One year ago today I picked up my Model 3 LR RWD from Tesla and I haven't regretted my decision at all since then. This is without a doubt the best car I have ever owned. I will never be going back to ICE again.
I've got a pretty low VIN in the 7000s and was probably among the first Tesla non-owners in NJ to receive their Model 3. Being that my Model 3 was built very early in the production ramp I was prepared for some issues. I've definitely had my fair share but Tesla was very quick to fix all of my issues, many of which were minor.
The sheer amount of software updates that my Model 3 has received since I got it is quite staggering. I'm sure I'll miss a few things but these are all of the software features or tweaks I can think of that were introduced after I received my Model 3 one year ago:
I've got a pretty low VIN in the 7000s and was probably among the first Tesla non-owners in NJ to receive their Model 3. Being that my Model 3 was built very early in the production ramp I was prepared for some issues. I've definitely had my fair share but Tesla was very quick to fix all of my issues, many of which were minor.
The sheer amount of software updates that my Model 3 has received since I got it is quite staggering. I'm sure I'll miss a few things but these are all of the software features or tweaks I can think of that were introduced after I received my Model 3 one year ago:
- Summon
- Rear seat heaters (GUI to turn these on did not exist when I got my car)
- Wi-Fi (could only connect to LTE when I got my car)
- Dog Mode
- Sentry Mode
- TeslaCam dash camera
- Navigate on Autopilot
- Control following distance from scroll wheel (you had to do this from the touch screen when I first got my car)
- 5% peak power increase
- 5% range increase
- Automatic hi-beam
- Showing vehicles in adjacent lanes on the touchscreen
- Show different types of vehicles as well as pedestrians and bicycles on the touchscreen
- Cabin overheat protection
- Lock/unlock confirmation beep
- PIN to drive
- Tesla account credentials required to disable mobile access
- Atari games
- Send addresses to navigation from phone
- Initiate software updates from Tesla mobile app
- Media controls from Tesla mobile app
- Set rear seats as child seats to disable seat belt warnings
- Redesign of "cards" for wipers / tire pressure on screen
- App launcher including web browser, calendar integration and energy graph
- Blind spot monitoring
- Updated HVAC interface
- Add/remove key cards yourself
- Cold weather improvements (charge port locking behavior and battery warming)
- Romance mode
- Emissions testing mode (farts)
- Location based automatic mirror folding
- Charge port door replaced two times
- 1st due to water intrusion from washing my car causing the door to randomly open and close on its own
- 2nd due to a weird charging error I received when I was plugged in to a public charger and also the diamond plastic piece fell off
- Aero shield replaced
- Drove through a puddle and part of the aero shield ripped; several others here have experienced the same thing
- Rear tail lights replaced due to condensation build up
- Passenger mirror assembly replaced because the black triangle piece on it had come loose and was causing lots of wind noise
- Prolonged period of time where the audio output from the subwoofer was subpar or non-existant; software updates seem to have resolved this