So I finally broke down and did the MCU2 upgrade last week. I've been a little skeptical when people were saying "it's like a brand new car!"... but I'm now here to hop onto that bandwagon. It's an awesome upgrade. Just some quick thoughts:
- I had my P85D upgraded to a P100DL by a third party, which required hacking the MCU1. He assured me that there would be no problems upgrading to MCU2. I was just concerned that Tesla might de-activate Ludicrous mode during the upgrade, because 'Tesla'. I'm happy to report that didn't happen.
- When I picked up the car yesterday, the audio sounded great. I'm not going to say it sounds better with MCU2, but I won't say it doesn't, either. I have the Light Harmonic amp.
- Today when I went out to the car, the audio sounded horrible! The >Settings>Tone controls did almost nothing, and there was ZERO bass from the subwoofer. I started to worry that something was broken and/or incompatible and I'd have to take it back to the SC. But I did what anyone would/should do-- Reboot! And luckily, that restored the great sounding audio and the controls started to work.
- There have been reports of a loud "click" or "pop" with MCU2 and the Light Harmonic amp. So far, I have not experienced this.
- I may now have to break down and subscribe to TIDAL.
- The screen brightness and clarity are stunning.
- I have the @artrsci Front camera switch kit, which I'm also happy to report still works great. I'd be crushed if this stopped working!
- I didn't take pics of the brushed bezel before the upgrade, but luckily, there was no damage or mis-aligned panels after the upgrade.
- I'm still on the last version of 10.2, so I'm back to my habit of rejecting all update requests -- until Tesla forces an update on my car (as they have done a few times in the past).
- I really didn't think I needed all the Theater and Toy-box gadgets that come with MCU2, but yeah, they are so much fun to play with. I can actually envision watching Youtube or Netflix while supercharging.
- I'm happy that the fine folks at the Milford SC worked-around and didn't disrupt all my custom mods in the car: Front camera switch; hardwired radar and laser detector; front and rear dashcam; rear lighted Applique; WASP Pedestrian horn; hardwired connections for two cell phones; and of course the 100kWh battery upgrade.
Overall, I couldn't be happier with this upgrade on my 7 year old car. I really see no need to upgrade to PLAID any time soon. I'll keep this old beast going for the foreseeable future.
And for any TMC rabble-rousers, here -- I'll save you the trouble.