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First drive down to a grocery store and back: overall very good. Some notes: Not enough use of regen braking. Why does FSD hate one of the car's nicest features? Several times, the car flicked on turn signals in wide single lanes. Finally got to experience the "bias to the right side of a...

Just got in as well. Waited 4 months after getting the car just before last Christmas, then opted out. About 3 months later, re-joined the queue in early July, so it's been around 5 months of continuous waiting, and 9 months in total. Looking forward to giving it a test tomorrow!

Thanks. My hopes for anything could not be any lower. :)

Dumb question: I've been trying (again) for the last 3 months to get into FSD beta. My Model S is running 2022.28.2, and I was just prompted to update to 2022.36.6. Question: if I do this, will I miss out on the opportunity to upgrade to 10.69.3, should there be an influx of new testers...

About a month since I opted out, and I couldn't be happier. :)

Which software version?

Amendment: when you drive in the rain and hit the "wiper" button on the yoke, it does pull up a windshield wiper menu on the left side of the instrument cluster. You can use the left selector wheel on the yoke to pick the setting you want for the wipers. ...I missed this previously, because...

Just a quick note that I received the tint stickers from @iyordanov and they *really* help dampen the damn yellow stickers for 2022. They work great. Here's a couple photos. The natural yellow tint is about the yellow of the text on the license plates. It's hideous.

No, you can't select anything on the instrument cluster. It has no customizations or interactivity at all.

After applying for FSD beta 3 days after receiving the car, 95 days ago, I've decided to opt out. And I could not be happier. I'll circle back around perhaps when we're approaching FSD v11 or whenever the "meaningful improvements" train is running again.

Page 2 of the "Why Haven't They" file: Why haven't they put this turn signal camera images on the instrument cluster, where it belongs? Sure, use the main screen in cars which lack an instrument cluster screen, obviously. But when an instrument cluster exists, it's a way better use.

Mine doesn't vibrate (that I've noticed). I'd trade all the damn back seat rattles for a vibrating mirror in a heartbeat. :)

I know some people don't like the OEM flaps, but I think they're fine. The scraping is minor, and not a big deal in my book.

You mean other than Tesla's OEM flaps?

I'm also concerned about this. However, they had at least two full redesign opportunities to fix this (HW 1->2, and 2->3), so perhaps it's less a concern than we think? Contrariwise, the unsubstantiated rumors of HW4, if true, indicate that more cameras are coming -- though we don't know...

You have 1 car in FSD beta, and want more. Many of us have zero. Count yourself lucky, and get in line. :)

So... about a third eliminated in 6 months' time? Not bad, even while they're expanding capacity in hotspots.

Update: the mobile tech appointment I made was canceled, said the update needed an in-person appointment. Next slot: 1 month from now. So that's great. Guess I'll be driving with my seats down to minimize the Geiger counter. (Yes, it rattles even with the seats down.)

Yes. They're mentioned in the user manual here: Model S Owner's Manual | Tesla You can search for "daytime" on this page to find mention of them.

Just got my car back. The service center in Dublin, CA fixed neither of the problems. Noticed both within 10 seconds of driving off the lot. Clearly, they either did nothing, or didn't test what they did do, because it was dead obvious. Sigh.

Perhaps these limited releases are just the new normal. It need not imply a problem. "Go big" releases every X months, then small batch rollouts, repeat?

Kinda annoyed by the anemic interior lights, I just emailed Abstract Ocean regarding the status of replacement interior lights. The product page says they're due "mid-late Q1" meaning any day now. Got an email response. tl;dr - They're "absolutely not on schedule" -- I'd guess mid-late Q2. Alas.

Does this work for the heated yoke as well? I'm not sure. Every time I've activated the yoke heaters in the past, they come on. Don't *seem* to be regulated.

Ok, final update: - Car received Dec 23rd - Default CA plates received Feb 1 -- black plates + HOV sticker ordered - Black CA plates received Mar 1 - HOV stickers received Mar 16 Pretty good!

Can you apply Plasti-dip to the front emblem without removing it? (Removing it seems like a PITA.)

Exactly!

Fingers crossed!

Yep, it's what I went for this time. Look great, and avoid looking like yet another Tesla with a tryhard custom plate. Er, no offense.

Yes. I'm eagerly waiting on new headlight info. If compatible, I'll probably do it before next winter. If not... just add it to the list of upgrades to enjoy by the time I'm car shopping again.

Service appointment this week for: 1) Rear driver side rattle, near headrest. The tape-on-latch trick worked initially, but stopped working, and it's now rattling like a Geiger counter back there. 2) Diver seat cover creak. Back panel is loose. I can reach back with my left hand and the...

(a) This thread, and (b) Elon: FSD Beta tweets

Can you define what is meant by "SF Metro Area"? It clearly doesn't refer to the city of SF (under 900k), nor any common understanding of the SF bay area (nearly 8M). I'm puzzled.

Took 1 month to get serialized black-on-yellow plates. Pretty happy with that. 2 months waiting for the yellow sticker, and counting.

SF population is only 875k. SF metro area population is 7.8M. Not sure where the 3M population figure comes from, but I'm sure you can draw a few maps to get there. :)

Interesting. Tesla Bjorn (of YouTube fame) seems to disagree -- unless I'm misinterpreting him. But I'm pretty sure he's clamied that PPF is "self-healing". Or at least the products he's used. Might be wrong.

It's really infuriating. What the hell, Tesla?

From a few pages back, this was in reference to an alternative means to honk the horn, by placing your hand over the right side of the yoke. Mention of this has been removed from the user manual, and IIRC that feature was indeed removed, as well. (Not at home at the moment, so I can't confirm.)

If true, this implies that the new lights may require wiring (or other internal) changes -- not just the simple part swap that existing owners had been hoping for.

We know. But would a little communication with customers hurt them, to at least set expectations? This is a pervasive theme with Tesla: absolutely terrible communication.

Yes, on the Trips screen. But only there, and only distance and Watt-hours per unit distance, I believe.

Checked app, safety score still there. If they really ignore people that have been running 99+ scores for 7+ weeks, I'll be pissed.

Is the second sentence part of your hypothesis, or something you independently believe for some reason?

What does your lawyer suggest?

At this point, the more EV chargers the better. Just let's make sure they don't suck and are fairly reliable, please. I would really like a credible alternative to the Supercharger network, so I can have a broader choice of cars. I fear it's 10+ years away, though.

This is incredibly frustrating.

Weird, because 10.10 fully addressed the rolling stop recall. If they wanted to get everyone on that version to close out that recall, they could. They've chosen not to. In the same way that 10.9 was halted, to boot. Something else is going on here.

On 2022.4.5. Got some text messages today. The car properly notified me, and was able to read them. I dictated response texts, but the car consistently failed to send them, popping up a "Delivery Failed" (or similar) alert. (And with no record of the responses on the phone.) Tried to reply...

Rattles update: the rear driver side rattle was only temporarily solved by taping the latch hook. It's back, and it doesn't matter how much tape I use, or what kind of tape. After additional diagnosis, it appears to be coming from the latch mechanism in the seat itself. When I manually wiggle...

I just drove 36 miles from the east bay into San Francisco. Had to apply brakes several times, couple urgent swerves, and got cut off a few times as well. Arrived and expected a score of 95. I am amazed: