I’m so pleased I found this great place, I’ve been in a rabbit hole since I test drove a MYLR a few weeks ago.
I’ll try to cut a long story short and hope I’ll get some answers from the extensive knowledge and experience of forum members.
So here goes; A few weeks ago SHMBO and I had a conversation during which decided another EV in addition to our MINI electric would be a good Idea, something more practical than the my long term Boxster that has turned into a money pit (no surprise really, she’s 15 years old).
I then spent ages reading reviews and then driving a couple of EVs, an I-Pace and iX3, both good cars, but by the time we added options, far too expensive and way over budget. I then thought of a MY as most things are included and there’s only a few options that we might want.
Eventually I managed to get MY for 24 hours and was really impressed with the car, nice and simple, making the I-pace and iX3 interiors look like a branch of Dixons (ref. for those of us of a certain age!). We both enjoyed the ride, comfort, speed and simplicity. we’d found the car we were looking for - until we drove it home. I tried to check the MY would fit in the garage - WTF! where are the parking sensors? What the hell is this worm running around the car? I get SHMBO to direct the car and see the worm is half way up the bonnet. Damn, we both love the car, but we can’t go through this rigmarole every time we drive the car costing £50k +.
On returning the car to Tesla I explained to the Advisor how much we loved the car, but not having simple parking sensors was a dealbreaker. Even our MINI Electric at almost half the price of a MY has sensors at the front and back (and a camera). I could see the disappointment in his face as he explained that Tesla was aware of the issue and working on resolving it.
That’s when I jumped down the rabbit hole, and have been scurrying around it ever since. I’ve spent ages looking for answers, views and opinions, and I would be grateful if some information is shared answering my questions and queries here. I appreciate the answers may well be on the site, but by head is spinning like I was in The Exorcist.
Thanks if you’ve made it this far without falling asleep!
I suppose I should ask some questions:
I asked the Tesla agent, if I bought a used MY with USS would they still be working? he said they had been disabled and everything is going to vision. Is this the case? Has Tesla actually taken away something that can still be used?
Having tried Autopilot on the test drive, which was ‘interesting’, something I’d want to explore more, but understand from the site that most of the advantages are not available due to recent updates. Auto Park and Summon for example, are they no longer available until updated?
There are some comments about matrix headlights, are they so much better than what was there before?
With Project Highland imminent, how long before we see Project Juniper?
Apologies for the long post and thanks for reading this far, please be gentle, I’m new here
I’ll try to cut a long story short and hope I’ll get some answers from the extensive knowledge and experience of forum members.
So here goes; A few weeks ago SHMBO and I had a conversation during which decided another EV in addition to our MINI electric would be a good Idea, something more practical than the my long term Boxster that has turned into a money pit (no surprise really, she’s 15 years old).
I then spent ages reading reviews and then driving a couple of EVs, an I-Pace and iX3, both good cars, but by the time we added options, far too expensive and way over budget. I then thought of a MY as most things are included and there’s only a few options that we might want.
Eventually I managed to get MY for 24 hours and was really impressed with the car, nice and simple, making the I-pace and iX3 interiors look like a branch of Dixons (ref. for those of us of a certain age!). We both enjoyed the ride, comfort, speed and simplicity. we’d found the car we were looking for - until we drove it home. I tried to check the MY would fit in the garage - WTF! where are the parking sensors? What the hell is this worm running around the car? I get SHMBO to direct the car and see the worm is half way up the bonnet. Damn, we both love the car, but we can’t go through this rigmarole every time we drive the car costing £50k +.
On returning the car to Tesla I explained to the Advisor how much we loved the car, but not having simple parking sensors was a dealbreaker. Even our MINI Electric at almost half the price of a MY has sensors at the front and back (and a camera). I could see the disappointment in his face as he explained that Tesla was aware of the issue and working on resolving it.
That’s when I jumped down the rabbit hole, and have been scurrying around it ever since. I’ve spent ages looking for answers, views and opinions, and I would be grateful if some information is shared answering my questions and queries here. I appreciate the answers may well be on the site, but by head is spinning like I was in The Exorcist.
Thanks if you’ve made it this far without falling asleep!
I suppose I should ask some questions:
I asked the Tesla agent, if I bought a used MY with USS would they still be working? he said they had been disabled and everything is going to vision. Is this the case? Has Tesla actually taken away something that can still be used?
Having tried Autopilot on the test drive, which was ‘interesting’, something I’d want to explore more, but understand from the site that most of the advantages are not available due to recent updates. Auto Park and Summon for example, are they no longer available until updated?
There are some comments about matrix headlights, are they so much better than what was there before?
With Project Highland imminent, how long before we see Project Juniper?
Apologies for the long post and thanks for reading this far, please be gentle, I’m new here