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Old 02-16-2018, 07:29 PM   #41
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Ah, yes. There they are.

That's a nice spec. Very similar to my first car.

Did you get a HPWC installed at your house?

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Also, what's your rated range look like when the car is fully charged? Curious about where your battery sits in terms of degradation.
Just saw the edit. The 90% charge showed 248 miles.
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Old 02-16-2018, 08:11 PM   #42
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I don’t have it in mine. I do have a small Rubbermaid cloth covered box that sits down there and holds extra stuff out of sight...

Edit - it’s one of these. Works well and doesn’t move... http://www.rubbermaid.com/en-US/shop...nto-in-lombard
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Old 02-16-2018, 09:08 PM   #43
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I don’t have it in mine. I do have a small Rubbermaid cloth covered box that sits down there and holds extra stuff out of sight...

Edit - it’s one of these. Works well and doesn’t move... http://www.rubbermaid.com/en-US/shop...nto-in-lombard
Bento box? do you keep lunch in there? Sorry, had to
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Old 02-16-2018, 10:49 PM   #44
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Dude this is awesome. Congrats!
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No center console. Actually prefer it without. Nice to be able to just toss stuff down there.

I did get a set of GM cup holders which I held in place with 3M tape. Works really well and is better than the stock cup holders, which are way too high.

These: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/thre...holders.33350/
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No center console. Actually prefer it without. Nice to be able to just toss stuff down there.

I did get a set of GM cup holders which I held in place with 3M tape. Works really well and is better than the stock cup holders, which are way too high.

These: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/thre...holders.33350/
Funny... that thread is where I got the bento box idea...

Speaking of cup holders, I bought the front cup holder extension thing a couple years ago. It slips into the ones in the armrest and gives slightly lower and more forward cup holders plus a slot for things like phones. Really only use it on road trips since it allows a cup and the arm rest to be forward. http://teslacupholders.com/index.html
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Just saw the edit. The 90% charge showed 248 miles.
You might have it set to "ideal" instead of "rated". When new, the S85 had an EPA rated range of 265 miles, so 90% was ~239. There's an option in the settings to flip this...

Tesla originally touted range by using the "ideal" metric, which was 300 miles at 60 on a flat road for the S85 -- pretty unrealistic. I've found the EPA rating is pretty good for commuting range, and Tesla now uses that in their published range guides...

My S60 originally had a 100% charge of 208 rated miles, and I'd get 184-185 at 90% -- never saw the theoretical 90% of 187. 100% charge now is 190-192 (it will vary…), and a 90% is 169-171. Considering the car is approaching 5 years old and has just over 83k miles, its done pretty well. Its hard to tell exactly how much of the range loss is due to degradation vs an out-of-balance battery, but at worst that's 9% degradation… Its still perfectly usable and has plenty of range for road trips...
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Old 02-17-2018, 12:45 PM   #48
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Just out of curiosity, do those batteries degrade like smartphone batteries ??

If so, how much does it cost to replace them ??
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Yes, the batteries degrade, though not nearly as quickly as smartphone batteries. That’s for a couple of reasons: the pack is temperature controlled, and it’s rarely being charged to full and discharged all the way.

As for cost? Well, they are expensive. But you’re seeing a fair number of Model Ss passing the 5 year/100,000 mile mark with only moderate degradation. In any reasonable use case they should last the life of the car.
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