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Model-S Collection - UK
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There are clearly two types of Tesla driver 
... the ones that understand Binary and ...
... sorry, I'll get my coat
... the ones that understand Binary and ...
... sorry, I'll get my coat
Alset2go
Member
There are clearly two types of Tesla driver
... the ones that understand Binary and ...
... sorry, I'll get my coat
Alset2go
Member
Yes,when dealing with electron configurations I find myself far more drawn to quantum based thought with no zero applicable .
vitesse
Active Member
I started a computer science degree in 1979. I didn't say I finished it though! I think the problem was that I was before my time...
Exactly. Have you ever seen a lane change disabled warning or a blindspot limited warning? Even if the hardware finally gets good enough to interpret every case as well as a current driver there is insufficient redundancy in the sensors. There's issues of build quality with condensation in the B pillars, a need to add some form of camera cleaning to the side and back and as has been pointed out it'd make more sense to have cameras as far forwards as possible (sides of the bumpers?). My interpretation of the way thngs are is that radar is for measurement of relative speeds to other vehicles and obstruction detection is optical - hence the phantom braking with shadows.
Picked up car from the Wrappers (shoutout for Topaz Detailing near Tesla Heathrow) yesterday. Bugatti Veyron being loaded onto a trailer and a couple of Maclarens dotted about ... and my car in the workshop, amongst all its posh New Best Friends!, under the lights for inspection ... bit daft really and made the person accompanying me laugh by saying that the reason its being wrapped is so that I don't have to bother to look after it at all The old one was spotless after nearly 100,000 miles and 3.5 years ... and washed at Supermarket only once in a blue moon.
Went to West Drayton to see if they had any 32AMP commandos back in stock (as per the "one week delay" they told me more than a week ago ...). Nope - gotta email OrderPartSuk for that ...Also asked about flashing the CHAdeMO to be compatible with new car; they reckoned that the firmware hasn't changed in yonks and therefore mine is probably fine ... I figured I'd leave it at that (they weren't sure if there was anyone around who would know how to do it any more ...). I'll try it at 3rd Party Charger next time I have the chance and see if it works.
I strolled through to the handover warehouse. Just as many cars in handover as before ... 15-ish people sitting through the PowerPoint presentation. Amazing if they are doing this hour-after-hour, day-after-day
When I was there a week or so ago nearly all the M3s were white and I thought that might have been the Norm, but this time only about 1/3rd of them, so I guess last time I was there had had a White Batch in.
So first proper drive home ...
ABRP predicted 333 Wh/mi (10C/wet), the actual was a bit less so happy with that, and a fair amount of the journey Energy : TRIP was averaging 270.
I took the speed bumps at a reasonable lick to try up the new "smooth as silk" (as the salesman explained it to me). Seemed impressive, particularly by using modest approach and then when the front wheels hit the hump give-it-some; the car seemed to barely oscillate on the exit.
One really important improvement : the blinkers are much quieter Dunno when that changed, facelift maybe?, but I always thought the old ones were unnecessarily noisy, particularly for passengers.
Road noise was "different", and I would classify it as quieter, particularly on Motorway. When I drove it in built-up area I thought I was aware of more wind noise, so I might take it to a specialist sound proofing outfit (anyone got one to recommend?) and see what they can do. Ultra-quiet would be nice to have.
Cooking-version plenty fast enough, I don't think I'm going to miss P at all. I did mange to get it to break traction though, never had that on the P.
Not at all sure about one-pedal to 0 MPH. Previously manoeuvring at negligible speed - either nudging forwards or parking - had incredible fine precision on the throttle. Seems to me that is all gone with one-pedal, any attempt to lift off has no "glide" and just wants to slow to zero. I'll see if I get used to it. I've read of a number of people changing to "creep". Perhaps I need an On/Off button so that it can be off for manoeuvring.
Coming home from a night out, late, last night there was significant cold regen-limit. Very subjective, but I think I had more regen than old car - perhaps the difference in battery size 90-to-100 provides more "storage" to allow more regen when limited?
TeslaFi had the car in deep sleep mode (I set that for the Wrapper location to stop power drain) and it never picked up the journey. I thought TeslaFi checked HQ and that would make it aware when the car was on the move?
TeslaFi logged the "journey" from the mechanic moving it out of the workshop, but because that location was set to DeepSleep the moment it went into PARK the car immediately adopted DeepSleep mode and stayed like that
I have the same problem at Home. Home is set to DeepSleep and the moment that I get out of the car, before I can get to plug in and start charging, TeslaFi goes into DeepSleep and misses the charge,
Need to figure out how to CONFIG that better.
... bit daft really and made the person accompanying me laugh by saying that the reason its being wrapped is so that I don't have to bother to look after it at all The old one was spotless after nearly 100,000 miles and 3.5 years ... and washed at Supermarket only once in a blue moon.Went to West Drayton to see if they had any 32AMP commandos back in stock (as per the "one week delay" they told me more than a week ago ...). Nope - gotta email OrderPartSuk for that ...Also asked about flashing the CHAdeMO to be compatible with new car; they reckoned that the firmware hasn't changed in yonks and therefore mine is probably fine ... I figured I'd leave it at that (they weren't sure if there was anyone around who would know how to do it any more ...). I'll try it at 3rd Party Charger next time I have the chance and see if it works.
I strolled through to the handover warehouse. Just as many cars in handover as before ... 15-ish people sitting through the PowerPoint presentation. Amazing if they are doing this hour-after-hour, day-after-day
When I was there a week or so ago nearly all the M3s were white and I thought that might have been the Norm, but this time only about 1/3rd of them, so I guess last time I was there had had a White Batch in.
So first proper drive home ...
ABRP predicted 333 Wh/mi (10C/wet), the actual was a bit less so happy with that, and a fair amount of the journey Energy : TRIP was averaging 270.
I took the speed bumps at a reasonable lick to try up the new "smooth as silk" (as the salesman explained it to me
). Seemed impressive, particularly by using modest approach and then when the front wheels hit the hump give-it-some; the car seemed to barely oscillate on the exit.One really important improvement : the blinkers are much quieter
Dunno when that changed, facelift maybe?, but I always thought the old ones were unnecessarily noisy, particularly for passengers.Road noise was "different", and I would classify it as quieter, particularly on Motorway. When I drove it in built-up area I thought I was aware of more wind noise, so I might take it to a specialist sound proofing outfit (anyone got one to recommend?) and see what they can do. Ultra-quiet would be nice to have.
Cooking-version plenty fast enough, I don't think I'm going to miss P at all. I did mange to get it to break traction though, never had that on the P.
Not at all sure about one-pedal to 0 MPH. Previously manoeuvring at negligible speed - either nudging forwards or parking - had incredible fine precision on the throttle. Seems to me that is all gone with one-pedal, any attempt to lift off has no "glide" and just wants to slow to zero. I'll see if I get used to it. I've read of a number of people changing to "creep". Perhaps I need an On/Off button so that it can be off for manoeuvring.
Coming home from a night out, late, last night there was significant cold regen-limit. Very subjective, but I think I had more regen than old car - perhaps the difference in battery size 90-to-100 provides more "storage" to allow more regen when limited?
TeslaFi had the car in deep sleep mode (I set that for the Wrapper location to stop power drain) and it never picked up the journey. I thought TeslaFi checked HQ and that would make it aware when the car was on the move?
TeslaFi logged the "journey" from the mechanic moving it out of the workshop, but because that location was set to DeepSleep the moment it went into PARK the car immediately adopted DeepSleep mode and stayed like that
I have the same problem at Home. Home is set to DeepSleep and the moment that I get out of the car, before I can get to plug in and start charging, TeslaFi goes into DeepSleep and misses the charge,
Need to figure out how to CONFIG that better.
!!?
Were you trying to take off?
I might chicken out of that in a car this expensive!
Wish I'd wrapped mine. I got ceramic coating last week, mainly because insurer wouldn't allow wrap and I figured ceramic better than nothing. I'm no weekly car washer. 3 or 4 little stone chips in the bonnet already and a curiously placed scratch/chip right by a tail light, plus loads of tiny surface scratching from hedges. So after 100k miles wrapped vs naked will be night and day.
Whatever magic stuff he put on the windscreen is transformational though. The shonky auto wipers don't matter much any more for visibility, and are silent, and I wonder even whether car was a bit less inclined to cry off autopilot duties for a spot of minor weather.
vitesse
Active Member
Interesting about the windscreen. I've appled some treatment to the rear window and it beads beautifully - though around town the droplets remain stubbornly in place, only faster roads blow them away. But I have hesitated on treating the front screen; maybe I'll have a go after your feedback.
vitesse
Active Member
@WannabeOwner The new Raven motors will regen right down to almost 0mph and maybe they are more efficient at all speeds?
I bought some Rain-X (or whatever the modern equivalent is) for the last car soon after I got it ... must have put it in a cupboard somewhere, but I never found it and never used it! I'll gt some more for the new car (now that I have Gen-2 Wipers ...) and no doubt the original bottle will come to light.
New car was just as manoeuvrable as the old ones, but I only did a couple of car parks before getting it wrapped ... and during that time the new update loaded which is fully down-to-0MPH and that is what I am finding difficult to use as precisely, and easily, as before. But I've only had a couple of goes ..
I used to use rain-x, or whatever its predecessor was, way-back-then. Almost never used the wipers, the rain dispersed plenty fast enough that the whole screen was clear, rather than the arc being wiped, so to speak.
It wasn't perfect (sight film of water), but was a good alternative to wipers. I expect it would be an excellent alternative to Elon Wipers ... until software improves to perfection
vitesse
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I used to use rain-x, or whatever its predecessor was, way-back-then. Almost never used the wipers, the rain dispersed plenty fast enough that the whole screen was clear, rather than the arc being wiped, so to speak.
It wasn't perfect (sight film of water), but was a good alternative to wipers. I expect it would be an excellent alternative to Elon Wipers ... until software improves to perfection
I hesitated using it on the front screen after reading some negative feedback about Rain X causing juddering (I was expecting the opposite). The stuff I have is Meguiar’s Perfect Clarity Glass Sealant.
I suppose could do a section outside the "arc" of the wipers as a test?
And maybe a small bit to deliberately check for judder - passenger side maybe.
But if it works well enough that you just don't need the wipers at all (i..e the "outside the arc" test) then Judder won't be a problem, other that squirt-and-wipe to clear gunk in dry weather.
And maybe a small bit to deliberately check for judder - passenger side maybe.
But if it works well enough that you just don't need the wipers at all (i..e the "outside the arc" test) then Judder won't be a problem
, other that squirt-and-wipe to clear gunk in dry weather.
vitesse
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On the rear window the raindrops bead very readily but still cover the glass until there is enough wind to blow them off. Should I assume that the same will happen on the front windscreen though there is more airflow even at low speeds to get rid of the droplets?I suppose could do a section outside the "arc" of the wipers as a test?
And maybe a small bit to deliberately check for judder - passenger side maybe.
But if it works well enough that you just don't need the wipers at all (i..e the "outside the arc" test) then Judder won't be a problem
Anyway - I will try it.
I think the upwards airflow will clear the front more readily. But all those years ago when i did it I only did the front, so I don't have experience of a valid comparison
The stuff mine has had on it appears to have eliminated judder, where before there was a fair bit. This car had worse wiper judder than I'm used to.
The water streaks up the screen in a way that leaves really good visibility. I have used it once in heavy rain post treatment and the (positive) difference I thought quite remarkable. Just hope it lasts. Will try to find out what the product is. I too had already bought some Meguiars but not got round to using it.
The water streaks up the screen in a way that leaves really good visibility. I have used it once in heavy rain post treatment and the (positive) difference I thought quite remarkable. Just hope it lasts. Will try to find out what the product is. I too had already bought some Meguiars but not got round to using it.
yes please
The stuff on mine is called SystemX but he says not available to us mere mortals, unfortunately. Anyway, will be interesting to see how long it lasts.
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