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No. Something has changed. The key lovable characteristic of the SC network was that it was growing, making it increasingly possible to go almost anywhere with a Tesla. That is what has changed: the network will not grow as fast according to Musk, and his firing the whole team will make it...

I'm certainly not intending to hurt anyone's feelings or create misunderstandings. I grew up reading Ad Age in the 60's, my dad being an ad man. Early Volkswagen ads were both fun and very effective. As compared to the American cars of the time, the VW was too small, under powered, had the...

>>Begin rant I've been looking at small display screens to fit behind the steering wheel, so I can easily see my speed, selected gear, remaining charge, and a couple other things that can be seen in that general position in any other car. In my brand new Tesla, I have to customize it just to...

Yes! I still have my 2014 Chevy Volt, and have driven it recently after driving my 2024 MYLR for a little less than a month. The Volt is so much nicer to drive. Creeping out of a parking spot is safer than having to accelerate out, because your foot is already on the critical pedal, the...

In the past, I was occasionally involved in new car launches for Volvo and others. We would put together competitive space comparisons. A Volvo S60, a BMW 330i, and a Mercedes C300 were very similar cars with similar price tags. But the cars were marketed to three different types of people...

Definitely. The Teslas have loads of useless and ergonomically poor features. Why not add something useful? A simple vision system could locate your eyes in 3d space, and adjust the mirror perfectly, and readjust it if you recline the seat a little or start to slouch. I would much prefer...

Yes, a level 4 (or especially 5) car would be very nice, and probably far safer than human-piloted cars. Even without the benefit of swarm communication, cars being able to look all around all the time should improve safety. As an old codger, I find that my processing power is not what it...

I think that it more likely uses a neural network to categorize the things it "sees". Getting from millions of multicolored pixels to categorizing some of them as lane markings, some of them as curbs, some of them as people walking, some as small cars, some as large trucks is difficult and slow...

I doubt that it is as important as Muck thinks it is. I don't hear a lot of people saying "I'm just getting killed by what I spend on Uber and Lyft!" In New York, the subway is a bargain, and Seattle has very good bus service. Getting around with Uber and Lyft, biking, walking... loads of...

Yes! Me too.

I don't, but Kyle Conner read it on his podcast.

Seems unlikely. Perhaps some group of people who are desperate for work and willing feel like scabs... but a team, a doubt it. Tesla does not appear to be a "team" sort of company.

Interesting. I thought it was just getting real when KelvinMace wrote: "His pushing of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, his amplifying of racist bigots on a media platform he was so obsessed with that he bought for about three-four times what it was worth, and his courting of politicians who...

Agreed. As a new Tesla owner, I find the supercharger system really useful and simple to use. It gives me warm fuzzies about the company, to counter all the mediocre to awful stuff. I'm struck by the fact that the MY seems fine in fit and finish, and feels solid, and functions well in an...

I'm new to Tesla, but have noticed the same thing. I get a message that corrective steering was applied, but nothing seems to have happened. Usually, but I think not always, the text message is preceded by the serious-sounding audible warning. So far, there has not been any need for any...

Flattery works to keep your car going too. I find that my car works better if say things like "DEI must DIE!" and "FREE AMERICA NOW." I'm pretty sure it's listening even when I don't press the scroll button. FSD{KIDDING) has become more exciting since I started using flattery. Now it darn...

I did this today, prior to having read this. TACC seemed to want to hold a lower speed. I think I disengaged and reengaged at the desired speed. If I just accelerate to the original set speed does it resume without the disengage/reengage? And thanks for your answers.

BTW thanks for your time in answering these questions. I was using a full pull to engage FSD, because that seemed to work. Then after FSD tried to kill me the second time, I disabled it. Then I noticed that a half pull would engage TACC. So, I concluded, incorrectly that there was a...

Wh Is the tentacle blue for one and gray for the other?

Yes, there are. The Mercedes EQB 300 I test drove before buying the Tesla has all those virtues of the Corolla: ergonomically designed controls; freedom from unpredictable speed changes; wipers that performed correctly and could be operated without taking my eyes off the road... and it never...

Unexpected braking occurs about twice a day on my 12 mile commute. Most frequently, I think, around over/under passes, but elsewhere too. Following distance is often handled well, but occasionally the response to coming up to a slower moving vehicle is delayed, so my MY tailgates a little...

Yes, it seems that way to me too. I'd like to see a $25K EV that is simple and just works well, without loads of malfunctioning doo-dads and gee-gaws. That is actually not far from what I was seeking when purchasing my MYLR. (I need to tow 3500 lbs, so need something a little e heavier than a...

On my MYLR, the button is not time sensitive; it is pressure sensitive. A light press does one wipe, unless you hold it down lightly, in which case it wipes as long as it is held down. A harder press (past a detent) causes the washing/with three wipes, typically. Do the model 3's work...

No other car manufacturer has such an ergonomically poor solution. Want wipers? Just take your eyes off the road, refocus on the lower part of the screen. Pray that the road is not bumpy. Then pick a speed, if you can read them. Then look back at the road.

My 2024 MYLR occasionally misses "seeing" other vehicles entirely. And sometimes it categorizes a pickup truck as being a box truck, and then it jumps back to being a pickup, etc. But yesterday, I was at a light, and noticed that the car in front of me did not have a turn signal on, but the...

Is this a test?

The App tells me I have 12.3.3. My right stalk works like my left one: half way down does one thing; all the way down does another. If I pull all the way down I'm in FSD, and the car drives itself. If I pull it down halfway, I get TACC. (or TACC and lane keeping if I don't have lane...

I'll let mine expire and see if there is anything I miss.

A 1997 Corolla was faultlessly reliable; its controls were ergonomically designed; it would neither slow down nor speed up unpredictably; its wipers worked well and could be operated without taking your eyes off the road; it would not steer you into the path of an overtaking vehicle. An...

I'm new to Tesla, and find this hard to follow. I have a 2024 MYLR with H4. 1. So, if I use FSD during my three-month trial (which has about 2.5 months to go) when I am on a highway, am I am using V11, and when I'm on local roads, am I using V12? 2. If so, are both versions loaded all the...

I would not expect that to be the case. If the price goes up, I'd assume it will go up for all users. Have you read something to the contrary?

I really like the color!

Who is they? And please explain the process by which the latest AI will be populated into cruise control. Has it already been accomplished? My brand new MYLR does not have TACC that functions correctly, so should I assume that "being populated" is a very very long process? Is it possible...

I fear it may be too much to ask. My 1973 Citroen SM had wipers that reliably wiped faster as rain increased. Tesla can't even make things work as well as they did 50 years ago.

In my quite new 2024 MYLR, I was first shocked at how bad FSDS was. It tried to kill me a couple times. I cannot imagine why anyone would pay for FSD or any of its predecessors. That seems entirely backwards to me. Tesla should pay any of us who want to be test drivers. My park assist is...

Yes, it certainly is! I find it fatiguing. I am a new Tesla owner, so can only imagine that earlier versions must have been just awful. The fact that they just threw out 300,000 lines of code and are now relying on the neural network far more heavily strikes me as an admission that they...

On my 2024 MYLR moving the stalk to the first detent engages cruise; moving it to the second engages FSD. Is that what you mean by single/double pull?

I'd put the date before that. In 1960, they were relatively simple and well-engineered and well-assembled. The 300SL gullwing (mid 50s) was a fabulous car. The diesels from the 60's were rock solid, in terms of reliability. But I think that by the mid 1970's, the frequency-of-repair records...

Yes! My beloved flight instructor, who was also my father-in-law, would say "An autopilot is a device designed to put the aircraft wreckage close to an airport." That has been my experience with V12. It will be OK just long enough to make me think that it shows promise... then it does...

Anticipating reaction to this, I will have to admit, that yes, Mercedes does not produce a good fart noise.

If FSD(S) or FSDBeta were really FSD, then Tesla would have an advantage. But real FSD is Level 5, and Tesla is nowhere near that. Mercedes has the brand image of building better cars than Tesla. Now, they also are gaining the brand image of moving much faster than Tesla in meaningful...

When I have fsd engaged, I'm a test pilot, and should be paid accordingly. On one occasion, I would have been in a serious high speed accident if I had not taken over immediately. When I have used fsd in a typical 15 mile commute, I encounter, on average, 3 times when the system does something...

I'm a new MYLR owner, and am so far getting about the range I expected. I'm between homes so have been supercharging, which is incredibly easy, and kind of fun. Drive through, plug in, eat, and the car is done (at a 250kw charger).

Have others been alarmed by the vitriol and hyperbole in some of the threads here? I am brand new here, and generally avoid online forums, although I used to participate in a couple engineering forums that were usually collegial. In a thread on possible unintended acceleration (from brake pedal...

In other words, you are saying that there is a battery issue, I think. That seems likely. I have experienced so many strange issues with my new MYLR that I have not yet developed much faith in anything, but I am glad to hear that you have had good luck with low range indications and cushions...

I'll check steering effort on my Durango with the car not running. Maybe I'll do the same with the Volt. The Durango's weight is similar to the MY in mass. Maybe it, too, is extraordinarily hard to steer without power assist.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-2-mln-vehicles-us-nhtsa-2024-02-02/ I doubt that replacing the rack alone will solve the problem. There are very good reasons that aluminum is not used for routine home wiring -- and when it is, special care is taken to...

And two days to get any response at all, that response being that the appointment will be canceled 72 hours after the first request, unless I supply an "exact" "time stamp" and "location" for every event... even though I have elected to share data with the corp. They should already have time...

Yes, that squares well with my observations. I have only owned a Tesla for a little over a week, and I an already finding that I am not so sure about the car or the "community". And the corporation is shockingly unresponsive. I've had several dangerous fsd events and wiper malfunctions, and...

Do you pick up anything related to gender here? "It seem to happen more to women than men, but that has nothing to do with this conversation. "