Current Events > To the homeboy on here who has a Tesla

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How do you manage charging? Did you get an outlet installed at your home? Do you use the mobile charger and how useful is it?

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*shrug* You are mistaken.

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@CableZL

Yea it's cable

He had a funny story a few months back about charging his car and a bunch of shady ass people being there.

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I live in an apartment. I intentionally moved to this apartment complex because there's a supercharger station right down the block and I thought I might be making the purchase soon afterward. At first I just used that exclusively. Works fine, but a tad bit inconvenient to have to go there and charge for 15 minutes to an hour, depending on how empty the battery is.

As of May 1st, I have a garage at my apartment complex in the same building I live in so I just charge it on a regular 110V outlet. It charges at a rate of 4 miles per hour, which is plenty for my normal daily driving. If I'm planning to go on a long trip (like going from San Antonio to Austin to visit my mom), then I'll just change the charging limit from ~80% to 100% a few days prior to have it charge all the way up. If I forget to do that, I just go to the supercharger down the block to charge it all the way up.

I have the option of paying an electrician to install a 240V outlet in my garage to charge faster, but I don't want to do that since I'm not planning to stay here permanently. I do use the mobile charger if I'm visiting my mom.

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do you pay for the electricity used to charge your car? i noticed in my apartment complex that there are 2 outlets in each garage unit, one used for the garage opener, the other unused. wonder if they would be able to notice a huge increase in electric bill

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KnightofShikari posted...

do you pay for the electricity used to charge your car? i noticed in my apartment complex that there are 2 outlets in each garage unit, one used for the garage opener, the other unused. wonder if they would be able to notice a huge increase in electric bill

Yeah, but I think it averages about $10 to month or so. I'm not exactly sure how much electricity the car has been using in the garage, but my electricity bill from May to June only went up about $13, and that's with increased AC usage.

I don't have to pay if I use a supercharger, though. I got mine with the free supercharging for life perk.

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CableZL posted...

I have the option of paying an electrician to install a 240V outlet in my garage to charge faster, but I don't want to do that since I'm not planning to stay here permanently. I do use the mobile charger if I'm visiting my mom.

I'm buying a house and I really want this option for myself but idk how expensive it's going to be to put it in my garage. I heard you really dont want to use the mobile charger since it charges slow and can cause problems with the outlet.

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hyperpowder posted...

I'm buying a house and I really want this option for myself but idk how expensive it's going to be to put it in my garage. I heard you really dont want to use the mobile charger since it charges slow and can cause problems with the outlet.

The cost of the Tesla wall charger is about $500, I think, but you also have to pay an electrician to install the outlet. I haven't had any issues using my mobile charger, but I haven't looked into any reported problems with it.

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I'm probably gonna put in an order for a Y in the next couple days..

What color did you end up getting cable? The white interiors look the best to me but I get scared of stains
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emblem boy posted...

I'm probably gonna put in an order for a Y in the next couple days..

What color did you end up getting cable? The white interiors look the best to me but I get scared of stains

Black exterior, black interior, 19" slipstream wheels.


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https://i.imgur.com/zfhwlde.jpg

That's what I got. This picture was taken after I had the ceramic coating put on.

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Glad to see things are working out well. I always like seeing these updates. I still would like one and glad to see prices dropped a little but still haven't pulled the trigger.

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Would you recommend a model 3 at a bit over $100k AUD

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Rika_Furude posted...

Would you recommend a model 3 at a bit over $100k AUD

I have no idea how you managed to make a model 3 over$70k usd

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Aside from the price, I'm kinda worried about if something happens to it I can't really take it in to any car shop to fix it. Do you ever worry about something like that Cable?
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Glad to see things are working out well. I always like seeing these updates. I still would like one and glad to see prices dropped a little but still haven't pulled the trigger.

Yeah, I saved money up for about 3 years to make it a comfortable purchase. I was also trying to wait for a 400+ Model S to come out and it seems I made the purchase at the right time. I decided to get this one when it was initially rated for 373 miles because they had the free supercharging perk. I was worried about the free supercharging going away (it did recently), so I went ahead and got it. They've since increased the max range on it to 404 miles, which is awesome.

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WaterLink posted...

Aside from the price, I'm kinda worried about if something happens to it I can't really take it in to any car shop to fix it. Do you ever worry about something like that Cable?

Ehh, not really. I don't typically take cars to any shop but the dealership any way if there's something wrong. For a lot of things, Tesla can actually send someone to me as well. The trim on a couple of the door frames was coming off a bit and they sent someone to my apartment to fix that.

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CableZL posted...

Yeah, I saved money up for about 3 years to make it a comfortable purchase. I was also trying to wait for a 400+ Model S to come out and it seems I made the purchase at the right time. I decided to get this one when it was initially rated for 373 miles because they had the free supercharging perk. I was worried about the free supercharging going away (it did recently), so I went ahead and got it. They've since increased the max range on it to 404 miles, which is awesome.

That is nice. I'm interested to see where the battery tech is in a couple years too

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I have no idea how you managed to make a model 3 over$70k usd

AUD, not USD

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CableZL posted...

AUD, not USD

I converted aud to usd to get that amount (assuming Google is right)

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I converted aud to usd to get that amount (assuming Google is right)

The pricing is different in Australia. I went to the site for Australia and built a Model 3 out with the most expensive options (AUD):

https://i.imgur.com/h7BIlnW.png

I'm thinking the shipping costs are a big part of that. If Tesla ever starts making factories in Australia, I think that price would come down quite a bit.

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That's wild. That's close to what your premium model cost. I don't think i could spend that much on a model 3

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

That's wild. That's close to what your premium model cost. I don't think i could spend that much on a model 3

Yeah, doing the conversion, that's within a few hundred of what mine cost. I wouldn't do it. The Model 3 is cool, but there are a few design elements that I don't like about it.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I have no idea how you managed to make a model 3 over$70k usd

Basically just the performance model but in australia. We have some stupid luxury car tax that was intended to protect our local car industry which no longer exists but the tax still exists.

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Rika_Furude posted...

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I have no idea how you managed to make a model 3 over$70k usd

Basically just the performance model but in australia. We have some stupid luxury car tax that was intended to protect our local car industry which no longer exists but the tax still exists.

Lmao that is so fucked. So not only did the end goal of the tax fail, but now that the goal of the tax is no longer attainable it's still there?
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