Recent content by garsh

I remember Nissan recommending a brake fluid change every year. I guess Nissan had to throw a bone to the dealers in place of oil changes. For a breath of fresh air, here's what Tesla recommends:

I'm not sure if your talking to the liner or rug people. I hauled bulk mulch on my be liner. It came completely clean with some work. Not bad.

Hopefully they're in touch with the Formula E organizers to discuss those kinds of logistics.

It should be perfectly comfortable for a family of four. I do like being able to fit five people comfortably in my Lightning - it comes in handy.

They put the charging port on the driver's rear corner. That will be much better for using Tesla Superchargers!

Pedantry: that's exactly how odds do not work. :)

The liner is still working well and looking good.

That's only for the older V2 superchargers, which had no active cooling. I've used that trick myself when driving through Texas in summer. The V3 and V4 superchargers have liquid-cooled cables. They are able to maintain high charging rates in very warm weather because of this. Those cables...

The "1PD" part is probably a red herring. The CPU that Ford uses in the infotainment system is woefully underpowered. The NXP i.MX 8 is about equivalent to a low-end Celeron from 2015. It's better at handling some multimedia things, like processing video and outputting graphics, but it's very...

Very true. And most studies I have seen in the past have taken it into account. I just tried to quote an "overview" article from what appeared to be a neutral site. I disagree with the first part. Combustion vehicles also catch on fire when not driving or refueling, and at higher rates than...

Actually, it's about correct, depending on which studies are being quoted. EV fires are sensationalized in the media, but the actual rate of fires for EVs are a small fraction of the rate for combustion vehicles. https://firerover.com/resources/how-often-do-ev-batteries-catch-fire/ How Common...

Teslas have their own communication standard. I believe most of their charging stations attempt to use the Tesla proprietary standard first when connected, then attempt J1772 if that fails (same with the vehicles themselves). Although not explicitly stated, I believe that Compatibility Mode...

Have you tried configuring it for Compatibility Mode? I don't know if it will solve your issue, but it sounds like it might be what you want. Compatibility Mode: This option allows Wall Connector to be compatible with older generation vehicles. Use it only if you experience faults with your...

Pennsylvania has both an annual safety inspection (state-wide) as well as annual emissions inspections (for Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas, but not applicable to EVs). The safety inspections are fairly basic. They make sure your windshield isn't cracked, brakes work, tires have sufficient...

They may have had enough meat on them to be resurfaced, but new rotors aren't that much more expensive than resurfacing. Resurfacing isn't done "in place" - they still have to be removed and placed on a resurfacing machine. You're being too hard on the garage (I didn't take this to a dealer...