I purchased a Tesla Y Long in December '22 and whilst driving the car consistently routes down single track roads, some without passing places, when routing the car. Navigations such as TomTom allow you to deselect unpaved roads unless no other route. There is nothing worse than meeting fuel tanker down some farm, or country road when you have to reverse 200-800yards to a farm gate or opening and hope that the ground in any suitably sized passing place, if any, is sound, as the verges generally are not with very deep unforgiving ditches just off the road edge.
Surely, with the NAV, Tesla must have some influence with Google to have this added, either that or allow the TomTom Go app to be installed or Android Auto, so that we can rely on the navigation. I am sure its OK in countries with most roads being large enough for 2 cars to pass never mind a truck, bus, or van however in SW Scotland there are a number of very minor roads everywhere, whilst they mostly have Asphalt surfaces they very often have grass growing in the middle which brushes the underside, and barely the width of the car! Bearing in Mind a model Y has reasonable ground clearance and the grass often brushes the underside but its not a cyber truck or pickup I am driving.
Whilst it may sound quaint and picturesque, we are very fortunate in our scenery here, however when you are trying to get somewhere, out your region or local area, it gives no confidence in the fact that the car may supply you routing which is unsuitable for the less adventurous driver (you need to be able to reverse long distances comfortably sometimes round corners) to get there, owing to the roads it suggests being totally unsuitable for vehicles of any significant size, or with limited ground clearances. On a recent trip it ended up taking me a very minor road that only had asphalt at the corners, and compacted dirt track on the straights. There was a main road alternative, which I discovered after talking with a local person which I used on the return journey which was 2 only miles longer!
The local found it amusing and laughed and said 'That's Google maps for you!, Look on the bright side your not driving a camper van or pulling a caravan, and you speak English and you realise the locals generally wont reverse as they are so fed up with tourists blocking their roads"
Come on Tesla, or Google, we don't all live in USA with straight roads linking everywhere!
Give us Android auto then we can use our own TomTom Go apps it annoys me spending all that money and having to put an aftermarket NAV on my window all the time.
Surely, with the NAV, Tesla must have some influence with Google to have this added, either that or allow the TomTom Go app to be installed or Android Auto, so that we can rely on the navigation. I am sure its OK in countries with most roads being large enough for 2 cars to pass never mind a truck, bus, or van however in SW Scotland there are a number of very minor roads everywhere, whilst they mostly have Asphalt surfaces they very often have grass growing in the middle which brushes the underside, and barely the width of the car! Bearing in Mind a model Y has reasonable ground clearance and the grass often brushes the underside but its not a cyber truck or pickup I am driving.
Whilst it may sound quaint and picturesque, we are very fortunate in our scenery here, however when you are trying to get somewhere, out your region or local area, it gives no confidence in the fact that the car may supply you routing which is unsuitable for the less adventurous driver (you need to be able to reverse long distances comfortably sometimes round corners) to get there, owing to the roads it suggests being totally unsuitable for vehicles of any significant size, or with limited ground clearances. On a recent trip it ended up taking me a very minor road that only had asphalt at the corners, and compacted dirt track on the straights. There was a main road alternative, which I discovered after talking with a local person which I used on the return journey which was 2 only miles longer!
The local found it amusing and laughed and said 'That's Google maps for you!, Look on the bright side your not driving a camper van or pulling a caravan, and you speak English and you realise the locals generally wont reverse as they are so fed up with tourists blocking their roads"
Come on Tesla, or Google, we don't all live in USA with straight roads linking everywhere!
Give us Android auto then we can use our own TomTom Go apps it annoys me spending all that money and having to put an aftermarket NAV on my window all the time.
