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Tesla not even doing a good job installing spoilers for 3P+ Cars that are over a year old and people talking MCU retrofits for 36 pages?
LOL
The sad truth is that the MCU and IC upgrades are virtually plug-n-play but Tesla refuses to let customers or independent shops have access to Toolbox to do so. Tesla doesn't need to offer MCU upgrades at all. Just let us have Toolbox (or authorized service shops / independent repair shops) and this and many other repair/retrofit/maintenance problems resolve themselves.Here's my angle, I now have a car that can operate for potentially 400k miles unlike any other ICE I have ever owned. I wish I could keep it reasonably current with features and would be willing to pay for some upgrades. In my case I bought at the peak of pricing for a p100D and have watched the resale market value of my car plummet and have a Feb production vehicle on top of all of that. Don't get me wrong I love my car.
The sad truth is that the MCU and IC upgrades are virtually plug-n-play but Tesla refuses to let customers or independent shops have access to Toolbox to do so. Tesla doesn't need to offer MCU upgrades at all. Just let us have Toolbox (or authorized service shops / independent repair shops) and this and many other repair/retrofit/maintenance problems resolve themselves.
Yeah that sucks. Did they indicate at the time that you would be able to upgrade to the newer MCU in the future, at a price, if you wanted?1: No, I didn't have the option to move. I would have lost the 2k.
2: Yes, I'd take it today, mobile service could probably do it. hell, i'd gladly give up root for the increased performance.
3: Considering i drove 3 hours with the fam to get the car and had waited 3 months for the car, I made the decision to not walk away. You're right. I could have lost 2 grand, 12 hours of driving, pissed of my family, and an additional 3 months of waiting. I chose not to. Doesn't mean I can't be upset about the changeover. I found out less than a week before, while the car was already at the SC waiting to delivered. in my case, I had no other option. The train had left the station.
I know I was getting the current MCU offerings when I ordered. But missing it by a day really chaps my underside. Ultimately, this comes down to Tesla sneaking the MCU upgrade in without notification. Had I been told a month or even 2 months after ordering: "hey, there's a new upgraded MCU coming that will significantly improve performance, would you like to transfer your deposit to a new build?", of course I would have taken it.
But Tesla didn't, because Tesla didn't and doesn't care. They're in the business of selling cars, not making people happy. This is why they won't offer an upgrade. They're looking toward the future, not the past. Any car produced before 3/1/18 has already been deemed legacy and EOL. They've got a track record of leaving autos behind in the dust (AP1, AP2).
I'm unfortunate that I missed the cutoff. The person after me is fortunate, since they were the first in line for the upgrade. C'est la vie.
Elon indicated previously that they would allow and support independent mechanics eventually, but maybe he changed his mind and decided it would be a better business move not to. I'm still not giving up hope that Tesla will start to support their aging fleet properly. It's just not a priority yet. Their oldest mass produced cars are only seven years old. That's not very old. My car is almost three years old and it feels brand new. I bought a brand new eGolf on Monday. Great car. It has a lot of cool features my Tesla doesn't have, but it is so obviously inferior to a seven year old Tesla. Even with their old crappy MCU'sThe sad truth is that the MCU and IC upgrades are virtually plug-n-play but Tesla refuses to let customers or independent shops have access to Toolbox to do so. Tesla doesn't need to offer MCU upgrades at all. Just let us have Toolbox (or authorized service shops / independent repair shops) and this and many other repair/retrofit/maintenance problems resolve themselves.
Elon indicated previously that they would allow and support independent mechanics eventually, but maybe he changed his mind and decided it would be a better business move not to. I'm still not giving up hope that Tesla will start to support their aging fleet properly. It's just not a priority yet. Their oldest mass produced cars are only seven years old. That's not very old. My car is almost three years old and it feels brand new. I bought a brand new eGolf on Monday. Great car. It has a lot of cool features my Tesla doesn't have, but it is so obviously inferior to a seven year old Tesla. Even with their old crappy MCU's
Yes. I was looking for a used LEAF for my daughter and found out about the deals that VW was having on the eGolf. I thought it was a no brainer to pay a little more for a new car with more features and range. $24,304 out the door. $14,304 after next tax season. Thinking about getting a second one for my wife.@Electroman, not to get off topic for more than one quick question: Why did you buy a brand new eGolf? Were they basically giving them away?
Sure, he's not concerned about making Wall Street happy, that's well known. But he still must, every single quarter.
I'm confused as to why you think it's a myth? Public companies have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholder value. If any company places some other mission above that, they'll be pummeled to death in the public markets. That but doesn't preclude other secondary environmental or humanitarian missions, as long as they are secondary.
I saw other people comment on it, but I do think it's really a myth (yet of course with much prevalence of followers in reality). Example
Corporations Don't Have to Maximize Profits - NYTimes.com
In other words, it is activist hedge funds and modern executive compensation practices — not corporate law — that drive so many of today’s public companies to myopically focus on short-term earnings; cut back on investment and innovation; mistreat their employees, customers and communities; and indulge in reckless, irresponsible and environmentally destructive behaviors.
Wrong... MCU1 support "Hungry" , "Lucky" , "Joe Mode" and "Application Launcher reordered".. Biggest update eh...Tesla V10: first look at the update and new features - Electrek
A nice list of features MCU1 won't support
Wrong... MCU1 support "Hungry" , "Lucky" , "Joe Mode" and "Application Launcher reordered".. Biggest update eh...