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@ElectricDriveAfrica

4 жыл бұрын

Just Subscribed. Excellent Video

@mr.m7417

2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you. This is something I've been wondering for a while as I wait on my new Model 3 which is "due" in May. As I'm still trying to figure everything out about this car, one question I do have is regarding Sentry Mode. Do you ever use it, and if so how often and when? Also, how much battery does it use over time? Thanks in advance.

I haven’t driven my Model 3 for 3 years because I don’t own one

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

😂 sorry

@fkkmag8692

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@SupremeChief1

4 жыл бұрын

SpawnPoiint lol

@michaeldruce4536

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Brilliant!

@michaeldruce4536

4 жыл бұрын

Me neither

Another model 3 youtuber recently found out that his "vampire drain" (he lost 1km per hour) has been caused by the "Teslafi" App which is communicating way too often with the car, not letting it sleep at all.

Just wanted to comment and say that I have binge watched all your Tesla videos today and they are really informative, to the point and a pleasure to watch. Great videos pal! 👍🏽

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for matching mate, I appreciate that support.

Definitely a question I had as I'm considering the Model 3. Thanks for the video!

Another useful video - keep up the good work. Look forward to more M3 content as I wait for mine to arrive!

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, appreciate the comment!

Helps a ton, thank you

Nice and informative video. Good to know as hoping to take delivery by the end of this month of my Tesla model 3

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate. Good luck too! It's an awesome car.

This is great info. I’ve subscribed & liked. Greetings from Sydney, Australia 👍😊🇦🇺

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael, welcome too :)

more tesla videos！I’ve watched all of your Tesla and trip videos! Pretty informative and well explained every detail. Love from Shanghai and I’m still waiting for my model 3 delivery day😂

I don't know why, but watching the b-roll with you driving right hand drive and on the other side of the road is a little trippy.

Thank you so much for your video! I am a new Tesla owner and was very curious about taking a trip in a couple of months (airport). Thanks!

100% would of enabled sentry mode considering a company was looking after your car, but that’s just my anxiety speaking.

Love the Tesla videos, ordered a Model 3 last week. Quite like tech too - but gaming is not my thing. keep up the good work.

This is a very helpful video, on my way to the airport and wasn't sure how this was gonna play out in long term parking!

Great info you shared here!! You have 1 of the best Tesla M3 channels

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate

Picking up my Model 3 and considering a small weekend roadtrip straightaway. Not sure it's a wise move but feeling cooped up from Covid :D. Great videos btw! Your channel has become my "go to" source for real world Tesla experiences.

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Enjoy the weekend away! It's the best way to learn the car and see what it's capable of.

This is so useful, thanks.

As always. Video is on point! I’m looking into switching to Tesla but still hesitant and relying mainly on petrol/gasoline hence the need to continuously watch Tesla reviews form real owners.

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing and watching Jose.

Very useful. Any idea what the temperatures were whilst you were away as I’m assuming the % maybe lower if around freezing in non covered parking.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

When I logged in that day, it said the inside temp was 4. I know the UK had a cold week at around 0-8. The car was outside all week, the compound isn’t covered.

Great video, thanks. And also nice to see another British tech KZreadr from the North of England who's also a Tesla fan! :)

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment too!

Thanks for the info. Nice one. Would u happen to know the draw with sentry mode on for the same period perhaps. Im waiting to take delivery of my M3P next thursday. Really looking forward to it ..

We have a model y and going on a 7 days cruise in July. This video makes me feel more confident in leaving my model y in the cruise garage. We would be driving for 200 miles from home to the cruise garage and will supercharge in the near area before parking it for 7 days. Thanks for the video!!!! Cheers from USA

Another informative video-I appreciate you posting it. Quick question: do you think a soft reset would have fixed the issues you encountered when you got back in your car to return home?

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I think it would have fixed it, and I probably should have done it at the time.

Really helpful to know this

Thanks for this video, its really good to know

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, thanks for watching too 🙌

I knew that was Spain. hope you got a nice stay. good vid

My husband and I are getting our tesla model 3 today (eee!) and we just wanted to say that your tesla videos are our favorite by far! We’ve watched all of them and absolutely love them. We’ll be using ours as a one-car-family car too, so that video is our favorite. “Spawnpoiint” is now a household name for us haha. Everyday now it’s: “Well spawnpoiint said…” Keep them coming, we love them!

@SpawnPoiint

2 жыл бұрын

haha that's awesome. Sorry I've not created much new content over the last year, but enjoy the new car. And enjoy your Tesla journey.

Thanks for sharing!

Isn’t there a soft reboot option on Tesla’s involving the steering wheel controls? Maybe worth a try next time... great video as always!

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

There is yes, you just hold the steering wheel buttons for 30 seconds. I would have done this the next morning, but it had sorted itself by then. You can technically do it while driving but I wasn’t risking it as I wanted to get home.

@ethancarberry-holt3011

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint You could've asked the valet parking company to do it if they felt comfortable, and a very interesting video. Was wondering about going abroad and leaving a Tesla without charging it.

Great video. Maybe I mist it but what was the average temp when you were away. Thanks.

I love hearing a Brit's perspective on the model 3 (:

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching too.

10 mins in a glance Went on a trip for 8 days. Valet mode on, Didn't use the app to check until returning Battery only dropped 3% for the entire trip. -Cruise control not working properly -Speed limit on maps not showing (worked again after charging the following day)

@gideoncloza6553

4 жыл бұрын

why you ruining his revenue?

@RahulChauhan-gc6sc

3 жыл бұрын

Gideon Cloza We’re not watching it for the benefit of his revenue, it’s not our problem if he gains money or not, KZread isn’t made for money, it’s made for entertainment

Great vid and info, new Tesla owner here, picked up our Model Y on July 28th and have noticed even with Sentry Mode on my "vampire drain" is almost non-existent. I have stopped worrying about that. Cheers from Illinois

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome to hear mate. Enjoy too.

Another great video 👌🏼

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate. Means a lot hearing the great comments 🙏

Nice test and result. My Y is coming this Sat!

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 7 days seems like a drop in the ocean now compared to lockdown though 😂

We’re here for the Tesla videos! My car was at the shop for a week when I was getting it wrapped. I had sentry mode on, checked the app literally every couple of hours. When they were wrapping the doors the HVAC was on for hours at a time, I only lost 1-3% daily. If that. I lost like 16% over the whole week.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. It's good to see how many enjoy the Tesla videos :)

@marcusbiller867

4 жыл бұрын

That is bullshit. Sentry mode keeps the car awake and it uses 300W just for that. If you have 24hours of sentry that is 24*300 that is 8kWh or around 12% each day. +hvac. No way in hell did you loose 1% -3% which is less than 2kWh or about 8 hours of operation...

I wonder if you had done a hard reboot to cure the minor issues if that would have cured them? Informative video and thanks for sharing this video. Cheers!

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

On the way home I did think the same, but I didn't want to risk anything until I was sat on my drive. But by the next morning it was back to normal again.

Great video man

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate 🙏

I honestly would’ve just payed for the charger. I can’t just go a week and not check my car on the app but I understand the experiment. Great job!!

This was very interesting cus I would wonder the same thing about how much would be left after a holiday. I struggle with trust issues leaving cars at airports, although the secure car park you chose local to you was obviously good 👍🏻🙂 I’ve only left my S3 once in the 11 years I’ve owned it. 😂

Just found your channel because I want to leave my model Y at the airport👍

This was very useful. I’ve heard they drain the battery quite a lot but that seems to be a myth. Certainly with the model 3

Great video. One question, should you charge everyday for the health of the battery or is it ok to charge every few days? (basically if you have an apartment and can't charge using your mains, so have to rely on public chargers)

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fine to charge as frequent as you need to. I usually keep it above 50%, but tonight it's sat at 20%.

Honestly didn’t think about it till you told me but that was very helpful cause I’d check it like a idiot haha

Great video, thank you. This is something I've been wondering for a while as I wait on my new Model 3 which is "due" in May. As I'm still trying to figure everything out about this car, one question I do have is regarding Sentry Mode. Do you ever use it, and if so how often and when? Also, how much battery does it use over time? Thanks in advance.

@SpawnPoiint

2 жыл бұрын

It uses around 1 mile per hour. So up to 24 miles of range per day is possible. I don’t use it at home (you can disable it for certain locations like favourites) as I have cameras at home anyway. Otherwise I use it everywhere else. It’s always on for me.

That's an impressive test.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

Great video, thanks !!! One quick question but not really related to the video, where did you get your lip spoiler from please?

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 it was from a seller I found on eBay. Unfortunately they don’t sell it anymore.

@matthewgreaves1770

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint ok never mind. Have M3 LR on order and thought it would finish the car off nicely. Thanks for replying and keep the videos coming mate 👍

nice video, thanks for the content to. just wanting to know why your charge point on the car looks different to some other model 3 i have seen? is it a country thing?

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not actually sure why. It’s something to do with supercharging though.

@darrylchambers1

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a CCS socket that is becoming the standard for fast charging in Europe. I believe all Model 3’s in the UK and Model S and X produced after 1st May 2019 come with this type of socket.

Awesome!

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

5:34 Your kids: Dad we want this car 😂😂❤️

Nice video, however I would enable sentry mode without hesitation. Yes it drains battery but not a lot more than your test. I mean if I don't enable the sentry mode when I leave my car alone for 1 week then when would I do it?

This was one of my concerns. We usually go to the USA for three weeks at a time - not worth going that for for less - and I was concerned about how much the battery would have lost over this time.

Just love the 3 hope once wil owne 1

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

It’s an awesome car 😊

Great Video, I also posted this video on a forum because this exact question came up. I myself go on many trips to Hawaii or cruises which will keep me away for 7 or 8 days. I subscribed and liked. Thanks

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. That’s awesome to hear too.

i'm pretty sure if you would of done a reboot with both scroll buttons while driving(it is safe) everything would of been working fine again...sometimes glitches do occur and this is the easiest quick fix, from a model 3 owner to another ;)

Thank you from the US. I’m very interested in your range and any insight you have. I was impressed with your travel to the airport and using 20ish %. I have a m3p on order and having range and degradation anxiety and there are very few discussions of real world numbers or owners believe it’s okay to be put out. Do you believe the regen makes a difference? “Keep it real” and Cheers. Thanks again.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. I honestly don’t see the Regen doing a great deal if I’m honest. It’s winter so I’m definitely seeing less range than expected.

@rohitkurup6191

4 жыл бұрын

What exactly is your concern? In my experience real world range is approx. 10%-15% lesser than claimed or what you see displayed. Could be more depending on the conditions, driving style etc. Driving on the highway is least efficient as you are not using Regen breaking.. Counter-intuitive when compared to an ICE car.

Did you try a reboot to see if the issues would clear up. Usually when I have an issue I use the hold the scroll wheel till the Tesla icon comes back up. That usually fixes any issues.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

I have done this a few times with other issues, but I've been sat at home or on my own. I didn't fancy the risk with the family in the car (and away from home).

Great video. Do you mind me asking what you do for a living? :)

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Sure. I work hard 😂

If you ever do this again, when you return to the car after several days of inactivity, if you are seeing issues with the speed limit indicators or cruise control, try resetting the screen and see if that fixes anything. Click and hold the two steering wheel dials until the screen goes black and reboots. Just curious if that would have fixed your issues. Great info. Thanks for the video.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason, fortunately I was aware of the reset, but I didn't want to risk it before heading home. I've done it before when my wipers were playing up, but I was sat on my drive at the time.

My thoughts, one of the sensors had grime on it! Which probably got removed by driving it or heavy rain fall

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

It definitely wasn't that, as that's confirmed by an error message. This had no errors at all relating to the cameras.

Can you tell us where you bought the spoiler from and also how you fitted it??? It would be good to do a video on it if you have one???

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Unfortunately the seller I used doesn’t sell them anymore.

Was it still in valet mode maybe? Just thinking. I really like the car just wish South Africa would bring the car here without a 35 - 40% hike in price as import tax

I was wondering if you could help me out here.. How I can see the amount of KWH used each day or month for charging the car? I want to see the total KWH I used exclusively for charging. The Tesla app doesn't tell me and neither does the car when I click on the charge icon..I am sure it's buried somewhere but I don't know where.

I think that the cameras will have needed to recalibrate having not been used for the 7 days. Safety feature to ensure they work as required.

What was the temp ? Outside. I lose allot when it’s cold.

Lolll you passed right by my house going from the Alicante Elche Airport to the Benidorm area through that mountain pass at 3:19

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll give you a wave next time

@kevinszhere1

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll visit you and say hi..

What was the average temperature during those 8 days ? Was it above freezing ?

So none of those strange sounds when putting it into drive after the long sleep? Maybe those were heard by the parking folks ?

Do both tech and Tesla each week!

Not driven in almost 3 weeks now because of the current situation only lost about 8% (bit more due to software update) feel like could last at least 6 months on a single charge.

Good video. I'm getting the Model 3 myself (delivery due end of March, that's assuming society hasn't collapsed from the Coronavirus haha) and I'm going on holiday for two weeks so I always wondered how much my battery would drain over that time. But good to know it will be minimal. Is it possible that your cameras were obscured with dirt, which prevented autopilot from engaging. When I test drove the Model 3, the autopilot wouldn't engage and an error message popped up saying that I needed to clean the passenger side camera. Could also be the reason why your car wasn't picking up speed signs? Just a guess.

@whocares264

4 жыл бұрын

tesla model 3 does not pick up speed signs or any signs ...

@tonantos

4 жыл бұрын

@@whocares264 Oh doesn't it? My mistake

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t dirt as those error messages say so. They usually say the ‘front left camera is obscured’ or similar. This just said it wasn’t available. The next day it worked after a charge (and not cleaned). I imagine it was a software issue.

Did you set it to preheat once you’d landed? I wonder if that would have helped get some heat into the battery pack before you’d left and you’d have had regen a bit earlier? Was the front camera fogged up after sitting for the week?

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't open the app again or pre-heat as I wanted to see the impact on leaving it alone. Next time I will do, but as this was a first test I didn't unfortunately.

@marcusbiller867

4 жыл бұрын

You have to preheat a lot to get a 7 days cold battery to temperature. It will suck a lot of energy on a short 50mile trip. He still had some regen, but probably just 15-25kW. Plus you don't really need that much if you don't drive in the city. Preheating, outside of just heating the cabin for 3 minutes, would suck too much.

Humm. There must be something wrong with my wife’s new model y. While she is at work for 9 hours, she always loses 2% battery.

You say it's really quiet, could you demonstrate how quite it is like with a decibel meter and maybe compare it with a normal petrol or diesel car both on normal roads and motorways?

what was the weather like? The main phantom drain is the battery management that is more active when its hot

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

It was around 0 degrees.

@marcusbiller867

4 жыл бұрын

You can disable the cabin overheat protection

Nice video. What was the place at 0:50? Looks familiar? 🤔

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

I was passing through the land of Giant Bradley 😉

Only 3% wow. Other issues are not really issues. But damm 3% isn't bad.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh I was really impressed with it.

You’ve been to mallorca?

Does a Tesla need to have WiFi Connection for the App to connect to it and check the battery or how does it work? thanks in advance.

@SpawnPoiint

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t need wifi no. It’s Bluetooth to connect when near by, or it uses its onboard mobile signal.

How many KW did you lose & how many Km would that be?

I would've thought Sentry Mode would have been a great peace of mind to have on while away, I wonder how much it drains over a 2-3 day period to leave it turned on? Any KZreadrs done a test of this?

@Niccaman

4 жыл бұрын

1 mile per hour, 12 days is a full battery drain

Which model 3 is this?

Can you access the cars cameras through app? Would be a great security feature.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not. It’s something I’ve mentioned in a previous video would be really useful.

@bluenoserob4914

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint Maybe if many request this myself also when I get my own it may be facilitated.

@marcusbiller867

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluenoserob4914 There is actually a way. If you are parked nearby(outside of your house), you can use a wifi sdcard and connect to that one. Otherwise you can use a phone inside the car, connect that one to a wifi sdcard plugged in and then connect your main phone to that phone in the car via some teamviewer app or use some sort of relay server to browse the files on the sdcard.

@bluenoserob4914

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcusbiller867 it was specifically the cars cameras I was referring to like how an IP cam works, so I guess the camera system in the car our only record based for dash cam and sentry mode, and sensory when driving I.e auto pilot/FSD. Would be such a good security measure live view and email alerts in dealing with any untoward situation.

@marcusbiller867

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluenoserob4914 I was referring to the same, read what I said.. Tesla will never allow for this unless the car is connected to wifi as it will use too much data they pay for.

Question to you is, did you check the mileage driven? In other words, you said the valet's drove it... Did they note your power level before taking the car out on some joy rides while they had it in their possession, then recharging up to a level below what you would expect it to be?

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Haha good question, and yes I took a photo of the mileage before hand. Also, your ‘trip’ resets after each charge so it would have said 0 instead of 51 miles.

@Les_S537

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint OK, so you know the mileage when you left it, and you know the mileage when you picked it up, so? ;-)

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

So what? I answered it 😂

GPS lost it's lock whilst the car was asleep for so long? - the speed limits stuff is map based ... and if the car is not happy with the GPS location lock -> in terms of DOP - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_of_precision_(navigation) ... ?

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting, thanks for the link too!

I have heard about these kind of issues with the Tesla cars, my Nissan Leaf has no such issues, I left it for 17 days and found it had not lost even 1% on the battery, the regen breaking worked fine, all the speed controls etc... working fine. I realise the Tesla may well be a better car but the Leaf holds its own with reliability :) I know it has no battery cooling, so before you reply with this issue I should tell you that.. I live in the UK and with the weather here I will never need it! :-D

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear! Congrats.

we can all relate

Using the app to check on the car uses virtually zero power. Using Scan My Tesla app, the computer systems the app wakes up to check on the vehicle consume 2 watts of power, or 1/5 of an LED lightbulb. If you checked the car via the app once every day for a month, it would equate to less than 1.8% of battery drain. Before update 2019.5.xx, the computers sometimes didn’t return to a sleep state after waking- this has resolved and all systems return to sleep around 30 seconds after an app wake. The point is, don’t feel bad about checking your model 3 via the app. It has low power processing cores that handle app access. I have a 2019 Model 3 Performance and it has been by FAR the best car I’ve ever owned. My wishlist for future updates is to include pillar camera footage in sentry mode and allow us to view/delete sentry mode footage on the center screen- I can’t believe both of these haven’t been added already. Not having pillar camera footage leaves a huge blind spot in sentry mode and driving camera footage.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative feedback too 👍

Your issue seems to be endemic to electric vehicles of all types. If we leave a train shut off for a while in the cold they take ages to initialise and the software does act odd or doesn't work at all. A reset usually sorts out all the issues. Maybe this would help the Tesla.

@SpawnPoiint

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, fortunately I've not experienced it since.

@ExplodingPiggy

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint question, M3 SR+ (with AAP) or M3 LR (install AAP later)?, I'm having trouble deciding.

Why does sentry mode drain so much battery but a ring camera with a tiny battery can last months? Doesn’t make sense.

Very useful video for those of us looking to buy a Tesla - or any electric car. And the results are encouraging, too. One small crit. Making vids for public viewing means any of your foibles are visible. Not impressed with your car control technique. Fingertip steering, esp with wife and two kids in the car?? Still a thumbs up and sub from me.

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful, thanks for the sub 👍

I really want a Tesla Model 3 😩

Not massive EV fan as I'm a keen driver, but vids like this educate all the doubters. Good content but Christ on a bike keep your hands on the wheel. You get a blow out your history!

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 it’s using autopilot, my hand is there as a backup

@leedorey1490

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpawnPoiint let's hope auto pilot can save you then. Is there any safety data on this by chance? Tesla do have a good occupancy protection if you do bin it. My friends Model X was side swiped at speed and all inside walked away no problem. At the end of the day we are heading for transport pods with no passenger involvement.

don't have a tesla but here i am. haha

Phantom drain

What if you left it for a month or 2

@SpawnPoiint

4 жыл бұрын

You could extrapolate my 7 day result.

Interesting, you called your car Snowflake, Ive called mine Trigger;)

So What's the whole point ?🤔

Can you also advise the weather conditions the car was in while you were away? Temperature will have a serious impact i can imagine.