sduck
Mr. Duck
This is a model 3 forum/thread, and model 3's don't have SiriusXM.
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Since it is a Model 3 forum I'll be brief. It isn't a lot different than it was, but I did notice some improvements in station descriptions and they are now grouped by genre.Hi, I updated yesterday to 2020.24.6.4 and I have a Sirius XM subscription for my model X, but the the interface for Sirius XM has not changed, still the same very plain UI. Any suggestions or thoughts? I have a 2018 X purchased Dec 2018
Yeah, the improvements are awesome. But.I've driven this a lot in rural areas the past couple of days that do not even have reliable cell service and it did pretty well on curvy roads. Now the car seems to be the exact opposite acting as it has been. Basically instead of heading into tight turns at 55 MPH and giving up control and needing a take over so it doesn't crash it now slows down to take curves and seems to be overly cautious.
My car updated to this release this morning, and I'm on a road trip.
One new behavior that is slightly annoying to me is as follows:
Sometimes, while driving on the highway, if I'm on a gentle downhill, I put the car in neutral to coast without losing speed.
Once the road flattens out again, I put the car back in Drive and engage TACC and/or AP.
Previously, TACC and AP were available as soon as I went from Neural to Drive.
With this update, it takes at least 10 seconds of driving for the speed limits and steering wheel icons to show up.
In the meantime, I can't engage TACC or AP - pulling down on the stake repeatedly does nothing.
But why put it in neutral in the first place?
Efficiency.
Every time you pull down the stick while the car is in some "I'm deciding not to let you use AP" state-of-mind, it resets some internal timer that restricts it from being engaged - EVEN IF the conditions would've otherwise been acceptable to engage AP - for seemingly no reason other than to let the alert sound play and to punish you for pulling the stick down too soon. It's been that way since the earliest AP I had on my mid-'18 Model 3, never changed even with the HW3 upgrade. TL;DR: if you pull the stick before it's ready, it'll make you wait even longer, like a control-freak nanny.In the meantime, I can't engage TACC or AP - pulling down on the stake repeatedly does nothing.
Unless the hill is steep enough to require regen to maintain speed, the car is capturing 100 percent of the potential energy while descending the hill. Any power descending the hill provides reduces the power that the motors have to provide to maintain a constant speed.Efficiency.
Well yes, but why do you think its more efficient?
Well, I have no links, but I believe it’s always more efficient to coast than using regen.
Certainly more efficient than staying in drive.
This car is fun to drive for so many reasons, finding ways to be more efficient is more fun than money saving.
If you want to save efficiency, and have fun , why wouldn’t you want to put it in neutral ?
In flat Florida I would agree with you. In the hills of Appalachia not so much. Here is a drive from this past weekend. Around 11 am there was a good length of regen going down a big hill, normally that follows going up a big hill . But there are blips elsewhere. Ignore the single lane farm equipment fun after 11:11. Everything before that was a 2 lane divided highway that had an occasional traffic light for cross traffic. I drove on autopilot over 95% of the time even for the lights.On u.s. highways at highway speeds you are unlikely to use regen while maintaining a constant speed.