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I thought it might be interesting to log some of my Tesla Roadster ownership experiences 
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Here's the energy consumption from a typical journey... 248 motorway and A-Road miles with a 13A charge while at lunch with family (no public charging required);
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and here's the current odo after 3 years, 3 months
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Today's range charge predicting 215 'ideal' miles (NEDC) which I estimate is ~10 miles less than when the car was new
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186 sunshine miles today although the last bit was rather fast and used up the last of the battery
Now topping up on late afternoon solar before pausing for low carbon electricity overnight ready for an early morning drive
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After driving 124 motorway miles we had 88 miles range left yesterday. 4 years & 52K miles later the Tesla still delivers
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another great Roadster example.... lost 5 km range after 3 years and driving 109714 km
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It's officially summer here... slicks are on and roof is off
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Another 345 mile day trip takes my total 55,254 in just under 4 years
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AFAIK @dpeilow car was on sale for £50K but don't know whether that's a sport or even what impact that has on resale values.
You'll see a few cars change hands now that the Model S has arrived and I welcome that because the new drivers will actually use the car
In the long term I suspect the value will rise with just ~55 UK cars on the road.
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ok...
Motor overheating when racing... really needs to be liquid cooled.
Brakes are not up to super car quality... you need to be able to stop quickly!
Three Phase charging... it's a pain plugging into a 22kW Charging Station and sipping at 7kW. This is really noticeable in Europe where 11kW charging is common and charges the Roadster at just 3.5kW.
Custom Charging Connector... requires adaptors for Type 2 infrastructure (although it's also great that nobody else can use the HPCs so this isn't really a frustration
).Elon Musk has promised us some major Roadster updates this year and it's possible that will include some of the above
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So just before my cars 4th Birthday (1st July) I arrive home to this error message on Friday...
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I thought it might be the infamous PEM overheating message but it seemed unlikely because I had the latest hardware upgrades. I cleaned out the PEM fans anyway but no change in the error message.
At 19:57 on Friday I emailed the Tesla UK workshop looking for suggestions on possible workarounds. I thought they might acknowledge the email on Saturday but more likely on Monday morning which I thought was reasonable. I settled down with a beer and started looking through the web for possible solutions.
At 20:30 on Friday evening Simon Whittock (Tesla Regional Service Manager UK & Ireland) called me and we had a discussion about possible workarounds which I tried. With no luck he asked me to send him the car logs which he'd review on Saturday... he apologised for the delay but said they were busy preparing 150 Model S for delivery this week.
On Saturday morning Simon confirmed that they would need to undertake some work on the car and it would be quicker this week to recover the car rather than send out a mobile unit. He said they would try to pick it up on Saturday but Monday was more likely. He also said they'd happily undertake the MOT at the same time to "save me the bother".
This Morning (Monday) The Roadster was put into the transporter and will be delivered to West Drayton tomorrow for work to start. They had planned to complete the work in time for The Eco Technology Show on Wednesday but @Alexander Sims stepped up and lent ZCW his car and therefore I can give Tesla more time to complete the work
As always, Tesla blow my mind with their commitment to customer service and I think every car company in the world should take lessons from them
I thought it might be the infamous PEM overheating message but it seemed unlikely because I had the latest hardware upgrades. I cleaned out the PEM fans anyway but no change in the error message.
At 19:57 on Friday I emailed the Tesla UK workshop looking for suggestions on possible workarounds. I thought they might acknowledge the email on Saturday but more likely on Monday morning which I thought was reasonable. I settled down with a beer and started looking through the web for possible solutions.
At 20:30 on Friday evening Simon Whittock (Tesla Regional Service Manager UK & Ireland) called me and we had a discussion about possible workarounds which I tried. With no luck he asked me to send him the car logs which he'd review on Saturday... he apologised for the delay but said they were busy preparing 150 Model S for delivery this week.
On Saturday morning Simon confirmed that they would need to undertake some work on the car and it would be quicker this week to recover the car rather than send out a mobile unit. He said they would try to pick it up on Saturday but Monday was more likely. He also said they'd happily undertake the MOT at the same time to "save me the bother".
This Morning (Monday) The Roadster was put into the transporter and will be delivered to West Drayton tomorrow for work to start. They had planned to complete the work in time for The Eco Technology Show on Wednesday but @Alexander Sims stepped up and lent ZCW his car and therefore I can give Tesla more time to complete the work
As always, Tesla blow my mind with their commitment to customer service and I think every car company in the world should take lessons from them
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@Mark Sanders I'm looking for a crashed 2.0/2.5 that I can take to pieces to allow the community to support these cars in the long term. Obviously if Elon's Roadster upgrades are tasty then I'll probably buy them and push out my warranty even further.
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My Roadster arrived at the Tesla workshop first thing this morning and i'll report back as I get progress updates
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After a weekend of events showing my car I get two fault messages on the way home
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Here's the latest feedback on the two faults...
- The HVAC compressor fault you had witnessed was with regards to the A/C condenser leak. The part is currently out of stock (I have been notified there is a chance we could get this in for Friday). Work is covered under extended warranty.
- With regards to the message “isolation fault while contactors closed”, we have not been able to recreate it and continue to work on this.
- The HVAC compressor fault you had witnessed was with regards to the A/C condenser leak. The part is currently out of stock (I have been notified there is a chance we could get this in for Friday). Work is covered under extended warranty.
- With regards to the message “isolation fault while contactors closed”, we have not been able to recreate it and continue to work on this.
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Understood, but given it's a new fault, and only happened since Tesla fixed the last breakdown (440V controller), I'm reluctant to 'put up' with anything now
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