Recent content by randompersonx

So, after a test drive… IMHO the new car is certainly much nicer in many ways. The autopilot is much better… But the $10k trade in offer is insultingly low, and hard to get past psychologically.

It's absolutely a concern ... but I'm also concerned about the issues with the rear drive motor potentially failing. Dealing with having Electrified Garage modify it is time that I currently don't have ... and I assume the battery will fail at some point in the next two years. Having extra...

I'm honestly really surprised how negative everyone is on the newer cars even when compared to 2014. I've got a test drive scheduled for later on today, and will see my own opinion (and take all of this commentary to see how much those things bother me)... but I think this is the first car I've...

Thanks for all of these points. Do the new cars not 'simulate' the parking sensors with the camera to provide the same functionality with warning if you get too close? I will miss the stalks, yes ... but I can live with it. The $100/year for the data plan ... I'd imagine I will just stream...

I'd say that if I could get 25K out of the existing car, it'd be much more palatable... 10K is just a very bitter pill to swallow. Also, I've heard that the v12 autopilot is a huge upgrade, and the youtube videos I've seen of it look far more impressive than what my car can do. Do you not have v12?

As many of you know, Tesla is now offering a transfer of the Free Unlimited Supercharging for grandfathered owners to new vehicles. I've looked at the eBay value of my car (120K miles), and it's about $15,000 give or take -- there don't seem to be any with the Ludicrous upgrade or MCU2...

Same call and I also refused. I have a P85D Ludicrous ... my primary complaint about it is range, so it's kinda pointless to upgrade to the "Plaid" and not just wait for the "Plaid+". As other said, it also means there will be time for the bugs to be worked out first, too. Also, as far as...

I just got an update from Tesla -- Apparently, the eMMC didn't fail, but rather, the filesystem was 100% full, and as a result, some databases got corrupted and required the MCU to be reformatted and factory reset -- but didn't require a hardware replacement. Pretty absurd failure in any event...

You've got to keep in mind the company priorities. The programmers seem to be far more interested in doing important things like making "Fart Mode" more accessible, and improving gameplay in Backgammon. Trivial things like "Does the update brick your MCU?" or "Does the update cause the car...

I've got a December 2014 P85D (with Ludicrous upgrade). My MCU1 just failed, for the second time. Fortunately I have the Extended Service Agreement. The previous time it was replaced I think in 2018. I was pretty disappointed at the time that I was made to wait several weeks, and it was...

My alarm went off too. I live in a very quiet neighborhood, so I am sure my neighbors appreciated it. Thankfully I started the upgrade immediately after getting home and didn’t let it auto update at 5am, so at least I hadn’t gone to sleep yet.

No. I did a full reboot (power car off for three minutes). I reported it to Tesla, who is trying to do remote diagnostics.

I don’t know if it’s related to this firmware, but on my first drive after the upgrade I was treated with this.

Stuff like this, IMHO, is part of why Tesla is struggling to be profitable. Don't you think experiences like this weigh in on decisions when Tesla sends out emails suggesting trading the car in and buying another? Tesla doesn't need to sell their cars to a thousand hardcore fans -- they need to...

Sure, it is an option, and yes, I can and might do that... But it doesn't change the fact that Tesla is not providing service anywhere near comparable to what you might expect for a >$100k BMW, Mercedes, or Porsche.