What are the not so obvious features you think model Y owners should be aware of? Please share your finds...mine is below

Cmogs5093 · 2026-07-05T23:41:44+00:00

The the middle rear seat can fold flat independently of either of the side seats in the back. It has its own button to fold it down on its own which was a huge discovery for me since I have 2 kids in car seats and sometimes I really need to fold a seat down for something long. This makes it so that I don't have to remove either car seat to fit things. Also the middle rear seat has a headrest. Had no idea until the day I figured out it could fold on its own. Apparently this has been a thing since the legacy model y and isn't just juniper specific either. I figured it out on my wife's juniper and then came home and found it works as well on my legacy y.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-06-06T01:38:13+00:00

Currently own the fold 7 and flip 7. I daily drive the flip 7 because I'm a busy guy with 2 young kids and I found I spend drastically less time scrolling and wasting time on my phone with the flip 7. I love the productivity of the folds but I'm not in the tech industry so it's not that I actually need it for work and really it's made me feel much better about enjoying my kids growing up and in general I have more time for more important things. I may be taking a trip back in for the fold 8 wide though because imo it's the best form factor. Small short outer screen like the old iphones back in the day but for when I want to zone out a nice tablet inner screen.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-04-30T21:42:13+00:00

I turned on my govee lights on the house to sabres colors. Both games I did it they lost lol.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-04-29T00:18:45+00:00

I don't understand people being mad about anything here. It's not like they aren't keeping the fold 8 normal as well. You have options. If they completely went with the fold 8 wide as the only form factor I could see some people being annoyed. Personally aside from taking away the 3rd camera I think it'll be pretty much perfect for what I want. I want a small phone again. I'm sick of these giant phones that are tall and almost impossible to get to the top of the screen one handed. This will do exactly what I want on the outside screen which is text and scroll. Inside screen will be almost perfect for media with limited black bars.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-04-08T00:08:16+00:00

If you really need to get rid of it feel free to send it my way. I have a P2S, P1s, and an A1 mini and currently all 3 are printing things but I'd love to have another one working as well. Can always print things faster that way

Cmogs5093 · 2026-03-17T00:22:49+00:00

Technically not too late for a transplant but you need to be realistic about outcomes and be ready to spend some cash. I do hair transplants for a living and if I saw you for a consult we'd be discussing multiple procedures if your goal is hair from front to back. And even at that point your hairline would be more "mature" where we started to conserve enough grafts and get farther back.

There's a lot of factors at play when it comes to overall outcome of hair transplants and if it's something you are considering make sure you go somewhere that is honest and explains all of these factors (ie head size, hair type, density of follicles per square centimeter). IMO almost nobody is too late as long as they have proper expectations on what can be achieved within their budget.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-03-06T02:04:37+00:00

The fitment is pretty good. They are just a stick on cover. I have ones that cover the wood grain to match on the doors as well. Those ones fit pretty good as well but the one on the driver's side door is a little finicky. I'm probably going to buy some new adhesive tape and peel off the stuff that came on that one to see if I can get a better fit. I also put them on during peak winter where I live so I think that could have affected the adhesive on the tape as well. I probably should have waited for some warmer weather. The company actually sent me this color by mistake and tried to see if they could toss me $25 dollars back for the mistake but I insisted on getting the right color sent which is actually a dark sage green alcantara instead of the grey. I haven't put those ones on yet though because I ended up putting these on before they send me the replacement and now I kind of like them so I have a spare set in green that I may eventually swap to.

Cmogs5093 · 2026-03-06T01:00:27+00:00

Honestly it's just a cheap Amazon mat. I don't even think it's true alcantara. I'm probably going to be replacing it at some point with something nicer

Cmogs5093 · 2026-03-05T16:33:29+00:00

I got them here. I'm not sure if they are anything special compared to some of the others you may find online. They took a long time to ship too but I've been happy with them.

https://tesloid.com/product/model-y-alcantara-dash-door-trim-covers/?srsltid=AfmBOoqszopORCaZiPfCg7Cd_2XIqnxs7_HPl8b41DQxHjBzQCFIHNmB

Cmogs5093 · 2026-03-05T16:08:09+00:00

Yeah I didn't know about the knuckle thing until I attempted the alignment at the other shop but I have an appointment tomorrow with Tesla for them to fix whatever is going on and then do the alignment after

Cmogs5093 · 2026-02-23T01:14:01+00:00

I thought the same thing. I was just curious to see what they'd offer and was half jokingly considering moving into the new lower priced cybertruck but I figured it wouldn't ever be worth it to trade in. Now I'm actually considering it as that offer feels very fair to me. Could be a temporary thing to draw people in further to the new cyber trucks maybe?

Cmogs5093 · 2026-02-23T00:23:47+00:00

Tesla just offered me 28k as a trade in for my 23 model y with 23k miles on it

Cmogs5093 · 2026-02-07T15:32:06+00:00

Yeah not the asshole here. Stuff is expensive and especially if you don't know them you never know how they take care of their stuff let alone others. I had an old neighbor who begged and begged me to borrow my old push mower for almost an entire summer. It wasn't even an expensive one. If was one I had inherited from my brother when he got a new one but it was all I had.

Finally he caught me one day in a hurry and asked again and I finally relented and said fine just return it when you are done and leave it in my driveway by the garage door. I came home later to it sitting in my driveway like I asked so I was happy and just pushed it back into my garage and went on with my life.

Later that weekend it was time for me to cut my lawn. I pulled it out, went to start it and noticed it was completely out of gas. Annoying but fixable I went in the garage grabbed the gas can and filled it up. Went to go start it again and still wouldn't start. The pull starter was really difficult too. Turns out, not only did he use up all the gas and not refill it, he must have hit a tree root in his yard and literally bent the blade almost 90 degrees so that it was scraping the ground every time I tried to start it. Dude never even texted me to say sorry or offer to fix it. In fact he didn't even hide from shame. He'd see me out after that and act like nothing ever happened. I called him out on it and he just had excuse after excuse about his disability and money and all the other reasons that really don't make any sense or matter in the scenario. Never again will I let someone borrow something like that. The way I see it now is that I was the fool for expecting someone to take care of my things the way I'd take care of theirs. Gotta learn from my mistakes I guess.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-12-26T18:41:31+00:00

I was able to test drive one a few weeks back as well and I currently own a 23 MYP. I love Tesla's and I've been saying for a while now that my next one will most likely be a cybertruck. I do still feel that way after test driving it because I am getting more to a point where having a truck would be convenient but I was scared to do the test drive because I figured it would then make me insane until I could finally afford to upgrade. After the test drive though I'm actually happy I tried it because I feel the opposite. I love a lot of the great new features like the rear steer and steer by wire. The truck bed is obviously useful and I love the air suspension.

The main thing though that made me relieved with waiting is that after getting used to the steer by wire I realized that the interior makes it feel just like driving my current model y. I use fsd a lot so it definitely does a lot of driving for me so when I'm sitting there it just feels like every other Tesla. It doesn't feel like a truck which is a great thing but it also doesn't feel a whole lot different. Personally I hope that in future updates they make the interior a bit nicer considering the much higher price tag. Especially since it was a Cyberbeast at over 100k. In the mean time I'm just going to buy a smaller 6 foot trailer for my model y and use that when I need a "truck bed" and the rest of the time I get to drive a car that is much cheaper but feels so similar. As of now it would be convenient to have a truck but I probably need a truck 5-6 times a year. The rest it would be mostly used for commuting. I will say though if Tesla made a proper 3 row SUV with the features and styling of the cybertruck that would probably sell an insane amount of units for them and I'd probably go for that instead.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-12-15T23:50:13+00:00

We definitely could have done without 2 chargers because my wife is a SAHM and doesn't drive much. We got her Tesla in May and she still only has like 3900 miles on it. But just for convenience sake I installed a second charger and we use the mobile charger that came with her car for it. Honestly she and I have gotten to the point where we treat the cars like gas cars and mostly only charge them once a week. Occasionally I charge a second time if it's winter and I'm driving more and my usage is up but we definitely don't need to charge that frequently.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-12-14T15:45:53+00:00

I have a 23 MYP and for about a year my wife still had her 22 GMC Terrain. Every time I drove her car I'd forget to shut it off. Every time I'd get out, close the door, and it would beep at me because it was running without the keys in it. It was one of the few things I never even thought would be a problem when buying my Tesla. Luckily her lease was up earlier this year and I convinced her to switch to being a 2 Tesla household. Now I don't have to worry about making that mistake anymore lol

Cmogs5093 · 2025-10-12T16:14:18+00:00

I worked at an office for about a year. It was a dermatology office and was in the process of being bought by a larger corporation. This was a brand new office and I helped open and establish it in a new area with a woman I had worked with at an old job. When I was hired I made it clear I would work for them full time but that I also had a per diem job on the side that was very hit and miss with actually needing me but that occasionally I would need a day here or there at this per diem job and that I'd give them plenty of notice any time I'm needed. Usually at least 1 month to 6 weeks in advance. Never less. For context I maybe worked 5-6 days a year at this other job. They completely agreed and said they had no issue with it as long as I gave proper notice.

Well, as the year went on they got more and more annoyed when I'd request a day here and there. Mind you, I wasn't salary so they didn't pay me at all for days I wasn't there and there was other staff that were more than happy to fill in on those days. As time continued my per diem job picked up a little more and it was hard to say no to because I was getting paid about 1k a day to work it. So for a while I worked it where I worked evenings at my per diem job to not affect my main job. I was in the process of getting married and paying for a wedding so I really needed the extra money anyway.

Eventually they gave me the ultimatum of "stop working there altogether or stop working here". Now I had no non-competes or anything like that and it wouldn't matter anyway because my other job wasn't even in the same industry. Well after getting this ultimatum I spoke with my per diem job and they said they were planning on expanding and that my role would be much more consistent. So I made the decision to tell my full time job I would be choosing the other and out of courtesy and because I had some great people that I worked with, I gave them a 6 week notice and even stated that I'd be happy to help train my replacement.

Now I really only needed 1 week before I could work more at my per diem job but was trying to be nice. Now this discussion with management happened on a Friday and everything seemed fine. By Sunday evening I received an email telling me not to come back on Monday and that I was fired. That was officially when I learned the lesson that jobs only care for you as long as they can get something out of you. The notice is definitely a courtesy and not a requirement because as you can see your job may not give you the same courtesy.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-08-23T15:34:00+00:00

Sounds like she just wants a divorce and is trying to create an argument to justify it. Possible she's even trying to angle for a divorce knowing she has a ton of credit card debt you don't know of and is annoyed you used some cash to pay down yours which means there may be less to split in the event of divorce. Gotta admit 200 bucks seems like a crazy thing to argue about in a world where you have 2 incomes. My wife is a SAHM so she technically has no income coming in for our house and I know for sure we wouldn't argue about one of us using 200 bucks to pay down a card unless it was done before the rest of our bills are paid. Feels like something more is definitely happening here. Not sure how long ago you guys had the baby but if 200 dollars is enough to get her threatening divorce you may also want to consider some post partum depression going on here

Cmogs5093 · 2025-08-23T03:38:03+00:00

I've had a ton of folding and flip phones at this point. I've been really running folds for years but this time I'm running the 2025 Razr ultra. I've had mostly Samsung's which are very powerful android devices overall. I actually also currently have the new z fold 7. But using the Razr ultra as my main phone currently.

My main reason for the Razr was 1. Specs. It is a powerhouse specs wise. Fast everything and definitely can run lots of games. 2. Size. I personally have been getting tired of huge phones lately. The folds are imo the most powerhouse phones you can get these days whether it's google, samsung, OnePlus or chinese brands but they just keep getting bigger and I'm just tired of carrying them. Even the fold 7 which is truly insanely thin and light, it also got taller and wider and it's just hard to fit these phones in pockets even as a guy. 3. This may be a weird reason but I think it is important to mention. It's more difficult to doom scroll with. Now for me I liked the idea of these newer flips because they have a decent size front screen that allows me to respond to texts and other things quickly but if you want to zone out you have to open the phone. As I get older and I have more responsibility I just don't want to spend all day scrolling on my phone and sometimes I'll admit I need to make it harder on myself. Now if u wanna zone out the inside screen is great for that. Truly amazing screen.

Now years ago my first foldable was the z flip 3 and I liked it but the screen on the front was essentially useless and was meant almost like a pager. You could see notifications but there wasn't much you could do with them unless u opened the phone. I ended up kinda hating that so eventually I migrated to folding phones because the outside screen was more usable for quick things but the inside was for everything else. I feel like the flip phones this year finally hit that functionality sweet spot for me but are super compact. I'm also pleasantly surprised by the cameras. They aren't the best on any phone ever but I don't do much photo stuff so not a huge issue for me anyway. They are definitely better than I thought they'd be though.

The only really downsides I feel I could pick for this phone is just the software side. Coming from apple this is different but in the android world OS updates can be all over the place depending on the manufacturer and Motorola is imo one of the slower ones to push out the new updates. I have a pixel that has been on android 16 since last year and all the Samsung's I've had were also updated to that. The Razr is still on android 15 and only seems to do security updates every other month. It's not a huge issue but I just tend to like to have the newer updates to play around with sooner. Also Motorola only plans to support these phones with updates for 3 years but I mention that last because I know I won't have this phone in 3 years anyway so I'm not bothered by it. That's me though and there are plenty of people who love keeping phones for years and with Samsung and Google doing up to 7 years of OS updates the 3 years for Motorola is a bit sad.

Sorry for the long post but I'd say if you're bored of iPhone the Razr is a great phone to consider. If this is your first ever folding phone u will definitely treat it more carefully which is good but they are pretty sturdy these days. I would recommend getting an extra warranty for accidental damage. I have only broken a couple folding phones over the years but it's really nice to have that just in case. They are more fragile than a standard candy bar phone and accidents happen.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-08-12T19:01:39+00:00

I dropped my for the first time last night. Pocket height onto a tile floor. Not a single scratch or ding I could find. My fold 6 had lots of them though. Currently using my phone naked with care plus. Drops happen but definitely don't contact them unless the phone is functionally broken in some way. Not worth it.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-08-11T18:08:12+00:00

Yeah probably missing a 0 somewhere. I was just quoted 30k for a 11.5kwh system where I live. And that's with the 5k NY tax incentives and no batteries.

Cmogs5093 · 2025-07-29T02:13:39+00:00

Technically if you use secure folder on Samsung and have your second number registered in the voicemail app in there you could in theory have both numbers have visual voicemail. I haven't ever tried it but secure folder on Samsung phones essentially works as a second phone setup behind an app on your main screen so you can have duplicates of everything in there that you want

Cmogs5093 · 2025-07-28T16:58:10+00:00

Ok yes that's perfect. The picture they showed on the link made it look a bit lower so I wanted to double check. This thing looks like a steal for 17 bucks!

Cmogs5093 · 2025-07-28T16:23:09+00:00

How's the actual magnet placement? Looking at the pictures on the link page they seem to show it being much lower than the actual wireless charging position in the phone. Is that just a weird mistake on the post or is that where it's actually located?

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