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Differences Between Mid-2018 Model S and Mid-2023 Model S
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Currently I have 19” on my ‘17 S100D with coils. The demo had 19” wheels as well.
Daughter thought new car was a bit more bouncy on the open road. I think I agree. But new felt much better taking spirited corners.
I’d believe that from my 90 miles or so. The silly thing kept changing back to other defaults each time I got back in so not sure what o was running each drive. Took me a while to realize it was everything changing.
19”s. Only ever had the stock 19”s on my two cars - the first with coils.
I keep my suspension in auto as well, on the new one. I haven’t driven it enough in each mode to really opine. The coils on the old one were fine, nothing fancy.
I have a steering wheel and it is heated. The owner's manual climate control section states that the yoke is heated too.One more for now: is the yoke heated?I know, sounds a bit silly saying this out loud but I'd 100% go with the yoke and with all the controls on it being capacitive, driving with gloves in the winter is not going to work.
Yes, the yoke is heated. From Florida, so can't help you with the gloves part...One more for now: is the yoke heated?
I did get my software update last night, and have 2023.32.4 now, FSDb 11.4.4. It's just the way I remember it from the 100D. 
I imagine this fork of the code won't get a lot of attention while they're trying to release V12.
Question: I like changing the lane change setting between "Mild" "Average" and "Assertive," but to do it I have to press the right scroll wheel to the side. I haven't been able to do that without a press that disengages autopilot. Is there a trick to it?
I imagine this fork of the code won't get a lot of attention while they're trying to release V12.Question: I like changing the lane change setting between "Mild" "Average" and "Assertive," but to do it I have to press the right scroll wheel to the side. I haven't been able to do that without a press that disengages autopilot. Is there a trick to it?
I have not tried that, but I do recall that in order to click the wheels "left and right", it was somewhat counterintuitive in that I was usually more successful if I felt like I was pressing more down and less side to side. Trying to click it left and right while trying hard to "not click down" tended to register a downward click!I did get my software update last night, and have 2023.32.4 now, FSDb 11.4.4. It's just the way I remember it from the 100D.
Question: I like changing the lane change setting between "Mild" "Average" and "Assertive," but to do it I have to press the right scroll wheel to the side. I haven't been able to do that without a press that disengages autopilot. Is there a trick to it?
I think the manual must be out of date. It says you can click left or right to cycle between the different FSD modes, "mild" "average" "assertive". But it doesn't work. I find myself having to go to the control screen to change it, or to select "Minimal lane changes this drive" which is an option I like sometimes -- like when I already know FSD is going to pick wrong lanes for my route.
I did see the "mild" "average" "assertive" menu pop up last night randomly, and I can't figure out how I triggered it!
On my 2018 S 100D I could use the twisty knob on the autopilot stalk to change the setting. (It used to change the following distance setting.)
I was under the impression that the scroll wheel control for assertive settings only applied to steering wheels that had stalks. (Model 3/Y, maybe pre-refresh model S/X?) I don't think my model S ever had control over following distance / assertiveness directly with the scroll wheel.
Update on differences between a 2016 and 2023 after 2 weeks of owning the latter (and managing to sell the former within a couple of days of picking up the new one):
* Getting used to the higher standard regen. I find it better than the one in the old car; it makes for much more effective one pedal driving, though I worry about being rear ended.
* The vision based sensors are adequate for parking in our tight garage space. My nit would be with the squiggly lines of the surroundings on the display, which suggests the car is surrounded by excitable pythons; I don't find it particularly useful, as compared to the more linear view of the surroundings from the USSs on the older car.
* I'm ok with the steering wheel, but would still prefer the old one if that was an option.
* Noticeably quieter cabin interior with better sound deadening, and the sound system is excellent. Our kid loves the rear screen.
* Still a minor chore to use turn signals, and a nagging concern that I just pressed the wrong one. I don't mind a design that's different but doesn't impose such a cognitive load. This one does.
* Haven't tried the FSD demo yet. Coming from AP1, I imagine the car going haywire and finding the nearest lamp post to wrap itself around. Jokes apart, I know my AP cognitive 'sweet spot' after almost 100k miles of AP1 driving, and basic autopilot is all I care for. It's a personal thing - I know others are comfortable with the car being more proactive.
* Tires are nice and quiet. But they haven't been as much as driven through a puddle of water yet.
* Range reliably comes up to 324 miles (80%) each night and the rated range is still really good.
* I miss the trip card and instantaneous Wh/mi data display on the front dash. Hope a software update enables it. Tesla seems to spend less effort on the front dash UI/UX since only the S/X have it.
* Getting used to the higher standard regen. I find it better than the one in the old car; it makes for much more effective one pedal driving, though I worry about being rear ended.
* The vision based sensors are adequate for parking in our tight garage space. My nit would be with the squiggly lines of the surroundings on the display, which suggests the car is surrounded by excitable pythons; I don't find it particularly useful, as compared to the more linear view of the surroundings from the USSs on the older car.
* I'm ok with the steering wheel, but would still prefer the old one if that was an option.
* Noticeably quieter cabin interior with better sound deadening, and the sound system is excellent. Our kid loves the rear screen.
* Still a minor chore to use turn signals, and a nagging concern that I just pressed the wrong one. I don't mind a design that's different but doesn't impose such a cognitive load. This one does.
* Haven't tried the FSD demo yet. Coming from AP1, I imagine the car going haywire and finding the nearest lamp post to wrap itself around. Jokes apart, I know my AP cognitive 'sweet spot' after almost 100k miles of AP1 driving, and basic autopilot is all I care for. It's a personal thing - I know others are comfortable with the car being more proactive.
* Tires are nice and quiet. But they haven't been as much as driven through a puddle of water yet.
* Range reliably comes up to 324 miles (80%) each night and the rated range is still really good.
* I miss the trip card and instantaneous Wh/mi data display on the front dash. Hope a software update enables it. Tesla seems to spend less effort on the front dash UI/UX since only the S/X have it.
Nothing except a settings menu on the left, from what I could tell from my demo drive.
Yeah, the instant energy display (as opposed to the Energy "app") was fun to watch, even if it wasn't totally useful.
Yeah the 'energy tach' wasn't worth much more than the coolness factor, but I always found the trip card useful, able to modulate my driving to keep to the ~273 Wh/mi that corresponded to 100% of rated range, something that wasn't too hard to hit during long drives, except in cold winter weather.Yeah, the instant energy display (as opposed to the Energy "app") was fun to watch, even if it wasn't totally useful.
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