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My recollection is that one of the horns was deleted - mounting location wouldn't have changed...

the horns mounted on the front end module i I can't remember how accessible it is with the bumper fitted....

I doubt it for things like bumper bars... the injection moulding tools for those were $$$$.

I think most of the work went to Trident - whose website is still active (https://www.tridentaustralia.com/) There is a news corp article around them being in administration 9 months ago, but they seem to be still trading?

AFAIR the bumper tools were sold/given to other injection moulding companies so they could be produced on an ongoing basis. I can't understand why they wouldn't still be available...

Some great memories in that video!

As I said earlier 0 why are you using 8 hours a day for your example? 8 hours at 32A is enough to FULLY charge a Model 3 or Y RWD, enough for ~450+km. Screenshot below is for part of today showing grid prices with Amber.

Why would I bother physically testing it? I can see household consumption via my powerwall. With isolation switch off, the charger draws 0A - it is OFF. When the charger is charging, it draws 32A or ~7kW (depending on the grid voltage at the time). I don't need to charge 8 hours per day...

How much current do you think a 32A charger would draw whilst it's charging? Hint: it's 32A It draws 0 when were not charging as it's turned off at an isolation switch. My monthly power bill is around $60 including charging 2 EVs and having reverse cycle air con. Stop watching sky news and...

is suggesting B096C is B096C Parking Assist side sensor left front circuit incorrect component installed - not sure about the -22 bit though...

No change at this point. Without going to the cars to check, last time I looked, the Model 3 was sitting at around 130 Wh/km and the Model Y around 140 Wh/km. The biggest impact to this is the speed you're driving - at 100km/h the consumption will be higher than at 60km/h (for example).

Hey All, Nothing too much to share - both cars still going well. Model 3 now at 8482km. Lifetime charging cost now: $216.61. Equivalent cost in the ZB @ 12L/100km and $2/L = $2035 - so $1819 in fuel savings in ~9 months. Model Y now at 4295km. Lifetime charging cost now: $11.94. Equivalent...

Thanks for letting me create this thread. I'll look at posting an update on costs/experience in early Feb which will be ~9 months with the Model 3; and ~6 months with the Model Y..

That's not quite why Victoria lost the case. The issue is that it was deemed to be an excise, which can only be levied by the Commonwealth (see https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/owners-taxed-electric-vehicle-levy-730/102994460). It is inevitable that in the future, a FEDERAL road user tax...

Isn't this the same moron who used to bag Commodores back in the day?

Grommet in the firewall/dash panel dislodged?

I did ping the guys at https://intellilinkmods.co.uk/astrak-trafficsignrecognition to see if they could activating the feature on the ZB, and they reckoned they could try, but I never got around to following this up before I sold the ZB.

Yep, I believe the Acadia had an updated camera...

The functionality is there in other markets. My recollection is that there is something "different" about Australian speed signs, and the camera resolution(?) in the ZB wasn't good enough to be able to accurately detect them - hence it wasn't enabled.

Agree. All I remember is that the OAT (outside Ambient Temperature) sensor is somewhere on the front end module...

Agree, selling privately is likely to get the most $$$, but as a data point - when I recently sold my Astra RSV: - Tesla trade-in - $17500 - Carsales instant offer - $18,700 - ex-Holden dealer - $20,000 I couldn't be bothered trying to sell privately, so I took the $20k :)

Also, ask any local ex-Holden dealers if they're interested in buying it.

That's quite 'thirsty'.Our Model 3 is getting 136 Wh/km (13.6kWh/100) and the Model Y is getting 139 Wh/km (13.9kWh//100km)

Update on this - the electricity costs are actually *less* than this. There is some kind of Teslascope issue affecting my Model 3. If I download the individual charge sessions, and sum the totals, the actual $ total is $214.85, with 1174kWh added, and the odo now at 6714km. So average...

I use https://teslascope.com/ - it allows you to setup your electricity costs by location (including ToU tarriffs). Due to my wholesale plan, I end up overriding the calculated costs with the actual costs using the Amber app. One limitation of Teslascope, is that it can't handle a negative...

Quick update after 6 months of ownership on the Model 3, and 3 months on the Model Y. Still love both cars. The Model 3 is making it's 1st trip to the service centre today - since new, it's occasionally thrown a 'Cruise Control not available' error - may once every two weeks. I was...

I was too lazy to try and find an RPO list so just posted :P

Body/Option plate is what we used to call it. RPO codes afair were mostly generic GM ones, post the actual plate, and highlight the ones you want to understand - I may even remember some of them :P

Thanks! I've also switched my home power to Amber Electric, which provides wholesale access to power prices. This afternoon, power prices went *negative* in Adelaide - clear sunny day, with plenty of wind. I got *paid* an average of 12 cents/kWhr for power this afternoon - essentially I got...

Picked up the Model Y this evening :)

Forgot to mention it, but I sold the Astra to the old 'City Holden' here in Adelaide a week and a half ago - down to one car until I pickup the Model Y on Thursday!

Tesla cars don't do bidirectional charging - but we have a Powerwall2 here - so that should get us through the nasty spikes. Windy and sunny earlier this afternoon - I could have been getting paid $0.02/kWh to charge my car if my churn had gone through already. I'll soon have 2x EV's + the PW2...

Submitted a change today to switch our power to Amber - get access to wholesale rates. At certain times, they'll PAY me to charge my car to soak up excess power in the grid :P

We're on an AGL EV plan - it's Time of Use - the rate above is the offpeak (ie 1am - 6am) rate - peak is 0.54!

There is no 'haggling' on price - but there is a $750 referral credit available (if anyone is looking to purchase, feel free to DM me for my code), and if you keep an eye on inventory - they will sometimes discount stock if they want to move it quicker.

Got some consumptions stats from the car today. We're averaging 140 Wh/km. With charging overnight at $0.37/kWh this is: 140/1000 (convert Wh to kWh) x 1.1 (allow for charging losses) x $0.37/kWh = 5.7c/km ZB at 12.2 L/100km @ $1.80/L = 12.2/100 (convert to L/km) x $1.8 = $0.2196/km

Interesting article on EV fires... https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires/

Guarantee it would have made the news if it was an EV.

So has ours, but EV is still way cheaper than our ZB... The Tesla app is reporting we've charged 529 kWh @ $178 cost (would be less than this as we've used some solar too), and reports the Petrol equivalent to be $362 based on average fuel prices in Adelaide since we've had the car. We've...

We already have a Tesla Powerwall in the garage - so what's a couple of EV's :) Of course, there's no chance of an ICE car spontaneously combusting is there? Thinking of the Kia/Hyundai ABS module fires...