To further clarify my point, yes I am a huge Tesla fan but the main reason he gets a pass is that he continues to release products that other companies are only talking about as concepts, with some vague time to market. I am not an EV enthusiast by any means. I don't even consider other EV cars on the horizon. Why? Because no one is offering the tech and the range, coupled with a nationwide supercharger network.
While certainly not perfect, his products are simply more compelling than anything else coming out in the near future. The very idea that he dared to defy an entire auto industry and he won, and others are still years away from offering the same experience....again I'm happy to support that. That's just a philosophical view and everyone is entitled to their opinion.
But I would say that the general sentiment of forgetting just how massive this mans accomplishment is runs rampant around here because people are so caught up in the "hey where are my features that Elon promised??" talk. Give the man a break if the software needs more time. Don't forget that everyone was laughing at him just a few years ago and he delivered. He isn't perfect but he'll deliver folks.
I can see you are a Tesla fan... so am I. In fact I currently plan to only drive a Tesla in my next 30+ years of driving, the latter of that probably in a self-driven one since I know that even my AP1 adds so much safety when activated, I expect FSD to be even more so.
The promise of OTA updates is unique and amazing, and in the beginning there was a giddiness when receiving an update, hoping for improvements, new features and conveniences, etc. But for my HW1, there now seems to be feeling of abandonment, as if Tesla is indicating that my car that was delivered in July, is now as good as it is going to get, so it's now like any other manufacturer's vehicle in that respect. I hope I am wrong, and probably spoiled by the first 6 months, but perhaps not.
I do know that the day HW2 was announced, I just lost about a 1/3 of my car's value, since selling a HW1 will be a real challenge n the future given the newer hardware, but that can happen with any vehicle, just usually with the next model year.
Ironically, I also was given an opportunity to sell my MX back to Tesla and walk away based on an unfixable abnormality, yet I chose to order another one, so my AP2.0 is about to be built. This gives me an opportunity to get the AP2, keep the unlimited charging, even save some money, but mostly I can actually have the only real SUV Tesla sells, the 5-seat config, which restores the original promise of folding 2nd row seats with a seat back that actually can be extended for passenger comfort, not just tilted back.
But I am not blind to the flaws of Tesla, both physically with the MX (fit and finish is subpar to premium vehicles costing half the price), as well as having insight into the dysfunctional handling of some customer satisfaction issues.
However, now there is a new issue that I'd love to get your perspective on. It has to do with the elimination of the 2nd HVAC fan in the 5-seater, which combined with rerouting of the ducts and vents results in a severely anemic airflow to the 2nd row passengers, such that getting into a hot cabin and cranking the A/C will not be nearly effective as the other configs, or probably any other SUV on the market,
The thread is
How adequate is the A/C airflow in the MX 5-seater for 2nd row passengers?
You give Elon a pass for doing what he has done so far, I will hold that judgement until he and his leadership resolve this issue, as it was a huge mistake to make this design change, and they are guilty of not considering owners that live in hot summer climates, beyond the borders of California.
Any guess on how many 5-seaters are living in parts of the country with hot summers??? Yup, its many.
Let's see how your boy handles this one. I don't judge a man on how well he does something right, but rather how he corrects something he did wrong.
