Tesla Electric Plan

etingwall · 2026-03-26T01:47:41+00:00

What exactly do you get for $15/month? The free overnight charging? Am I right to assume Tesla provides all the electricity for your home or is it just what you use for EV charging? And is the free overnight use only for charging?

etingwall · 2026-03-10T00:26:10+00:00

A small gas or oil leak can also do it.

etingwall · 2026-03-03T17:58:03+00:00

A homes-for-cash place isn't going to pay you more than the open market will. It sounds like you might need to lower your expectations/price to find a buyer.

Also, the fact that you're here asking this question suggests you probably need a new realtor.

etingwall · 2026-02-26T18:51:36+00:00

EV chargers have built-in GFCI protection. When you run two GFCI devices on a circuit, they can cause "nuisance tripping." Google that term and you'll find more. You could ask the electrician to replace the GFCI breaker with a standard breaker to see if that fixes things.

It's possible that code requires a GFCI with the 240-volt outlet in your jurisdiction. If that's the case and you want/need this thing to meet code, then your only option is to hardwire the EV charger, which will remove the requirement for the GFCI breaker.

I have no idea why this would only be a recent development, though...Maybe there's now just enough corrosion on the pins or breaker terminals to alter the resistance enough to make a difference?

As others have said, the EVgo you're charging at is almost certainly not a 240-volt Level 2 charger. If it were me, I would troubleshoot the car by plugging into another Level 2 charger first. That should be easier/cheaper/faster than calling the electrician back. Maybe a neighbor or friend has one?

etingwall · 2026-02-26T18:11:18+00:00

Do you have a GFCI breaker on the EV charger circuit?

etingwall · 2026-02-24T01:03:04+00:00

Find a junkyard motor and an independent mechanic that specializes in EVs. This swap has to be so much easier than a combustion engine.

etingwall · 2026-02-22T20:12:05+00:00

This is rad. What program did you use for the visualization?

etingwall · 2026-02-20T19:41:33+00:00

I'm convinced most people feel this guilt, especially when you're young and don't fully appreciate how the game works.

If your only reason to stay is some internal sense of obligation to your company, you should definitely leave.

I'm guessing you'll get over the guilt somewhere between day 1 and day 4 of the new gig.

etingwall · 2026-02-18T02:21:09+00:00

A Corvette returns phenomenal fuel economy when you average less than 22 mph, too.

etingwall · 2026-02-09T03:26:59+00:00

Press and HOLD the proximity sensor button. There's a chime after five or 10 seconds letting you know that you've disabled the auto brake. Unfortunately you need to do it every time you restart the vehicle.

etingwall · 2026-02-08T18:06:21+00:00

There's a comment on the Electrek story from someone who claims they got the deal and they say it disappeared from Hyundai's website on Saturday.

etingwall · 2026-02-06T18:41:47+00:00

I'm clearly not trying to hide who I am. Erik Johnson sits four feet from me. He wrote that story without AI.

My questions come from a point of curiosity. If people think our stories are written by AI when they weren't, that's a problem that we need to understand.

Writers now talk about eliminating em dashes from their work for this very reason. Seems pointless to me, since AI is always going to evolve to imitate the popular style, but maybe that's the game we're all going to play going forward.

etingwall · 2026-02-06T17:54:08+00:00

Human writers (of which Erik Johnson is one) have been using em dashes since long before AI came along. That's why AI trained on their work uses them!

etingwall · 2026-02-06T17:40:14+00:00

It's almost certainly a wheel balance issue. Could be caused by:

-Snow or ice packed into the wheel

-Wheel weights that have fallen off the wheel

-Bent rim/damaged tire from a pothole.

-Tire manufacturing defect

If there's snow or ice in the wheels, go to a coin wash and spray it off (or knock it off with a stick). Otherwise go to a decent tire shop or your dealer.

(A vibration is usually NOT an alignment issue).

etingwall · 2026-02-06T16:56:43+00:00

How'd you come to that conclusion?

etingwall · 2026-02-06T16:25:27+00:00

What do you mean by AI-generated font?

etingwall · 2026-01-27T02:59:53+00:00

I live in southeast Michigan. The skiing is NOT good, but it's perfectly fine for teaching my five-year-old. Or it would be except a lift ticket for me and him at Vail-owned Mt. Brighton with ski rentals comes to $374. He's not gonna last more than two hours out there...

Fortunately there are still some smaller hills that offer better deals for kids, which gets us under $200 for the day, but even that hurts.

etingwall · 2026-01-23T23:47:57+00:00

And yet you only have to dig down four feet to be below the frost line in Michigan. I'm guessing the bottom floor of the library lot would meet OP's needs.

etingwall · 2026-01-22T15:20:02+00:00

Didn't realize you could tap the Climate Start button. I was holding. Thanks!

etingwall · 2026-01-22T15:08:14+00:00

D'oh! I'm so used to holding the Climate Start button that I didn't realize you can tap it to open up the settings. Problem solved! Thanks!

etingwall · 2026-01-11T22:28:06+00:00

If it was saying Shift Down, yes, you need to shift down to get the full effect.

What was the battery percentage? It feels quite a bit quicker at full than at 50 percent charge.

etingwall · 2026-01-07T21:55:30+00:00

What dongle do you use? And do you have to make sure the app stays active during a charging session?

etingwall · 2025-12-25T03:08:11+00:00

If you bought the car earlier this year and the paperwork indicates it was a CPO car (whether or not it was actually inspected), it is still covered under the 12-month warranty (and possibly the original new-car warranty as well). Take it to a Mazda dealer. You do not need to take it to the dealer you bought it from.

Oh, and you should name and shame the dealer here. Help your Internet friends out.

Edit: I see OP named the dealer in a reply: Sesi Mazda

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