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I guess this was inevitable, but I was quite surprised to see it happen. I was visiting the Prudential Center in Boston and when I arrived almost all of the stalls were full but I was fortunate to find a spot. The surprise was when I left after about 30 minutes of charging. All of the...

They have always said that Autopilot is not good at detecting stationary objects. With the car going 65mph, there must have been quite a bit of emergency braking that occured for the accident to be mitigated such that the driver walked away. I think the conclusion will be that this worked as...

The primary reason I think this is a bad design is the use case where traffic speed limits drop rapidly. This might be due to a curve or just slower speed limits overall. If you are following another car TACC does a fine job -but if the car you are following suddenly leaves your lane - you...

I use autopilot all the time on my X and rely heavily on the stalk to make both minor and major adjustments in speed. I probably have travelled over 20K plus miles with autopilot activated. Typically when I need to adjust speed - I need to do it quickly. The need to use the screen for...

My son stopped in to see the Model 3 in NYC. They said the Jersey City Supercharger should open any day now. Hopefully that was informed commentary rather than wishful thinking.

I didn’t receive an invite but upon checking my on line account I found I was able to order as of yesterday. I own an X and reserved online before the reveal event. I had previously indicated first production but as others have said that doesn’t seem to matter.

I didn’t receive an invite but upon checking my on line account I found I was able to order as of yesterday. I own an X and reserved online before the reveal event. I had previously indicated first production but as others have said that doesn’t seem to matter.

Very good news. Which location is this? I am often travelling to NJ and need to use the Paramus SC or Edison SC and neither is convenient.

Out of curiosity, how did you reserve? At the store or on-line?

I have now used both of the Boston Urban super chargers. I think they mostly largely got it right. One is directly downtown in the Prudential Center - a very busy lot - with expensive minimum parking - discounted if you buy something. I was not happy about the parking fee - but it was my only...

While this doesn’t sound great - it makes perfect sense. They are initially focused on the high margin cars and then they turn their focus to the lowest cost model. They probably have a large number of both they need to deliver before they add the complexity of lots of variations in the...

While having my car serviced at the Dedham MA SC he said they have had a few Model 3s through there already and have more coming in. I as glad to hear that some Boston area deliveries have happened but more importantly - the guy said people are going to be surprised how fast they start...

Patience. There are great many smaller things that he has gotten done as promised. I will agree that many of the big things are late (on Elon time) but I have no doubt that they will be delivered. The Chrome Browser and the UI SDK were before I followed all of this so closely - so perhaps...

Over the past couple of years - Elon has always eventually done what he said he would do in his various tweets. The time frames haven't been very accurate - but he has always eventually come through. Whatever it is won't like be of too much economic value - but some form of charger credits...

I was an early X buyer. I configured on 1/11/2016 and had my X in early May of 2016. As I recall - once I was invited to configure things went according to plan. The big wait was getting the invite to configure. There was all kinds of speculation and very little reliable info up until...

I use a TACC setting of 4. It most closely models my own reaction time and therefore is most comfortable for me.. The only time I go below 4 is in stop and go traffic where the tracking distance invites cars to continuously jump ahead.

That is what I thought as well but I think the initial AP2 primarily only used Radar and one camera so it is possible. I also can’t think of another reason why AP1 would suddenly begin to exhibit AP2 behaviors. If in fact this has been accomplished it is really significant. I wouldn’t...

The speed limit sign recognition is another good clue. I am pretty sure that behavior has changed. The limit used to change the moment I passed a sign. On unfamiliar roads today speed limit recognition seemed to be decoupled from the signs.

I currently have about 25K miles of AP1 AutoPilot usage. I have also closely followed the threads regarding AP2 Autopilot driving experience. Today I took my first highway drive using 2017.42 a88c8d5. It seemed like AP1 AutoPilot driving performance was smoother overall and it impressed me...

All these sightings - very good news. I think this means they are starting to ride Elon’s production curve. This reminds me of when the X invites really started to move.

LIke the Model X - once they resolve the initial production issues - things will start to move pretty quickly. I remember dire predictions about the X and then all of a sudden - the invitations to configure really started flowing. I am hopeful and believe that when they resolve whatever...

Not offering a heated steering wheel would be a big miss. I have it in my X and it really makes a difference when you set out in a cold car. The heated seats and steering wheel work well together so I don't bother pre - conditioning. This would be the tipping point that would cause me to wait...

Yes. This was Dedham. I have had good service there but also assumed this was part of a broader corporate approach to service. I certainly hope so.

I had a similar issue. My seat slid just a bit on fast stopping and fast starts. It was subtle but annoying. My SC readily replaced the seat. They said they did some type of motion capture video to get authorization to do the replacement. No issue after many miles with the new seat...

I just completed my 2017 Eclipse Trip which involved driving from the Boston Area to Knoxville TN - for over about 2,000 miles total and 17 super charger stops. Overall, the Super Charger experience seemed acceptable to me. While I had what seemed to be variable results at each charger, the...

I have found this to be pretty flaky in general. There have been times when I have manually adjusted suspension to get over specific issues - large standing water, particularly rough road conditions, deep snow, etc. It has saved the change when I hadn't expected it to - but given that it...

This is all part of being on the bleeding edge. Tesla was very careful to implement the HW2 in a manner that led to very easy replacement of the processing board. No doubt they realized that this would likely be required. If they were to wait until they had all of the processing power they...

I just took my X in for the 25,000 mile service. The overall experience was quite different from my last service about 9 months ago. This time - pulling up they had several cars checking in. While I discussed the service with the adviser - another individual photographed my car in great...

I don't doubt that all of these problems exist, but it seems nutty to me that an important function of the car is not working and the SC is not able to resolve it. I agree with the suggestion to get a loaner and have them keep your car until the issue is resolved. I personally have found the...

I absolutely love the self closing door on my X. When I have to drive my ICE car, I push on the brake expecting the door to close. I also forget to turn off the car and take the key. I am really hoping the 3 has the ability to self close the driver door. The opening behavior of the 3 sounds...

I also have had mobile repair of a completely flat tire. In my case a standard tow truck came - no issue jacking up my X. They gave me a loaner wheel and tire and took my wheel and tire back to the Tesla service center. I was back on the road in about an hour overall. Tesla called me to say...

I found lane change to be better overall - but I have noticed that it operates very differently depending on the surrounding traffic situation. I could be wrong - but this is what I noticed - I am below my set speed following the car ahead. If I let a car pass on my left, I'll turn on my...

Just completed 180 miles of driving on very familiar highway route with both clear sailing and stop and go. The good things - - Lane change is much more responsive and smooth. It now goes when you tell it to go and it handles tight following distances well after the change - without the...

First observations on AP1 - - No improvement in audio app that I noticed - USB still doesn't work right. I do think that is intended for the next big release. - AP road display seems to better reflect actual road curvature and seems to display cars ahead with a much greater forward distance...

I just got this release after being stuck on 17.11.10 since April. I will be looking for changes and will post any that I find.

This all sounds like good news to me. The early West Coast reserves aren't getting the pop up because they will be offered the opportunity to configure early. I bought one of the early Model Xs and as I recall, I had to finalize/configure before test drives were available. I was able to...

I have gone on many long drives. The SC stops along the way don't bother me unless I get a very slow SC. The big challenge is the Destination Charging. I have to make that extra SC stop near the destination so that I have enough miles to get around wherever I am visiting. When I have...

You are absolutely correct if you just need to get around town. There is absolutely no need to own a car in a major metropolitan area. If on the other hand - you need to travel distances - the super charger network combined with driver assistance and ultimately automated driving is a...

All of the discussion of the interior.... What this will ultimately be is walk up to the car, open the door, put in drive, tell it where you want to go and you are done. The screen will be helpful for picking radio stations, configuring how you want some aspects of the car to work, watching...

I have an X that I love to drive. One of the reasons I love it is that I just get in the car, put it into drive and go. When I am done, I put in park and leave the car. Pretty much everything is automatic - lights, windshield wipers, parking brake, locking, starting, temperature. I control...

I recently had a flat on my X - it was completely flat. I called Tesla service and they dispatched a tow service with a spare wheel/tire. I was off and driving on the spare wheel within an hour of placing the service call. Later that day I got a call from the service center that now had the...

Do you have any recent SC charges that you would consider to be favorable or are they all sub par. For sure some of my recent charges have been poor charging experiences but others have been very favorable. I have started to call Tesla when the charge rate is low and they have confirmed...

I really think there are two problems that are getting co-mingled. For sure there are problematic SCs that need maintenance - probably more than one would think. I have seen reduced service icons on the nav map which I took as a positive sign that they know where some problem spots are and are...

I just had a couple of great super charger stops - averaging over 4mi/minute gained - the best I have experienced in a while. I also had one very poor charge experience - called Tesla - and was told that that particular SC had intermittent issues and was scheduled for service. I did...

I usually try to max out at a SC before driving into NY and then try to leave the car parked. You just need to make sure you have enough miles to make it to the first SC on the way home. I have seen destination chargers in parking lots that end up being exclusively for monthly parkers - very...

From recent travel in a variety of conditions - the attached chart shows the relative efficiency of my X at different temperatures. In cold weather - I use the seat heaters and have the cabin temperature set to 68. Highway driving is typically 65 to 70 mph. I was surprised by the energy...

I just completed a road trip that included reuse of the same SC and fairly extreme temperature variation. In advance I added TeslaFi analytics to give me a more factual basis for my analysis. My big conclusion is that there really are a ton of variables that very significantly impact charging...

Wow - sorry to hear you are having that experience. It definitely sounds like something is wrong with your X. I had some noise issues - nothing like you described - but the SC took them very seriously and they did a bunch of things including replacing the seals. I am much happier now. I...

I agree that it seems like something is not quite right with the SCs, but it also incumbent upon us to report the problems that we see. Every time I have called Tesla, reached out to service or had my car serviced, they have responded credibly, timely and satisfactorily. I do realize that this...

I think you are on to something here. Elon has alluded to many future improvements in super charging infrastructure at various times. I think it is likely that the existing infrastructure is not holding up well and needs to be refreshed. Rather than rush to reinstall the same technology...