The folks at Tesla San Francisco is definitely cool about it and I don't see them giving me any problems with PPF. They are smart enough to understand that non-metallic films should not affect the radar and the fact that the modification is external it should not damage the radar unit. The argument would not stand in court. The last month two months, SF has had a heat wave and I traveled inland where temperatures reached the high 90's+ and internal cabin temperature reached 120+. My toll tag adhesive melted and even with cabin overheat protection, the surface of the car and windows still get very hot. I just feel that the hardware such as cameras, radar, and systems that are exposed to these extreme temperatures were not thoroughly tested. It is also annoying that I paid $10k for FSD and can't even qualify for beta. I've scored 93-97 on the safety score and I feel that many of the aggressive and close following was not my fault. Someone cuts me off at high speeds and is stuck in front of me. I honk, flash, and back off but when I look at that day's activity, it seemed to have faulted me for the unsafe following. Anyways, I don't feel safe in the car if the only safety system is radar based which means early collision warning will not work.
I also don't understand how the visualization is connected to the radar. If the radar is front facing, I can see visualization for cars coming from my left and right blind spots. Is pedestrian visualization also radar based on the Model S?
Also if there is something wrong with the radar, you would think the car computer would know. There are no notifications or warnings, only when you try to activate it. I have had little problem with the Plaid, but if this is a software update glitch, it would be the second time and it's annoying. The first time, my car was bricked after its first software update 2 days after I picked it up from the delivery center.
