Refreshed 2021+ Model X and Model X Plaid waiting room

[ammulder]

As a fellow Model 3 owner, could you go into more detail? Yes I'm living vicariously thru you.

I'm assuming you have the Premium interior in your Model 3 with the subwoofer?

How does the X put it to shame? Clarity? Volume? Stage? Bass? Did you do any A/B song listens back to back in your 3 and X? What audio source are you using on the X?

It'd be nice if there was a concise website with all the speaker and amp specs for all the Teslas throughout the years. I'm pretty darn impressed with the Model 3 Premium audio. It gets loud enough and the clarity is amazing. I do wish it had just a bit more deep end but I'm a bass head, but also lazy or I would have figured out how to stealth integrated a 10 or 12" that played with with the existing sub. Hopefully I'll like the stock X system 'as is' and not want to fiddle with it. I can dream (<--OCD Tweaker)

I'm sorry, I can't give a quantitative comparison. I do have a 3P with premium interior.

In the X I asked for a song using voice control, and it came on, and I thought "wow, this sounds WAY better than the 3!" It definitely has more bass -- I'm considering turning the bass down in the X whereas I would have asked for more of it in the 3. It seems to have more overall power -- more sound from a lower volume setting -- though the quieter cabin may be contributing as well. But those are like two random factors I happen to be able to put my finger on that don't really represent the "wow this sounds WAY better" factor.

I normally listen to Apple Music files copied onto a USB drive. I'm stuck right now because I went to load up a drive for the X and discovered I've added over 100 songs to my main playlist, but I'd have to buy them one by one on my phone to get non-DRM versions for the thumb drive. What a pain (and unnecessary expense)! It seems dumb to complain about adding $150 of music to a six-figure car, but nevertheless I wish Tesla would natively support Apple Music... or start the App Store so one of us could do it ourselves.

 

[MrPaulAR]

If you are computer savvy you may want to look at Tesla Mate instead of Tesla Fi or other paid/cloud services like it. This is free, open source, and the data is private except for whoever else Tesla may sell/share it with.

 

[JER85]

Thanks! Will it grab historical data or just anything new since install?
I am trying Tezlab which is cool but it can't look back. :-(

If you follow Brian from out of spec motoring on youtube, check out the video he does on 100K miles in his model 3... He references an app which has all his data from the first day he bought the car.... I forget the name of the app, but that might be helpful.

 

[MrPaulAR]

If you follow Brian from out of spec motoring on youtube, check out the video he does on 100K miles in his model 3... He references an app which has all his data from the first day he bought the car.... I forget the name of the app, but that might be helpful.

The Tesla API does not provide access to historical data, only real time. All the apps, paid and free, save this data on your behalf and present it for you in pretty charts. Brian has had his service enabled on the car since he bought it which is why he has historical data.

 

[jbrowdy]

I am happy to see lots of 5 seaters get VIN's. Have there been 6 seat VIN's lately? I wonder if it is possible that they'd pause production on six seaters while they go through the 5 seater backlog? I really hope not.

 

[iCeMaNxLb]

Ok here you go, they came well packaged and the material seems well made and durable. Looks like we have the Frunk, Trunk, front drivers, front passenger, middle and looks like third row but not sure. Please chime in on your thoughts.
BTW: they look ok on my garage floor vs the actual MX.

anybody plan on just leaving the carpet mats and just placing the Tesmanians on top or do u really have to remove the carpet ones to fit these?

 

[1pinhigh]

I am happy to see lots of 5 seaters get VIN's. Have there been 6 seat VIN's lately? I wonder if it is possible that they'd pause production on six seaters while they go through the 5 seater backlog? I really hope not.

Can we get just a "few more" 5 seat VIN's before switching over? Would really like to have mine delivered or at least built first...

 

[JER85]

anybody plan on just leaving the carpet mats and just placing the Tesmanians on top or do u really have to remove the carpet ones to fit these?

Hadn't thought about doing that... I would assume that would look bulky and weird, so I was just going to remove the carpet ones.

 

[bigal1267]

I am very surprised by lack of bass. Mine has way too much. I actually decreased it. I listen to symphonic music a lot and you can hear every player from high stings to the beat of bass drums clearly.

I scheduled service appt for Thurs morning. Rear speakers are not working as well. Maybe needs a new amp or somebody forgot to plug something in...

 

[Operator64]

If you follow Brian from out of spec motoring on youtube, check out the video he does on 100K miles in his model 3... He references an app which has all his data from the first day he bought the car.... I forget the name of the app, but that might be helpful.

His name is Kyle and it is TeslaFi he uses

 

[Earthbound]

Saw a Model X Plaid delivered today with All Season tires at the Tysons location in NVA.

 

[DelPhonic1]

I'm sorry, I can't give a quantitative comparison. I do have a 3P with premium interior.

In the X I asked for a song using voice control, and it came on, and I thought "wow, this sounds WAY better than the 3!" It definitely has more bass -- I'm considering turning the bass down in the X whereas I would have asked for more of it in the 3. It seems to have more overall power -- more sound from a lower volume setting -- though the quieter cabin may be contributing as well. But those are like two random factors I happen to be able to put my finger on that don't really represent the "wow this sounds WAY better" factor.

I normally listen to Apple Music files copied onto a USB drive. I'm stuck right now because I went to load up a drive for the X and discovered I've added over 100 songs to my main playlist, but I'd have to buy them one by one on my phone to get non-DRM versions for the thumb drive. What a pain (and unnecessary expense)! It seems dumb to complain about adding $150 of music to a six-figure car, but nevertheless I wish Tesla would natively support Apple Music... or start the App Store so one of us could do it ourselves.

As far as sounding better, all of those factors become cumulative and real. I have a bunch of files on my USB drive as well. But I haven't touched the music on that drive since I was able to download from Tidal. It can listen to 44.1 files (hi fi it calls it) and download your favs to be listened to wherever you drive. I often tether to my phones wifi to get the 44.1 files on road trips. I've even gotten an additional wifi device to keep on in the back of the starship, to download files via Tidal without hitting the limit on my phone. The Tidal interface is not perfect, but the sound quality and instantaneous library is what I covet.

 

[mix261]

Hi all. Long-time lurker here. Have had my X on order since Feb 2021. Rejected one in January (it was really bad). Have had hiccups with VINs and delays ever since.

Latest situation was with a delivery that was supposed to happen in late April. I've had sporadic (at best) communication from my local service center. I seem to be getting passed around a bit... day before delivery, they called to let me know that they had a mix-up on the VIN and the car they had was actually NOT mine, and that my X is still sitting at Fremont for some unknown reason.

I'm on my 2nd SA, who I haven't been able to contact for months. I'm now working with my local SC's "delivery specialist" (or advisor? I forget their term), but he's been difficult to reach as well. Today I called the SC directly and got to talk to someone who said my X is still at Fremont, waiting for a truck. This is almost a full month after getting VIN'ed.

Has anyone else (especially on the east cost) been experiencing anything similar recently? Is anyone else with an aging VIN waiting for a truck?

 

[strider]

FSD worth $10,000? Trying to save a little money here. I can always get subscription in the future right?

Not in its current incarnation and there is zero evidence you will actually receive Full Self Driving within the next 10 years. But if I am wrong, it will take 4 years before the subscription costs you $10k. So you can be generous and say that FSD will be a reality in 4 years, that makes your car 8 years old before you have broken even. Not sure how long you keep cars.....

For those wondering, we did go about it and the door moves up (and out) only for the duration that you keep the open button pressed on the pillar. In other words, it will go in as many incremental steps as you'd want it to be. I need to figure out how to store the setting for the location but that's for another day

Here is the blurb from the manual:

I think the key is to do the "force open" from the main screen and not the pillar. You may need a helper for this to tell you when to stop. It's likely the "save position" message only displays for a few seconds so you need to be on top of it to hit it. Note I do not yet have my car, just going by what the manual says.

 

[rhetoric]

Hi all. Long-time lurker here. Have had my X on order since Feb 2021. Rejected one in January (it was really bad). Have had hiccups with VINs and delays ever since.

Latest situation was with a delivery that was supposed to happen in late April. I've had sporadic (at best) communication from my local service center. I seem to be getting passed around a bit... day before delivery, they called to let me know that they had a mix-up on the VIN and the car they had was actually NOT mine, and that my X is still sitting at Fremont for some unknown reason.

I'm on my 2nd SA, who I haven't been able to contact for months. I'm now working with my local SC's "delivery specialist" (or advisor? I forget their term), but he's been difficult to reach as well. Today I called the SC directly and got to talk to someone who said my X is still at Fremont, waiting for a truck. This is almost a full month after getting VIN'ed.

Has anyone else (especially on the east cost) been experiencing anything similar recently? Is anyone else with an aging VIN waiting for a truck?

I think the poor communication is a universal experience based on the feedback in this forum. I've been watching my delivery window extend out after getting vinned for some time now with zero communication myself. I was able to get someone on the phone to tell me that my vehicle was in Colma and not on a truck: odd because they must have trucked it in the opposite direction from me from the factory. If the info was any good, it makes me suspect some kind of re-work was required after factory. I believe the google doc spreadsheet has data on data from VIN to delivery if you are interested in the average wait time.

 

[usctrojan98]

Not in its current incarnation and there is zero evidence you will actually receive Full Self Driving within the next 10 years. But if I am wrong, it will take 4 years before the subscription costs you $10k. So you can be generous and say that FSD will be a reality in 4 years, that makes your car 8 years old before you have broken even. Not sure how long you keep cars.....

Here is the blurb from the manual:
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I think the key is to do the "force open" from the main screen and not the pillar. You may need a helper for this to tell you when to stop. It's likely the "save position" message only displays for a few seconds so you need to be on top of it to hit it. Note I do not yet have my car, just going by what the manual says.

I see, interesting. I will try it with the touchscreen this evening and see if I get the pop up to save the height setting.

 

[Moldovan]

I’ve got VINdicated this morning! 7SAXCDE56NF341XXX. May 15-19 from Devon, PA. LR Blk/Blk, 20”, no FSD. 5 seat.
Original order 5/2/21. I’m so freaking out. Texted my advisor to switch from cash to finance. Not sure if I should get the insurance now or wait for delivery date set.
My 2020 MS LR is finally getting a girlfriend. He was fixed, but still lonely

 

[SOBX MX]

I’ve got VINdicated this morning! 7SAXCDE56NF341XXX. May 15-19 from Devon, PA. LR Blk/Blk, 20”, no FSD. Original order 5/2/21. I’m so freaking out. Texted my advisor to switch from cash to finance. Not sure if I should get the insurance now or wait for delivery date set.
My 2020 MS LR is finally getting a girlfriend. He was fixed, but still lonely

5 or 6 seater?

 

[Moldovan]

5

 

[iCeMaNxLb]

swivel screen coming? probably not but dang

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