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I bought my '15 MS from a Toyota dealership a couple of yrs ago. The FUSC (SC01?) and Premium connectivity DID transfer to me. I had to add a CC in the Tesla app just to transfer ownership, but I've never been charged for supercharging. Do most of my charging at home, so my savings would be...

Anything that threatens the govs ability to control us will never see the light of day. If 1st world govs were going to consider UBI, it would only be because they could manipulate it in their favor. That's just one reason that makes Bitcoin so remarkable. It grew under the radar, the gov...

Since 1971, taxes have been irrelevant. There are needed in a fiat world. Governments can print all the fiat they want, for whatever they want. Prior to 1971, governments actually had to keep a budget, they had to ask for more money from their citizens if they wanted to spend more (War Bonds...

Yeah, fixing the money would go a long way to stopping a lot of the corruption. If all the poorly run corps couldn't afford to buy their senators, less senators would stick around. But I still think term limits in Congress is an absolute need either way.

Those seniors worked decades paying into the SS system. They more than deserve it, they're actually owed it. Not their fault the gov stole from the SS funding. And your lack of math is convenient. How many +65 adults in the US? About 65 mil, 18% of the population. How many +18-64? 79% It's not...

We've been on a global petro-dollar standard since the 80's. I'd say that we've been there done that. It doesn't work. As for the LVT (Land Value Tax), it looks ok in theory, and has had "success" on small scales. But it's different in nearly every iteration. And I see it as a very risky...

Software is ever-evolving. It's not that these features were "already there". You act like they intentionally limit the features. The more likely explanation is that they don't wait to release everything they're working on at the same time, i.e. a true model year like most OEM's. They release...

You'd be replacing a bunch of brown-nosing YES men, with a new bunch of brown-nosing YES men.

Nah, but I can picture the book-like stack of non-compete/proprietary clause/agreements she had to sign to get that severance/stock.

That is the single best way to evaluate a position. He determined the parameters of what he needed had changed. So he adapted to that. She got a full year severance! So every week prior to a year that she worked elsewhere, she was essentially getting paid twice! After basically working/on-call...

From someone who was laid off in March 2020 due to COVID cuts at my company, and unable to relocate, couldn't find another equivalent job for 12 months, I think I'm more than qualified to understand what they're going through. I never said they were all engineers. You posed an example using a...

Did Elon fire HR? I don't have details, but it sounded like it was just the Supercharger team that was fired. You're trying to create a worst-case scenario to make a point. Do you think that entire SC team all came from that area? I'd say a good portion of them relocated to work for Tesla. So...

Exactly. The dev project carries the name, and once launched it serves as a differentiator from other versions. And the further away from launch, the usage fades a bit but always serves as the timeline indicator.

As quickly as these vandals were caught, that would be a poor decision. Just take your severance and skill to the next job. Anyone who has Tesla on their resume, and can't find another job has no one to blame but themselves.

You have a 150,000 mile cutoff? Is that for initial coverage, or will any warranty stop at 150k miles? I'm in KY, which has been very EV friendly with recent legislation. Are you in communication with KY about getting approval to do business here?

If I'm not mistaken, I believe once the install is done and their online, it might be the property owner who gets notification, and they would have local techs that do repairs. Corp Tesla may not have anything to do with the sites once it's up and running. But I could be wrong.

Yeah, send a non-lethal charge through the line!

Yes, and: Elon still tries to run Tesla like a start-up. Wants fast action, quick decisions, and rather than expanding the company into a larger, more stable entity, he pulls an Elon. He sees a department he can eliminate because he wants other OEM's to pick up what Tesla got started, and he...

18 of 19!? Where is this station located? No surveillance cameras? Are these cables so easy to cut? Would a big set of bolt cutters do the trick? Is there no chance of electrocution? Asking for a friend. 😏 Update: cables aren't live unless connected to a car. And police quickly found a duo...

As a used Tesla buyer, I feel like I'm still in the minority. Coming up on 2 yrs with my '15 MS. I absolutely love the Highland, especially the new P version. But I'll have to wait a couple more yrs and see what the used market looks like. Plus I like to give a refresh some time for them to...

We can't see their long-term plans, but I'd assume if we could we'd see how no stalks is an improvement. But I'm with you in that I don't think their timing is very good. I think if they'd worked on implementing steer-by-wire at the same time as removing the stalks, they would have gotten less...

Right, it's not just about the bottom line, it's also about where they invested. And you could say there's a slight difference between cost cutting, and cost savings. Cutting particular parts and replacing them with other parts can be a plus savings. But replacing with a better part/process...

Disclaimer: I'm not in auto finance. Would not recommend leasing except under certain business situations (realtors, etc..) That being said, it would make sense to me to have the total price on the lease paperwork. The reason being, most leases have the option to buy at the end of the lease...

Are you suggesting they would just leave the turn signal buttons on the center wheel/airbag assembly? What about the upper gear shift buttons above the rearview mirror? Your "optional" stalks would cause 1 of 2 things: 1) They have redundant center wheel buttons with the stalks, reducing the...

Well, the project can have any kind of scope they choose. A project doesn't even have to be set to a specific model. The project is closed once all the goals and parameters are met. That might be once the refresh M3 began on the production line, but not necessarily. They could have easily still...

What do you mean? Forum posting is my 2nd job. 😆

Ease of implementation is subjective and not simple to quantify. I'm not talking about how easy the switch would be. Although we can agreed to disagree on our own interpretation of "easy". I'm talking about time, money, and well, guess that's all that matters really. Whether a switch could be...

When you say "garage", do you mean a non-Tesla service shop? What kind of work did you take it there to get done? If so, first, I'd raise hell if they were leaving my car outside unlocked. Second, if they aren't even locking your car at night, and you're seeing the car moving, I wouldn't put it...

No disrespect intended. I just took your statement as not having considered the points I laid out, that's all.

Your statement makes me believe you don't have experience in a manufacturing/assembly facility, or worked in supply chain or a purchasing department before. The only reason Tesla has the appearance of making changes on the fly, is because they don't wait for model year to release some changes...

Oh no, Whitex is a person of principles. They've already switched their entire garage to VW. They're not coming back unless it's Tesla who installs the stalks. 😁

Looks contradictory when taken out of context. My point about the change being "done" is talking about the now and near future. Tesla has already committed major resources into removing the stalks. That cannot be changed quickly. My statement regarding Tesla changing things if they started...

Not at all! They are absolutely fallible. And Elon is probably the source of most of the mistakes. He pushes his agenda, and no one can talk sense to him. I was saying that once these decisions are made, most are too late to change. The yoke was an exception to that. And I completely agree with...

I think I had one of those as kid! 😆

Most people are lazy. They won't go to the trouble of buying the aftermarket kit and installing it themselves. So they b!tch about not being able to buy the car the way THEY want it. Or complain about learning something new. 'How dare Tesla try to change my habits!' So stupid. Honestly, I think...

It's a modification of a quote from the physicist Max Planck - "Science changes funeral by funeral"

Only if your hand is already in that position. You're assuming the left hand is in the 9:00 position, and the wheel is not already turning. Even in that scenario, it's a wash. They're basically the same type motion, moving one finger/thumb. And "close enough to the steering wheel" is not the...

I'm not here as a promoter of stalkless. I don't own one, haven't driven one myself. I'm being more of a devil's advocate than anything else. Auto trans: Has it's positives and negatives. Worse gas mileage, much added weight and an entire additional system that needs maintenance. Some would say...

Highland is a project name, overall project for the Model 3 refresh. Model S had the Falcon (original) and Raven (refresh). The X must've had one, but I don't recall it, probably just didn't catch on with the public. Now that Tesla has caught on so much in the overall car industry, their...

Whether we like it or not, it's a forced "innovation" that they're pushing to get people used to it for future applications, i.e. robo taxi and such. At some point they'll be able to recede the wheel/yoke back into the dash when using FSD. Stalks have to go away for that option. And it takes a...

Well, if you do too much referencing you'll open yourself up to copyright infringement. I'm no lawyer, so I don't know the limits, but I'd assume Tesla does.

You say that like it's a bad thing. 😄 Ya gotta have some fun with it. The alternative is him boring everyone with just the specs of each version, and the engineering behind them. That's all well and good for some, but not everyone. So he talks tech for part of the audience, and Spaceballs for a...

I reference Spaceballs every chance I get! 😆 My favorite movie of all time! (maybe tied w/Deadpool now) There is no Insane speed in Spaceballs. (Light-Ridiculous-Ludicrous) Ludicrous - Sorry, I got my rappers and adjectives mixed up. I was just saying, the only badge Tesla had before this one...

Stimulus checks, causing inflation. Thank the gov.

Regarding the badge, I believe in one of the YT vids I saw, they mentioned it's not a Plaid badge. It's not Ludacris, but some new marketing term (don't remember it, would have to go back and watch that vid again). So if it's a new version, and the badge is new to represent that, I don't think...

There is only one real solution to this problem, because there will always be driving scenarios that no computer or human can see or predict in a single perspective point of data processing (views from one car). That solution being that all cars are connected to each other, using the other cars...

Hey crew, There are a ton of examples of suspension "upgrades" from a performance standpoint. But I'm actually looking for options to increase ride comfort. I don't race or drag my MS. It's my daily driver, so comfort is always going to outweigh performance for me. I have a '15 MS 70D, coil...

How long until tall owners get tired of bending over to put their face in front of the b-pillar camera? As a +6' person, I can tell you, not long. What then? Add another camera just for facial recognition? Probably would have to anyway since the fisheye would distort anyway. I don't see it as...

I think matte PPF is the way to go. Either a clear matte, or matte/satin black or gray/silver.

As easy as the CT is to wrap, I suspect there will be a lot of questionable decisions made by DIY'ers. But also a bunch of cool ones as well.