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I'm cheap. But it would totally depend on the vehicle. I personally can't really contemplate spending $50k+ on a vehicle. My current daily driver is a used RAV4 I got 2 months before my only child was born - and spent $14k on. I definitely could have afforded more, but knew a kid would shove cheerios into every possible orifice of the car, and probably throw up a few times in it as well - so didn't want him destroying a new car.jonessed said:
Just know the upfront cost installing a charger into your garage if it is a financial decision. I've read widely varying costs on this.
It isn't like it is fragile. Model 3 has a roof rack available so not sure why it would be different than any other car. Is it just because of the cost you'd be trying to keep it pristine? And if so why? If it is a car you're going to keep a long time then use it, don't save it for the next person.
Specifically on bikes (mounted on the roof via a fork mount), my wife has had the fork slip off the mount when mounting it, causing the bike to fall onto the roof of the car and dent it. A dent/nick in the metal roof of a car is one thing - cracked glass is another.
I've got a buddy who's an electrician who can help with the charger install. I think I'd just need a dryer type plug installed in the garage. The garage interior wall is shared with the basement wall where my breaker box is, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Less than $100 in parts (plug, breaker, 4 gauge wire would be all I'd think). That, $100 or so in labor with a nice case of beer should take care of it. Don't think I'll need one of those "at home super chargers."
correct. basically a dryer plug, should cost you $200. Don't shell out for the Tesla Wall Charger.
Doesnt it come with a wall charger? Or is this 2 different things?
Unless my power company follows through with their off peak rates. Could set my dishwasher to run at that time, too. Maybe even figure out a way for my tank water heater to run at that time as well.
Comes with a "cord" that can be used with a standard wall plug, or with a dryer type plus. The "wall charger" is a separate $500 piece of equipment, and at least for me, wouldn't be needed.
So if you have the dryer plug in your garage you're good to go without buying the $500 Telsa Connector?
Correct. The $500 connector might be able to charge the car at say ~35-40 miles per hour, but the one that comes with the car with a dryer plug can likely charge it at ~30 miles per hour. Good enough for most.
thanks. My breaker box is already in my garage. Should be pretty painless to get the plug ready.
Good video for you to watch. If you're installing new, you might want to "future proof it" a bit, which he talks about (put in a huge breaker, not just 40 amps).
They discontinued leather and think they have only had only ventilated premium seats since December 2016.
Elon announced by Twitter a major improvement to Supercharging.
Tesla Raj checked out a version 3 Supercharger launch event last night
on supercharging you don't really want to hit the cells hard past 80% so 15-20 is realistic to get to 80%. It slows down a lot at 80%, Model 3 max range 5% to full is 30 estimated and seen on youtubes and stuff.
No, that was the charging rate for Model 3s that were down to 20-30% state of charge. It tapers off & slows down at around 50%, and gets progressively slower - especially the last 10%.
Things have been moving fast.
IOW, used to be EAP for $3K, and another $5K for FSD if you ordered it with the car, and more ($4K + $7K = $11K total) if you added it later.
Yeah, I had convinced myself to hold off on a 3 just to see what the Y had to offer. I don't think its hideous, but the functionality of it is just not for me. Obviously they've done their research and know this "compact SUV" market, but its not for me. I'd rather the 3.Take_The_Shot said:
That's how he always speaks. I think his brain never shuts down; he's always pondering 20 different alternatives and evaluating which is the optimal path. He can be very funny at times - not so much last night - but it's the same speech patterns whether it's an earnings call, answering interview questions in an open forum, speaking at a Commencement...always halting, self-correcting, over explaining with a myriad of caveats, then eventually meandering to his point.
"It's a feature not a bug"
Yeah, I gotchu, seems like it can be really painful waiting on Tesla parts. Definitely need a Plan B - second car, insurance that covers rental car, etc.@BobbyLayne I'm more or less talking about the guys that gets in a fender bender and is left without a car for 4 months. That issue worries me even more being here in MS. There is literally no service center within 400 miles. I know the have mobile service, but still I feel being on this island here would work against me in a major event. I won't buy another ICE car, I'm still sporting a 2010 Prius.
I've never bought a new car. The price tag has always made me nervous. I'd like to see the price on some of these 2017 or 2018 3's this time next year. There are plenty of the 2015 Model S out there less than $40k. Not sure if the X will trend that low, but I want to see!
Wishful thinking I guess
Man I don't know how they fit 7 people in there at the launch event (I should rewatch....I swore I saw 6 come out but they were all wearing black kind of faded into the background quickly.) I watched a couple test rides and people who shot the back row - nobody got to sit in the third row - said no way you're putting any adults back there. No headroom at all.
They won't stand. There are thousands of Tesla owners in TX.
https://www.ibtimes.com/texas-ban-tesla-fixing-its-cars-state-service-centers-2776335
Go listen to an earnings call, speaking isn't his thing. A lot of brilliant people are bad at public speaking.
The Model X is an SUV built on the same frame as the Model S, it's a mistake, they know it - I know two X owners, both were unhappy, both have moved on.
I thought he had some sort of speech issue that made him sort of change up his cadence unintentionally.
