larmor
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Take the kids, and let wifey be at mall/day out/gno. Let her decide the color. Worked for me, when i tested MS and then MX, kids loved it, and wife only asked why i hadn't ordered yet.
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You can download a PDF of the manual from the teslamotors.com website or read it on the 17" Controls (lower bottom left corner)/Settings tab/Manual button is on the bottom left side.Is there an Idiot's guide somewhere? I could have done with it on first outing ...
... I have some thoughts / suggestions based on my new-user experience:
I'm used to manual stick-shift and steering wheel stalks with wipers on one side and turn indicators on the other (often other-way-round on Japanese cars, which leads to humour when we see someone in a brand new car at a junction turning on the wipers on a perfect summer's day!)
I selected Neutral (push up) on the right stalk whilst overtaking on the highway (I was either after wipers or turn signal, can't remember which now!), speed fell off dramatically and it took me a moment reading the notification message to figure out what I had done wrong, and then reselecting Drive.
Wiper is a stalk-twist, so worth rehearsing that if not same as current car and rain is forecast.
Cruise control is constant-speed, I had assumed it would be adaptive (only get Adaptive when Autopilot too is engage)
I felt very uncomfortable with AP initially because it seemed to me that it drove much further to the passenger-side of the lane than I would do. I told myself that if the vehicle in the slow lane was too close the car would move over ... but I found myself tugging the steering wheel to move it further over
I recommend a full setup of the Driver Settings before setting off (perhaps choose a bunch of sensible defaults before your wife even steps in the car - mine has a very short attention span, so appreciated that ). Driver Names come up in as-added order, not alphabetical (I specially asked the delivery guy that ...) so I put her name in first (yeah, I know, "Creep" applies ...)
I liked regen on FULL from the get-go. I've fiddled with the steering-wheel response setting and still not decided which I like the most ...
Initially I set Insane ON (would do the same for Ludicrous). If I pull out to overtake something, assuming it will be quick and/or an unexpected vehicle appears ahead, I'd prefer, in a new / unfamiliar car, to have the leeway of maximum warp-factor! Energy-saving can come later ... I don't suppose you are ever in the situation where you are in the fast lane, following a slower vehicle at a respectful / safe distance, and someone comes up behind you right on your bumper indicating that they think that they are more entitled to the space in front of you, than you are? Very-heavy-right-foot is very satisfying - when the slower car moves over
I have an additional "driver" for "seat all the way back, steering wheel fully up" for when sat in the car at recharge /whatever. (I have read tall people saying they find that easier for getting out)
Turned off Creep, as we are both manual stick-shift drivers.
I put the navigation map at the bottom of the screen - anything else I select (I tend to flip between Radio, Charge, Phone) opens (by default) at the top, so I don't lose the map at the bottom.
The Model-S is big. We are not used to that as we took the decision 5+ years ago to change to small eco VW <spit. Never, NOT EVER, again for any brand in that stable; I don't take well to liars and cheats; we have 3x VW > ) and I found visibility of cars behind & to one side was much more restricted than i was used to; I carefully set the wing mirrors accordingly - previously my wife would set hers "normal for a human" whereas I have mine "correct for blindspot" i.e. where you move your head to the side of the headrest nearest the mirror and THEN set them to be able to just see the side of the car, and I got my wife to do that for Model S. Size of the car and rear visibility definitely takes some getting used to - unless you already drive a wide vehicle of course.
I can't remember which button on the fob does what. I still initiate / stop charge from console or APP rather than remembering how to do that with fob (I'm dyslexic, I have the obvious difficulty choosing correct letter-sequence in a word, but also remembering / differentiating between A-B, B-A or A-A type sequences in things like a Tesla fob so I doubt this is a problem for others)
I'm probably being a dork, but I haven't been able to find an online manual (which I can read on centre-console). SUPPORT on the Tesla site only seems to get me to Q&A on issues, rather than "DOCs", and the online things that Google found were all PDFs which wouldn't display on the console (I assume that is an issue with PDF, and not just "chance"), if I have got that right knowing the URL for an online HTML manual would be helpful, or take a tablet with you that can easily display an online / downloaded manual. There were a couple of things the delivery guy told me that I had forgotten and wanted to look up on my first drive ... but couldn't.
Is there an Idiot's guide somewhere? I could have done with it on first outing ...
... I have some thoughts / suggestions based on my new-user experience:
I'm used to manual stick-shift and steering wheel stalks with wipers on one side and turn indicators on the other (often other-way-round on Japanese cars, which leads to humour when we see someone in a brand new car at a junction turning on the wipers on a perfect summer's day!)
I selected Neutral (push up) on the right stalk whilst overtaking on the highway (I was either after wipers or turn signal, can't remember which now!), speed fell off dramatically and it took me a moment reading the notification message to figure out what I had done wrong, and then reselecting Drive.
Wiper is a stalk-twist, so worth rehearsing that if not same as current car and rain is forecast.
Cruise control is constant-speed, I had assumed it would be adaptive (only get Adaptive when Autopilot too is engage)
I felt very uncomfortable with AP initially because it seemed to me that it drove much further to the passenger-side of the lane than I would do. I told myself that if the vehicle in the slow lane was too close the car would move over ... but I found myself tugging the steering wheel to move it further over
I recommend a full setup of the Driver Settings before setting off (perhaps choose a bunch of sensible defaults before your wife even steps in the car - mine has a very short attention span, so appreciated that ). Driver Names come up in as-added order, not alphabetical (I specially asked the delivery guy that ...) so I put her name in first (yeah, I know, "Creep" applies ...)
I liked regen on FULL from the get-go. I've fiddled with the steering-wheel response setting and still not decided which I like the most ...
Initially I set Insane ON (would do the same for Ludicrous). If I pull out to overtake something, assuming it will be quick and/or an unexpected vehicle appears ahead, I'd prefer, in a new / unfamiliar car, to have the leeway of maximum warp-factor! Energy-saving can come later ... I don't suppose you are ever in the situation where you are in the fast lane, following a slower vehicle at a respectful / safe distance, and someone comes up behind you right on your bumper indicating that they think that they are more entitled to the space in front of you, than you are? Very-heavy-right-foot is very satisfying - when the slower car moves over
I have an additional "driver" for "seat all the way back, steering wheel fully up" for when sat in the car at recharge /whatever. (I have read tall people saying they find that easier for getting out)
Turned off Creep, as we are both manual stick-shift drivers.
I put the navigation map at the bottom of the screen - anything else I select (I tend to flip between Radio, Charge, Phone) opens (by default) at the top, so I don't lose the map at the bottom.
The Model-S is big. We are not used to that as we took the decision 5+ years ago to change to small eco VW <spit. Never, NOT EVER, again for any brand in that stable; I don't take well to liars and cheats; we have 3x VW > ) and I found visibility of cars behind & to one side was much more restricted than i was used to; I carefully set the wing mirrors accordingly - previously my wife would set hers "normal for a human" whereas I have mine "correct for blindspot" i.e. where you move your head to the side of the headrest nearest the mirror and THEN set them to be able to just see the side of the car, and I got my wife to do that for Model S. Size of the car and rear visibility definitely takes some getting used to - unless you already drive a wide vehicle of course.
I can't remember which button on the fob does what. I still initiate / stop charge from console or APP rather than remembering how to do that with fob (I'm dyslexic, I have the obvious difficulty choosing correct letter-sequence in a word, but also remembering / differentiating between A-B, B-A or A-A type sequences in things like a Tesla fob so I doubt this is a problem for others)
I'm probably being a dork, but I haven't been able to find an online manual (which I can read on centre-console). SUPPORT on the Tesla site only seems to get me to Q&A on issues, rather than "DOCs", and the online things that Google found were all PDFs which wouldn't display on the console (I assume that is an issue with PDF, and not just "chance"), if I have got that right knowing the URL for an online HTML manual would be helpful, or take a tablet with you that can easily display an online / downloaded manual. There were a couple of things the delivery guy told me that I had forgotten and wanted to look up on my first drive ... but couldn't.
My suggestion had nothing to do with gender. When I have someone drive my car for the first time (man or woman), I lower the regen because I had a few say they hated the regen. We all know it's easy to get used to and we end up loving it, but it can be a turn off for first timers.Not too sure why people are saying to turn on creep, and turn off regen to make the car into a pseudo-ICE for the test drive. Isn't that being kind of condescending? "Only a man can handle what an EV really feels like. Women can't handle cars that stay still until the accelerator is pressed, and a car slowing down when the accelerator is released."
I was looking at a video of the new E class yesterday and at first felt like "this looks much better than the MS".. Which probably it did. Then I saw the user demoing the user controls.. "You can do this and that etc..". It looked so complicated to use. That really reminded me the iPhone vs blackberry..One tip I keep in mind for any first time driver, not just a spouse: They can ignore the center console. Some people are afraid it will distract them and others may be intimidated by the menus and so on. So I emphasize that once the seats and mirrors are set, and the audio is chosen (or not), the screen can be ignored AND the car drives "pretty much like any other car" -- accelerator, brake, signals, etc. And I leave the fancy stuff for later and only if they ask (TACC etc.). Keep it simple so they can enjoy the car's essence without being distracted by the gimmicks and toys.
there are a bunch of PDF manuals at the bottom of the page including the Owners Manual
The vast majority of US cars are automatic
There's just so many funny answers here. Just go enjoy the car with her and she'll get it.
It looked so complicated to use
Pretty lukewarm response. She didn't think the finishes were commensurate with the price point, didn't like putting the kid in the car seat through a smallish opening, didn't like the rear/side visibility, and found the display distracting.
Is she bluffing? First I needed the male perspective, now I need some help from the ladies. I love the car, FWIW
Pretty lukewarm response. She didn't think the finishes were commensurate with the price point, didn't like putting the kid in the car seat through a smallish opening, didn't like the rear/side visibility, and found the display distracting.
Is she bluffing? First I needed the male perspective, now I need some help from the ladies. I love the car, FWIW
zero storage pre center console
Each to their own of course, and it might well be that there is "more" that is different to normal, over here in UK (Automatic is rare, and as such we have never owned one before), but I think there is risk from being caught out by the unexpected when first trying a new vehicle.