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Unfortunately I'll never know about my brake life on my p85d, somebody decided to pull in front of me and the car was totalled before it hit 50k miles. I now have an X with the Raven drivetrain. If brakes would have been a problem before they are much less of a problem now. The regen is so good...

This has been great, thank you everybody for the information. I have a question that I don't believe has been answered here. It looks like I'm going to be picking up my new Model X on Dec 29th or Dec 30th. This, for better or worse, wasn't intentional. But it does mean that I'm only going to...

I'm a long-time AP1 Tesla owner, but after seeing certain videos like this one: Watch Tesla Autopilot Prevent Side Crash On Highway: Video I'm confused how the user interface works for this. In my case, with me holding the steering wheel, I think I would resist the aggressive lane change that...

The one downside to the (old) 3rd-row seat option is that you lose that under-storage in your trunk (and in my case my frunk is otherwise allocated). Since I almost always leave my 3rd row seats up for my kids, I found out that there is actually a lot of space behind the seats when they are in...

Have you ever forgotten to stop on the way home from work to do something or buy something? Pro tip: open up Google Maps, find the desired stop, send to your Tesla. If you are like me you'll start driving home and get annoyed that the navigation voice is talking to you, and then realize why it...

Theoretically your Ford should have much higher maintenance costs than your Tesla especially as the cars age. If all you have done on your truck is oil changes then you are getting off lucky or are possibly skipping recommended maintenance. Most of the time for an ICE in the first 100k or so...

I just wish we could finally get a feature where we get to set the "charge complete" time instead of the time to start charging. Then in the cold weather your battery will already be warm when you go to drive your car.

Makes sense. Typically I just use the brake or use the steering wheel. I don't normally use the stalk. Mostly I will use it if I see traffic stopping way ahead and I want to start gradually slowing down. But of course in this case it was indeed an emergency situation.

I'm not sure how, but even though I was a half a car length in front of and to the left of another car, they changed lanes into me. Obviously going faster was better than going slower. I'm fortunate that I saw it coming in time. The good news is I also had the shoulder as a backup option, but...

Ideally, sure, I agree. However, in MOST situations, when taking over for AP, it involves hitting the brakes and/or steering aggressively, both of which automatically disengage autopilot. I know from my personal experience in training for emergency situations that it is best to keep the...

FYI, that did not seem to work for me. On my second attempt I exited the vehicle. Some combination of taking off my seatbelt and/or getting out of the car is what seems to have worked. I agree with your statement, however the AutoPilot that was advertised to me and I paid for did not penalize...

Yup, that's the ideal way to do it, which is certainly what I would do in a non-emergency situation in which I wanted to go over 90mph. But for me personally that doesn't come up.

Yes, I understand why they have to be careful. I'd just rather see a better system. Instead of making the AP that I paid for more and more annoying each year, offer a inside camera that can watch the driver instead. Then you can lose the nags, or minimize them. And then if there is an accident...

Agreed, except for the jail part. I don't expect AP to work at that speed, nor was I asking it to. It happened to be on, I had to take over, and the taking over involved barely hitting 90mph. Pop up take over immediately and turn off AP. I understand jail for ignoring warnings but immediately...

North Georgia has speed limits of 70 or 75 on the open interstates. People regularly go 10-15 over due to the fact you don't get points until you hit 15 over. At 85mph I was being passed by many and passing nobody. It's a moot point though. In Texas speed limits are as high as 85mph. In an...

I'm driving in traffic with prevailing speeds of 85-90mph. I have AP1 enabled at 85mph. My hands are on the wheel and my eyes are on the road. Somebody almost changes lanes into me and I accelerate to avoid an accident. Oops, I hit 90mph. Now with my eyes on the road and trying to avoid an...

What I was going to say in my earlier post here is that I believe Tesla and Porsche have something in common, and that's that you don't really know how awesome it is until you experience it yourself. Ten years ago I set out to buy a fun sports car and I test drove just about everything you could...

I can't speak about the Panamerra specifically but I'm a current P85D owner and I love my car. But I often times miss my Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet. I think there is a place for both vehicles and I would love to own one of each

My concern is that I'd be holding with enough force to stop the nagging, and THEN Autopilot turns itself off on its own. At that moment, if I'm traveling at high speeds, I have a an unsafe amount of torque applied to the wheel which could turn the wheel say 45 degrees or so, which again is a lot...

I have serious concerns about that myself. On a few occasions I have had the "take over immediately" thing happen, and in those cases I already knew the situation was sketchy so I had both hands on the wheel and was ready. However, when I'm just cruising and letting AP drive and hanging my arm...

Yeah, I can see that. I'm a 200# guy and I have to make sure my hand is high enough on the side of the wheel in order to put enough torque for it to detect me. If I put my hand lower it might not detect it.

I agree that the entire system is horribly designed, and it is the only way in which my car has become worse than when I bought it 3.5 years ago. Tesla uses "applying pressure on the steering wheel" as a proxy for "paying attention to the road", but of course it isn't. I can hold the wheel while...

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I think it's prudent for them to give themselves plenty of padding to avoid pissed off customers.

I know some people don't like v9 but personally I think it is a great improvement. I have enjoyed the Atari games and the interface changes. But there is one issue that seems pretty annoying compared to the fit and finish of the rest of the release and that is the mini version of the media...

First of all, let me clarify that every car I have ever owned had minor annoyances that NEVER were fixed. My Model S is much better now than it was 3.5 years ago when I bought it (except for the insane amount of AP nags). But there is a collection of annoyances that I believe are related that...

I just found out today that you can also turn the steering wheel to control the Lunar Lander. For Centipede you use the steering wheel as well. For Missile Command you actually touch the touch screen to move the aiming point and click the scroll wheels to shoot.

I literally can't watch the backup camera while driving without getting sick. But I believe if the view was trimmed especially to cut off the bottom ~50% of the view in the backup camera then it might be useful when driving. Perhaps we could lobby for a "mini backup camera" mode similar to the...

What I can't figure out is how to keep the music app in its "small" form. If I shrink it to small size but then do just about anything else (e.g. shift into reverse and back) it will return to the medium size.

I hope they bring back more configurability, however personally I'm happy with the changes. I guess I must use the screen in the "normal" way and always had maps up on half of it. In fact, I normally would have maps on the top half and audio on the bottom half, and now it is even better because...

Yes, I almost clarified that up front, definitely first world problems :) Yet it is really limiting my Atari gaming :) So far v9 seems great to me. I have AP1.0 but even then a solid step forward in my opinion.

For all of the other games I can use a combination of the steering wheel and the two scroll wheels on the steering wheel to play the games (rather than using the on-screen controls). But for Missile Command I can't figure out how to do this, and therefore I can't figure out how to play in full...

I'd pay $150/key, that's reasonable.

What is the cost?

Getting 21" wheels was the only bad part of my Model S experience and one of the worst financial decisions of my life. I live in Atlanta with some potholes but not many. I rarely hit them. But I do once in a while. The first pothole I hit (on an on-ramp, not going that fast, and completely pitch...

Yeah, we have had a lot of rain, but then again I have had the car for 3 years now and we always have rain around here. I'll see if it happens in dry weather. I guess I should have clarified that this is AP1.

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Before the latest update I very rarely saw AutoPilot get into a state where it said "HOLD" and wouldn't move. When it used to happen, it was usually when I turned on AP when I was already too close to the stopped car in front of me. Now it seems to randomly enter a HOLD state while driving in...

Yes, I believe so as well. In this case I was <10mi from the next stop so I just drove manually the rest of the way.

I recently had a brand new 100D loaner, and was comparing it to my 3yo P85DL. I was surprised that there haven't been many big updates in 3 years, specifically what I noticed and liked: Felt in the door handle pockets Rear cupholders (how was this overlooked originally?) Nicer clarity...

I have owned my P85D for 3 years now but have only done a few road trips. I'm just used to flying places. But as I do more of them in the Tesla, I think I learn that they are much better than in a "normal" car. My last trip was 12 hours (including charging) each way. It was great. I think...

Hook a bungee cord to the steering wheel?

I've actually noticed that if I engage AP too close to a stopped car in front of me, or if it otherwise ends up getting too close (e.g. it didn't see the car at first and then saw it and stopped short) then it will go into Hold as well.

The whole thing is ridiculous. I can hold the wheel and close my eyes, and be horribly unsafe yet pass the "test". I can watch the road closely without holding the wheel and be very safe, except I'll miss the visual-only nags because I'm too busy watching the road.

Well that's great, since two hands on the wheel allows for better response when taking over...

You are fooling yourself if you think hands on the wheel equals responsible AP use. Do you keep your foot on the brake when using cruise control? The key is paying attention to the road. Tesla uses "hands not on wheel" alerts to indicate lack of attention. In fact, the more you are watching the...

Yes, exactly. Of course if the situation is at all worrisome then both of my hands are on the wheel as usual. But on a 12 hour road trip, you better bet that I'm going to have one loose hand or no hands. Either way I'll be watching the road and ready to take over. The only determination on hand...

We can agree to disagree, but if I have to take my hand off of the wheel and then grab it in the correct position, that is going to take me longer than if my hands are positioned and ready to grab directly. And I guarantee you I'm not the only one that, when forced to hold the wheel, holds in it...

Caveat: I'm a huge Tesla fan, and I have owned a P85D for 3 years now and love it. I also love AutoPilot and use it all the time. I think Tesla provides ample warning about driver responsibility when you enable the feature and I can't stand when people blame the car for their own mistakes. With...

Agree all around. I don't agree with how Tesla reports this. When I read the description on how much she "wasn't holding the wheel" and how many notifications she received, it sounds like my situation when I AM paying attention to the road and holding the wheel. In fact, I almost never see the...