We crammed our final furniture purchases into the Tesla.

They arrived at Early Settler Furniture in Chirnside, about three months after we ordered them.

We didn’t want to fork out for another delivery fee (we’ve paid for two already on this one order), so we decided to just pick them up. Two bedside tables and two tall coffee tables, plus the boxes and packaging. Two fit in the back seat and two almost fit in the boot. So, we left the boot slightly open.

Driving off, the Tesla displayed a warning on screen and played a continuous three beep sound. We couldn’t tap anywhere to stop it, but after a minute or so, it just went quiet.

We stopped for lunch at Milk & Wine Co in Heathmont. Delicious coffee and eggs. But, I digress.

While we were seated for lunch, the Tesla sent my phone a notification to warn that the boot was open. That was okay. But, I also couldn’t lock the car. It seems that the open boot prevents the car locking the doors too. I’ll need to check into this. It seems wrong to me, but it’s something that Tesla could fix via an over the air (OTA) update.

Although it rained on our way home, barely any water got into the boot. The on screen reversing guides were a little out of alignment because of the partly open boot. But everything else worked fine. There were of course no fumes coming back into the car from our exhaust pipe, through the open boot.

Charging:

We just drove on solar power, plugging in at home to recharge from the solar panels on our roof. Even on a rainy day, there are pockets of sunshine.