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What's wrong with it?
Ouch, sorry you’ve had to deal with that. That’s pretty significant! There’s me thinking it might just be a mundane part that is inexplicably proving difficult to source.Loose front passenger seat due to cross threaded bolt and bracket on the floor plate. Tesla say the car is unsafe in current state if involved in an accident, but that's only if the seat is occupied. It needs a new bracket welding to the floor plate, which means dropping the battery and removing the floor plate. The car is at a Tesla approved bodyshop, but awaiting delivery of the brackets. Once they start the work I plan to inspect the car with the battery removed etc, which should be interesting.
Doesn't seem to be a great deal of logic to it, from my experience.
I've had the red S from Birmingham, which was locked in chill mode, and the black X that has ludicrous mode and full FSD.
Neither were mentioned as pros or cons when I picked the car up.
The 3 I test drove was a P and was not locked in chill mode. They asked if I'd driven a tesla before, I said no, they just said to watch out for the acceleration. They were right of course.
The extra performance is in my opinion unnecessary for the purposes of it doing its job - being a courtesy car. You're not being given it with a view to you potentially buying it when you return.
It seems like you see courtesy cars as an opportunity to hoon about in someone elses car? (no offence intended).
I'd love a button on my SR+ like that!Thinking about it now, I don't understand why Tesla don't have several "chill" type modes that allow you to take the performance down to the slower vehicles as well as the current chill settings (So a P can perform like an LR, an SR+ and chill).
I do. I guess it's because it's sooooo much slower than my car. You get used to being able to get into gaps on a motorway. To lose that ability is unnerving. And it's certainly going to make any long trips much more tedious.I was given a loaner Model S, I didn't find chill mode dangerous.
I used to drive a 44t truck loaded with steel for a living, completing many thousands of safe miles and deliveries, and with this experience I would respectfully suggest that if you need the extreme performance of an unrestricted Tesla to "get into a gap" on the motorway, then that gap that you're effectively forcing yourself into is far too small! Incidentally, other than for 'demonstrations' I always run my Tesla in chill mode which I find more than sufficient!I do. I guess it's because it's sooooo much slower than my car. You get used to being able to get into gaps on a motorway. To lose that ability is unnerving. And it's certainly going to make any long trips much more tedious.
Not really no. There's a huge difference between driving a trick and a car as you know. It's not the difference between a performance car and chill mode car. It's the difference between any car and a car stuck in chill mode. You just can't make quick progress on a motorway becasue you can't pull out and overtake unless there is a huge gap.I used to drive a 44t truck loaded with steel for a living, completing many thousands of safe miles and deliveries, and with this experience I would respectfully suggest that if you need the extreme performance of an unrestricted Tesla to "get into a gap" on the motorway, then that gap that you're effectively forcing yourself into is far too small! Incidentally, other than for 'demonstrations' I always run my Tesla in chill mode which I find more than sufficient!
Unfortunately there is, but there shouldn't be as the way each is driven hugely affects the other. Driving Trucks is all about anticipation and being prepared and leaving room for the mistakes and impatience of others, and that applies whether those 'others' are driving cars or indeed other trucks."There's a huge difference between driving a trick and a car as you know."
It's the difference between any car and a car stuck in chill mode. You just can't make quick progress on a motorway becasue you can't pull out and overtake unless there is a huge gap.
A Tesla in chill mode is actually still quicker than most other cars on the road! If you’re struggling to drive it normally then the problem can’t really be said to be the car!You just can't make quick progress on a motorway becasue you can't pull out and overtake unless there is a huge gap.