Well guys, one year has come and gone in what seems like the blink of an eye! I just wish I had driven an extra 405.25 miles Odometer reading at the one year point was 24594.75, would have been nice to make an even 25K. I do lots of road trips as you may be able to tell from the mileage
Over all, I like the car as much today as I did when I got it... but for several months in the middle I wanted to get rid of it! Tesla's issue with vision only PB was non-existent when I got the car (one of the first vision only cars), but rapidly went to crap... then after months of it not getting better people got fed up enough to complain to the NHTSA, the problem was resolved without comment virtually over night. The only people who still have this issue seem to be the poor bastards paying Tesla to be Beta testers in the FSD Beta program. I don't have the energy to research it, but I wonder if the vision only PB problem onset correlates with the beginning of the FSD Beta program? I think one of the really bad parts of that whole ordeal was dealing with forum members in radar equipped cars insisting that those of us experiencing the problem were exaggerating, or were trolls who were out right lying about the issue. Really sad to see fellow forum members treat other forum members like crap in an attempt to shield Tesla from criticism.
Anyway, I have made several changes to the car, I have the power frunk, Hansshow instrument cluster display with front mounted camera, replacement camera based rear view mirror, yoke wheel, swivel center display, sun shade for the glass roof, full tint including heat rejection ceramic 80% for the windshield, S3XY buttons from Abstract Ocean, a set of Gemini's with the stock all season tires, a set of Tsportline 18" wheels with max performance summer tires, CCS adapter from South Korea, dozens of various minor interior upgrades and camping accessories like the XPED mattress, window covers, and rear hatch tent. Latest upgrade is the Mountain Pass Performance front skid plate, I added sound deadening to it myself before I installed that one today.
The only modification I regret is the kick sensor for the rear hatch, I have disconnected that menace to scalp health! It NEVER worked to actually open the rear hatch when I would walk up to the car and want to open it... but the damn thing sure worked great sensing my foot when I was standing under the hatch loading something into the back of the car... at that point it would try to kill me.
For service center interactions I am in luck, the nearest service center (an hour away) doesn't suck! I had to go to them to have my Homelink installed (love that thing!) because the mobile service was limited at that time due to a bridge being damaged limiting mobile service access. Later on, I had an exterior trim issue with the passenger side front fender, the trim around the wheel just popped loose, mobile tech came by and replaced that. Last service item was the passenger side seat had the entire side loose. Service tech said it is pretty common for a mounting point to be missed in the factory, rather than replacing the entire side of the seat as proscribed by the service center, he replaced one mounting point with a bolt... no more problems!
Well, that is all I can think of for now.
Keith
Over all, I like the car as much today as I did when I got it... but for several months in the middle I wanted to get rid of it! Tesla's issue with vision only PB was non-existent when I got the car (one of the first vision only cars), but rapidly went to crap... then after months of it not getting better people got fed up enough to complain to the NHTSA, the problem was resolved without comment virtually over night. The only people who still have this issue seem to be the poor bastards paying Tesla to be Beta testers in the FSD Beta program. I don't have the energy to research it, but I wonder if the vision only PB problem onset correlates with the beginning of the FSD Beta program? I think one of the really bad parts of that whole ordeal was dealing with forum members in radar equipped cars insisting that those of us experiencing the problem were exaggerating, or were trolls who were out right lying about the issue. Really sad to see fellow forum members treat other forum members like crap in an attempt to shield Tesla from criticism.
Anyway, I have made several changes to the car, I have the power frunk, Hansshow instrument cluster display with front mounted camera, replacement camera based rear view mirror, yoke wheel, swivel center display, sun shade for the glass roof, full tint including heat rejection ceramic 80% for the windshield, S3XY buttons from Abstract Ocean, a set of Gemini's with the stock all season tires, a set of Tsportline 18" wheels with max performance summer tires, CCS adapter from South Korea, dozens of various minor interior upgrades and camping accessories like the XPED mattress, window covers, and rear hatch tent. Latest upgrade is the Mountain Pass Performance front skid plate, I added sound deadening to it myself before I installed that one today.
The only modification I regret is the kick sensor for the rear hatch, I have disconnected that menace to scalp health! It NEVER worked to actually open the rear hatch when I would walk up to the car and want to open it... but the damn thing sure worked great sensing my foot when I was standing under the hatch loading something into the back of the car... at that point it would try to kill me.
For service center interactions I am in luck, the nearest service center (an hour away) doesn't suck! I had to go to them to have my Homelink installed (love that thing!) because the mobile service was limited at that time due to a bridge being damaged limiting mobile service access. Later on, I had an exterior trim issue with the passenger side front fender, the trim around the wheel just popped loose, mobile tech came by and replaced that. Last service item was the passenger side seat had the entire side loose. Service tech said it is pretty common for a mounting point to be missed in the factory, rather than replacing the entire side of the seat as proscribed by the service center, he replaced one mounting point with a bolt... no more problems!
Well, that is all I can think of for now.
Keith
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