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As mentioned in another post I’m replacing my 65” B9 that was purchased in 2019 due to delamination at the panel edges. This was my primary TV from 2019 until 2025 and has displayed 6 years of F1 races, IMSA races, WEC races, NFL games, NBA games, and MLB games totaling 7,376 hours. This is content with static timing and scoring and supposed to be a worst case scenario for OLED’s. It’s been years since I’ve done a burn in test and I have to say, I’m impressed with the panel wear. It’s a shame that it’s delaminating as the majority of the panel seems to be in excellent shape.

For those inquiring minds, the TV was set to cinema home set to 100% brightness. It was connected to an Apple TV running Dolby Vision. All burn-in mitigation settings are enabled.

Hi there! For those looking for ways to protect their OLED investment and also happen to be AT&T customers, I HIGHLY recommend looking into HomeTech Protection.

My 65” B9 recently started experiencing pixel failure around the entire perimeter (see attached). I submitted my claim on Sunday, paid the $100 deductible, and received my brand new 65” B6 as a replacement Tuesday from Best Buy. This is my second OLED replacement from HomeTech Protection and is massive peace of mind.

Important note: burn-in is NOT covered last I checked.

As for the cost, it’s $19.99 a month. I just make my goal every year to get my moneys worth. So between the B9 failure, laser printer failure, two 6TB HDD failures, and a network switch failure, I’m up to nearly $3,800 in replaced hardware in the last 12 months. In cases where they can’t provide an equivalent replacement they transfer the cash value via PayPal.

Hope this helps someone!

My 2025 Job 1 Flash is now over a year old and has 20,000+ miles on the clock. So I thought I take a trip to my local Ionna Rechargery and do some tests.

I did an Out of Spec style 10% challenge as well as a 10 to 80% charging session. For those not familiar with the 10% challenge, you arrive to the charger preconditioned at 10%, charge for 15 minutes, then see how far you can go at 80mph until you hit 10% again. For both charging sessions climate was set to auto at 75°. Exterior temp was 71°F.

The results:
10% Challenge
39.0478kWh delivered
SoC at session end was 40%
Average charging speed was 155.68kw
Distance traveled 68.3 miles.
Calculated efficiency of 1.9mi/kWh

10% to 80% Charge
95.2787kWh delivered
Average charging speed was 136.58kw
Charge time 41:57

A few observations. 
Both charging sessions held 500A for ~7:30 then aggressively tapered down to 400A.

Battery temps were fairly low with the 10-80 maxing out at 109°F.

Out of Spec was able to deliver more power in their 10% challenge run in a 2023 Lightning, 40.3kWh, however their testing was done at 49°F. This is also why they managed 63 miles at 1.6mi/kWh.

All in all, not horrific, but also the absolute worst in class performance. What’s frustrating is there seems to be thermal headroom to push higher amps longer. I wish Ford held 500A for the first 50% or 60% of SoC. Other manufacturers allow another 20F into the pack before reducing current. 

Just ran across this on the Draggy FB page. Only exceeding its tow rating by 250%. 🤣

I was lucky enough to have a smooth warranty replacement process after my driver side taillight failed due to water ingress on my 2025 Job 1 Flash. A few months later, I’m now noticing that the replacement taillight is different. Did the dealer install the wrong part or did the design change?

Edit: thanks for the responses! It indeed appears to be a Lariat or Platinum taillight.

Tesla Supercharger PSA

Today at a SuperCharger site I noticed something interesting. The site has both V3 and V4 posts. I chose the V4 post as I can park and not take up more than 1 space. While charging another Lightning rolls up and takes up 2 spaces at the V3 posts. This site has 28 posts, over 2/3 of which are V4 posts. To me the only reason the other Lightning driver chose the V3 is because they didn’t know the difference.

So PSA for all non-Tesla EV drivers. If you see a newer black and white V4 SuperCharger post, it has a much longer cable than the older style red and white Supercharger posts.

That is all. 🫡

Today at a SuperCharger site I noticed something interesting. The site has both V3 and V4 posts. I chose the V4 post as I can park and not take up more than 1 space. While charging another Lightning rolls up and takes up 2 spaces at the V3 posts. This site has 28 posts, over 2/3 of which are V4 posts. To me the only reason the driver chose the V3 is because they didn’t know the difference.

So PSA for all non-Tesla EV drivers. If you see a newer black and white V4 SuperCharger post, it has a much longer cable than the older style red and white Supercharger posts.

That is all. 🫡

Well this is the most I can get out of this thing. The thing being a Flash with 131kWh ER battery.

Soooo close to 7’s in the 8th. I really wish the launch, especially in sport mode with TC off, was more aggressive. No matter what I do, the truck gently feeds in the power. Thus, the 60’ times are very so so. I know the tires have more as I’m not getting any wheel spin. I’m sure the gently power delivery is to protect the axles, but if it isn’t, an OTA update with a launch mode would be very much appreciated!

Also on a positive note, due to this testing taking place at 100% SoC, I was able to see my max available energy. After 17,000+ miles I’m still seeing 131.07kWh usable indicated!