Agreed! This should be a simple fix, but needs to be channeled up.
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Model S Software/Firmware wishlist
- Thread starter dsm363
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They "fixed" this in the latest release. Now the minimum following distance is so damn far from the car in front of you that you would never want to adjust it to be farther.
This is dictated by the removal of radar. Tesla Vision relies on optics only (because of cost) and optical ranging is older, less advanced than radio wave ranging (radar).
sandman1330
Member
Are you serious (you can now use the scroll wheel) or being sarcastic? I am on FSD beta now so I don’t have the latest update.
And following distance is situation dependent, which is why I want the quick adjustment in the first place. To me any setting under 5 is downright tailgating on the rural highways I spend 90% of my time on. To be closer invites rock chips on the paint, windshield and glass roof.
But then in the city, I sent it to 2 or 3, as I want to be closer to prevent cars darting in front. The need to switch it back and forth situationally is the whole reason I want the quick adjustment option.
Considered multiple profiles with the following distance being the only different setting?
sandman1330
Member
Thx. That's one way you could do it, but realistically, it would still require going into the menu to change following distance.
Right now I can do that by bringing up the menu, going to autopilot, and changing it from there. It just requires more clicks than it should, especially given every other Tesla model (and older Model S/X) allow the scroll wheel to be used for this. Setting a whole different profile would obviously work but would require even more clicks to get to the same end result, not to mention now requiring two profiles to be updated for every other setting that I might change...
Completely agree with your entire comment. Be interesting to see when (and if) the scroll wheel functionality for Autopilot distance comes.
MGMiller
Member
I also would like to see the scroll wheel usable for changing the following distance. Until it's fixed, my workaround is to use the voice command "autopilot settings". The autopilot screen will pop up and you only need to then click the following distance. This way, only 1 click to change the following distance.
Manual override to open doors when battery is out of power or vehicle is updating software. Got locked out during an update lol. And the car was charging at that time so charging was interrupted but could not open charging port which closed on top of the charging cable and i could not interrupt the update either. Rookie move on my part. Still learning the car, only had for less then 3 months.
Isn’t there a mechanical release latch for all doors? One that does not require power.
Rupe
Member
Yes, lift up on the forward part of the arm rest. There’s a caution to not do this if under normal power.
John Archuleta
Member
WilliamG
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That's a... uh... pretty old version, surely? Sounds like for older Model S vehicles.
John Archuleta
Member
Yes it’s
2022 I’m surprised I just got it and the only thing I see different is I can change the screen to dark.
Bugeater
Member
My 2022 MS P90 gets software updates sooner than my son's M3. Doesn't seem to make a difference how old. Just takes a lot shorter time to update my MS than his M3!
MCU1 likely. I have a 2012 and my software versions are in the 2023.xxx etc with MCU2 upgrade. Pretty sure that's the latest version for the car is still running their original infotainment version one
My requests are on the app actually - the schedule function. Instead of just letting you set a leave at time as a schedule that repeats every day, I would like an option for a one-time you could set the night before. I know you can kind of do this but then I forget to turn it off and the car preconditions the following day until I turn it off.
I would also like an option to increase the change state in a more dynamic way. For example, If I need to go to 95% for a long drive and leave by 9am, I want to schedule that and have the car charge to 80% overnight and the continue to 95% on a schedule that will get there at 9am.
I would also like an option to increase the change state in a more dynamic way. For example, If I need to go to 95% for a long drive and leave by 9am, I want to schedule that and have the car charge to 80% overnight and the continue to 95% on a schedule that will get there at 9am.
Also would like a little more functionality on the charging stats. They only list the last 30 days and I would like the ability to do a calendar month or range of dates. Any sort of data table output would be helpful too. I do an expense report and would like to charge the home charging value cleanly with something the app generates.
Tourist mode - Dual display of speeds
Just did a road trip to Europe. Switched the car to Kph no problems, but having a subscript Mph would have been useful!
Just did a road trip to Europe. Switched the car to Kph no problems, but having a subscript Mph would have been useful!
