As others have mentioned, it really isn't an issue and you adapt quickly. There are also some settings to give you audio or visual notifications if you're driving above whatever threshold you set relative to the speed limit. Let's say you want to make sure you don't go more than 5+mph over the posted speed. You can easily configure your car to give a visual warning on the screen and/or an audible notification. If you're really concerned about getting a ticket I'd highly recommend getting the latest Valentine One radar detector + a blend mount mirror mount for it. I setup mine that way, wired to a switchable 12v source in the footwell. Combined with V1Driver app on my phone it is absolutely amazing. It stays quiet 99% of the time and pretty much only lights up and beeps if there is actually a threat.
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How's your experience of Model 3 viewing the speedometer?
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maclean525
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It's actually better on a Tesla because in addition to the speed you have the speed limit right beside it.
The speedo is no problem. The only real problem I have found is that trying to push small buttons on the screen can be tricky while driving since the car is pretty bouncy. I often have to prop a couple fingers along the top of the screen to try to keep my hand steady while reaching with my thumb or another finger.
maclean525
Member
I agree with this. I've started using voice rec a LOT more for those functions buried in menus.
TexasTezla
Member
I love not having to peer down over a steering wheel to read the display. A quick millisecond glance to the right and bingo. All the info I need! Your eyes are off the road for the same time it takes to glance down as it does to glance right. HUD? No thanks, much more distracting!
TexasTezla
Member
Yep, agree. I rarely touch the screen nowadays. Voice rec is the way to go. So easy.
Agree 100%. I drove a car with a HUD and it was distracting. I don't need to have the speed constantly in my view while driving. I'm sure it's just a matter of getting used to it, but I can just as well get used to the current speedo. And good point about the quick glance to the right.
I agree with you there, speedo is fine but could they have made the regen line and dots any smaller and dimmer!
Biscuitman
Member
A big problem with HUD that I experience in my wife's Prius and in my former BMW 535 was that it was not visible with sunglasses on! Why the engineers can't fix this problem is beyond me;(
This was an issue with your sunglasses, (as someone who has had BMWs with HUD's almost as long as they have offered them). The issue is your polarized sunglasses had the polarization on them in such a way that it made the HUD disappear. The "fix" is either buying non polarized sunglasses or finding a brand which has the polarization NOT in sync with the HUD.
I forget now which brands worked fine with the BMW hud at this point, but my sunglasses work just fine with the HUD in my wifes X3. A factory HUD is something I would have paid extra for, as once you get used to it, its very convenient. One issue with BMWs implementation is, you can do "too much" with it. Changing songs in media, etc, makes you look "at" the hud the same way you would be looking "at" a screen. Your eyes may be forward but your attention isnt.
Back to tesla....
As some people have said, the speedo isnt an issue, BUT stabbing the screen while driving is basically a non starter. You have to look at the screen way too long to do that, and focus on it. At this point, I wont do anything that requires me to touch the screen while in motion. I use voice commands (which work surprisingly well for almost everything I would want to stab at the screen for), but wont touch the screen unless:
1. I am stopped at a stoplight
2. I am using Autopilot / NOA and can spare the couple seconds it takes to glance down at it.
Full disclosure though, I am also a person who will not touch my cellphone once the car is in motion. I send and receive text messages via voice commands with my hands on the wheel, and wont touch my phone for anything else while driving.
A few things benefit from having buttons, but that also could be because I have used BMWs iDrive interface in some manner or other for quite a long time.. almost as long as they have had it. Even after 3 years of having my model 3, I miss having "a few" buttons a bit. I do NOT miss the instrument cluster, however. Every time I get in my wifes X3, it looks incredibly "busy" to me, except for the HUD.
I agree with the above quote completely.
I don't miss the driver's display itself. What I do miss is the big map display on my S. The 3/Y center display layout wastes a lot of space on the car graphics, so the map display ends up smaller than it needs to be and it can't be extended over the car graphics area. (However the 3/Y map size is still as good or better than most non-Tesla cars.)
To me a driver's display was always a tradeoff. In most cars I've ever driven, if I adjust the steering wheel how I like it best for driving, the wheel blocks some of the driver's display. In the Model 3 I love the small, sporty-feeling steering wheel, and I love that I *don't* need to crane my neck over to see a display through it.
(Yes the other obvious solution here is a yoke, but that brings its own set of problems, especially with how Tesla implemented it in the S/X.)
rpiotro
Active Member
No thanks. I drove a Corvette with HUD and I found it a distraction. I don't mind a quick glance to check my speed. Better than having something in my line of sight. Of course YMMV.
As others have said, it's a non-issue. The previous UI was better though, so I'm hoping a v11 at some point improves it again. I don't really want to beat that dead horse anymore, but having current speed, cruise control set speed, and the detected speed limit all in basically the same place at the same size was such a dumb move, in my opinion.
sbizzle
Member
i also got this odd feeling the first time at night but it only happened once.. felt like i was on a twilight zone episode or something lol
You know...I totally had that feeling once, at night too. Lasted just a second or two, and never happened again after getting used to where to look.
Change it to kilometers... then when your passengers ask why, tell them kilometers gives you better granularity for your range estimates. And when they ask for a conversion factor, just tell them to divide by 2.
boiler81
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I need to try this cause I get too much help controlling my speed from my significant other
