Recent content by glh280

I am getting closer and closer to the end of my lease. As I do my anxiety level raises. I do not like what I have heard regarding people dealing with US Bank on lease returns (non-Teslas). And considering how much upside down my lease is I expect it to be brutal. I am not a fan of the lease...

I knew exactly how bad the Tesla leases were. They suck! ...however, they also lose money so fast that a lease is the best way to protect yourself from low residual values (much lower than they estimate). Ex: We purchased a 2016 MS P90DL at a $22k discount ($142k MSRP). Leased it for...

I have found that since the AP1 update (forced by the Service Center), I no longer use AP. I just don't go on highways very often, and most of my driving on divided roads is limited to the speed limit. It is painful to actually do the speed limit. Almost everyone is accustomed to going 5 mph...

This email prior to the upgrade would have also given me the heads up not to install the update. (In my case the service center installed the update automatically, so I didn't even get a choice in the matter)

Also, sometimes speed limits are set artificially low because they know people will do 5-10 mph over anyways. Ex: our neighborhood set the speed limit to 20 mph even though the road was designed for 35 mph. People still drive 27-29 mph on average.

I get this argument all the time. I will tell you that 90%+ of the time those people are hypocrites. They will say it is illegal to speed, but then do it themselves. Ultimately it comes down the responsibility being mine. I am liable for the car and what it does. Treat it as such.

I just drove the car again. It appears that the HOLD WHEEL nag has increased to about 30 second intervals. I called the service center. They need to get this software off my car. I did not authorize the install of the software, the service center did it and it has crippled the AP for most of...

The service center is not aware that the speed limit (5 mph) should have changed. They are looking into it, though their response is still that AP is only meant for the highway. :(

I need to make a video of my kids racing the summon. I think they might win...

Either way, you are looking at Autopilot as a driver. Autopilot is just lane keeping assist. It is an assistant, not a driver. When looked at as an assistant it shouldn't matter how fast you are going. It isn't driving, it is doing what you tell it to do.

Crap, I was afraid this was actually and issue and not just a fluke. I just got my car back from the service center and they installed the software that now limits it to the speed limit. It will become useless to me on all but highways now. I use it as a second hand on the wheel, but doing...

I am trying to get a ballpark of where I should list the 2015 Tesla Model S 60kwh with Autopilot for. Options are attached. Mileage is around 25k. No accidents or issues.

Exactly, but that is why we leased on this one. I didn't want to worry about how much it would loose by updated models. I knew exactly what I was into the car for.

We leased our P90DL for a purchase price of around $115k. It stickered at almost $145k. I would expect the extremely optioned car to drop in value really quickly (% wise) as it has already been replaced three times (refresh, 100kwh, and AP2.0). The base models not so much because it...