The maps are slow as dirt, it's faster to use the phone for nav.
I use Tesla's nav a lot and it works fine for me. We get a hefty fine and points for even touching our phone while driving here so that's out. But even if I could use my phone there is no Nav that I am aware of that tracks my energy use and adjusts the percentage and warns me if I can't make it to the next supercharger without slowing down, etc.
I listen to CNN, Maddow, Rogan, plus music stations, which includes the Christmas hits station this time of year. Of course, there's lots of room for improvement -- just bringing back v. 6.2 would be a great improvement. That version was so much better and it has gone down hill ever since. For a tech automobile company it's inexcusable.
Yes, it deserves a laugh but I still use it a lot. I'm not in a rush for web pages to load when I'm driving. I constantly check the headlines on NYT, Wash Post, Drudge, Fox, etc. and it works okay for that -- painfully slow -- but I still really like having it. CNN doesn't load at all but someone posted this lite version and I have it bookmarked:
CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Thanks to whoever told me about that.
I also use it to check my email and my office mail loads fine but Hotmail is a pain in the arse to get the keyboard to pop up. Again, I do this because just looking at my phone is illegal up here -- but not looking at our vehicle screens. One time in stopped traffic to the Oak St bridge the cops were hiding out and one came out, walked right by my vehicle, saw me typing an email on my screen, then pointed to the car behind me since he saw that person on the phone and had him pull over. I know it went through his head about ticketing me, and I quickly brought up the control screen when I saw him, and I never got a ticket. Please note: I was completely stopped in traffic that was not moving -- I don't type emails while the vehicle is moving.
It surprises me that we can drive and surf at all, even if it is painfully slow. I had to put a lock pick device on my Tahoe hybrid just to be able to enter addresses in nav while driving since it locks that out once the vehicle moves, as well as even browsing on Sirius -- you could only go to pre-set stations while driving until I put in the lock pick.
I would never pay for data service in my Teslas, unless it was like $1/mo or something.
What about pre-heating, pre-cooling, venting the pano on a hot summer day, checking the charge level while it's at a supercharger and you're at the coffee shop, changing it from 90 to 100% when you wake up before a trip without having to go to the vehicle, for OCD wondering if you locked it (even though I have auto lock set I still find myself checking and being re-assured that no doors were left open by the kids) and stuff like that? Still only worth $1/month?
I'm at 4 years so when it goes I'll be looking at the options because I can't do without it -- and connecting to my phone's wifi doesn't cut it because the phone comes with me so I can't communicate with the car that way.
