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  1. Doudeau

    Keep Right. Ahhhhhhhhhh

    I posted (on upgrade thread?) that I found recently in France, during the limited driving I did, that it was working how we would like so wondered if it’s only an issue when in countries where we drive on the left. Gives me hope it’s not intentional and will be fixed.
  2. Doudeau

    Auto Wipers

    🙋‍♂️Mine basically never dry wiped nor did a bad job until a couple of updates ago. Still no dry wiping but I now need to choose a setting or manual wipe most drives in rain.
  3. Doudeau

    [UK] 2024.8.x

    I’ve just had a little drive in France and it isn’t doing the same over here. On the trip to Folkestone it told me to stay on the motorway for pretty much (or all?) junctions but in France it told me I had 40km, or whatever it was, to my exit and there were plenty of exits on the way to mine...
  4. Doudeau

    [UK] 2024.8.x

    I can’t say I found this last weekend when I went to the Trentham chargers a couple of times. It showed 4 free both times and that was reality.
  5. Doudeau

    So… Highland is out…

    I don’t disagree with your post but, from what I’ve seen, a lot of the alternatives are at a much higher price point. When I bought my first M3 I thought they were expensive but their current peers for performance and range seem to be getting crazy expensive. I used to consider the Tesla...
  6. Doudeau

    Hows your adaptive high beam?

    On 8.7 too. I’ve just driven back from up North to West London and on the motorway (not the most beneficial place to have it) it was quite interesting to see it keep changing its beam ,quite rapidly, based on where cars were on the road ahead. If I was in inside lane with cars in lane 2 it...
  7. Doudeau

    What’s your job?

    I retired 2 years ago at 55 after a career in IT (programmer -> CTO).
  8. Doudeau

    Tesla reduces output of Y and 3 in Shanghai

    If you’re worried about the co2 levels on earth just check out the levels on Mars.
  9. Doudeau

    Thinking of selling

    I retired a couple of years ago at 55 and found that I don’t have the same need to keep current with material goods (I no longer have the latest iPhone and don’t care like I did when I was in an office environment). The same goes for my car - despite not realising I’d have that mindset change...
  10. Doudeau

    New Highland UK - stalks

    100% in agreement with this. I’ve done the same thing a number of times - I often switch to radio from Bluetooth when reversing off my drive then find I need to turn the volume down. Each time I wonder why I’ve been too impatient to wait a few secs and turn on the radio once going forward...
  11. Doudeau

    Residuals / Depreciation

    From what I saw - the summary of that video was that a guy had a “proper meltdown over selling his Taycan - he just dragged it out too long 😀.
  12. Doudeau

    Residuals / Depreciation

    That video appeared on my YT home page the other day and, sure enough, I got bored quickly and watched something else instead. I agree it would be handy for somebody to summarise when posting links but isn’t that somewhat unfair for those, like [I imagine] this guy, who are trying to earn a...
  13. Doudeau

    Tesla Alternative?

    As excellent as the Tesla is for pre-heating, do you not find it’s kinda superficially at the correct temperature when the app suggests it’s got there? If I have the time, I tend to wait another couple of mins or so for the whole cabin to feel warm.
  14. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    As somebody who found their wipers worked fine (apart from when I had under diluted screenwash) - over the last couple of weeks I’ve had to intervene very regularly on rainy days. What’s frustrating me is that it appears that if I set them on level 3 in TACC then that setting gets lost when you...
  15. Doudeau

    Tesla Alternative?

    As the Model X is only available in LHD is that even a valid comparison? I’d say Tesla only really have 3 & Y as viable options in UK now.
  16. Doudeau

    Highland Efficiency

    It wasn’t mine - you obviously don’t have the attention span to check that even. Posting a link to a video about highland efficiency is much more relevant than you and others commenting about the length of a YouTube video. And more relevant than me replying to you talking about it too 😀.
  17. Doudeau

    Highland Efficiency

    I’d have said that, in a thread talking about highland efficiency, sharing a link to a video (with the link taking you to the pertinent section) talking about highland efficiency is a worthwhile contribution to the thread even without typing out some of the key data points.
  18. Doudeau

    Highland Efficiency

    But I was thinking he’ll currently have some non highland M3s for sale so why would he be so relatively positive about highland until he’s shifted those? He normally comes across as a credible reviewer to me.
  19. Doudeau

    Matrix headlights - finally???

    As they have recently implemented a solution for driving on the content for us with RHD cars then I guess they’d have confidence they can adjust the lights on the fly already.
  20. Doudeau

    So… Highland is out…

    Agreed. It seems like a balanced review with good analysis of the differences for people with an M3 considering the switch.
  21. Doudeau

    Highland Efficiency

    R Symons review seems to confirm this kind of efficiency. How far for Highland
  22. Doudeau

    [UK] 2024.2

    Just checked mine and screenshot from 2 years ago and they both look the same as yours here. Nov ‘21 Edit : zoomed in on yours and I agree there is a subtle difference. 🤦‍♂️
  23. Doudeau

    Trade in Values from Tesla (& other dealers)

    I asked for opinions when I basically swapped old for new in 2021 and I’m glad I didn’t listen to those who discouraged me at the time. I see my notional (as I’m not selling anytime soon) depreciation as over 52 months rather than 32 months and it’s more palatable. I’ve lost money quicker on...
  24. Doudeau

    Just offered Highland Test Drive, end Jan.

    I received a call to chase the emails I’d had offering a test drive. I just said I wasn’t interested as it doesn’t have stalks. I hope others do the same and that gets fed back.
  25. Doudeau

    Tesla Alternative?

    Somebody near where I live has a lovely looking black Lotus Eletre on their drive so I had a quick Look on Autotrader for pricing of any for sale. Too expensive for me but I was taken aback by how close the design of their centre screen is to the M3 & MY. Not very creative of them. Nice...
  26. Doudeau

    Model 3 Highland Insurance

    If maybe reassuring that even several months into the M3 being available in the UK I needed to insure mine as a model S back in Oct 19 - it was the only workaround some of the brokers had. As others have suggested the Highland name is probably never going to be listed anyway.
  27. Doudeau

    2024 Insurance Costs

    I hear people quoting that but try not to believe what they are saying but with the rising costs of motoring (Ulez, insurance , price of new cars etc.) they might be on to something.
  28. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    Has anyone tried driving with their eyes closed? Adhoc testing seems to show that it hasn’t nagged me when I’ve closed my eyes for a longer time than it’s nagged me for looking sideways or downwards. It would be useful if it spotted when you were sleeping 🤷‍♂️. I’ve only tried it with my wife...
  29. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    There’s a mini roundabout I normally use many times every day which is at the end of a High Street. It’s not unusual for somebody to use the roundabout to go back into the High Street from where they had just come. If a car just turns right then it’s really very helpful that they indicate...
  30. Doudeau

    Fisker ocean - UK forum

    At least Tesla are still installing a lot of stalls each time in France for new sites even though they are only being very lightly utilised. The ones I’ve seen all seem to be “open to all”.
  31. Doudeau

    Fisker ocean - UK forum

    Maybe I lack insight but will it be such an issue if the charging points are underutilised for a lot of the time to start with? I’m guessing there will be little cost when not in use and payback will come on busy days and in future. 🤷‍♂️
  32. Doudeau

    So… Highland is out…

    This BMW driver needs a highland to avoid getting caught out like this again. 😉 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe2p6Wbp/
  33. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    I thought that law had changed - I was aware it was a big issue many years ago - but I’m sure I’ve had satnav software on iPhone that used to alert me (Tomtom?) in more recent years. Glad I was never caught based on penalties I’ve seen now I just googled 😳.
  34. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    The notification for speed cameras is much more consistent in France and Switzerland than I’ve found in the UK. Unfortunately that’s because it doesn’t show you were any of them are ☹️.
  35. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    Ironically telling you to pay more attention.
  36. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    I saw a message for the first time today. Maybe new in recent update? Not particularly interesting or insightful but it appeared each time I was a long way into a tunnel and thankfully disappeared once I came out into the open.
  37. Doudeau

    Need to replace two tyres, should I go for CrossClimate 2s?

    Me too. Brought them for protection on this journey but summer tyres would have been good enough. Had them since early summer. Only negative is the tread is a bit agricultural.
  38. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    5.1 must be considered an important update as mine downloaded using the cars sim rather than wait for WiFi connection.
  39. Doudeau

    What happens when you drive from UK to Europe? Headlight? Self drive overtaking?

    I’ll add an imagine to the message I made in the updates thread. I hope you can see it’s the right side which now illuminates further up the road - you can see it clearly just to the right of the lines in the middle of the road.
  40. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    But you get the same problem if you ever drive in France where they sometimes have lower speeds (seen on signs) for trucks. Not a UK problem maybe but quite a few on here take trips onto the continent so not entirely irrelevant.
  41. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    They have and very noticeably from my POV. I come to France at least once a month and I’ve never been flashed from oncoming traffic in the Tesla even though it was previously obvious that the left light was illuminating much further than the right. Maybe my lights were still low enough to not...
  42. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    Driving off the Eurotunnel in France earlier I saw this message. Never seen before but it only appeared briefly. New in recent update? I’m on 44.30.2
  43. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    I must be easily pleased but I’ve seen good (maybe I’d go as far as significant) progress with the sat nav software over the 4 years of ownership. It was so rudimentary a few years ago. I was nicely surprised to see that you are told if you are entering or exiting an average speed camera...
  44. Doudeau

    Tesla Alternative?

    💩. Two days ago at West Drayton Service Centre I even tipped the Uber driver on both trips I made and that was covered by the voucher too. 😀
  45. Doudeau

    Tesla Alternative?

    Can you not go into a service centre (aka showroom) and kick off? As somebody who has had arguments with many BMW, Merc, Porsche and Peugeot dealerships near me - I’ve found every interaction with Tesla service so straighforward and feel they’ve disrupted this side of the car industry too...
  46. Doudeau

    DC Charging Unavailable

    Maybe they accidentally dropped it when working on the car 🤷‍♂️
  47. Doudeau

    DC Charging Unavailable

    For info. I had my service appointment on Monday (I liked their Uber credit solution as an aside). From zero cost Invoice : Parts Replaced or Added CP CABLE KIT- AC 3 PHASE-IEC (1509395-10-C) LABEL- CHARGING IDENTIFIERS (1691926-00-B) CHARGE PORT DOOR - COMBINE CHARGING STANDARD 2 (CCS2)...
  48. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    Are you in the right version of App? I needed to update to latest.
  49. Doudeau

    2023 Holiday Update

    Thanks for the heads-up. Pretty well implemented imho.
  50. Doudeau

    [UK] 2023.44

    I’ve not had this problem but would putting it in dog or camp mode keep it on more permanently?