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I have been thinking the same thing for a while. The longer we wait, the more likely it is that we end up with HW3.1 or even HW4.0. I don't expect actual full self driving capability to roll out anytime soon, so I am happy to wait until it does, or until Autopilot on HW3 is demonstrably better...

After a week and a half with this release, I am mostly happy with it. I haven't noticed any significant ping-pong behavior as others have. I do have one criticism: as good, confident and immediate the new lane changes are, the car initiates and completes them a bit too abruptly for my tastes...

Well, thanks for posting your impressions in a dedicated thread. I am glad I caught it before the thread merge; being in Atlanta, I have no use for winter tires (indeed, we have enough sudden warm spells in the winter that driving on them could actually be a really bad idea at times), and never...

Why was the thread about the CrossClimate+ merged into the winter tire thread? Some people are interested in that tire specifically yet have no need or interest in dedicated winter tires. The CrossClimate+ is not a winter tire. It's an all-weather tire.

Great to hear. I will probably be picking up some of these fairly shortly. They've been on my list for some time now and the characteristics you describe match up well with my wish list.

Agree. I also don't like it in another situation: Pulling out of my alley into the slightly larger neighborhood street, there's a sidewalk as well as some good sized trees on the corner, and houses built right up to the sidewalk and very close to the road. The trees and houses partially block...

Precisely what I meant.

The guy says they're plated. Plated = metal coating, which is why they still get hot.

Agree. In my car, an update a week or so ago made Slacker sound much better than it ever had, and now Spotify sounds even more rich, even at low volume. Indeed, I think that anything over 40% would be uncomfortably loud, though still very clear.

I have definitely remarked on that. I have prided myself on the ability to make a smooth, almost imperceptible stop since I was in driver's ed at age 15. I can't fathom why it's so hard for a computer to get that right. That said, I generally enjoy EAP, generally find it useful, and use it on...

They could easily do this without making it annoying - just turn the click...click of the turn signal to a subtle ding-ding. Slightly different rhythm, and a noise just "dingy" enough for you to realize that there's something there without actually being annoying. And of course give people the...

I am a pretty patient person and have a pretty long fuse, but I certainly understand your frustration, and indeed, I was fairly frustrated myself last week. I am fortunate that my service center is very close and that it's usually fairly easy for me to decide to work from home with little or no...

Agree. I had an update fail last week, rendering the car inoperable. I called support but it was in the evening; after a long wait, I finally reached someone but the folks who can re-push software updates had already gone home for the night. So the rep who helped me and who was very nice put it...

This update failed for me this evening. Car says it cannot be driven or charged. On hold with support now, hoping to get this resolved...

Thanks for taking the time for such a thoughtful and insightful reply. I will definitely put the A/S3+ on my short list. Probably won't give much consideration to the Continental ExtremeContact DWS06; I put those on my old IS300 and while they had great treadlife, they also had a very numb...

Thanks for the detailed reply with good information! You're quite right, of course, that V-rated tires should be perfectly adequate. I don't think I have taken my car over 85 mph in the year I have owned it. How are you finding the efficiency, noise and ride quality of these tires compared to...

I put Driveguards on my last car during my last few years of ownership. They'll help you get to somewhere safe if you suffer a blowout, but it became increasingly clear to me that the tires themselves are extremely prone to blowouts, more so than most. I think I lost 3 or 4 in the course of 3...

For what it's worth, it does not appear that the A/S 3+ comes in the right size for the Model 3's 18" wheels.

Schedule an HVAC service in the app. Mobile has the filters, or at least they did a few weeks ago, while the service center did not. They'll text you with a proposed time, but I asked them to simply leave the filters at the Marietta service center with my name on them. My wife paid for and...

Agree, though they're in completely different categories, with the CrossClimate+ in the Grand Touring group and the Pilot Sport A/S3 in the Ultra-High Performance group. I think they're aimed at different drivers with different priorities. Most of my driving is on the highway and comfort takes...

Yup, it's the unlock chime. I almost never use Sentry Mode but always hear the chime when I unlock the car.

Depends on where you are and what the weather is like. In Atlanta, in the summer, constantly bringing in 95 degree, humid air from outside is going to increase heat and humidity in the cabin, not decrease it. Sure, it makes sense to run the system with outside air when you get in the car, as...

One can of Klima. Sprayed it mostly on the evaporator (on the left in the slot from which you remove the filters), but a bit to the right as well. I wore gloves, goggles and a paper mask - probably overly cautious but not a burden and the can did have an awful lot of fine print.

For those unable to get the filters from their service center: Schedule a service through the app, as my service center suggested when I dropped in. They told me to describe the problem and that Mobile Service, which had the filters available, would contact me. They did so by text and offered to...

MSM is really easy to keep clean, and shows lots of other colors, depending on the light, because of the particular metallic flake it contains.

Fair enough. And I buy cars and keep them for far longer than five years.

No, we don't know it for sure, but the Autonomy Day presentation made plenty of references to HW3's ability to process images and make decisions at a much greater rate, which can't hurt performance on the highway, and I think it's reasonable to believe that it would help. The subsequent...

This is precisely why I went ahead and paid the $3,000 a week or so ago. I really don't care about FSD on surface streets, but do want to see continued EAP enhancement on the highway, and I think that HW3 (or whichever one they eventually install in our cars) will help in that regard. If they'd...

I am still trying to figure out how these features, by themselves, will be useful. Unless the car can also properly yield to pedestrians in or about to enter a crosswalk, handle a four-way stop, and so on, I won't be engaging any of the automated systems. I want to know what it does AFTER it...

Agree. I am thankful that I don't live on that side of town. I only go through Spaghetti once or twice a year; one of the last times, in fact, was on my way to pick up my Model 3 in Decatur, over a year ago.

Really expensive to fix if it fails, and probably a higher fail rate than a regular suspension.

Have you considered the Michelin CrossClimate + or the Vredestein Quatrac 5? Both are very highly rated in the categories you deemed important and are available in the proper 18" size and speed rating with 98 load index and XL rating from TireRack. Those are the two I am most seriously...

EAP works just fine here, quite well,even. It's quite useful for lane changes when traffic is moderate and moving at relatively high speed. NOA is another story entirely. It's pretty useless inside 285, especially.

I assume you're referring to the Delk exit? Yes, it does it there for me, too. A bit frustrating but I can deal with it.

The map data on our cars, at least in my part of Metro Atlanta, is indeed either coming from TomTom or from the same source that TomTom uses, and not Google, despite the Google visual overlay. From a post I made in another thread a few weeks ago: ******** A few months ago, I noticed that both...

Tesla's are $17 each, but the car needs two of them. They're substantial in size. I think the price is quite fair.

In the 18" size? It doesn't look like their 235/45R18 has a variant with a 98 load index or XL load range designator, as do the OEM tires.

That sounds about right. Mine took a really long time - probably 2-3 hours.

I posted the following in another forum tonight. Hope it helps. ******** So, this is very interesting. A few months ago, I noticed that both Apple Maps and the Tesla navigation system both routed me in a very strange way near my house, as if the principal neighborhood road right by my house...

This seems logical, though the last time I scheduled service, Tesla actually texted me to suggest a mobile visit at my house - and I live less than five minutes from the service center!

If you can fit an S, you'd be just fine. I have a 3, but Tesla gave me a loaner S when my car was in for service once. It was a much tighter squeeze in my pretty large garage than my 3 is. It fit, but not nearly as comfortably, while the 3 has loads of room to spare on all sides.

Actually, our annual fee for the AFV tag is only $35 in Georgia, plus the $20 that all car registrations cost. For the first year, there is a $25 tag manufacturing fee on top of all that, and of course we all get to pay the EV fee of $200 or so annually whether we get the AFV tag or not. But I...

There are Superchargers there but they're typically reserved for cars that are in for service or that are about to be delivered. I believe that Tesla prefers that owners not try to charge there, though they might allow it if the service center is open and you ask nicely. The parking lot there is...

I am in Georgia also. I had to turn on lane departure assist after downloading 16.2. It was set to "warning" by default. So far it works pretty well.

The follow distance settings are not equivalent to car lengths. They're time-based settings, without specific units and as such the distance the system maintains between your car and the car in front of you varies with your speed. Interestingly enough, despite the other complaints on this...

How's this going to work, exactly? You're going to take delivery, take the car apart enough to verify the computer version, and then if you don't like what you see, return it? Or, alternatively, take it apart before you take delivery when you're giving it the cosmetic once-over, and, again, if...

I don't have (or need) Performance, but sympathize with your having to dodge UF students with any frequency...

I had squeaks and rattles in my VW from day one. VW was adamant that they would not even take the car for a ride to listen to them, much less try to identify and repair them. And this was probably the most minor of that car's many, many faults. I am so glad to be rid of my dealings with that...

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit was renewed retroactively for the 2017 tax year in early 2018, which evidently was something of a surprise. Nothing similar was passed for the 2018 tax year, however, and given the shutdown, I don't expect we will see anything before the...

I would think that either would fit. Mine are technically 16 oz, though I find that certain variants (we buy several new ones every fall when Costco has them for 2-for-$20) hold a bit more than that. They don't sit perfectly snug in the Model 3 cupholders, but they don't rattle around either...