Drove a brand new loaner!!! (I didn't like driver assist)

[miemrich]

Hey Artsci,

I'm very interested in your findings about the foam and the glue to dampen the noise of our tires. Please keep us (me) posted.

Thank you.

 

[PlanB]

I saw it and touched it, it's high density foam with thick black glue. It was easy to repair. This foam has been around for years, it's only new to Tesla cars.

 

[miemrich]

When you ask that, ask also what ramifications the foam and esp. the cement have on one's ability to use plugs to fix punctures, if you please.

There is an instruction how to fix a puncture in the ContiSilent tire in this .pdf:
http://www.continental-tires.com/www/download/tires_de_en/themes/car-tires/repair_instructions.pdf

 

[miemrich]

When you ask that, ask also what ramifications the foam and esp. the cement have on one's ability to use plugs to fix punctures, if you please.

There is an instruction how to fix a puncture in the ContiSilent tire in this .pdf:
http://www.continental-tires.com/www/download/tires_de_en/themes/car-tires/repair_instructions.pdf

 

[MsElectric]

Just turn it off already and move on. The driver assistance features are very useful and I'm glad they are available. The real benefit will come when they activate radar cruise control with full autonomous braking.

 

[artsci]

Hey Artsci,

I'm very interested in your findings about the foam and the glue to dampen the noise of our tires. Please keep us (me) posted.

Thank you.

I've started a separate thread on foam tire sound deadening to report what I find.

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When you ask that, ask also what ramifications the foam and esp. the cement have on one's ability to use plugs to fix punctures, if you please.

Here are Conti's repair instructions -- looks pretty easy.

 

[artsci]

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This is the inside of the new tires, these came on my P85 with 21" wheels. Found this out after I ran over a bolt.

Plan B,

Were you able to determine how thick the foam is? It's hard to tell from the photo but it looks like about 1/2.

 

[PlanB]

Plan B,

Were you able to determine how thick the foam is? It's hard to tell from the photo but it looks like about 1/2.

Sounds about right, maybe a little shorter. It was pretty dense foam. Sort of like a memory foam mattress.

 

[taurusking]

I'm driving a new loaner now, too. (S85; 1,200 miles). In addition to the items noted in this thread, I've noticed that the backup camera appears to be a higher resolution, as does the driver's display. I recall the latter being discussed here, but I don't recall seeing a thread about improvements to the backup camera.

I drove a loaner yesterday while I had new microphones installed at the service center.

Did not like the auto pilot features as much...lane assist was very feeble

Speed warning popped only for few seconds...

May be things will look lot different after adaptive cruise control is activated ...

Let's see

 

[Zythryn]

I recently got a chance to drive a loaner.
I loved the lane keep assist. It worked very well, and didn't give me false warmers when changing lanes.
Even if my turn signal stopped halfway across the warning didn't sound.
The speed assist is ok, I'm glad they have an option for how much buffer to give it. However, I suspect I would turn that off when driving in familiar territory.

 

[Larry Chanin]

I will need to go look at the tire when I'm home again next week. It's definitely not the DW. Here's what was on my invoice:

TIRE - P245/35R21 - CSC5 (1030074-00-B)

Probably the Continental Sport Contact 5.

Could well be, but TireRack's description doesn't talk about the foam insert either. I wonder if it's the same tire, or if Tesla has a special SKU.

I found this ContiSportContact 5. Note in the description ContiSilent. Also the price is not $350, but rather $422.

Larry

 

[bollar]

I found this ContiSportContact 5. Note in the description ContiSilent. Also the price is not $350, but rather $422.

Larry

Ah, that's a good find!

 

[tomas]

Also driving new S85 loaner today, as my 2012 P85 is in for 2nd annual service.

Likes:
* New brakes
* Updated (but not new/recaro) seats - enough that I'm having the driver seat mod done!

Dislikes:
* When you take away the alcantra liner and extended leather interior options, the interior really degrades! Glad I have them!
* Parking sensors! I was contemplating spending $2500+ to retrofit, and boy am I glad I did not! Getting in and out of my garage is just a series of beeps and warnings. Stopping at traffic signal invariably sets it off too. Yikes!

Don't Needs:
* Driver assist functions? Meh. Speed limit sign pops up... I already knew. Lane departure, likewise. So, I guess the one time you weren't paying attention and wandered or sped by accident, it's good to be beeped at. The rest of the time, when you are doing it with full awareness, the intervention is pure annoying.


Very glad I made the decision not to spend extra and upgrade. I'm sure I would love the P85D acceleration. But that's it.