. . . but what do you miss from your old car?

[MrSlowEv]

I miss the sound of the supercharger whine under wide open throttle…the only whining I hear now is from my wife in the passenger seat

 

[jespe2]

What I miss from my BMW is:

1. Blind spot indicator lights on rear view mirrors
2. 360 degree camera view. Very helpful when parking.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I miss going to the gas station and handing out "bus fare" to the beggars

 

[boulder.dude]

We’ll, since my Audi had it any my Y doesn’t, I have to say the Y’s heated steering wheel sucks!

My Y (VIN 199x) has heated steering and it’s the first car I’ve owned with that feature. I didn’t realize they added it after the original edition.

 

[Pianewman]

1) "Oh *sugar*!" handles. (I'm older, and sometimes use them to make ingress/egress easier.)
2) Blind spot indicator lights in the mirrors. I'm wondering if Hertz will motivate Tesla to do a hardware upgrade, as I think the lights are enough of an industry standard that the mainstream public expects them and looks for them. For safety/liability purposes, Hertz might request them.

 

[BMWM3Man]

1-Steering wheel controls on my Volt that allowed me to fast forward on songs and podcasts.
2-knobs for quick heat/air controls.
3-glovebox handle/button.

It has #1...

 

[laservet]

I miss nothing from my BMW. Well, I will miss being left at the side of the road three times with a cooling system failure and steam pouring out from under the hood while coolant pours out under the car. I'll miss the $10,000+ replacement price of the twin turbos. I'll miss the > $400 per month I spent in the last 18 months I owned it repairing or replacing failed systems that don't exist in an EV.

 

[TomServo]

Heated Steering Wheel, Cooled Seats, Blind Spot Warning System in the mirrors, and Birds Eye View.

 

[sleepydoc]

My Y (VIN 199x) has heated steering and it’s the first car I’ve owned with that feature. I didn’t realize they added it after the original edition.

Dang it - I didn’t realize they had added it. Now I have to trade mine in For a new one!

 

[patnshan]

The lack of phantom braking. Heated steering wheel. Automatic wipers that weren't psychotic.

That's pretty much it.

 

[Driver08]

I miss having a tighter turning radius, cooled seats, and the 360 degree camera view. not one bit of regret though!

 

[rjpjnk]

2) Blind spot indicator lights in the mirrors. I'm wondering if Hertz will motivate Tesla to do a hardware upgrade, as I think the lights are enough of an industry standard that the mainstream public expects them and looks for them. For safety/liability purposes, Hertz might request them.

I like that idea! If anything, a rental car should feel familiar, and most drivers are probably used to BSM mirrors.

 

[DarthStar]

“Dumb” cruise control with no phantom braking.

I came to this thread to same the same thing. We just finished a road trip over the weekend. TACC and Autopilot were unusable...constant braking, warning of lane departures, etc. because as far as I can tell, the temporary construction/lane painting on SOCAL freeways is thoroughly confusing to Vision only cars.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

BSM mirrors.

British School of Motoring

...or as one wag put it "Brakes, Signal, Mirrors"

 

[sleepydoc]

I like that idea! If anything, a rental car should feel familiar, and most drivers are probably used to BSM mirrors.

Both our Audi A4 and Subaru Forester have a light on the inner/window side of the mirror housing rather than just the LED in the corner of the actual mirror. I’ve found this arrangement to be much more noticeable and preferable.

 

[artnalex]

It has #1...

Nope, I don’t think so. You can skip to next song, but you can’t fast forward through parts of songs or podcasts. The Volt allowed me to skip forward through songs, as well as skip forward in 30 second increments on podcasts.

But happy to be informed otherwise. Please let me know how…

 

[BMWM3Man]

Nope, I don’t think so. You can skip to next song, but you can’t fast forward through parts of songs or podcasts. The Volt allowed me to skip forward through songs, as well as skip forward in 30 second increments.

But happy to be informed otherwise. Please let me know how…

Ah yeah maybe only skip to next song. Enjoy the song and relax!

 

[Dbpeleed]

Old car was a 2019 BMW X3 M40i. I miss…

HID. 360 degree top view. Blind spot warning. The dead pedal being 2” to the left of the Tesla’s (hate aiming my left leg/foot to the right). Softer ride for cruising (the BMW was tight but civilized). I’d say a center speedometer but I never used it because of the excellent HID. Rear cover that didn’t obscure two speakers when pulled closed. Rear camera that wasn’t rendered useless when rain got on it. And, I confess, burbles and backfires when downshifting. Ok, I said it.

 

[Dbpeleed]

Sorry, two more things: a rear camera that went 180 degrees, and a front camera (on bumper) that could see things coming when pulling out.

 

[Dbpeleed]

Both our Audi A4 and Subaru Forester have a light on the inner/window side of the mirror housing rather than just the LED in the corner of the actual mirror. I’ve found this arrangement to be much more noticeable and preferable.

A long time ago I had an Acura MDX with the blind spot warning on the inside on the A pillar - MUCH better than the mirror mounted (or in the mirror) on the 4 BMWs I’ve had since. You knew if something was there before looking in the mirror.