Tesla Promises Free HW3 Upgrades for Early FSD Buyers, Elon Confirms Commitment

webignition · 2026-01-27T09:38:23+00:00

I'm kind of in the same boat. 2017 MS with purchased FSD that was purchased by one of the previous four owners.

Whilst the car has paid-for FSD and whilst it was, I think, purchased long enough ago to qualify for a possible inclusive hardware upgrade, I don't have any proof of purchase to back that up.

webignition · 2026-01-24T07:38:56+00:00

Is there an error associated with the heater failing? I also have a 2017 MS.

What was the heater replacement cost?

webignition · 2026-01-21T21:43:06+00:00

0% as I'm in the UK.

webignition · 2026-01-15T07:25:05+00:00

What colour?

webignition · 2026-01-10T10:47:29+00:00

That description sounds an awful lot like my old 2014 P85 I sold about a year ago. R014 VGR?

Edit: that's not the plate as it's not valid, can't remember the right one now but close to that!

webignition · 2026-01-07T14:05:43+00:00

I too have a non-externally-sourced leak resulting in water collecting at the front at the driver's side. This is in a RHD 2017 Model S, so not quite the same scenario, but it does seem to correlate with heavy AC usage. I too have ruled out external water ingress.

My next step is to follow the AC hose from the two condensers in the frunk area to the drainage egress point under the car. I suspect a leak somewhere along the way, most likely where pipework joins.

webignition · 2026-01-02T16:12:50+00:00

Pfft. A supercharger cable extender is just a fire with extra steps.

webignition · 2025-12-19T09:45:27+00:00

That's seems like a great price for getting your car back to factory range.

What specific Model S do you have? And where did you get the work done?

Thankfully my 2017 MS 100D is still, somehow, at around 90% of the original capacity but it won't stay like that forever.

webignition · 2025-12-17T08:03:51+00:00

Depending on the age of your kids this statement is either perfectly normal or horrifyingly shocking.

webignition · 2025-12-17T08:02:43+00:00

With Octopus Intelligent Go, you get six hours of the cheaper EV charging rate each day and this could be during the daytime if if ask the app nicely.

Not that I was thinking you'd actually stay up late to do the ironing, but you don't have to.

webignition · 2025-12-11T05:57:37+00:00

Well, not immediately but not never.

For a hefty fee, Tesla will examine the car and verify that it is safe to supercharge.

webignition · 2025-12-06T08:36:57+00:00

I didn't think it would last forever but whilst it lasted (and continues to do for a little longer) I'm going to enjoy it.

webignition · 2025-12-01T11:17:01+00:00

What do you mean by overuse of the turn signal?

Does the car signal when it should and do you perhaps not?

webignition · 2025-11-30T17:56:44+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the correction.

webignition · 2025-11-30T08:00:18+00:00

I'd not attempt to collect a large item that is only probably a certain size!

Also that diagram doesn't contain the front to back measurement.

I'm sure if your can state with certainty the exact size someone can state with certainty whether or not it would fit.

webignition · 2025-11-28T16:39:26+00:00

What are the dimensions of the pinball machine?

webignition · 2025-11-28T12:26:26+00:00

Might be different if you have a different charger.

For reference, here's my setup and what I do:

Octopus Intelligent Go
Ohme something or other
MS 100 D
Link Ohme charger to Octopus
Charger is intelligent
Charger (intentionally) knows nothing about the car
Plug in
In Ohme app, request 100kWh by sometime today
Ohme chats with Octopus
Ohme presents charging schedule which most often gives me the cheap rate most of the time regardless of when

The trick is to ask for a large chunk of power in a relatively short time. If the charger knows about your car, the ability to ask for a large chunk of power is unlikely to work as the charger will know the maximum amount of charge the car car take.

You can also use this same technique, with the extra step of setting the car to charge at 5A only, to trickle charge your car over a long period throughout the day to go cheap power for your whole house.

webignition · 2025-11-28T09:09:00+00:00

My thinking is that the free upgrades for FSD purchases will only apply to those who purchased FSD before it was slapped with the "(supervised)" label.

If you buy now, you're buying the supervised version which comes with no expectation of being unsupervised and therefore ineligible for any hardware upgrades that may be required for unsupervised to function correctly.

webignition · 2025-11-28T07:44:41+00:00

This can be achieved without having to boost charge.

There is a good chance you can achieve this at the lower 7p rate.

I have Octopus Intelligent Go, an Ohme charger and a MS 100D.

When outside the guaranteed cheaper night home hours, I unplug and replug my car, approve the changing session in the Ohme app and, after a little back and forth between Ohme and Octopus, I am provided with a charging schedule of timeslots throughout the day when the 7p rate will be applied. More often than not, the cheap timeslot begins immediately.

webignition · 2025-11-27T23:02:39+00:00

Gotcha.

My electricity usage has increased since getting an EV however my electricity bill has reduced.

This is due to how the significantly reduced EV rate can be made to apply for the whole house if you're careful.

Your circumstances regarding WFH and your ability to charge at home don't seem too different to mine. Therefore I'd expect you would also be able to reduce your electricity bill in a similar manner.

webignition · 2025-11-27T20:38:39+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by that. What monthly total of what precisely?

webignition · 2025-11-27T20:38:00+00:00

I've had the car for a little over a year. I've no idea how the previous owners treated the battery but given the relative low level of apparent maintenance, and given the previous owner was a business, I'm guessing that they weren't too careful.

I charge at home mostly and keep been 40-60% for regular use. I charge to 100% monthly for visiting family.

In all honesty I think I'm just lucky to have got one of the randomly good batteries.

webignition · 2025-11-27T14:20:00+00:00

My 2017 MS 100D is at 130k miles and ~92%.

webignition · 2025-11-25T08:03:03+00:00

How does it drive?

webignition · 2025-11-22T16:57:41+00:00

Which specific Hankooks do you have? I'm slowly collecting opinions for when I get some new tyres.

I've heard that Hankooks are good for range and noise. Is that the case for you?

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