Tesla Owners' Everyday Navigation Use

[HellsKitchen]

I've been wondering about the way current owners tend to use their navigation app for everyday driving. I'm still waiting for my Y, due next month or September and I am curious how my first Tesla might change my habits in that sense.

For example, I currently never use navigation to get to familiar spots; I only do so for road trips.

 

[DanDi58]

I've been wondering about the way current owners tend to use their navigation app for everyday driving. I'm still waiting for my Y, due next month or September and I am curious how my first Tesla might change my habits in that sense.

For example, I currently never use navigation to get to familiar spots; I only do so for road trips.

Same here. No reason to, really, unless it's to a regular location of such a distance that you might need to recharge. But around town? No.

 

[EL CapiTRAN]

Typically if I'm using google maps, I'll have it on even for daily commutes to familiar places, just because sometimes there is an accident or road closure that could be causing a bad traffic jam. Google maps will show your ETA in red which will alert me I need to take a different route OR it will automatically ask me if I want to take a faster route. I don't think the Tesla navigation will do that. I think it just takes traffic into account on the initial route planning. I'm so used to doing it with google maps that it just becomes habit in the Tesla.

 

[fiehlsport]

When I had premium data on my car, I would use the satellite view to check out the property of all of the long, hidden driveways I'd drive past. Sometimes there's some pretty cool stuff that you can't see from the road.

No, no reason to use navigation on a daily basis unless you're going somewhere and don't know the way.

 

[jcanoe]

If you have signed up for Tesla Premium Connectivity you will be able to view real-time traffic updates on the Tesla Navigation screen. Even if you know the route by heart the traffic display may help you to decide whether to take an alternate route.

 

[schen72]

I live in the SF bay area and I often use navigation going to places I already know. It's because given the traffic situation, my normal route may not be good. Also, I often know recall the best route to take so I just quickly use the voice command to navigate me somewhere.

 

[Yelobird]

I must be the non standard type guy. I use Tesla navigation for most every trip even when I know the route. Granted I use FSD beta on every drive. I like to know Exactly when I will arrive and the traffic monitor has saved me Many times by routing me in a more efficient route. Simply hold the wheel on the steering wheel and name the destination and done.

 

[Silicon Desert]

I must be the non standard type guy. I use Tesla navigation for most every trip even when I know the route. Granted I use FSD beta on every drive. I like to know Exactly when I will arrive and the traffic monitor has saved me Many times by routing me in a more efficient route. Simply hold the wheel on the steering wheel and name the destination and done.

We are in the same camp , but sure, for many folks, probably no real advantage to using navigation locally.

 

[SkyDog]

I tend to use the GPS navigation everywhere, even to places I am really familiar with. Because:

1. it's right there in front of me
2. it's so easy to pick frequently used destinations
3. navigating to a destination also lets me see the "trip chart" in the Energy App. I use that as a game and see if I can drive more efficiently than Tesla's prediction for the trip. Silly, I know!

 

[mstatkus]

I started using FSD this month. I find I’m setting it and letting it do more each time I use it.
Had to get use to engaging the full blinker for a lane change and its done decent getting off the freeway. Little things here and there like sometimes drifting with merge lanes or sometimes getting into a turn lane. But it took the edge off road trips. Stop and go traffic its also decent. Have gotten a few aggressive accelerations but it seems to be based on the guy in front of me most the time hah.

I did have a few cases where I wish I could pick preferred superchargers on a road trip. Might actually want to stop for coffee here or there so the planned trip doesn’t always line up with what I’d like it to do, so I have to work around it.

 

[jjrandorin]

I've been wondering about the way current owners tend to use their navigation app for everyday driving. I'm still waiting for my Y, due next month or September and I am curious how my first Tesla might change my habits in that sense.

For example, I currently never use navigation to get to familiar spots; I only do so for road trips.

I navigate almost everywhere thats more than a mile or two from my house. Easiest way to have traffic information taken into account. My work commute is roughly 35 miles each way (70 Mile round trip) and there are multiple ways I can both go to work and come home, so yes, I navigate to work and home, every day.

For full disclosure, I used my previous cars navigation systems like this as well (BMWs) so this is not a "Tesla" thing.

One thing about the tesla navigation, at least for me, vs the BMWs anyway, is that it is just as easy for me to get into the car and say "navigate to the nearest best buy" or "navigate to (insert name of restaurant)" etc, and it almost always works properly.

The BMWs didnt do that voice command as well.

 

[jninth]

For my normal routes around town, I don't use the navigation. Its super easy to input your route though. I go into google maps on my iphone and input where I want to go. Click share and share it with the Tesla App which submits the address into the navigation in your Model Y so its ready to go once you enter the car.

 

[PearlShark]

Living in a major city the traffic info is critical. You can’t always take the same highway for your daily commute. Something could be backed up adding 30mins to your trip.

Quick swipe down on the search bar automatically navigates you to either Home/Work via the best current route. I do it every commute to be safe.

Side note: frustratingly, my navigation volume always seems to default to mute for some reason. Anyone else having this same issue and missing turns when navigating to new places?

 

[Sp913]

Living in a major city the traffic info is critical. You can’t always take the same highway for your daily commute. Something could be backed up adding 30mins to your trip.

Quick swipe down on the search bar automatically navigates you to either Home/Work via the best current route. I do it every commute to be safe.

Side note: frustratingly, my navigation volume always seems to default to mute for some reason. Anyone else having this same issue and missing turns when navigating to new places?

Mine also defaults to mute…no idea how to fix this.

 

[jcanoe]

Mine also defaults to mute…no idea how to fix this.

Have you tried saving your Driver's Profile after enabling the Navigation system's audible voice directions?

 

[Stuart Watson]

I've been wondering about the way current owners tend to use their navigation app for everyday driving. I'm still waiting for my Y, due next month or September and I am curious how my first Tesla might change my habits in that sense.

For example, I currently never use navigation to get to familiar spots; I only do so for road trips.

The only problem with that , particularly in the crowded UK, is that you won’t get a “advance warning“ of traffic jams.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

We typically use navigation around town so that we can avoid traffic and have a good estimate of how long it will take to arrive.

I also ride with my mom in her Model 3 every month or two. She uses navigation to get around parts of the metro area that she doesn't know but for some reason, as soon as she's back on a familiar street, she will cancel navigation. I asked her why she cancels it since it was muted but she couldn't give a reason.

 

[bobbyjae]

Because the Tesla map is so intuitive, I tend to use it now for almost every ride (>10-15 min).

 

[Boblhunt]

Is there a way to send a route you chose in Google Maps or Apple Maps to the car, not just the final address?
I don't want to take the route that the car chooses.

 

[HellsKitchen]

Is there a way to send a route you chose in Google Maps or Apple Maps to the car, not just the final address?
I don't want to take the route that the car chooses.

My wife will probably continue to use Waze because of the crowdsourcing feature. What's funny is that she doesn't even drive very fast and has never gotten a speeding ticket.