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    Navigation System Needs Service

    Bump. I had this problem for the first time this week on my 4+ year old MS P85 Classic, and rebooting didnt help. Booked a service call three weeks from now, but does anyone have any ideas?
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    Delayed at the last minute, Mt Kisco

    You’ll forget all the delivery frustration once you get the car.
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    Delayed at the last minute, Mt Kisco

    All’s well that ends well for us. Delivered to our home today a couple of hours late, not on a carrier but driven to us (regrettably picking up all the road dirt of yesterday’s storm) — but the car is great, and my wife loves it. The greatness of the product makes you forget all the chaotic...
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    Need ceramic and paint correction in Westchester/Fairfield county ny/ct

    Anyone have any ideas for my wife’s new red Model 3? There is a good guy in Danbury I used for my MS, but I am looking for something closer to white plains, NY. Thanks.
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    Delayed at the last minute, Mt Kisco

    I was supposed to get home delivery today (Monday) from Mt Kisco at 10-12. At 1130 I called mt Kisco to ask when the trailer with my wife’s M3 was coming. The guy I spoke to was very nice, but clearly hiding something from me. About an hour and a half later another guy called and said the car...
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    Supercharging program change (good news)

    Same situation here. Our Tesla consultant (or whatever you call them) told us to give her the code and they’d give us the $100 credit. Of course, with typical Tesla efficiency, we haven’t heard back from her in two weeks, despite repeated emails, but at least we have the offer in writing...
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    Where will my M3 be delivered?

    To both of you, thanks, and oy............ I won’t share any of this with my wife to preserve my sanity this weekend.
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    Amazon Echo Auto to the rescue

    EXACTLY (howard stern).
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    Where will my M3 be delivered?

    This is kind of funny, but kind of not. Communication about my wife’s impending M3 delivery has been sporadic and incomplete at best, definitely unacceptable for a major car company, Most importantly, we don’t know where to pick up the car, due to be delivered Monday. We assumed Mt. Kisco (I had...
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    TSLA Market Action: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    The SEC did us all a favor. Very happy with the result, as a Tesla fan. To distract him by an SEC suit and lose him would have been a tragedy, but to separate out the chairman role is good corporate governance, especially with this company. Hopefully this tail-wagging board actually takes this...
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    Amazon Echo Auto to the rescue

    Amazon is in talks with 4 or 5 large automakers about internalizing it in future cars -- not just gluing it to the dash like I will probably end up doing....
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    Amazon Echo Auto to the rescue

    I have read that Amazon is working with a number of carmakers to integrate this capability into their cars, just like they worked with Sonos for integrated function, before Amazon stabbed them in the back with their latest addition to the Echo line. Many of us have begged for years for better...
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    What happens to my deposit and down payment if Tesla runs out of cash?

    Hey, @MXWing, I owned a P85 Classic (know what that even is?) before you probably knew Tesla made cars, and have had plenty of fun dealing with this company’s ups and downs over the years. You might be very amused by your own snarkyness and insults, but the concerns around this company are not...
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    What happens to my deposit and down payment if Tesla runs out of cash?

    I have been arguing friends on LinkedIn for weeks now, defending Tesla to those who really don't understand the value of the battery tech, the potential value to another car company as a strategic investor plugging into our incredible supercharger network, and of course how cool the cars are...
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    What happens to my deposit and down payment if Tesla runs out of cash?

    I am an all-in Tesla guy, but also a finance guy. This company needs capital, will go into default on its bonds in Jan if it doesn’t raise money and possibly chapter 11, the board seems passive, and Elon somewhat more erratic than usual andseems to need to face the reality that he must be...
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    Voice controls ?

    Need voice commands for temp up and down, fan up and down.
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    Voice controls ?

    Bump. What can someone tell me about the voice control range of commands on the Model 3 vs my current Model S? Anything new?
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    Order Today, get it by End of Year? Options to avoid?

    Tesla should do the right thing on this subject. My wife decided she wants a red AWD 3 and I talked with the Tesla rep today. He told me to expect 2-4 months on delivery. OK, so if I order now, I SHOULD get it by Dec 31 and get the full Federal tax credit. I told him that in light of everything...
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    Who Should the Tesla User Interface Serve, and how best to do so

    Many of you know me as a perpetual whiner about the user interface of my Classic MS. Admittedly, and to Tesla's credit, it has mostly improved over time (and in other respects, taking embarrassing steps backwards). The crux of my complaints have revolved around the issue of engineers vs users...
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    GPS, Internet, SiriusXM and Bluetooth Connectivity Issues: Request to Collect Data

    So I called tesla. After going through the usual reboots of the driver display and the big screen, which I tried before and achieved nothing. The Tesla Rep asked me to go to my browser (which I never use, because it makes dial-up modems seem speedy) and make it go to tesla.com. After maybe 30...
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    GPS, Internet, SiriusXM and Bluetooth Connectivity Issues: Request to Collect Data

    Thanks Bert. Will do. No offense taken -- I just saw an identical problem here so I hit "reply".
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    GPS, Internet, SiriusXM and Bluetooth Connectivity Issues: Request to Collect Data

    Since I updated to 8.0 this week, I noticed that my garage door opener is not sensing when I am near my garage door, and not working . Then I realized that my gps thinks I'm 100-500 feet off the road that I am on, as confirmed by the map display. So my gps appears to be screwy, and the only...
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    Software 8.0 Likes/Dislikes for Pre-Autopilot Model S

    No matter how you give them your feedback, they don't care and won't listen, take my word for it. If they did, a lot of old problems would have been solved years ago, just by viewing this website. It's got to tickle Elon's fancy to get dealt with, and the things we care about usually get little...
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    Firmware 8.0 - For Classic Model S

    That's a big omission. Why can't they leave well enough alone?
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    Firmware 8.0 - For Classic Model S

    I may be an exceptional user, but the beep is useful when I leave my house, telling me that the car did, indeed, close my garage. As many of us know, the auto close is not 100% reliably activated, so the audio cue is valuable,
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    Software 8.0 Likes/Dislikes for Pre-Autopilot Model S

    Woe, I missed some of those defects. Now I am even more bummed out. Thanks, Amped. Maybe we can do a Kickstarter to get Tesla a decent UI/UX designer? Maybe starting with a guy who actually drives a car?
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    Firmware 8.0 - For Classic Model S

    Ok, I got 8.0. I will criticize it with faint praise -- it isn't as bad an "upgrade" as 7.0 was. The thing that mystifies me is they are such a great company, creating a brand new manufacturing infrastructure for a new type of car -- from scratch -- sincerely TRYING to make this stuff better...
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    Firmware 8.0 - For Classic Model S

    I got my car exactly when you got yours, and agree 100%. I've given up hoping for much in terms of real improvements from tesla, just don't want them making things worse. I saw the company in a different way when I bought my car, thought they were a company for car owners, would give us...
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    Firmware 8.0

    Bert, We trust you, but just make sure to use bullet points. Seriously, as you indicated, any correlation between customer requests and what they give looks purely incidental. I am thankful for whatever I get, but this is all about AP. Perhaps if I weren't driving a Classic, I'd be more...
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    Firmware 8.0

    All they had to do in order to deal with Bert's and my visibility issues that came up in 7.0 (the stupid toy car, worthless centered odometer, invisible mile markers with sunglasses on, blocked high beam indicator, etc), was to give us a "Coke Classic" solution, and let us opt to use the better...
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    Firmware 8.0

    I ginger, anything new on voice commands?
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    Firmware 8.0

    Amped, I don't think voice command occurs to the exclusion of touch panel and steering wheel controls. However, unfortunately for those with speech issues, I believe that from an ergonomic and safety perspective of keeping your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel, voice commands are the...
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    Firmware 8.0

    Actually, if you really want to get excited about good UI and what it can do for our car, see this, by the same designer: Day 10 - Tesla Model 3 UX UI Animation flow I note what I have been saying for a long time on this forum -- this beautiful interface relies upon a very robust voice command...
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    Firmware 8.0

    Day 6 - Tesla Model 3 UX and UI
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    Firmware 8.0

    It bothers me.
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    Firmware 8.0

    Tomas, you act as if this is an "either/or proposition". If the wording of my statement was unclear, let me be clear -- it has been well documented in these forums by a number of us that there are a number of fixes and "simple" modifications that tesla has virtually ignored/refused with regard...
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    Firmware 8.0

    Amped, as a fellow longtime upset MS Classic owner, on one hand I share your cynicism from one of your earlier posts in this thread about whether v8 will do anything for us, and about all the constant opportunities to make the software better, but instead seeing Tesla make our interface worse...
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    Firmware 8.0

    And broader menu of voice commands. Those three things would make me happy (I have almost given up on the UI).
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    Firmware 8.0

    Can we go back to talking about 8.0 please, the title of this thread? Please take the debates about AP 1.0 vs 1.5 vs 2.0 to another thread. Thank you.
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    Firmware 8.0

    How about my vote for an easy feature revision that they could have done years ago -- when you pull up the phone list on the steering wheel that says "Recent" and "Contacts" or "Phone Book" ( I forget which), add a listing for "Favorites" at the top. That would save a lot of effort and be safer...
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    Firmware 8.0

    I'd be with Todd on this one except for the fact that Musk has pumped this 8.0 update up as being really "yuge", to paraphrase the other master promoter in the public sphere these days. Musk loves attention and adulation too much -- he doesn't bury something yuge like this during the last...
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    Firmware 8.0

    Praying for much enhanced voice commands, the best safety improvement you can make, bar none (yes, bar none, autopilot fans), better NAV, better media/smartphone interface.
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    AirPlay - Tesla falls further behind in Infotainment

    @BertL calls it right -- the goodwill of putting out regular OTA improvements to make this the best user interface there is -- it is all possible, probably not too expensively, but not Elon's priority. When he starts selling his cars to the masses, he won't be able to rely on the good faith of...
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    Firmware 7.1 - For Classic Model S

    You just have to suck it up like i did -- for maps and voice control -- and live with some of the stupid un-improvements they made in 7.1 over 6.2, as well as the small handful of good things, like garage auto open and close. Hopefully they give us skins and better voice control in 8.0.
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    Firmware 7.1 - For Classic Model S

    By the way, some people have commented over the years that I spend a lot of effort ragging on Telsa for half-baked features and things they can improve. However, I absolutely loved the new automatic garage opening and closing feature in 7.1 - - tremendous, works for me every time. See Elon...
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    Firmware 7.1 - For Classic Model S

    Thanks ohmman. Another 7.1 gripe that is so easily fixable: Driving down a country road last night with my brights on, and as a car approaches, I glancingly look for the blue high beams light, don't see it, think I'm ok until the guy approaching me flashes me. My wise ass oldest son who is with...
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    Firmware 7.1 - For Classic Model S

    One other observation FRM the 7.1 update that maybe someone can help me with -- I used to see on the right side of my driver display two trip sets of energy stats. The first one was basically my lifetime stats in the car from mile 7. It is now gone -- I just see stats from last charge. Is this...
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    Firmware 7.1 - For Classic Model S

    Following up on the above, I finally updated last nite to 7.1, after weeks of limited google maps and no voice command, which is very important to me (a very important ergonomic tool to compensate for some things that are not so ergonomic, and potentially dangerous at 70 mph). The voice command...
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    AirPlay - Tesla falls further behind in Infotainment

    Bob, good reasoned response to mknac's somewhat justifiable tirade to the deficiencies in the functionalities of the MS. He is right -- this is a system mired in 2005-10 in many of its functionalities 2005 for MS Classic owners like myself), even though the car gives the apparent sizzle of being...