Day 3. I do love this car. But there are a few things that are IMO extraordinarily stupid. What's the point of the glass roof? It does no good at all because I can't be looking up even if I wanted to while driving. Today we got sun for the first time since I got the car, and the sun was shining in my eyes from overhead! Yes, it was greatly attenuated by the tinting. But I'd be happier if it wasn't shining on me at all.
The phone as car key. I use the frunk for groceries. It's perfect for that. And at home I don't have to squeeze around back to get the groceries out. But I come out from the store, and instead of just pressing a button on a fob, I have to dig my phone out of my pocket, turn it on, enter my passcode, launch the Tesla app, and then I can touch "Open Front Trunk." One day it was snowing and I had to do that. With the Prius I just touch the handle or the liftback and it unlocks as long as the fob is in my pocket. Sometimes hitting Open the Frunk doesn't unlatch it all the way and I have to do it again.
Then there's closing the frunk. You're supposed to use two hands, on exactly the right spots. Good luck if your other hand is occupied with anything.
Oh, yes, the headlights. I like to leave them on any time I'm driving. Other cars turn them off automatically when I get out of the car. I'm not sure, but I think that "Auto" has the headlights off if it's daytime. But if I turn them to "On" (always on) the car complains at me if I don't turn them off when I open the door. Why couldn't they just have the car turn the headlights off when I get out, and then remember that I want them on when I'm in the car???
Digging through menus to get at features that should be easily available is a bit annoying.
I did finally figure out that the reason my mirrors were always going to the wrong position every time I turned on the car was that I had neglected to press "Save" when I re-adjusted them.
And I tried out the Baroque music station on the internet radio (under classical). The sound is really spectacular. I don't like that when I listen to my own music from a jump drive it never remembers where I was the next time I start the car. But I did see that I can arrange music into different folders, effectively creating playlists, I think.
I've been scared to try out autosteer yet.
I tried out the steering settings, of Comfort, Normal, and Sport. Comfort felt mushy to me. I didn't like it. I'm sticking with Sport, which, coming from the Roadster, does not feel sporty at all. It just feels like a normal car. My 1989 Civic felt more sporty, though of course this car has a lot more torque.
The seats are the most comfortable of any car I've ever owned or driven. (Though I've ridden in a Lincoln Town Car and my sister's Lexus, both of which I think were softer, which was nice as a passenger. I don't know if I'd like that while driving.)
This is a wonderful car and I love it. But it could have been
soooooo much better if they hadn't been trying so hard to make it futuristic.
