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Tesla Model 3 in Australia
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Most parents don't think that they would be willing to bet a childs life on thinking they know where each of their kids are all of the time or that they always hit the perfect parent goal every day. Cars aren't toys and adults shouldn't be reversing a car when kids are on the drive way so kids shouldn't ever get run over by a reversing car, but it still happens because humans (big and small) make mistakes.
Mine are almost as excited as me, but they are 6 & 8 and easily influenced with talk of robot car capabilitiesNot as much as I'd hoped unfortunately
Mine are too small to be trusted around cars alone so they are either inside behind key locked screen doors with my partner or holding her hand in view of me if outside. This is what my parents did and it's what I do now, it's simple and it works.
Mine are almost as excited as me, but they are 6 & 8 and easily influenced with talk of robot car capabilities
Haha cool all their mates will be jealous! As will the parents!
Getting used to TACC and Auto-steer very quickly
The TACC is simply awesome, tracks the car in front amazingly well, and keeps exactly at the speed limit. Only small issues I have are once it stops at a red light behind another car, once it goes green, it takes a bit long to take off, I feel like the car behind me might crash into me. I am just touching the pedal to get it moving a second earlier. Secondly, you get very used to coming up to a red light behind another car and it slowly comes to a stop and waits for that car to move off. But then one time in 20, there are no cars in front of you as you come up to the red light, and it will just sail straight through. Need to really keep that in mind. But I am just using it on all roads, as it stops me speeding. If you turn it on on a 60 road, it wont go up when the speed limit changes. If you turn it on when speed limit is 80, it will change to 70 or 60 then back up to 80 on its own. But not all the time, I still havent worked that out. If it doesnt change, you just press the speed limit on the screen. Only had one instance where it didnt have the speed limit right up near Emerald (VIC)
Auto-steer isnt enabled by default, you need to turn it on in Settings. It is a still bit nervy as various youtube videos have said, particularly if there is a car beside you as you go around a curve but it does an amazing job. Still taking a bit of practise to hold the wheel with sufficient force that it knows you are there, but not so much that it thinks you are taking over so it disengages. I think on a freeway it wouldnt have any issues.
The TACC is simply awesome, tracks the car in front amazingly well, and keeps exactly at the speed limit. Only small issues I have are once it stops at a red light behind another car, once it goes green, it takes a bit long to take off, I feel like the car behind me might crash into me. I am just touching the pedal to get it moving a second earlier. Secondly, you get very used to coming up to a red light behind another car and it slowly comes to a stop and waits for that car to move off. But then one time in 20, there are no cars in front of you as you come up to the red light, and it will just sail straight through. Need to really keep that in mind. But I am just using it on all roads, as it stops me speeding. If you turn it on on a 60 road, it wont go up when the speed limit changes. If you turn it on when speed limit is 80, it will change to 70 or 60 then back up to 80 on its own. But not all the time, I still havent worked that out. If it doesnt change, you just press the speed limit on the screen. Only had one instance where it didnt have the speed limit right up near Emerald (VIC)
Auto-steer isnt enabled by default, you need to turn it on in Settings. It is a still bit nervy as various youtube videos have said, particularly if there is a car beside you as you go around a curve but it does an amazing job. Still taking a bit of practise to hold the wheel with sufficient force that it knows you are there, but not so much that it thinks you are taking over so it disengages. I think on a freeway it wouldnt have any issues.
Awesome! I’m nearby too. Look forward on seeing a flood of 3’s coming soon.
My son is addicted to Tesla but has no idea I'm getting one...hehe He will go nuts when I pick him up from school the day I get it in 2 weeks.
Oh today I went to a brewery in the mornington peninsula here in Vic.
They had 2 porsche chargers. They are moving fast.
They had 2 porsche chargers. They are moving fast.
Can we keep the … " help me learn how to drive" stuff in another thread. Nothing Model 3 about this.
Yeah done, & were you going to quote everyone else who's off topic here as well or just me?
Oops sorry for previous post... I have a 5yr &7 yr old.. They listen to me frequently talking about the advantages of ev’s especially Tesla’s. I am asked every day when our model 3 will arrive and why all cars are not electric. They constantly look for exhaust pipes on all cars and even talk to other kids about why ev’s ars SO great.... very cool.
1k excess
. I got an online RAC quote for $1180 with $500 excess and no claim bonus. Looks likeGood work! I see a few white cars there but if I’m correct there were none with white interiors
Priit
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My son is very excited.
My son is 8 and I told him the car has games, and on occasion he could use the car steering wheel to play those. He cannot waitMine are almost as excited as me, but they are 6 & 8 and easily influenced with talk of robot car capabilities
So 38 cars have been delivered to Autonexus in Canningvale to date? Has anybody in WA actually managed to get their hands on one?
My date got moved from September 30 to October 17. Anybody got a delivery date between those dates or are contractors unavailable due to school holidays?
My date got moved from September 30 to October 17. Anybody got a delivery date between those dates or are contractors unavailable due to school holidays?
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