Hi Gang,
I'm just short of 1,000 miles on my baby - and thought I'd report back some things of interest to me, and likely nobody else. In other words, the usual.
1) Tesla mud flaps - took me forever to get the first one one, and 5 minutes for the second. I may have messed up the bottom clip on the first one, oh well. drove in a bunch of snow and 400 miles yesterday, and still there. highly recommend.
2) driving performance - yeah, yeah we know incredible power. I'm amazed at how solid the ride is. I have the suspension set to "old man man" (i didn't customize anything) and I have to say:
a) it FEELS like 50/50 weight distribution. I don't know the real numbers, but really feels good
b) the suspension gives a great ride - absorbs a lot, yet i still feel connected.
3) ARNR - I can't tell it does anything
4) Interior noise - sometimes whisper quiet, sometimes far less so, and on one strech of roadway last night I thought I was seriously dragging my mud flap. I guess it was stuff on the pavement at speed.
5) I broke 100 mph without a sweat, and try not to do it again by accident. the car wants to go at least 80, and i love having extra juice when i want it. it's a GREAT cruiser
6) I leave my wheel set to "hard to turn" (sport? I don't remember the setting - the hardest) - It's fine for low speed/parking, and holds pretty steady on the highways
7) i'm a bit disappointed with autopilot in some ways - it is rock solid. like amazing. But, if i hit the turn signal, i'm out. similarly, i'd like to be able to change lanes, and not lose my speed cruise control. Oh well. also have to nudge it a lot, like every 20 seconds or so. adjusted the audio volume up and down a notch satisfied the system without me having to yank the wheel.
8) Reading glasses - you need them for a lot of the screen messages that come and go quickly, in .01 font.
9) back to suspension - i love that the car tries to go low, and if the road has bumps it raises the suspension. really well done.
10) headlights - I've said before, not the best i've used, not the worst, but absolutely fine or good. They were fine on the interstates, and fine in dark country roads where I thought some redneck was going to sacrifice me.
11) Display - I don't like it in the sun if i'm parked. I find too much glare. May have to finally put on the matte protector. meanwhile in operation, glare or not it's great.
12) hard to adjust things when driving, bumps, and my finger hits a menu item 2 inches away.
13) voice recognition - nearly flawless with good signal, useless wthout LTE. also, soemtimes it picks up the correct song, puts it on, then skips. i have to ask 2 or 3 times, then it will play it. harumph.
14) voice recognition part 2 - i think there are lot of things it "understands" but says something like "not set up for voice recognition at this time" - i can't give a good example, but something like "raise suspension" - if it understands, i'd like it to do so, not say, "no"
15) window heat rejection - hard fail. cloudy out, no biggie, sunny out? i'm roasting. sub 20 degree F temperatures, and the car is still an oven in the sun. Will seriously consider heat rejecting tint when the warmer weather starts.
16) HVAC temperature stabilization - I'm not a fan. I feel like I'm going through menopause. I THINK it got better once i realized the AC "split" was activated; once i synchronized I THINK the temp was better, but even at 68 or 70 my wife and I would start to say, "it's getting really hot in here" (with the sun baking us in 20 degree January weather)
17) I think the winter ranges are not to be trusted. i used up 40% for a 50 mile round trip earlier in the day. i know, i know, but i had the battery preconditioned, and i didn't drive like crazy.
18) used my first superchargers yesterday - 2 different stops. was interesting. at a rest stop, i really streached my legs, got a bite, etc. - the second one was a few miles off the road, i had the car go there and precondition the battery for supercharging, and it didn't seem faster to me than the first stop. I had been driving a couple of hours before each anyway, maybe that was enough to warm or "precondition" the cells.
I guess i'm gushing. I'm a gusher. Overall really positive. some things didn't seem as intuitive as they coudl have been - i wanted to add a supercharger to my route, i ultimately got it done, but i'd also like the GPS to offer to show me superchargers natively - not sure that's an option, but i'd like it.
okay, thanks for making it this far!
, the doors take some force to close - not sure if that's normal. Why do those cars come preinstalled with front plate holders... shouldn't they just add to the markets that require front license plates? Does Tesla Service remove them ?.. I don't want risk messing with the paint.
