Recent content by BeanEW

Congratulations! She looks quite stock... these TTs have great potential for upgrades especially a flash, bigger turbos and suspensions. Have fun!

I put a set of these on about a month ago and had one road trip with them. I found them are much quieter, about the same on the efficiency as the OEM, the ride is so soft and feels much floatier. I used to set on SOFT with the old tires but now I use the middle setting. The OLD tires felt...

Something that often overlooked by people is the TT is 4 wheel-drive which made the car much safer to drive especially at high speed... but it does made the car 'feel' less agile.

I have a 2004 beef'd up 996TT which I acquired in 2007 when she was stock. She is still around 40k+/- miles with about 700hp and has the same 0-60 as my R1S, but my R1S eats dust from 60 and on. Every time I'm in the driver seat, I have a smile on my face. I love the car but she is sitting...

I purchased a considerable amount of RIVN stocks when Rivian IPO; lost quite a bit of money. I then played the market fluctuation on RIVN and made everything back. I have been staying off RIVN for a while and believe that it is time to get back in due to R2 is coming out next year, and the...

1 - turn off the lane-keep function right away when you pickup the car. 2 - do not use highway-assist in heavy traffic especially in narrow lanes and next to a barrier wall. 3 - running board is my best aftermarket upgrade. Even my 90+ years old parents can get in and out easily. 4 - keep the...

When I'm in my AZ home during summer, my R1S AC works super hard and loud. I have a fabric under-cover on my glass roof and the cabin temperature is cool but I hated the noise of the AC. If I live in a hot climate area year round, I wouldn't get a R1. I'm hoping the R2 will be better.

I'm wondering what the "proprietary Tesla protocol" called?

No issue, most of the times. The extension cable is not realized yet and I don't see it coming soon. At a 40+ SC Tesla site, you can park and charge at any spot, no complaints. At a 12- site, I usually find the spot on the far right with some space next to the right side, or I would pull into...

"There is also this one a quarter mile away by Carls Jr that is usually wide open as well but this one was not open for NACS last time I was there. "... you meant CCS.

I charged there (Quartsite) many times, next to a Terrible's gas station. The most I have seen during the day was less than 5 cars. It is a must stop for me between CA and AZ, and also the cheapest... $.41/kwh with non-Tesla membership. Rivian across the street charges over $.60/kwh; you do...

I took a couple of roadtrips last month and only used Tesla SC stations. I calculated that I saved around $240 conservatively with the Non-Tesla membership. I understand that it's not a big saving, but to me... it is a principle thing. I supported Rivian and have many of their stocks, and...

I have been doing quite a bit of roadtrips and RANs are just not financially feasible and less convenient; I see more Rivians at Tesla SC stations than RANs now days.

I always thought that Toyota is way behind in EV tech but now I'm thinking more and more that they were on the right track. With the time spending on roundtrip charging, costs and everything else... the hybrid SUVs are looking better and better.

EA used to be my goto place on roadtrips but the queue is getting worse and worse, and I stopped going to them.