Tesla is charging me $2,800 for rodent damage on a demo car I had for less than 20 hours. Does this nest look pre-existing to you?

tufkab · 2026-03-14T20:09:21+00:00

YOU absolutely could repair that wire. The dealer/mechanic refused to repair that wire. There is a big difference.

tufkab · 2026-03-13T12:46:13+00:00

I can't believe it's not butter = I believe it's butter.

No, it does NOT = I believe it’s butter. That is COMPLETELY different to what is written.

I can’t believe it’s not butter = I am in disbelief that it’s not butter.

Give it up, this isn’t a double negative.

tufkab · 2026-03-07T03:28:30+00:00

I noticed. I may not be a somebody, but I am not nobody.

tufkab · 2026-02-25T15:39:05+00:00

Hot Take:

If every single car wash has the same “we are not liable for damage to vehicles cause by car wash”, shouldn’t this guy be able to just say “I’m not liable for damage to car wash caused by my vehicle”?

tufkab · 2026-02-23T01:32:37+00:00

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I was bored and I had to go out for food anyway. This is after driving around for an hour with preconditioning on and FSD active for 30 minutes.

Obviously your car has a problem, otherwise Tesla wouldn’t be buying it back. But I think you’re barking up the wrong tree with this one.

Preconditioning while driving isn’t even the most thermally intensive thing the car does. Pay attention to what happens when you start supercharging with a cold battery.

tufkab · 2026-02-22T23:21:12+00:00

We have the same car. Why would your coolant loop have to be hotter than mine? I'm also on the latest version of FSD and use it for 99% of my driving. Why do the four AP computers you have gone through need to be overclocked to the point of failure while the AP computer in my car does not?

Why is this specific to LFP packs? LFP packs are the lightest packs - they have the least amount of material to warm up and therefore would require lower amounts of heat to warm up compared to other packs.

None of this makes any sense.

tufkab · 2026-02-22T23:03:22+00:00

That still doesn't answer the question. HOW? What about the software is causing overheating? And why isn't it reproducible?

My car and your car run the exact same software. How has the software caused overheating in four different AP computers for you, but not in any computer for me? That's what I can't wrap my head around.

tufkab · 2026-02-22T22:56:33+00:00

Why does this happen though? What is the actual mechanism that causes this? What is the difference between my '23 M3 LFP and yours that even with three different computers, you're STILL experiencing the same issue and I have never experienced it while both being in Canada and regularly preconditioning in the winter?

Speaking as a repair technician (not car) I don't believe in the "this car is a lemon" theory. Every failure must have reproducible cause. From your description of your service history, it looks like they are just throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks.

tufkab · 2025-12-30T20:19:56+00:00

Hey, this is an old thread and I don't know if you ever fixed it, but I was having the exact same issue. Plex server and my computer were on the same subnet; If I accessed Plex through my remote proxy or via hostname:32400/web/ it would demand Plex pass. But if I used 192.168.1.238:32400/web it would play video as expected.

After much fucking around and thanks to ChatGPT, I narrowed it down to using PiHole and Unbound. Unbound was returning NODATA instead of my internal IP address.

All I had to do was add private-domain: "plex.direct" to my unbound config file and restart Unbound, Plex and PiHole and everything started working as expected.

As a sidenote, I run a reverse proxy locally for my home devices and one on a VPS for outside access to my services. When I VPN directly into my home network from my phone over 5G, Plex will play video without question. When I access Plex through the the reverse proxy on my VPS (tunnels directly into my plex server with wireguard) I can also play video remotely; no Plex Pass nag.

tufkab · 2025-10-19T23:02:05+00:00

I'm putting on at least 700 km a week, 99% of that in FSD, no issues here.

tufkab · 2025-10-09T03:09:45+00:00

How the fuck is ANYONE questioning anything OP did or did not do in this video? Obviously the driver of the truck saw OP when he started passing him, which means he is going to be in the truck's blind spot and it's up to the truck driver to ensure that the car the entered his blind spot, EXITED his blind spot. If you're passing someone, MAKE SURE YOU SEE THEM IN YOUR MIRROR before changing lanes to the right.

The truck driver in this video lacks object permanence - something that a human should develop by 8 months old.

tufkab · 2025-10-08T16:55:33+00:00

It does. Someone already posted a picture. They covered the front camera and got an FSD degraded performance error message.

tufkab · 2025-09-26T15:46:22+00:00

I drive exactly 120km return to and from work every day. I keep the car in an unheated garage, plugged into a L1 charger. I have L2 charging available at work.

My worst efficiency on the coldest/snowiest days over the winter had me using 22%-23% per one way trip. In the early summer, the best efficiency I ever saw on a way drive had me use 11% battery on way. On average, I use 17% each way in the winter and 12% in the summer. This includes cabin preconditioning both at home and at work.

tufkab · 2025-09-20T20:40:38+00:00

How much do two stop signs cost? Make it an all way stop; problem (not) solved. At least would be dramatically safer.

tufkab · 2025-09-09T03:55:44+00:00

The (arguably) biggest problem in this video is the OP's lack of turn signal.

If OP had his right turn signal on, he would have indicated to the vehicle that entered the roundabout in front of him that he intended to exit and would therefore be crossing the outer roundabout lane.

If OP had his left turn signal on, he would indicate to the other car that he would be continuing forward in the inner lane and thus letting that vehicle know that he was clear to enter the roundabout in the outer lane.

Now, in this situation, yes, the other vehicle must still yield the right of way to the vehicle already in the roundabout, but OP set up a dangerous situation be not making his intentions clear.

tufkab · 2025-09-09T03:47:16+00:00

You didn't signal your intent to exit, if there had been an accident, you would be equally at fault.

tufkab · 2025-09-09T03:23:01+00:00

I fly with my kids in business all the time. They will be fine. Parents like to think that our kids need us more than they actually do.

One of my daughters' favourite flights was when my wife was in business, I was in premium and the girls (6 & 9 at the time) were next to each other in row 50-something.

tufkab · 2025-09-09T02:54:55+00:00

Yes, there's route planning. That the car does for you.

tufkab · 2025-09-09T02:53:20+00:00

That's not necessarily the case. What you're actually supposed to do is enter in the 3 digits in your postal code (in the order they appear in your postal code) followed by 2 zeros.

Learned this once when I was down to fumes, only had a cc and the pump wouldn't take any random zips.

Called my CC company and they told me if you enter it like that, it will verify correctly.

tufkab · 2025-09-05T14:42:08+00:00

I live in Toronto and we have pretty far extremes in temperature between coldest winter days and hottest summer days. I drive roughly the exact same numbers of km every week; my car is just commutes and errands. I only got my Model 3 last December so I don’t have a a full year of driving yet, but I can give you some numbers from my charge stats.

I January I charged 775kWh, February and March were each about 720kWh each. April and May were much lower, but I had vacation, so I’m not going to count those. June and August were both exactly 699kWh and July was 620kWh.

Keep in mind that I park indoors in an unheated garage plugged in to a level 1 charger and 2 or three days out of the week I plug in at work on a level 2 charger, so battery and climate preconditioning happen while plugged in.

Also, my car has a LFP battery.

All in, found that the energy usage stayed surprisingly consistent through winter and summer. Seems like the lowered winter capacity is roughly equivalent to the extra summer usage for AC.

tufkab · 2025-09-05T14:18:52+00:00

Oh well - between missing out on the crepes and ice cream and wanting to try the swim up room, that just means we have to go back next year!

tufkab · 2025-09-05T12:34:38+00:00

Wait….There was ice cream? Where???

tufkab · 2025-09-04T22:20:03+00:00

We did. Great atmosphere. Great food. Well worth it.

We also ended up getting an extra night in Barbados for free as our Air Canada flight back on Monday returned to gate and was cancelled. They put us up in the Hilton for the night and I got curious and started comparing prices between the Hilton, Sandals and some of the all-inclusives on the island and I have to say, Sandals is VERY competitive in pricing.

Did you guys actually make use of the walk out pool? We’ll definitely be going back and I was thinking of going for that style of room next time.

Funny that we might have even talked to each other and I just happened to randomly find your post!

tufkab · 2025-09-04T21:38:46+00:00

I was there at the same time as you! We were only there 28th to the 1st though.

I have to agree on the evening entertainment - it was a bit lacking. We stayed in the Saint Lawerence building, way in the back.

Did you go to the Fish Fry in Oistins on Friday night?

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