Baloney. That thing cuts the towing capacity in at least half. Look at Tesla’s towing page - adding even five inches of leverage length to the end of the OEM receiver cuts both tongue weight and towing weight dramatically.
Agreed. I’d not be towing. Just using to for off-road spare carrying. The hitch extension would be nice for my hitch umbrella though.
Incorrect. I reported this to the Sliver Spring service center when there yesterday because I carried some furniture last week for a couple hundred miles with the tailgate down and had no FSD. They told me it is impossible to use FSD with the rear camera obscured or the tailgate down. Besides, how would you latch the tailgate when it is down?
The bike rack loss of capacity was the first thing that got my attention o the capacity page. A normal trailer ball at 7.3 inches from the receiver has 1,100 pounds tongue weight capacity. A 4-bike rack extending a maximum of 30 inches from the receiver has only 220 pounds tongue weight capacity. Leverage matters, and this thing has a lot of that.
Well. With the tailgate down if you manually reach into the latches and engage them the truck registers as tailgate closed.
Yah, though you are agreeing with the post you quoted. Might have meant to quote the post they were replying to?
Yes. Meant to quote this. As per your instructions (I think) many moons ago, I now know you can use FSD even with an extra long load and that sort of thing.
So it’s a non-sanctioned workaround circumventing Tesla’s FSD limitations. Not going to take THAT liability! But thanks for the info.
Supervised FSD. Subtle but important distinction. Think of it as a driving tool like cruise control.
