Over all I really liked the car and much of the reservations I had about it were overcome.
The overnight test drive in Houston consisted of a lengthy trip from extreme north side of Houston to extreme south side about an hour and a half each way. There was heavy traffic both ways consisting of overly aggressive lane changing, Mega pickup speeders, and slow industrial contractor type traffic vehicles. Surprisingly my return trip to south side in my "all the truck you need" Honda Ridgeline was more pleasant and less stressful.
I liked the model Y features, the screen controls were super, seats very comfortable, the cruise control worked great in stop and go, lane changing in auto pilot was excellent, There was very minimal sound penetration into the cabin from outside, cargo carrying capacity was quite adequate, and there was no wind noise at highway speeds. Tesla did a good job correcting the noise problem from a year ago.
CONS:
No Blind spot monitoring alert, other than the blaring horn of the adjacent driver you almost ran off the road.
Steering at highways speeds over small imperfections and bumps in the highway was stressful. One had to make slight micro motions in the steering wheel constantly.
Suspension: those small imperfections in the roadway was jarring and bouncing, keep a firm grip the wheel, don't let it move around as the car is bouncing. Trying to make a change on the screen could not be done, unable to touch the correct spot on the screen which kept moving around.
The auto steer could not be trusted because it occasionally jerked the car from side to side. This occasionally happens when initiating "Auto Steer". Maybe one could get used to it if you knew it was not going to throw you into the other lane.
This Tesla was a performance model Y. I don't know if suspension and steering is different on a Model Y long range that I ordered.
Realizing this post is too long, I'll ask questions and what can be done about these cons separately.
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