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I’m downloading the patch now after experiencing the scary and dangerous FCWs. I just have to say that I definitely would not be a dev at Tesla now. The software engineering process seems to be completely broken and some higher up needs to be fired for such a dangerous, potentially deadly...

Well yes, that was the route that was set in the nav, and it was FSD beta that had me on the right lane for a while. It started the left turn signal some ways before this intersection, but with traffic coming on the left quickly (though not backed up a la rush hour--I think its irregularity may...

Here's the scenario I mean. It was tough to describe in words. Imagine the car is on the right lane, and there's traffic going at high speed on the left lane, which then splits off to form the turn lane: There were three instances of this on my trip today. Sometimes there was 3 lanes total...

This is a follow-up to my first impressions post from last week. This time, I took FSD beta on a much wider variety of roads and conditions--from local nearby coffee runs, to my commute, to traveling along semi-rural exurban roads to a new grocery store (so there is some construction still...

That's called a "PR Department," and he's arrogant enough to believe Tesla doesn't need one, only him. We are witnessing firsthand why one turns out to be more important than he thinks.

So I tried FSD Beta out this morning, from the period before dawn into sunrise, so I experienced what it was like in darkness and with some sunlight. I drove in my local area to nearby grocery stores and McDonald's. Here's my observations: Darkness and early morning sunlight did not make a...

Looks like it's true. I'm so glad I got my Powerwalls installed less than a month ago, with my own solar (my installation is way larger than the biggest one Tesla would do for me). Wonder if this is just a temporary thing though, due to a lack of supply of PWs. My installers said they were...

Got it as well. I'm glad they're doing something about the obvious crush of service demand for the Model 3 vs the other cars.

This guide was so helpful. I don’t know why no one taught me this. Thanks!

I tried chill mode with comfort steering. Once. Never again. I felt much more in control and nimble in sport mode. For me the acceleration has helped me avoid potentially dangerous situations time and again. And my background is in slow cars like Priuses, which always struggled to keep up with...

The person who bought it by accident was Nassim Taleb, the author of influential books and inventor of the “black swan” concept. He complained about it on Twitter to Elon. We probably have the 48 hour refund window as a result of this.

Ah I see, so he remained conscious the whole time. Makes sense, thanks. I do hope the FSD tech will allow the pullover to happen soon though.

Forgive me if I'm misinformed, but wasn't there an incident where a Tesla driver had a heart attack and fell unconscious, and the car gracefully pulled over to the shoulder? That could be lifesaving if true.

I have a simple rule for all electronics I buy (and the Tesla should be treated as a gadget just as much as a car): there is no such thing as “too much” capacity. Whether it be hard drive space, RAM amount, extra cables, or battery range, you always buy the most you can afford. Why? Because...

The difference between Tesla and other automakers can be boiled down to: they’re a Silicon Valley software company, and run exactly like one. The hardware (car) is really a vehicle for the software, which is what we both love (constant updates and feature upgrades) and hate (bugginess, flaky...

I’ve gone back and forth on whether Homelink is worth it for me. I appreciated having it in my last car though it wasn’t GPS aware. My current garage door opener doesn’t have a visor clip for some reason so I have to fish it out of the center console every time I leave and come back, which is...

I’m just waiting for when FSD features can be bought a la carte. Out of the current set the only thing I really want is auto lane change. I mildly want NoA, and don’t care at all about the rest. I’d appreciate the auto park if I still lived where I once did without a garage and had to parallel...

11/19 build P3D- owner here. I’ve never had range above 310 miles, but I figured that was because it was a P and on the site it says 310. Didn’t think about the tires making it more efficient though...but I don’t feel robbed in the least. Those mile numbers are honestly rough guesses, so like...

I remember coming up with a similarly long list when I was waiting to get my car. It was based on all the stuff people were saying in these forums and what was available on sites like Abstract Ocean. After taking delivery and actually living inside the car, I ended up feeling like I needed far...

Actually does anyone have any experience using them to get a PPF/ceramic coating?

LOL, this is exactly what I suspected. The way Tesla behaves is like they have no ticketing system of any kind. Orders, car delivery updates, service requests...all feel like it's handled by a single person who is looking at a huge unorganized list of requests and going through them almost...

I'm no battery expert, and maybe this is the wrong domain, but why isn't there a display in the Tesla with something like this on my Mac: Basically it will tell you what the full charge capacity is, and you can compare that to a factory new battery to see how much actual degradation has...

That is not a NEMA 6-20. A NEMA 6-20 looks like this: Note the horizontal prong on the right. This is my own plug; it's what I use to charge my Tesla. What you're looking at is a NEMA 5-20, which is backwards compatible with the standard household NEMA 5-15. It's 120V like a standard plug...

My last car had the typical blinking lights in the side view mirrors for blind spot detection. It did not help me much, if at all. I still almost crashed a few times because I got complacent/lazy thinking that indicator would take care of the work, and I ended up not seeing the light at all...

It just hit me when I saw this thread--for what other car would we think it's weird when there isn't a software update for a few weeks? Until very very recently, cars never got regular software updates. Not even for bug fixes. It wasn't even in the realm of possibility, a concept one even...

Thank you Jeda Products for coming in with your side of the story. I admit, I was irritated with your slow delivery times and slow responses to questions, and even wrote an angry email to cancel my order as a "final decision"...but when I actually got it, I was very pleased with its quality and...

I also bought the one that Tesla sells. Yesterday I helped a person with a flat tire inflate it (no goop) and it worked just fine from my Model 3's cigarette/12v plug. Didn't take too long either.

Basic Autopilot has taken most of the stress out of the long commutes I have to endure here in SoCal. It is the single best thing about the car for me. Yes, I know other cars have it, including my previous one with the adaptive cruise control. It never worked nearly as well than it did on the...

Just got mine today, and I took delivery on Dec 14. So about 3 weeks. You should know that Tesla uses a third party service called Motor Vehicle Software Corp to process plates and registration, so your package will be coming from them.

My build was November 2019, and it is listed as a 2020 model. The VIN decodes as such (L indicates model year 2020). As for noise reduction I find it moderate compared to past cars I’ve owned. The only data point I have to other Model 3s is one I rode in several months ago with Uber. It was...

I lived in Long Beach for several years. Near a whole bunch of health food stores, medical marijuana dispensaries, and everything that is like the opposite of such a truck driver...though now I think about it, someone broke into my Prius Prime and stole my charging cable a few years ago...

There was a great thread on Reddit about one Tesla owner who said it cured his road rage: An expected cure to road rage : teslamotors AP (the basic one, not FSD) has made me about 75% less tired when coming back home from a long commute.

After working decently for a few days it seems the voice commands aren't working for me either--maybe 1/4 times does it pick up on anything. Sigh. Guess I'll have to go back to not relying on it like I used to...I was starting to warm up to it.

For the cabin noise at highway speeds: I find it roughly on par with my previous Prius Prime, maybe slightly louder. But I also usually have music or audiobooks on so I hardly notice it. I do sometimes drive in silence though so it is noticeable then. As for the air filter, I have the...

It’s funny but phantom braking has rarely occurred for me. Then again I’ve only driven the car 1000 miles so I probably haven’t hit the conditions yet... What is interesting though is that the one time it did, it was on the exact stretch of highway that my Toyota Prius Prime would incorrectly...

Lol, I don’t know why but this is the first time I found out that the Tesla app has a widget. Immediately put it on. Thanks!

I wonder if the cabin camera could do eye tracking detection as a safety measure to ensure AP users have their eyes in the road. This is a different domain, but in some of the UI testing I’ve done, there’s a camera on top of the monitor that tracks where the user is looking on the screen. We use...

Given the saltiness of this forum, someone probably should make saltine crackers with the Tesla logo on them. It can be given as a first warning to obnoxious posters. I’ll see myself out now, again.

IME the warning is always on, but it says “off” without a passenger and “on” with it. So you always know its status.

OMG, I know this intersection, I’ve driven down it many times. Immediately I can understand how this might have happened if Autosteer was engaged. That part of Artesia Blvd has a high speed limit and divided traffic with multiple lanes, which, from a non-traffic signal aware and stopping...

Wait so you’re not talking about deleting Chrome and using Firefox instead? Oh. I’ll see myself out now.

I do have quite a few contacts, about 200. No odd characters though.

I have an iPhone XS Max. It happened to me just this morning.

Can you come work for my company instead? :D Also in all seriousness I think the ease of OTA updates is what encourages rushed releases. “Oh, we’ll just fix it in the next sprint.” The same thing happened to games, apps, programs in general once the internet took off in earnest. Suddenly you...

While using Autosteer, I was unnerved at how close to the left highway divider it seemed to hew. Until I saw that it was, in fact, in the middle of the lane as designed. It’s just that whenever I was driving in the left lane, I had always tended to drive to the rightmost edge of the lane to feel...

I can report that trying to sort the contacts by first name from last name does indeed crash the infotainment unit. I’m on 50.7. The reboot takes less than a minute. One of my big concerns when I was considering a Tesla was whether the screen breaking or the computer crashing would make it...

My initial order was a SR+, but I changed it to a P3D- later. I just took a trip from the Inland Empire to the CA/AZ border. Those extra miles made the difference between a single SC stop vs two. I was very, very glad for it. My opinion is that for anything that you cannot easily upgrade later...

I took a long road trip in my Model 3 for the first time yesterday. I was surprised I missed having grab handles so much. Having always driven Toyotas in the past, I always grabbed the handles unthinkingly whenever I was waiting anywhere. My hand kept grasping for the left handle so many times...

I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t like to advertise things on the back of my car—whether it’s bumper stickers, custom license plates and frames, or badges. I just don’t want the attention. While I’m too lazy/cheap to remove the default stuff I’m happy that my P3D- doesn’t have the red underline...