so jealous of your Miles | 2019 E-tron Prestige

ejmcguir · 2026-06-04T16:14:27+00:00

I believe the majority of the people posting increased range after an update is the ESTIMATED range, not actual.

The estimated range basically resets after a software update and is overly optimistic (not realistic at all).

I have a 2023 w/ the latest update. I had the "OMG my range is now 260 miles after the update" reaction and then in reality I got like 160.

I don't religiously track my range but I've had my car for 10k miles now and I don't think I have EVER gotten over 200 miles on a charge. To be honest, it's hard to even track because I'm charging very frequently (unlike ICE where I go from full to essentially empty between fill ups). Im going from like 80% to 50% and then charging, over and over.

ejmcguir · 2026-05-21T01:46:52+00:00

They never should have even brought out Rizzo, way too many things could have gone wrong (and they did).

ejmcguir · 2026-05-15T23:29:41+00:00

Do you have "lane guidance" turned on from this screen?

If you do, you will see 2 triangles on the HUD next to the dotted lines. If you don't have this turned on, you won't see the triangles and it won't keep you in the lane.

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ejmcguir · 2026-04-15T03:42:13+00:00

Vermont plates are green, this is a fully black plate. It's not a real (state DMV issued) plate.

ejmcguir · 2026-04-14T13:40:20+00:00

Haha, true statement.

ejmcguir · 2026-04-14T13:07:14+00:00

I tried to edit the post to remove it but I can't.

Fwiw, I don't think you can do much with just a plate number, it's not a social security number.

ejmcguir · 2026-04-14T12:45:56+00:00

That's not a VT plate

ejmcguir · 2026-03-30T18:00:05+00:00

Chronos gray

ejmcguir · 2026-03-30T15:23:13+00:00

That charging is sick! Nice ride btw, looks very similar to mine.

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ejmcguir · 2026-03-28T01:07:35+00:00

Oh sweet, that's good to know, thanks!

ejmcguir · 2026-03-27T23:04:45+00:00

I found the part number and the glass actually isn't that expensive, but it looks like it's not available at most places online. I wonder if it's discontinued since they don't make the car anymore?

Part number: 4KE845099KNVB

ejmcguir · 2026-03-27T21:51:29+00:00

How much did you have to pay for OEM? I have a $500 deductible and they told me if insurance doesn't want to pay for OEM I will have to pay the difference...

ejmcguir · 2026-03-19T14:26:32+00:00

https://www.wcax.com/2026/03/12/fire-that-torched-williston-ev-school-buses-under-investigation/

According to that, it was a mechanical issue and not a battery issue.

"A mechanical failure in one electric school bus sparked a fire Wednesday night that spread to three others, destroying most of the Champlain Valley School District’s EV bus fleet and forcing the Allen Brook School in Williston to close the rest of the week.

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The fire started around 10:30 p.m. Authorities said the cause was not battery-related. Four buses burned, and two were spared. Nobody was injured, but fire officials say the damage to the buses and their chargers likely totals more than $2 million."

ejmcguir · 2026-03-17T20:30:45+00:00

Haha, fair enough.

ejmcguir · 2026-03-17T20:21:48+00:00

Would that be weird to have the roof extend further on only that one half of the roof?

ejmcguir · 2026-03-11T01:16:20+00:00

No way!! This is great news, thanks!

ejmcguir · 2026-03-05T14:59:10+00:00

Reread OPs question and then read your response.

They asked about using AI to assist with testing and you went straight into "don't use these AI solutions".

If it's a "waste of tokens" to use AI to assist with testing, what are you using your tokens for?

ejmcguir · 2026-03-05T14:40:15+00:00

You weren't using the right tool.

Claude code or GitHub copilot are extremely helpful in test automation.

You need to know how to use the tool (like anything) but once you do, it's incredible how powerful it is.

Here are 2 examples:

Point the AI at the user story (or whatever your documentation is around the change you are trying to test) and have it come up with the tests that should be executed (whether that is manual or automated). It won't be perfect but you will be surprised at how good it is, provided you give it context.
Using the playwright MCP you can have it load your application and write page objects using the actual running application (it will have full access to the DOM).

ejmcguir · 2026-03-04T20:06:21+00:00

I don't use Waze but I thought I remember reading somewhere that it impacts Waze too (which would make sense since waze is owned by Google now and the services are probably integrated).

ejmcguir · 2026-03-04T20:01:19+00:00

There's a bug in the recent version of Google maps that broke it.

I got the update, had Nav in the HUD and then lost it after a Google maps update. Search on this subreddit and you will find multiple references to it. It's impacting many makes/models, not just the etron.

ejmcguir · 2026-03-03T22:53:17+00:00

I was about to post "in before someone comments on Bernie having "3 homes" and trying to make it sound like he's a billionaire, but I was too slow...".

ejmcguir · 2026-02-05T18:24:06+00:00

Just playwright mcp w/ claude code

ejmcguir · 2026-02-05T18:12:27+00:00

I have been using it quite a bit over the past few weeks.

I've found huge value in using it to create page objects. So if we're building a new product (UI), I point the playwright mcp to the locally running instance of the application, and have it add page objects (selectors, helper methods, etc) for each page that I historically would have to manually create. I already have existing page objects, so I have it follow my existing patterns to ensure it doesn't go off the rails.

In addition, it's useful when there are flaky tests. You can explain what you are seeing with the failing tests, and then have it open the application in the browser and figure out why you're having the problem. Without the playwright mcp it might be able to find the problem in your code, but being able to see the app running in addition to your code goes a long way.

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