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  1. somnambule

    Anyone go from 19" Goodyear SoundComfort OEM tires to non-SoundComfort Goodyears?

    I couldn't find a single site with a database of the EU labels. I was able to find the labels for some tires by searching for them on EU-based online retailer sites. I misspoke above in saying the Michelins had a 71 dB ratings (I don't think I was able to find the Pilot Sport A/S 3+); it's was...
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    Anyone go from 19" Goodyear SoundComfort OEM tires to non-SoundComfort Goodyears?

    FWIW, the Pirelli Cinturato P7s are rated as having slightly higher road noise than the Goodyear Eagle Touring and Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ in the EU tire labels (72dB vs 71dB for the other two). 1dB difference is typically less than 10% increase in noise, so not a big deal, but figured I'd...
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    Anyone go from 19" Goodyear SoundComfort OEM tires to non-SoundComfort Goodyears?

    Thanks for the input, everyone. It looks like new EU tire labels have a noise rating and there doesn't seem to be any difference between the foam and non-foam Continental ContiSportContact 5s (both are listed as 71dB). However, it's hard to tell if they even test the two variants separately...
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    Anyone go from 19" Goodyear SoundComfort OEM tires to non-SoundComfort Goodyears?

    I've seen the article linked in other threads here that suggest the foam padding in Continental tires don't help much with noise reduction. I'm wondering if anyone has first-hand experience that corroborates (or refutes) that about the OEM Goodyear Eagle Touring SoundComfort tires vs. regular...
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    Why I Won't Be Purchasing My 3rd Model S

    I haven't read the entire thread, so apologies if others have already said this. It goes without saying that anyone is free to spend their own money however they wish. However, I'll take exception to the "sheep" comment. Your original post isn't saying anything most of us don't already know...
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    From a Merc C Class to a 3 ?

    At least in my view, the generalizations on this is just good-natured banter. After all, a German company (BMW) pioneered the modern "button-free" auto interior with the original iDrive, before adding some buttons back in later generation of iDrive.
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    From a Merc C Class to a 3 ?

    Hey, they are trying their best to wean themselves off buttons but it takes time to overcome addictions. Give them a chance. Just so you understand, this is what they are coming from just a few years ago. Current MB interiors are absolutely spartan by comparison: With apologies to any Germans...
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    Did you see the Tesla Model S in the Cadillac Commercial?

    I wouldn't trade my Model S for a CT6 anytime soon but let's give credit where it's due. Cadillac's parent General Motors (GM) has a two-pronged strategy for driving assists. Super Cruise is intended to be a driving aid on previously-mapped highways and every review I've seen suggests it's very...
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    Tesla's Goodwill

    This explanation doesn't make any sense to me. If Tesla wanted to do these sorts of things under "goodwill" for cars under warranty, why would that prevent them from charging customers for vehicles out of warranty? I have had panel alignments done under warranty and they were covered under...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    If your claim is that Teslas have the same sorts of issues as other manufacturers and they all get treated the same, I have no issue with that. But that is not what you said before (and I disagreed with). Your claims that I disagree with so far have been: 1. Serious issues are acceptable if they...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Wasn't this pretty well known that AEB was unavailable on AP2 cars at the time? Wasn't the premise all along that it will be enabled in the future? Did the sales person tell you the car will come with AEB enabled right away? Here's what Tesla's blog post announcing AP2 says:
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Except they do. As I mentioned above, the main difference between other brands and Tesla is the others don't tell you there's a problem until they have the fix and issue a recall (often only when pressed by the NHTSA to do so). IMO, that's worse than what Tesla did here by disabling a buggy...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Here's where your analogy breaks down with respect to the issues I pointed out with many mainstream manufacturers: Some of the mainstream car seats also seem to have the propensity to completely fall apart (translation: stall on a highway), strangle your kid (translation: allow carbon monoxide...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    I fail to see at what price stalling in highways or letting CO into the cabin or catching fire becomes acceptable. But, we are going around in circles. This is a whole different tangent. The cost of developing technology is not included in gross margin (which I presume you may know). The fact...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    I listed very serious, recent issues in mainstream vehicles to point out serious issues don't mean people will go ballistic on a manufacturer (which someone said would be the case if GM or Ford did something like what Tesla did here). As you said, I'm not sure what a car from the 1970s has to do...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Better question: Who said anything about the Pinto (aside from your post, that is)?
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    None of those posts answer my question based on your original response to me: why you thought it was acceptable for mainstream brands to have potentially catastrophic failures in vehicles they have been selling to customers (all of the examples I listed are things that can cause a vehicle to...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Indulge me and please explain again. What was the intended interpretation of pointing out that the extremely serous issues I mentioned were in cheaper cars? I know you've criticized my interpretation of that particular statement repeatedly, but don't remember seeing a clarification of what you...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    We are discussing AEB disabling here. The ones I listed are also not the only issues in other cars. Here's the entirety of your post in response to my list of severe safety-critical problems in other vehicles (to make the point that other manufacturers also have failures in shipping vehicles...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    You keep missing the point that the examples I cited are far more serious issues than a temporary disabling of AEB. They are not things that are acceptable at any price. And, yet, you claim they are okay as they occurred in mainstream products. @stopcrazypp summarized the gist of my sequence of...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    That is precisely the distinction I'm making. As I said in the previous post, I don't know any of the folks here well enough to judge them. I can only judge the contents of the posts.
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    As I mentioned in a previous post, I don't disagree with that. What I disagree with is the notion that other manufacturers' products are free of faults or that their faults should be forgiven because they are cheaper. I didn't call the poster witless. I called the post witless. Every one of us...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    I don't think we disagree at all. I don't agree with Tesla's approach here nor do I think the people who are upset with the handling of AEB in this case are being unreasonable. What I disagree with is the notion that Tesla is the only company that releases products that have issues. That's what...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    If you want to take my comment out of context, that's entirely within your rights. Yes, there is a difference between a post and a person as well as speech and a person. Posts and speech expresses ideas that anyone can disagree with. Otherwise, what's the point of these forums? However, aside...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Sorry, I wasn't clear there. The examples I was referring to were the ones in my earlier post that started this whole tangent when @Swift suggested those examples were immaterial as they were on cheaper vehicles. Those are recent, real safety issues in vehicles from mainstream manufacturers that...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Only if the post is the person. Otherwise, it's just a description of the post.
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Sigh. I didn't say all vehicles should have the same features (even for safety). What I did say is that the failure of crucial components in a way that compromises safety is not acceptable at any price point. Those are very different things. Put another way, at least in my opinion, AEB being...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    If you have a logical explanation of how anyone can justify the faults from other manufacturers I mentioned that can cause vehicles to stall on highways, catch fire, allow CO seepage into cabin etc. as acceptable because they are cheaper cars, I'm all ears. Or if you can explain how temporarily...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Take the reasoning a step further. Who is able to pay higher costs and be entitled to what should be a safer car? Look at the list of things I posted. It's not a matter of having fewer features in cheaper cars. It's significant failures in parts they do have. At no price point should a car...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    The bias in your post was not implied. It was very explicit. The entire point was that Teslas need to be safer just because they are more expensive. Was there any other way to interpret what you said?
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    The list of vehicles were about important safety issues in the news recently to point out that the claim that these sorts of things only happen with Tesla is false. Those issues are not related to AEB in those vehicles (they are far more basic and serious). Perhaps I read too much into your...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Are you sure about the part in bold? Perhaps I'm cynical but I think every company gets away with what they can. Things like the VW diesel emissions scandal, GM ignition issues, Toyota engine sludge problems, Hyundai's over-stated fuel efficiency numbers etc. all reinforce my view. These were...
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    The part in bold implies we are seeing a flood of accidents related to AP and related features. Are we? If so, I must be missing that news. Are you suggesting poor people's lives matter less?
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    Tesla Turns Off AEB In New Cars Produced Since July

    Would it? Just from recent news: 1. Some Chevy Bolts apparently have faulty cells that can completely disable the car without warning (link) 2. Ford Explorers apparently allow carbon monoxide to enter the cabins (link) 3. Honda Accords are apparently catching fire due to faulty battery sensors...
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    16-hour road trip. How I removed HUNDREDS of bugs - (so easy!)

    Oh, ok. I thought you had debugged AP2.
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    Cadillac Super Cruise almost here - Motortrend drives it

    Am I the only one who thinks the article is wrong in saying Supercruise is Level 3? I'm pretty sure the driver still needs to be paying attention at all times.
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    Energy Graph Warning

    Standard.
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    Energy Graph Warning

    It affects range (esp. in city driving), ability to recapture energy when going downhill etc.
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    Energy Graph Warning

    I don't think I've noticed any difference in driving feel during limited regen. I would guess the mechanicals are all the same (so it feels the same) but the charge is just not being stored.
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    Cool Factor Tip: Parking Lights On In Daytime

    "Looking good isn't important, it's everything" -- Ben Sherman :)
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    Loaner Vehicle During Maintenance

    Might be regional. Service center load seems to have improved dramatically in my neck of the woods. I was able to schedule (and reschedule due to a need on my end) my recent appointment without a long wait and was able to get a Tesla loaner.
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    Auto Pilot doesn't seem quite ready for prime time

    Autosteer is a convenience feature, not a safety system.
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    Move Over Tesla. Here Comes Cadillac.

    Cadilac's system is a perfectly fine near-term solution for a driver assist system, but it's not scalable nor robust enough for ultimate FSD (there's no solution to the cameras mismatching LIDAR maps or having to get off a freeway in an FSD vehicle with the Super Cruise approach). Tesla's...
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    Move Over Tesla. Here Comes Cadillac.

    One of the articles I read (can't remember which one) said the system only works if the lane markings seen by the camera agrees with the LIDAR maps. I presume the system will warn for the driver to take over if a mismatch is detected.
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    Tesla Branded Music Service?

    We are told that fixing the audio player coming on automatically when the car is restarted or a phone call ends is low priority (as in, I presume, no resources to put on it) but there are resources to pursue an entirely new music streaming service?
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    Telsa EV efficiency vs Bolt

    I would guess the major factors are 1. The MS is designed for higher performance (acceleration). Designing for performance has an efficiency penalty even when you don't use that performance (think 8-cylinder vs. 4-cylinder ICE). 2. The MS is ~30% heavier than the Bolt and weight plays a much...
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    Model 3 has dedicated rain sensor, a bad sign

    You have the logic backwards. The reason auto wipers suck on AP2 is because, well, do you care how good the wipers are on a taxi? ;)
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    AP2 - Definitely heading in the WRONG direction...

    It's been an interesting set of staffing moves. I thought the Lattner hire was a bit odd given the role at the time. Lattner's replacement to run the AI and vision stuff seems to be Andrej Karpathy, who recently (last year) completed his Ph.D. at Stanford. Certainly good ML expertise but...
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    Auto Park - Is driver supervision required?

    Sorry to go off on a tangent but anyone know why Tesla doesn't enable self-parking via the phone (i.e., as a summon feature)? The pieces are all there, so why not let the driver select the parking spot for self-parking and exit the vehicle before initiating the maneuver? The driver would still...
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    Popping sound from roof

    I have a 2016 S with pano roof. Same issue. Happens when the car has been sitting in the hot sun (i.e., definitely temperature-related as you said). Haven't had a chance to take it to the SC yet.