LOL... You really crack me up... Do you have any idea how many times I've been called a fanboy here? Nope, you haven't a clue and that's fine but you might want to know a little more about the person your arguing with before you get too terribly deep into the weeds.
It's TMC... Credibility isn't exactly very high on this boards priority list...
Bright side here is Tesla reversed the TACC speed reset when disengaging auto seer in the latest release so I'm pretty stoked about that...
Jeff
No need to be hostile, but I think most of us agree with you, its just that perhaps you may want to take a step back and look at the grand scheme of things.
I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that we hate door dings and hit-and-run accidents. Moreover, the opportunity to catch one of those flamingos (I'm censoring) would plaster a smile on our faces for quite some time.
I want this feature just as badly as you do, and I've been following up on this ever since Elon mentioned it to begin with. I've kept holding out month after month buying a dashcam for my car because of Elon hinting at this capability, and I got my car a year ago in March.
But there's a difference between Tesla holding out these features for fun, and Tesla holding out these features because they are not ready yet.
I would call myself a Tesla fanboy, but I also agree with a shorts on several points of theirs too. I do NOT think Elon/Tesla can do no wrong.
Right now, for all we know, it may be easier to experiment with the feature on Model 3, and to carry over that functionality gained from testing to the S & X. It may be more efficient that way, which means a faster development and roll out of the sentry mode.
There's most definitely a good reason that Tesla still has not rolled it out to S & X, and I doubt its because they thought "eh, their cars are expensive, so screw em' and their support"
If you think about it, and lets for (hopefully the last time) go back to your Mercedes example, Mercedes would not hesitate to charge extra for a feature like this. They definitely wouldn't retrofit it, but they would want you to buy the latest car with this feature.
The fact that cars built almost 1.5 years ago can get this, for freaking FREE, is not something to overlook. So what if we receive the update a couple weeks after the Model 3, when its done and ready, versus now, when its not ready or useful?