The Tesla Thread

[TW]Fox said:
My mistake. I'm sure every day the average motorist struggles with how to lock the car before jumping into the ocean miles from anywhere with a locker or other secure storage.
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You're right. All beaches around Devon and cornwall are positively littered with lockers for this exact reason.
 
[TW]Fox said:
This is the emergency key for use when the remote fails. I really wouldn't be leaving the vehicle remote inside the car like that, especially on a car with keyless start.
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Doesnt BMW prevent you locking the fob in the car? I know my Jaguars did and so does my Mercedes, to prevent you accidently locking your keys in the car
 
Why is this going round in circles so much? The RFID keycard is waterproof in the same way your credit card is (moreso probably as no chip and pin). Turn bluetooth off on your phone, put phone in glovebox (and pin protect if you really want), then lock the car with the RFID card and... do whatever you want?
 
paradigm said:
Why is this going round in circles so much? The RFID keycard is waterproof in the same way your credit card is (moreso probably as no chip and pin). Turn bluetooth off on your phone, put phone in glovebox (and pin protect if you really want), then lock the car with the RFID card and... do whatever you want?
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I should thread ban you for this level of level-headedness :p

Update - I spoke to Tesla Finance yesterday and managed to call through to the woman looking at my case.

She's going to see if they can "trade in" my car against my new order as the cost has risen about £4-5k in the 6 months I've had the car. This'll mean I won't need to mess around with cancelling/re-applying for finance or put down £4k more to be in the same position. Hopefully it'll mean I basically hand back the old car and pick up the new one.

Sent some screenshots of the Tesla app showing some of the ongoing issues, so just have to wait. New car now due end of May so want this sorted ASAP.
 
paradigm said:
Why is this going round in circles so much? The RFID keycard is waterproof in the same way your credit card is (moreso probably as no chip and pin). Turn bluetooth off on your phone, put phone in glovebox (and pin protect if you really want), then lock the car with the RFID card and... do whatever you want?
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case closed. thank you :D
 
Simon said:
Where do you put the card though?

Can you unlock them with an Apple Watch ?
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Where would you put your key? Personally for me if the "where do I put my x" problem was large enough I'd buy an RFID ring and use that as my key.

You can only unlock with Apple Watch if you use a third-party app like Tessie or Nikola. Even then you'd need a cellular watch with an active data plan if you didn't also have your phone on you.
 
paradigm said:
Where would you put your key? Personally for me if the "where do I put my x" problem was large enough I'd buy an RFID ring and use that as my key.

You can only unlock with Apple Watch if you use a third-party app like Tessie or Nikola. Even then you'd need a cellular watch with an active data plan if you didn't also have your phone on you.
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Exactly. Not sure how having a card isn’t read of a key is any better. You still got to hide it. As said earlier some OEMs have wrist bands.
 
Simon said:
Exactly. Not sure how having a card isn’t read of a key is any better. You still got to hide it. As said earlier some OEMs have wrist bands.
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Absolutely true, no arguments from me. I'm just saying that for those of us who use "phone key", the way to protect the phone AND lock it in the car is to turn bluetooth off and use the keycard (or a ring).

Personally I'd not mind at all if the car came with a traditional fob, but alas it doesn't.
 
I’ve locked my phone in the car and taken the key card in my pocket for a run. Just have to close the Tesla app so it doesn’t unlock the car :)
 
I’m pleasantly surprised with the efficiency so far. Today I had to take a 40-mile round trip mix of NSL country, dual-carriageway and 40-limit roads and the car averaged 227wh/mi (or 4.4mi/kwh). I was expecting around 265-280 to be the norm.
 
Yeah it’s been a lot warmer. The battery is most efficient between 15 and 25c.

I’ve tracked approx 350 trips (1500 miles) using Teslamate (didn’t get it installed for the first 2 months) but my current rated efficiency is 309Wh/mile which is hammered mostly by my commute of 9 miles all motorway speeds.

Try that on -3C and let me know how you get on :D
 
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paradigm said:
Oh I’m fully expecting things to be worse in the coldest months, but pre-conditioning helps, no?
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Yeah. If I pull my trips today (commute to work and return home on the same roads) you can see the difference.

Ambient temps were a little lower this morning but with preconditioning you can really see how much less it used (bottom trip is the “to” and the top trip is the “from”) :)

 
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