Daily switching from non Tesla to your Tesla?

[RidgeRunner]

Daily switching from non Tesla to your Tesla?

Is anyone having or had any difficulty driving their gas powered car after driving a Tesla for a week or longer. (Or Vice Versa)? I can think of right away the effect of regeneration braking. Or perhaps forgetting to brake because one has been relying or gotten used to Tesla's traffic aware cruise control doing the braking.

 

[E_R_N]

Uneventful. 5 seconds to get used to driving a different car.

 

[TwelveVoltMan]

I have occasionally tried to put my Jeep Wrangler in drive or reverse by reaching for the windshield wiper controls….

 

[Pianewman]

Yupp, wiper controls on Toyota do NOT change gears.

Always owned multiple cars, different controls, etc. It's a no brainer to switch for me. (NOT SO, for my wife)

 

[cassiopeia]

Yes. I’ve definitely reached for the turn signal, but much worse, one time a couple years ago I actually forgot to turn a rental ICE car off. I returned to the car after a quick errand and the engine was happily idling away. Oops.

 

[Velcade]

I drive the gasser maybe 2 or 3 times a year. What throws me the most is no 'one pedal driving'. I really got use to letting off the accelerator and having the car slow way down.

 

[zpaul]

Pedal driving do not confuse me much.
But Occasionally I forget to turn off my wife's gas car and just walk away assuming it will lock itself

 

[Gadget63]

Sold my gasser when I bought my 2021 MY, Don't miss it either

 

[RidgeRunner]

Yes. I’ve definitely reached for the turn signal, but much worse, one time a couple years ago I actually forgot to turn a rental ICE car off. I returned to the car after a quick errand and the engine was happily idling away. Oops.

Aw heck, Ive done that in my wife's Lexus, thanks for the feedback.

 

[DaveORD]

I occasionally find myself reaching in the wrong place for changing drive mode, but usually resolved in first 10 sec or so. But what I do miss is the auto speed sign detection and chiming if going too fast. Found myself driving in my ICE a couple of times, all was quiet, no chimes, and I was going a bit too fast for that zone.

 

[mark95476]

Nope. I used engine braking all the time so Tesla's regen felt natural. A car coasting along while not pressing the gas is weird for me.

I had to get rid of my old gasser. I couldn't believe the noise and complete lack of reaction when I pressed the accelerator. That was before I got Acceleration Boost.

Daily switching from non Tesla to your Tesla?

Is anyone having or had any difficulty driving their gas powered car after driving a Tesla for a week or longer. (Or Vice Versa)? I can think of right away the effect of regeneration braking. Or perhaps forgetting to brake because one has been relying or gotten used to Tesla's traffic aware cruise control doing the braking.

 

[iamnid]

The pedals aren't an issue; though, as others have said, I've forgotten to turn off the engine and gotten out of the car with it still running and the keys in the ignition.

 

[mrwug]

Nope. I used engine braking all the time so Tesla's regen felt natural. A car coasting along while not pressing the gas is weird for me.

My wife has been driving Toyota / Lexus hybrids now for close to 15 years now. Her cars feel like they're free-wheeling when you let off the gas. She definitely won't like the feel of my MY's pedal when it finally arrives.

 

[Pianewman]

My wife has been driving Toyota / Lexus hybrids now for close to 15 years now. Her cars feel like they're free-wheeling when you let off the gas. She definitely won't like the feel of my MY's pedal when it finally arrives.

^^^this. Prius and Avalon Hybrids here. When you release the gas pedal, the car almost feels like it lurches forward, the exact opposite of the Tesla MY, which brakes hard if you lift suddenly.

 

[TwelveVoltMan]

Other than the first 2 or three approaches to a stop light when I was initially test driving a Y, I haven’t had any issues getting used the regenerative braking or swapping between vehicles. The Y is like driving a manual transmission that is always in the right RPM band . . . Ready to engine brake or blast off with modulation of the throttle.

 

[Lounanne]

I notice I have to remind myself to turn the ice car off and to lock the doors when I walk away.

 

[kc1953]

I have occasionally tried to put my Jeep Wrangler in drive or reverse by reaching for the windshield wiper controls….

Our other car is a Mercedes and the gear selection lever location and function is identical to Tesla’s.

 

[mrfeb14]

as a previous person said, having a Mercedes with same gear selector helped me. but I have definitely done the get out without turning off the engine. My husband hates how every car is "so" different. He likes that the parking brake is applied automatically in the tesla and all gas cars he has to figure out is it a foot brake, hand brake or an electronic button to set it.

 

[iamnid]

as a previous person said, having a Mercedes with same gear selector helped me. but I have definitely done the get out without turning off the engine. My husband hates how every car is "so" different. He likes that the parking brake is applied automatically in the tesla and all gas cars he has to figure out is it a foot brake, hand brake or an electronic button to set it.

Tell your husband that the parking brake ISN'T set automatically in the Tesla. You have to hold the park button for a second or two until the parking brake light shows up. Point taken though.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I notice I have to remind myself to turn the ice car off and to lock the doors when I walk away.

When I got the Prius V, I read on a site, similar to this that every time you leave the vehicle, you should lock it. The reason was because if you had done everything you were supposed to have done, there'd be a short beep and the car would lock itself. If however the car gave a long beep, that meant you'd either left the keys in the vehicle, or worse, not switched it off correctly

and yes I did still leave it out front 'running' for several hours

and yes, the lock-every-time method has saved me several times