Tag: Tesla & Automotive

  • Tesla Model Y Accessories: The Stuff Tesla Should Have Included

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    After bringing home my Model Y 7-seater, I quickly figured out what every Tesla owner figures out: this is the beginning of your spending, not the end. The car is sold on a minimalism story — fewer features, fewer parts, lower price. What that actually means in practice is a thriving aftermarket where owners spend…

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  • Tesla Model Y LR 7-Seat: The Four-Month Reality Check

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    After four months and about 6,000 miles with my first EV — a used 2023 7-seat Model Y Long Range with the Acceleration Boost — I’m ready to give an honest report. The short version: I’d probably make the same decision today, but with significant reservations about which parts of the car I actually got…

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  • How We Ended Up With a Model Y 7 Seater (And Which Parts I Actually Liked)

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    I had a 2019 Honda Ridgeline and I really liked it. But we’d decided we needed a third row — for the occasional extra kid, or for piling everyone into one car when the grandparents came along. With two boys around 11 and 12, we started looking at hybrids as our first toe in the…

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  • Defacing My Own Tesla Before Anyone Else Could

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    Yes, I bought a Tesla in November 2024. I want to address that up front, because it matters for everything that follows. By the time I bought the Model Y, the politics around the company were already fully on fire. Musk had spent the election cycle as the world’s loudest surrogate for a candidate I…

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