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Poll: Who's read the manual?
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I read the manual months before I got the car, and again the night before I picked it up.
jdcollins5
Member
I agree. The number of basic questions on here could be answered with a quick look at the manual.
With the Table of Contents at the front and the Index at the back, it should be a quick look to answer.
It would be nice to see more posts from those that have real issues.
With the Table of Contents at the front and the Index at the back, it should be a quick look to answer.
It would be nice to see more posts from those that have real issues.
I read it in advance of picking up. Was amazing to know all the things the car can do. I figured a good first read wouldn't completely stay with me but if I had a question in the future it might help trigger what I had read or at the very least know I could go back and re-read a section. Watched the videos too but those were just a subset and quick basics to get you going and not a substitute for the manual.
Interesting, thanks for all the replies. A lot more people actually read it than I thought (good job peeps). I'm curious, for those that have read it, are you typical manual readers of products you buy, or just in this instance? If I were still in school, I could draw up a paper on this, but that was long ago, so curiosity has gotten the best of me.
ljbad4life
Member
Nope. But since this car was still such a departure from our Model S, I thought a read was in order.
jdcollins5
Member
I typically read the manuals on new cars. For the 3, with all of its features, I did not want to drive 150 miles after delivery without knowing what I was doing.
Early Model S owners memorized the manual before delivery. We were prepared to take a test on it. I don’t know why this is even a question for Model 3 owners.
SalisburySam
Active Member
@dsvick, +1! I read mine a couple of days before the adoption ceremony, then again about a week and 250 miles after pickup. Now I use the manual as a reference to answer specific questions as they may occur. I also like to check out new versions of the manual to catch up on changes since the last version. Current version, I believe, is November 12, 2018.
ceekz
Member
I read the manual when I ordered the car, but promptly forgot just about everything I read after memorizing how to unlock it and drive.
ConcordeSST
Member
I read the manual twice before even getting the car (a 2.5 year wait will do that to you), and another two times after. There's so much to this car! Yet despite that, I still forget some things if I don't need to immediately apply what I've read (such as learning that the rear defrost controls the heated mirrors when reading the manual in summer). To answer your other question, I almost always read the manual when I buy something new.
I guess I'm kind of a tech nerd, but I enjoy looking for changes in the manual when Tesla releases new versions. To do that, I use this free online tool from Draftable to highlight the differences. (Note that you will likely have to compress the PDF down as they have to be smaller than 10 MB to use the free tool. For that I use this.)
I guess I'm kind of a tech nerd, but I enjoy looking for changes in the manual when Tesla releases new versions. To do that, I use this free online tool from Draftable to highlight the differences. (Note that you will likely have to compress the PDF down as they have to be smaller than 10 MB to use the free tool. For that I use this.)
ElGuapoGuano
Member
I watched damn near every Model 3 video on YouTube before I got the car. I decided to suck it up one time while my GF was in a store and RTFM. However, when I went to read it, it just displayed a blank white window. I looked again the other day just for giggles, and it worked fine, but I still haven't read though it.
Just an FYI, some of us can't read the manual in our cars. My manual has never been available in my MCU, it's just blank content holders. There's many more who I know have the same issue. I also can't use my browser. I'm not sure if it's a LTE issue or not. I have the digital version downloaded from online, but it's very annoying that I can't read it on my MCU since they don't print a version (which makes sense since it changes a lot).
ConcordeSST
Member
I really wish they'd just deliver an offline version of the manual as necessary with each software update. I'd always assumed they were doing that, but then I noticed that my manual would also be unavailable whenever my browser wasn't working (screen reboot sometimes helps). So it seems like they are downloading pages of the manual with the browser on demand, but I'm not totally certain about that.
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