bo3bdar
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Fellow cheapskate here. Just finishing up a very long vacaction through the US West, mostly in CO. Driving out from CA through NV and Utah.
Still on board with SR, the 200 mile range was only problematic once, where it wouldn't route me down the scenic highway 12 near Capitol Reef, because it only routes to superchargers, and it was -3% to arrive. I could have done the trip anyway with a stop at an L2 charger in Bryce for lunch, but time was not in my favor and my passenger wanted to get back faster. Some small risk of out of order chargers, but 14-50 plugs are all over down there for RVs. Got free destination charging in two spots.
I did however pay for Autopilot today, to try it on the way back. I'd rather keep the bare bones car, but figured it was worth trying. Anyone else upgrade to add Autopilot, but stay SR?
Overall the Autopilot seems OK, and the lane minding is pretty helpful. The phantom braking pretty much sucks though, so I currently plan to refund it. A big semi truck with lots of lights was misidentified as an emergency vehicle. And a truck with an under bumper lighting array made it flip out and hit the brakes. Lots of letting off the accelerator phantom brakes, as cars would go by.
No way am I buying a new 3 without stalks. Putting capacitive buttons on the wheel, is yet another point of distraction, and the car is already far too dangerous to drive because of horrible driving UI choices they've made. So I'm staying with SR. Will not buy another Tesla until they pull their head out.
Still on board with SR, the 200 mile range was only problematic once, where it wouldn't route me down the scenic highway 12 near Capitol Reef, because it only routes to superchargers, and it was -3% to arrive. I could have done the trip anyway with a stop at an L2 charger in Bryce for lunch, but time was not in my favor and my passenger wanted to get back faster. Some small risk of out of order chargers, but 14-50 plugs are all over down there for RVs. Got free destination charging in two spots.
I did however pay for Autopilot today, to try it on the way back. I'd rather keep the bare bones car, but figured it was worth trying. Anyone else upgrade to add Autopilot, but stay SR?
Overall the Autopilot seems OK, and the lane minding is pretty helpful. The phantom braking pretty much sucks though, so I currently plan to refund it. A big semi truck with lots of lights was misidentified as an emergency vehicle. And a truck with an under bumper lighting array made it flip out and hit the brakes. Lots of letting off the accelerator phantom brakes, as cars would go by.
No way am I buying a new 3 without stalks. Putting capacitive buttons on the wheel, is yet another point of distraction, and the car is already far too dangerous to drive because of horrible driving UI choices they've made. So I'm staying with SR. Will not buy another Tesla until they pull their head out.