Thanks to my cousins who also purchased Tesla using my Tesla referral code, I have some referral credits that I can use to select a 3 months trial of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) capability. On March 1st, 2024, I turned this feature on. Today, we went out for lunch at Mr. Congee in Richmond … Continue reading “Tesla FSD Trial”
The Tesla Electric Vehicles (EV’s) are getting really popular. Don’t take my word for it, check it out for yourself with the chart below: Find more statistics at Statista The above trajectory is pretty clear. We have had our 2023 Model Y for almost three months now and are very happy with the driving and … Continue reading “Tesla Referral”
Last Friday, we took the Tesla out to Montreal. On this trip we will really get to test the Supercharger network. We left Richmond Hill at around 7am with a full charge of 100%. While on the highway, I took full advantage of the basic Autopilot feature, specifically the Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC) and … Continue reading “Driving the Tesla to Montreal”
Today is the day! We departed our house at 10:45 am and arrived at 2 Chrislea Road, Vaughan, Ontario at 11:20am to pick up our new Model Y 2023. I drove into the service centre that was literally filled with Tesla vehicles to the point where we could not park at the service centre. We … Continue reading “Tesla Delivery Day”
It looks like Transport Canada has updated their eligible vehicles for their Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program. From above, it is clear that the Model Y Long Range AWD is now eligible! This is great news. I will be able to save $5000 from the purchase price. When I checked my Tesla account, I can … Continue reading “Tesla Order Update”
Today is the last leg of our journey. I have driven almost 8,200km, and we have successfully drove our Tesla Model Y from Richmond Hill, Ontario to Calgary. Jasper being the furthest point from home. As with most of our days, we started off with the hotel offered breakfast, and then we set about our … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Sault Ste. Marie to Home)”
This is going to be a pretty short summary. We are back in Ontario today! It is nice to be amongst Ontario plates again! The flat land gave away to gentle hills as we roll into Thunder Bay. We hope to catch some restaurants open this time. Last time, most restaurants were closed by 8pm! … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Winnipeg to Thunder Bay)”
We did a Tim Hortons bagel breakfast this morning while we charge our car to start our drive to Winnipeg. To combat the monotonous nature of these drives, I started an interesting practice yesterday, and I continue to practice it today. I started to download the audio stream (no video) of some of the YouTube … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Regina to Winnipeg)”
We started the morning with a very hearty breakfast at Denny’s, which was located near a local truck stop. I can’t lie, the breakfast was delicious and the Philly Cheese Steak Omelette was pretty tasty and satisfying. We set out to Regina. It was a super windy day. The drive itself was pretty uneventful other … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Edmonton to Regina)”
Our first difficulty of today was getting up at around 5:30am. Carol got up at this time while I took another 15 minutes. We did a quick remote checkout and hop in the car and went straight to Lake Louis. The idea is to get there before 7am so that we can park right at … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Banff to Jasper)”
