https://xkcd.com/2815/

Oh, did you by chance move around the interior? Like lift your weight off the drivers seat? I remember it does not like you doing that when it thinks you should be solidly in the drivers seat.

Seems very odd for you to get blamed if there was no damage to your car. Even if you stopped others could have stopped before hitting your or other cars. The only thing I can think of it that something took it out of neutral or turned on AEB because it thought something was in front of the car.

The key fact here is the title. Well and the paperwork that is probably legally binding that you are taking possession of the car and promise to pay. Other comments offer some good advice. I would add to just make sure what happened with the previous payment. Why did it fail just to make...

I have some affection for that answer although it is a little more complicated than that. Installing solar panels kinda means you are prepaying for your power and it is roughly 5-10 years before you save enough to recoup the installation costs. Even buying a hybrid car with very high gas...

I am confused by what you mean by "charge scheduling glitches"? Hard for me to imagine these would be regular enough to warrant spending a $100-200 (I'm guessing) to buy and install something to switch the outlet. I am guessing that some software solution might be better/cheaper. I know if...

What I wrote isn't particularly useful for NH people buying Tesla's. But the quick summary is that if a NH resident purchases a car from MA you should take delivery in NH to 100% avoid and be 100% legal with MA taxes. I have heard multiple NH people unintentionally not paying MA vehicle taxes...

There is a nuance to having it delivered to MA. What happens to NH resident's who purchase a car and pick it up in MA is that everything initially is fine. No MA taxes paid. The taxes are paid when you go to register the car at the MA DMV. Then what happens is some years later the person...

Yeah, this is the way it is. No Tesla NH service center/sales location to pickup in NH. MA vehicle taxes don't allow this to be done. NJ is the closest state were the registration and taxes allow it to be done. I hope and suspect the ordering process said this but obviously not clear enough...

Disabling all ways of opening the charge port door is a Car Wash Mode feature. That is listed as one of the things it does when you enable it. If Car Wash Mode is enabled and has no bugs the charge port door will remain closed no matter what happens in the car wash. My guess is that somehow...

I haven’t found Car Wash Mode buggy at all. I have found it awkward and non-intuitive to use. It has taken me awhile to get to a place where I have a smooth flow of using it. And I’m still not 100% on ending it especially if there is a car close behind me in the wash. I also found getting...

I am on the same FSD Beta but still get the nag. Although it is much less than in the old days. I also get it less wearing sunglasses as long as I am pointed ahead, I think, because it can't see thru them. I can go 1.5-2 minutes between nags. My guess is that it is either a bug or possibly...

Leaving cabin overheat protection on is *not* a huge issue. It would be better to turn it off but it only stays active for the first twelve hours so the downside of that issue is limited. I 100% agree Sentry Mode is a battery killer for long term parking until it gets disabled at 20%. I hope...

I would say that speed is probably the biggest thing you can control that effects your range. I am not sure what speed on the low end is most efficient but I'm guessing it is a lot lower than anyone would want to do for a long trip. And lower than you can do on a highway. For ICE cars the...

I find I am less stressed and have more energy at the end of a long road trip using the TACC and Lane Keeping. I regularly do a 200 mile trip. I have found the right about of pull to constantly apply to the wheel to satisfy the nag. I can just vaguely watch the road knowing that if someone...

You can certainly read about off-grid or "preppers" that do a lot of thought about these things. You can do a lot with solar and some powerwalls although having thought about this a bit a key part of it is how long do need to survive on overcast days? if you have a week of stormy weather do...

If you are asking as part of the purchase of the car I suggest trying it out on ABRP you can put in the route and the exact car and starting battery percentage and it will give you a pretty good estimate. It has various advantages/disadvantages compared to the in car navigation but it will...

Note you do *not* have to turn off the heater or radio/sound system. Just leave the car and all that automatically turns off fairly quickly when all the doors are closed and you walk away. The radio will turn off instantly and the climate control after a bit more of a delay. Sentry definitely...

Does FSD Beta need a track mode that just watches Christmas Tree lights and launches without human intervention? I kinda assume that is against drag strip rules to use computers to trigger the launch.

It is useful to think about how other car manufactures handle similar things. Generally they redesign each car model every 3-4 years. If you track the quality and issues of the models you can see the sawtooth pattern of quality with each major redesign. There are some exceptions. If your...

I think the nag frequency is longer or is dynamic. Pretty sure it will ask quicker if it is doing a turn or doing something "interesting". I saw a tweet that mentioned a nag waiting 1m 40s before prompting. I tested it once being extra careful to keep my eyes on the road in a boring highway...

You can leave it plugged in forever at the recommended max charge limit (80-100% depending on the battery chemistry). The owners manual will say this... ABC (Always Be Charging). Leaving it unplugged, like at the airport, you can do for a very long time as long as you turn off all the features...

Oh sorry you are correct, I didn't mean to repeat. I didn't recognize it in your picture because I haven't seen it with the stickers on it in a very long time. I agree a hinge would be better... my guessing is that cost was the reason. It is pretty usable with the mod I mentioned.

I got one of these Hidden Armrest Storage Box for Tesla Model 3 Model Y I can kinda recommend it. I find it very finicky to close. Specifically the little door comes entirely off and I find it really finicky to seat the bottom edge. Once you get the bottom edge seated than it just...

I think it was Click and Clack from CarTalk who framed the question like this. If there was a used car out there in the condition of your car with a brand new drive unit... would you pay $7460 for it? I am not sure what the scrap value is of the car. There are other factors like are you ready...

This I can understand. From a physics perspective there is a lot of EMF (electromagnetic fields) coming at your car windows. There is visible light, UV (ultraviolet) light, IR (infrared), Gamma rays, X rays, Microwave and Radio waves. That feeling of radiant heat is IR which isn't...

They play with the packages depending on demand. When demand is high then only the most expensive packages and profitable (per car) are available. Like when the Model 3 first came out they talked about a $35,000 version of it but it was a year or more before you could actually order that and I...

Have you had any of the glass replaced? Pretty sure if you look at the markings on each panel of glass... that say "Tesla" and other stuff it will talk about the UV protection. I think it is sufficient for practically all drivers. I'm thinking there is some other sun exposure you getting or...

I think it was youtube creator Frugal Tesla Guy who broke the connector on his display relating to a tilting screen "upgrade" he did in his Model 3 right before a road trip vacation. He couldn't get it repaired before the trip. He and his family was able to survive and do stuff like navigate...

This seems like a relatively benign case of jumping the gate but yeah I wouldn't be too surprised to actually be cited if they caught you. Are people aware you can, with some difficulty, charge on the northbound side without going thru a gate? The Superchargers on that side are up against a...

I don't think you can enter or exit thru the gates without a code. That would mess with the toll booths on the road. I haven't had a big issue traveling thru NH just using Superchargers but I would check the tesla.com/findus map or maybe use A Better Route Planner to plan some of your travels...

22 miles south? Isn't Tyngsborough, MA going to be your closest? even compared to Manchester? It is 32 miles from the Tyngsborough Supercharger to the Hookset Supercharger.

Another 120V minor downside is that 120V charging is less efficient and more expensive than 220V charging. I don't think the difference is huge. In other words, ignoring that it will take longer if you charge from 20% up to 80% using 120V you will get charged more on your electric power bill...

Heck for weekend only driving you might be able to just use a 110V outlet. Only thing that wouldn't work for is if you wanted to do two long trips on both Saturday and Sunday without visiting a Supercharger Sat pm/Sun am. Not sure what to say about leaving it plugged in all the time with...

I will call out there are two semi-related "repairings" you can do. the security phone/card repairing and bluetooth repairing. I have fixed some glitches similar to this with my phone by just doing the bluetooth repairing. Bluetooth is easier to do. Doing the security repairing is a bit more...

Glad to hear, I just installed a EV/Tesla Offer trunk a month or so ago and am happy. I had asked at a Tesla SC and they were unsure when the OEM version would be available. The person I asked actually mentioned they see a lot of aftermarket and they seemed to generally work well.

I wouldn't overthink it. Your Tesla doesn't need a second tier BMS the regular BMS does an excellent job! :) Unless it is really a pain to plugin I would just get in the habit of plugging it in when I parked and forget about it. You have a thermostat in your home so you don't have to worry...

The brake light and the on screen visualization match. It amuses me that the little steering wheel on the screen rotates with the actual steering wheel. I think I have double checked at night when you can see the bleed threw of the light in the rear window. For fast vs slow I wouldn't...