Tesla Tips

TESLA POWER (in case of emergency)

When the power fails, even for a few hours, it's annoying. But if the outage continues, combined with dangers such as bad weather, the situation can quickly become deadly. Your Tesla is more than just a pretty car in the garage. It can bridge power gaps like the total Boss that it is.… Read More

He Said: Three (random) things to know if you’re a Model 3 owner

When our youngest son was a teenager, a frequent reply to almost any question about his activities was, "You don't need to know everything."  It was irksome at the time but, in a more general sense I think we would all agree to the need to be selective about the information we  commit to long term memory.… Read More

5 States, 4 Nights, 3 Hotels & 2 Blizzards: How to finesse a Tesla Road trip.

SHE SAID: We hadn't planned on a spontaneous vacation in early February to Denver, Colorado. But then our youngest son hadn't planned on slipping on a patch of black ice and breaking his leg (in two places), either! We had one day to contemplate the situation and the next day to pack and plan a… Read More

TeslaUSB – A Fully Automated Dashcam Storage Device (Part 2)

TLDR; I reconfigured the TeslaUSB we set up in the first blog and added the feature to sync music from a network share and also added the ability to get notifications when the dashcam archiving completes.  It seems to be working perfectly! Hooray!

The long version:

Hopefully, you read our previous blog about setting up the TeslaUSB. In… Read More

Winter is coming…is your Tesla ready…are you?

Winter is coming.  In some parts of the country it’s already arrived. Fortunately, our Teslas don't use engine coolant so they don't require antifreeze but what are the things that we should do to “winterize” our Model 3s? Here are some suggestions and a couple of links to other sources about getting ready for the cold winter… Read More

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