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The yoke DOES block visibility of, and access to the little car icon at the bottom left of the screen, and I have to look around the yoke to find it to press it. It would be far nicer to have that icon on the TOP left of the center screen since it is the main access to most of the car's...

Ultimately we are going to need the yoke to slide back and forth like a plane as we add the third axis dimension of height. How else will we be able to control the hover and accelerate features that the space X rocket option will provide?

When I first got my Tesla I was ambivalent about the yoke. Its fine for a sedan, but I felt that it wouldn't be preferable on either the cybertruck or the roadster on the track. After getting FSD, I understand the vision. I think I would be frustrated constantly having to look around the top of...

When I first got my Tesla I was ambivalent about the yoke. Its fine for a sedan, but I felt that it wouldn't be preferable on either the cybertruck or the roadster on the track. After getting FSD, I understand the vision . I think I would be frustrated constantly having to look around the top...

About 2 months ago I attended the 2 day driving course at Radford Racing in Arizona, which uses Hell cats exclusively. We spent most of the first morning learning how to stop the 4586 lb Dodge Hell cat in shorter and shorter distances including learning to steer the car while anti-lock brakes...

I can faintly see the serpentine line in the center of the steering wheel that tears apart when the airbag deploys. I wonder if mashing that seam when I press the "new horn" will eventually weaken that seam? And while we are redoing the yoke, can we PLEASE have the top left button as turn left...

I had a 3 year lease on a P100D, then 3 years in an Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio and now I’m back into a Plaid, and this is my wish list. Screen saver - I’d like the OPTION for the screen to significantly darken when it times out after a minute or so when no buttons have been pushed so that its...

A local wrap shop removed my front plate for $35. You can do it yourself by watching several you tubes that explain it, but if you melt the plastic with your heat gun or scratch the paint somehow its on you.

Thanks, i'll give it a try

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While I appreciate the ability to change the acceleration, suspension, ride height and steering sensitivity independently (so many cars can't) I do miss the ability to change them all at once. Changing my Alpha romeo from normal to dynamic mode changes everything from the exhaust note to...

I'm just going to assume that most of the car is "drive by wire" and implementing speed variable steering is simple software. Speed variable steering, whether mechanical or electric has beeb around for a long time, and seems a no brainer.

Any idea what the battery size is? When I bought my P85D they listed the horsepower, but eventually, took it down, because it was considered inaccurate. Now they list the plaid horsepower as 1020 hp, but no mention of the battery size. The battery size gives important information about possible...

I have ordered my plaid S with the yoke. Having said that, here are some thoughts. I have spent the last two days driving my car pretending I have a yoke, and not touching the top half of the steering wheel. I find it mildly annoying at best and dangerous at worst. Driving schools will...

To quote from the John Stapp article.. "By June 8, 1951, a total of 74 human runs had been made on the decelerator, 19 with the subjects in the backward position, and 55 in the forward position. Stapp, one of the most frequent volunteers on the runs, sustained a fracture of his right wrist...

First of all, I was quite impressed by the physicist's video. Quite level headed and sensible from a mathematical point of view, given the limited information we know. As a physician (not a physicist) the most alarming part is not the acceleration, but the Deceleration, which can be...

If Tesla planned to build 1000 roadsters a year (20 a week), I think there is a good chance that the build quality would be as good as other exotics. But I'm afraid that building 10,000 a year (200 a week) there's a good chance the quality will suffer. Yes, I know that the Tesla factories are...

The best feature of this type of steering wheel is the natural tendency to pull back on it like a plane yoke when you want to activate the Space X feature to fly your car over the slow car in front of you!

At first I thought this was an impractical gimmicky design, but I'm willing to give it a chance. Good: 1. "9 and 3" are the proper steering wheel positions and this steering wheel forces you to maintain the proper driving position (when not in autopilot) 2. From the limited pictures we have...

The success of Tesla appropriately rests on the success of the model 3 - the car for every man, and particularly in Europe and Asia where smaller cars are a premium. Therefore I totally understand and support all the developments going into the model 3. But since the first roadster prototype was...

My understanding was that taking away the dashboard and moving everything to the center console unit was a cost savings for the model 3. Looking away from front and center on a fast moving vehicle is outright dangerous. The only reason the prius gets away with its tiny center dash is because its...

I'm not sure they're going to get ANY more reservations as it seems as though they have taken the roadster off their website?! Hopefully its just down for them to update it?!

While I don't mind the new steering wheel that will make you feel like you're flying a plane rather than driving a car, the thin, narrow stalk that it's connected to looks unfinished, and fragile. They way that it simply goes into a hole in the dashboard looks like an unfinished concept. That...

It is obvious to me that Porsche made a blatant and unoriginal copy of the almost defunct Faraday FF91 a few years ago and is slowly bringing it to production. The shape of the car, dimensions and specifications are almost the same. Ironically theses seem outdated as Tesla has moved on. However...

If Tesla is smart they will allow you to choose between a standard steering wheel and the concept wheel. I was about to say that you would want to choose a standard wheel for the track, but then I realized that formula cars don't have a standard wheel either. It might be beneficial to have the...

I just came back from the level 2 corvette track racing school at Spring mountain, which reconfirmed the need for HUD. At speed, or on a technical track, you must have relevant information front and center. It's dangerous to look down, and especially down and off center like the model 3. Since...

I'd like to suggest an improvement to the cute graphics on the dashboard. #1 Although it's nice to see the car icons match the real world, I'd like it if my tesla icon (avatar!) were moved up on the display so that the display would show 2-3 car lengths behind and beside me, so that it would...

Thank you for your responses. My question is this: Assuming the diameter of the 19s and 21s is the same, why do the 19s give you 30 more miles on a charge? Is it because the 21s have a total surface area contact patch is larger and therefore has more friction on the road? If this were so, then...

I'm sure this has been covered before, and maybe someone can redirect me to the appropriate thread. Im upgrading from a P85D to a P100D soon. Im not thrilled with the look of the new 21" wheels. I have had 4 flat tires in 3 three years on my current 21" tires which I consider somewhat fragile...

I don't think you've crossed the advertising line until you start posting your referral code in big letters across your windshield! :eek:

2 days after I started this thread, Tesla announced a bug upgrade in the Nav system for early 2018. Who says they don't read this forum? :cool:

Indeed, I didn't catch the autocorrect. Serendipitously, the lack of noise that a Tesla makes, turns out to be somewhat of an advantage, as it allows very "spirited" driving to go unnoticed. There is a certain amount of misbehavior that a tesla can get away with because the usual noisy revving...

Discussions such as these represent free market research and testing for Tesla. As stated above Tesla's lead will diminish as copy cats inevitably catch the innovator as happens in almost all products. The center console is a jewel that needs polishing.

Sadly, all it takes for sanity to flee most P100D owners, is for a Hellcat to pull up next to them while they are first in line at the red light. I once had a patient who was an old lady in her nineties. I asked her what the secret to her longevity was. I expected her to say half a glass of...

Im a bit surprised at the animosity. Adding Apple Car Play is simply an option, not a replacement. If you don't like it or need it, then ignore it. The Nav system in my Audi is excellent, and in many ways better than the Tesla, and I love it. My wife finds it too confusing so she simply plugs...

This list comes from what people told me as they have walked past my car. I presented this post to explain from personal experience why non - tesla owners might not share our enthusiasm for the cars we own. I have owned fast cars in the past and am well aware of car culture. In the end, the...

When I first got my P85D I used to clean and polish it and take it proudly to the local cars and coffee, and show it off proudly. These days, I park in regular parking and don’t bother showing it at all. These are the reasons why the car enthusiasts at cars and coffee are generally indifferent...

Upon inception the center console was replete with useful utilities and easter eggs, but three years later on there is growing discontent at the lack of updates and overall slowness of the browser. I make an earnest plea that apple car play be included as an app in the center console for...

From a Doctor's perspective, I will try to answer this question in a serious manner. If you assume the forward force of 1.5 Gs for 4 seconds (assuming you aren't quick enough to slow down as the car passes 60 mph) most people will experience mild discomfort and mild disorientation. However...

This is also the list of things I wish they would upgrade on the S: In a car that now has 200 cameras in AP2, Top down parking camera view with side cross view. This is exceptionally helpful in my Audi Q7. There is nothing worse than grinding the front of your carbon fiber front splitter over...

I heard (or possibly imagined) that the thin horizontal bar is a G meter. Hopefully I can focus on the display without my glasses!

The roadster is a ROADSTER, not a track car. By loose definition it is a car to be driven in a spirited fashion on a long winding road on a sunday afternoon, while enjoying the sport of driving, preferably with the top down. Even with the carbon ceramic brakes and vector torque steering will...

Dashboard front and center. While it might be OK for a prius or a model 3 to have the speedometer and other important information off to the side and (even worse) down below the windscreen, it is vitally important to see this information when traveling at speed. The speed is nicely displayed at...

Squirrel! Ive had a p85d for almost three years now and I get the feeling that my car has many great ideas...that are half baked. It seems like they make good headway into good ideas and do all the hard work, but then get bored or distracted and never polish the feature to the point that it is...

I don't think that it is any coincidence that Farraday and Lucid R&D independently decided on a 130 KW battery. I think that 130 KW is the intersection between power and weight, found by both of these companies. Each company has produced impressive prototypes that have achieved Tesla beating all...

So, a few details worth mentioning... The motor Trend drag race is an advertising event that is part of the performance car of the YEAR article that takes a week for them to decide. Loosely, only cars that are NEW or SIGNIFICANTLY upgraded during that year are eligible. So that's why the grand...

I know this has been discussed on many old threads, but i'll ask again for a quick answer. I assume if you drive in the same manner in sport or insane mode it makes no difference in wear on the car. What is the mechanical difference between these two modes?

A few easy software goodies i'd like to see: 1) some sort of icon on the dashboard when insane or ludicrous or range modes are engaged. I often forget to turn these modes off. 2) adding a sport/ludicrous switch to the menu selector on the right hand steering wheel 3) icons showing which engine...

The model S was designed as a family sedan, with optional seating up to 7, but has become popular as an electric muscle car in its own right. Here’s my fantasy model S sports “SS” package that would be nice in the configurator: · Carbon fiber hood with modest SS badging. This is only a...

Partly thanks to Tesla's open technology architecture where it doesn't hold patents, and partly due to jealously, we are now seeing many other car makers building electric super cars. These include Rimac from Croatia, Nio from China, Faraday, and Lucid from the US with credible threats from Audi...