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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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This unlikely possibility is all that currently stands between me and clicking "buy" on an Ultra Red Plaid S.
MartinAustin
Active Member
This Richard Attenborough soundalike isn't bad! 
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MartinAustin
Active Member
Very unlikely. IF they were going to do faster acceleration modes for the Model 3, they have Insane and Ludicrous to work through before they get to Plaid.
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Krugerrand
Meow
Triple dog dare you to infinity.
insaneoctane
Well-Known Member
Only because tomorrow WS is closed.....
I think you just said that to expect birdseye parking aide on our $50K+ vehicles would be holding Tesla to "not just to higher standards, but to impossible standards?"
Krugerrand
Meow
I can live with you thinking I said that because shortly one of our mods is going to be sitting on the BOD and he’s going to convince Tesla to change the direction of The Mission. That’ll make us both happy campers; you because you’ll have perfectly working convenience features on your 50k+ vehicle, and me because I’ll get to watch the world implode. Win-win.
petit_bateau
Active Member
I'm not sure how to convince you that clear forwards vision is an important safety feature for a road vehicle. Maybe in planet California things are different, but even there I recall getting wet from time to time.
Upthread someone commented that they (or their neighbour) had sadly experienced a fatality when (if I understood correctly) somewhone reversed over a person in a residential context. It is not just about scrapes on your bumpers when touchparking carelessly, there is a more serious aspect to this.
These are SAFETY issues. Which should be a #1 priority.
And I am anything but a care bear. I am a long term shareholder who has been paying very careful attention to both Tesla from well before IPO, and to Musk from well before that.
These issues also affect marketability and by extension profitability and ultimately shareholder value.
Artful Dodger
"Neko no me"
What are you even talking about? Just turn off auto wipers if you don't like the feature, and activate wipers manually. You can even use Voice Command: "Windshield Wipers Medium" or "Windshield Wipers Off" without looking at the screen.
Model 3 Owner's Manual | Tesla
Learn how to use your vehicle's wipers and washer to optimize clarity of the windshield.
www.tesla.com
How is it you are unaware of this? Are you trying to make some rhetorical point while ignoring how the wipers work?
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
From your link.What are you even talking about? Just turn off auto wipers if you don't like the feature, and activate wipers manually. You can even use Voice Command: "Windshield Wipers Medium" or "Windshield Wipers Off" without looking at the screen.
Model 3 Owner's Manual | Tesla
Learn how to use your vehicle's wipers and washer to optimize clarity of the windshield.www.tesla.com
How is it you are unaware of this? Are you trying to make some rhetorical point while ignoring how the wipers work?
Low sun/wet weather seems to make wipers work unnecessarily. It's not a great hindrance to me, but is annoying. Voice Commands don't seem to work well for me.
I'm in the camp that features like parking sensors should be replaced by vision only when the new method is mostly working at acceptable level. Otherwise it's an easy point to knock buying Teslas - you can count on competitors' dealers & sponsored "articles" from mainstream media to latch onto it. Less FUD, the better.
I don't use autopilot much in UK (better in Germany) because even motorway lanes seem either too narrow or Autopilot isn't so good on Right-Hand drive cars/Left-Hand Traffic - seems to position the car too close to traffic rather than in the middle of the lane.
For information, UK roads don't have standard widths. One source mentions Motorways as low as 2.2m, typically 2.8 to 3m except in final lane which is typically 2.6m.
Model 3: 2,088mm wide.
2,600mm for outside (overtaking) lane leaving 256mm (10.08 inches) mm on either side.
Model Y: 235.5mm (9.27 inches) gap each side (2.6m lane). That's quite tight on long tiring journeys, overtaking trucks or other drivers playing with mobile phone, shouting at kids or just rubbish.
I'm sure that most of this will get sorted, but there are a few annoyances which wind people up. Overall, fantastic car - but everything can be improved. I just want fewer and fewer FUD attack vectors.
Just received this mail:
To celebrate the installation of 500,000 Powerwall batteries globally, we are offering a $500 rebate on all Powerwall units installed and registered before October 31, 2023.
If you go looking for details in the link provided they say:
Customers who install and register their Powerwall(s) between June 15, 2023, and October 31, 2023, will receive a $500 rebate for each Powerwall. You can install a single Powerwall or multiple Powerwalls. You can also bundle your Powerwalls with solar panels or Solar Roof. After your Powerwalls have been installed, connected to the internet and registered, you will be notified from the Tesla app to submit your rebate request. Once confirmed, Tesla will send you a check of $500 for each Powerwall.
To celebrate the installation of 500,000 Powerwall batteries globally, we are offering a $500 rebate on all Powerwall units installed and registered before October 31, 2023.
If you go looking for details in the link provided they say:
Customers who install and register their Powerwall(s) between June 15, 2023, and October 31, 2023, will receive a $500 rebate for each Powerwall. You can install a single Powerwall or multiple Powerwalls. You can also bundle your Powerwalls with solar panels or Solar Roof. After your Powerwalls have been installed, connected to the internet and registered, you will be notified from the Tesla app to submit your rebate request. Once confirmed, Tesla will send you a check of $500 for each Powerwall.
ThisStockGood
Still cruising my Model S 70 2015
I can confirm this. To the moon in fact.
Artful Dodger
"Neko no me"
Did you see #418,205 other car OEMs which stopped shipping parking assist systems last year due to chip shortages?
- Chevrolet Drops Rear Park Assist On 2022 Corvette Due To Chip Shortage | Carscoops
- Citroen C3 hatch, C5 Aircross lose key safety tech, parking sensors amid semiconductor shortage
- Cadillac Removes Parking Assist From Select 2022 Models Because We All Know Why
- Volkswagen Drops Features Due to Chip Shortage | Edmunds
I don't recall seeing any TMC'ers whinging about these other OEMs not delivering parking assist. Do you?
Buckminster
Well-Known Member
Try voice commands with an American accent.
I use autopilot all the time in uk but I am probably a little crazy.
Same here and actually love it. I find the road positioning a touch odd at times but don't feel it's unsafe nor does it seem to phase other traffic around me. Feel like they've got a really solid base but look forward to future improvement here in the UK.
Stretch2727
Engineer and Car Nut
For those that use this inventory tracker tool it has not updated in the last few days.
Looks like the server he was using to scrape the inventory is blocked.
Looks like the server he was using to scrape the inventory is blocked.
Dikkie Dik
If gets hard, use hammer
What accent exactly, Texan?
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Just buy the Plaid S, we aren't going to see a Plaid 3 anytime soon, if ever, IMO. Plaid is a halo car, you don't move it down market.
It looks like FSD 11.4.4 is rolling out. For a point release there is an extensive list of improvements.
Note for non-native English speakers (and native, quite frankly): this Tweet either used used "appalled" sarcastically or it's an auto-correct typo.
'amazed' would be a more fitting term.
Only mentioning because parsing it really hurt my brain...
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