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The pain and misery is over. The car is in my possession. Hooray.
She has arrived!
Well.. I picked my 3 this evening. Believe me, I looked hard. I even had a magnifying glass with me. I ran my fingers through. Didn't see any scratches or paint blemishes. No panel gaps that stood out. The fact that I didn't find any only means I am not good at it. A bit disappointing after reading pages and pages of poor quality build. I understand I need to work harder.
With that out of the way....
Driving it back home was a hoot. AP started working at around 40 miles in the odometer. AP worked exactly as I expected. For my use case, it was no different from AP1 in my S. Efficiency was surprisingly around 240 Wh/mile. All my fear of changing AP speed using UI was unfounded, since they gave that capability on the scroll wheel. Now it just as good as how you do it in the 'S'. Different, but just as good.
Not a big fan of the UI compared to S. No I will be bit more blunt. After using an S, UI on the 3 is a POS. I miss the efficiency graph for 5/15/30 miles. I also miss the fact that there is no automatic reset of wh/mile, miles driven and minutes driven every time you start the car after charging. I loved that information in 'S'. In the '3' I can get the same functionality if I remember to reset one of the trip meters every time before I start the car in the morning. Changing temperature is a Peta. it is difficult to find those little up and down arrows while driving.
Ride was not noisy, as I was bit worried after reading about tire and wind noise. I think it has the same noise level as 'S'. Not as good as some of my other ICE cars. Tesla needs to work harder to get a more quieter cabin. i am still thinking I will put the aftermarket seal around the glass in the roof. Not too expensive and easy to install. Maybe it will help to get it more quieter. Maybe not.
I don't see the point of the big glass roof. I think it will radiate heat in and out depending on the outside temperature, and I also think it contributes to the noise level.
Audio quality was fantastic. Phone conversations were crystal clear.
I really can't wait for the 'Y'. It will be a fantastic car without a doubt.
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I feel good, but think I found an issue with my car when taking pictures. The drive side tire is heavily angled inward. Didn’t not until I had the tires rotated out... see pics here and look where top of tire is in relation to bottom.
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Not a big fan of the UI compared to S. No I will be bit more blunt. After using an S, UI on the 3 is a POS. I miss the efficiency graph for 5/15/30 miles. I also miss the fact that there is no automatic reset of wh/mile, miles driven and minutes driven every time you start the car after charging. I loved that information in 'S'. In the '3' I can get the same functionality if I remember to reset one of the trip meters every time before I start the car in the morning. Changing temperature is a Peta. it is difficult to find those little up and down arrows while driving.
I love the looks of these cars more and more as they roll in. Waiting for the VIN is getting harder and harder ... 20 days and counting!
AP initialized at around 40 miles on the odometer. My most desired use case was tested this morning - TACC in bumper to bumper gridlock. Made me much less rage-filled. A winning strategy.
Probably a dumb question, but is there somewhere you can look at your wh/mile per drive besides resetting a trip each time?
These posts are giving me major eap envy...... should've got it.....
Did you find the trip stuff?
These posts are giving me major eap envy...... should've got it.....
YES. Just like how that part of the screen scrolls right and left, I learnt this morning that you can also scroll it up and down too. Pretty cool.
So on the screen where it shows A/B Trip meters, simply scroll up and you will see efficiency numbers since you started the car, and if you scroll up one more you will see numbers since last charge. Thats pretty cool.
To make you more miserable, I can say without doubt it is worth every penny of $5000.
I also renamed my Trip B to "Forever Miles" (to be renamed again later) just so I know not to reset it. Will be curious to compare the lifetime efficiency versus whatever the current is as time passes. Will I become more or less efficient? Stay the same? Who knows!