Australian Model 3 Highland experiences, tips, tricks

[Quickst]

chime on green light

Agree, the chime on green light does not distinguish between a green turn arrow and a straight ahead round green light. There are often two sets of traffic lights. One for straight ahead lane (middle lane) and one separate set on left side which also has an additional left turn light. The chime will occur if any one of the set of traffic lights exhibit a green.

This means if you are on a multi lane road with more than one set of traffic lights, a chime just means one of the lights became green but it may not be for you. The car does not distinguish between greens irrespective of the lane you are in. If it can see a green it will chime.

 

[dronus]

Agree, the chime on green light does not distinguish between a green turn arrow and a straight ahead round green light. There are often two sets of traffic lights. One for straight ahead lane (middle lane) and one separate set on left side which also has an additional left turn light. The chime will occur if any one of the set of traffic lights exhibit a green.

This means if you are on a multi lane road with more than one set of traffic lights, a chime just means one of the lights became green but it may not be for you. The car does not distinguish between greens irrespective of the lane you are in. If it can see a green it will chime.

Yep, still have to use one’s eyes and interact with the outside world

 

[Quickst]

still have to use one’s eyes

When the Rocketman says Full self driving - he actually means "self " = "driver".

 

[Max Spaghetti]

They seem to have dropped the price since I last looked.

The RWD is now $58900 (was $61900 - $3000 drop).

The LR is now $67900, not sure what it was previously.

 

[dronus]

They seem to have dropped the price since I last looked.

The RWD is now $58900 (was $61900 - $3000 drop).

The LR is now $67900, not sure what it was previously.

Nipping at the competition maybe?

 

[Quickst]

They seem to have dropped the price since I last looked.

Rocketman needs to match production to demand. And for those who think its a luxury car, no, Tesla M3/Y are volume cars.

I wonder though if Rocketman has directed the factory to take further costs out -AKA cheaper fittings , cheaper quality? - at least for the cars not yet in production.

 

[Jules22]

Nipping at the competition maybe?

Yeah, has to be putting significant pressure on all of the competition who were struggling to make a profit already (and most making signifcant losses)

 

[Jules22]

Oh I got my first steering wheel nag in weeks today! I was so excited, lol

2 weeks of driving ~3800km almost all on AP of one form or another and I finally got a nag while going through a construction zone on a highway after roughly 2km at 60kph.

 

[Vostok]

The LR is now $67900, not sure what it was previously.

The price is almost dropping faster than my insurer’s “Agreed Value” which effectively means I still have a “new for old” replacement policy, even though my car will turn 5 this year .

Incredible price reductions. My LR cost me $95k on the road in 2019. More than double the previous highest amount I had ever spent on a car, which in turn was double the highest amount I had ever spent on a car before that.

 

[Quickst]

$67900

The poverty pack MYLR onroad of circa $75500 is about $13.5k cheaper than my poverty pack MYLR bought June 2023

 

[Wagits]

Got this today, dying to try it out, just need my car now.

 

[dronus]

Got this today, dying to try it out, just need my car now. View attachment 1040881

You’ll love it, every morning the car is 21.5degrees, 100% battery and ready to go

 

[dronus]

Got this today, dying to try it out, just need my car now. View attachment 1040881

 

[sishome]

Even if I do have a green light I check to see if a truck is running the red light.

This. With the acceleration we have we can be anywhere in the crossing. However, the most dangerous thing is going back to ICE and trying to do the tricks with squeezing in or popping in front of

 

[Vostok]

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Did you purchase the Tesla pedestal for the HPWC? They are not cheap… but look great. Or is it an AliExpress knock-off

 

[edy80y]

Anyone else here have issues with the haptic 'right' blinker? Happens to me at least once a day, not sure if it's my thumb placement but will be including it to be investigated in my service call for the parcel tray.

Ok booked into a service visit on 20th May.

Got a call about an hour later to confirm a few things, parcel shelf incident was self explanatory.

Diagnostic check seemed ok. And they agreed that the woofer rattle is mechanical/ related to the parcel shelf but will check again in person.

They asked, between now and appointment if I have any issues with haptic indicator, to note the date and time, it helps them to check the logs easier. I will probably add these to the service task in the app as they happen. I think there’s a way to do this, else I’ll provide them with a Power BI dashboard.

 

[dronus]

Did you purchase the Tesla pedestal for the HPWC? They are not cheap… but look great. Or is it an AliExpress knock-off

Nah I made my own The Tesla version does look pretty neat.

 

[sishome]

Things I still cannot get used to:
- I still want to pull the trunk lid down.
- I still want to pull the key out when leaving.
- The most annoying: it asks to tap the brake pedal to switch to drive. I however would call it "fully depress the brake pedal and hold it there for three seconds" instead. I understand it is a safety feature, but for me it is an irritating safety feature, and it is not a clutch after all.

 

[dronus]

Things I still cannot get used to:
- I still want to pull the trunk lid down.
- I still want to pull the key out when leaving.
- The most annoying: it asks to tap the brake pedal to switch to drive. I however would call it "fully depress the brake pedal and hold it there for three seconds" instead. I understand it is a safety feature, but for me it is an irritating safety feature, and it is not a clutch after all.

You do get used to all those things and it seems natural

You can get the boot to close when you walk away too I’m pretty sure? Maybe.
I’ve had people try and pull the boot down and I’m like noooooooooioo haha


I dig being able to open and close it from inside the car..
The brake pedal duration is natural now too, or I just swipe.

I’ve had a couple of times where I’ve been lazy and haven’t swiped properly. I’ve trained myself to swipe until I hear the boobeeboo sound that means it’s changed gears rather than looking at the visuals.

 

[ezpz]

One thing that annoys me with the brake pedal to drive is that I have a pin set so I find I have to press the brake pedal once to bring up the pin pad to unlock and then a second time to drive. Would be nice if both could occur with the one press.