Thanks for the leveling trick. I'll be using it frequently.Interesting ideas here... not sure about the coffin option, but we have tried camping in the bed first and now cybertent. Found both were great for different reasons and both could use some improvements.
Bed Camping: biggest down side was not being able to keep supplies in the bed every night when we setup camp (daily over a 4-day weekend trip). If we do that again, I’d build a simple plywood shelf on the side rails so you have tons of room under the sleeping area. Of course, you couldn’t sleep with the tonneau cover closed. We didn’t have to worry about bears, having some friendly horses to stand watch, so we just used a tarp and a couple of tent poles to shield against the thunderstorms that happened by that weekend. We had to protect the tarp against the sharp roof peak with a couple of towels, then tie off the corners to the wheels and/or stakes.
We are very interested in adding a duct of some sort from the cab to the bed. We usually leave the pups in the back seat with the AC on all night in camp mode, so it wouldn’t really change much in terms of overnight battery usage to also duct a bit of air to the bed or cybertent. We took out the back seats a while back so i think it’s actually going to be pretty easy just routing a small air duct below the area where the tonneau cover rolls up into. If you then cover up the two can exhaust vents (which are exposed when you remove the back seats), all the exhaust air would be forced through this new duct, so i think it’d provide pretty great cooling.
Another helpful trick we learned, if you want to level the truck using tent mode but then close the tonneau cover: set tent mode, then select jack mode, then exit tent mode. This freezes the suspension in its leveled state.
As I was reading your reply, I envisioned a roll of material at the end of the bed with one end attached to the tonneau cover. Open The tonneau and the roll unwinds, close the tonneau and the spring loaded rolls back up.
Clearly you haven't read the manual. Battery not needed.Speaking of coffins, don’t get stuck in there like these non owners manual reading fools. It’s in the book on how to get in and out of a Tesla with dead battery.lol.
Don’t know about the vault?! ???
I would probably go for a small trailer before closing myself up in a hot box. ?
This a complete BS post.
Preaching to the choir! That wasn’t my point. Was just jokingly warning OP not to get stuck. You are right don’t know anything about the CT or safety features, but don’t understand why other Tesla owners don’t know about their vehicles. Seems to be a new trend!
The motivations for publishing articles like these is questionable. Clickbaiting and FUD mongering are too often the reasons.Preaching to the choir! That wasn’t my point. Was just jokingly warning OP not to get stuck. You are right don’t know anything about the CT or safety features, but don’t understand why other Tesla owners don’t know about their vehicles. Seems to be a new trend!
All you are doing as a Lightning Fanboy is showing your ignorance.
This post is gold.....Interesting ideas here... not sure about the coffin option, but we have tried camping in the bed first and now cybertent. Found both were great for different reasons and both could use some improvements.
Bed Camping: biggest down side was not being able to keep supplies in the bed every night when we setup camp (daily over a 4-day weekend trip). If we do that again, I’d build a simple plywood shelf on the side rails so you have tons of room under the sleeping area. Of course, you couldn’t sleep with the tonneau cover closed. We didn’t have to worry about bears, having some friendly horses to stand watch, so we just used a tarp and a couple of tent poles to shield against the thunderstorms that happened by that weekend. We had to protect the tarp against the sharp roof peak with a couple of towels, then tie off the corners to the wheels and/or stakes.
We are very interested in adding a duct of some sort from the cab to the bed. We usually leave the pups in the back seat with the AC on all night in camp mode, so it wouldn’t really change much in terms of overnight battery usage to also duct a bit of air to the bed or cybertent. We took out the back seats a while back so i think it’s actually going to be pretty easy just routing a small air duct below the area where the tonneau cover rolls up into. If you then cover up the two can exhaust vents (which are exposed when you remove the back seats), all the exhaust air would be forced through this new duct, so i think it’d provide pretty great cooling.
Another helpful trick we learned, if you want to level the truck using tent mode but then close the tonneau cover: set tent mode, then select jack mode, then exit tent mode. This freezes the suspension in its leveled state.
Second a sliding glass window!
