My wife and I are on what I'm calling the never ending road trip. We're exploring the USA and as my dad used to say, following the hood ornament. (except I can't even see the hood from the drivers seat lol) This is our second Tesla road trip and I keep learning new things everyday, so come along and laugh with me at all of my silly mistakes. Our car is a 2022 Model Y long range, without FSD that we got in January after what was the longest 5 month wait of my life. I feel for those of you that will be waiting a lot longer than that.
On our first shake down road trip in February the phantom braking was soo, ssoooooo, sooooooooo terrible that I quit using cruise control and AP altogether. I knew there have been a lot of software updates, but it wasn't until the past couple of days before I dared try AP and cruise control. And, it's better? Maybe? I made a service request with Tesla after the first trip and they said basically "working normally." But, when it happens press the right scroll wheel and say "report bug." I don't know what "report bug" does behind the scenes but from the driver's seat it seems to be better. At first it was like the last trip, some phantom would jump in front of the car and it would panic brake. Now I push the button, say the magic words, report bug. The first day there were 5 or 6 ghosts out there on the Texas roads. The next day 3 or 4, next day 2 or 3, and today only 1.
So with panic braking down to the "I'm mostly harmless to other drivers level" I've been learning how to use AP. Seems simple enough, push down on the lever twice, keep some pressure on the wheel, pay attention, and enjoy not having to keep the car centered in the lane. This is a GREAT feature especially because the wind in Texas always seems to be coming from the side and wants to blow the car all over the road. But for reasons that I don't quite understand I keep getting put into Tesla jail and AP won't work anymore. Three times today BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!! It always seems to happen when passing other traffic and AP has been turned off to change lanes. I tell my wife, as I take an exit in the middle of nowhere Texas, that I have to apologize to the car for being an idiot by stopping and putting it in park.
Tomorrow there's not much driving as we explore San Antonio, the Alamo, River walk, Tea garden? (wife's thing) and I'm sure eating some Texas barbecue.
On our first shake down road trip in February the phantom braking was soo, ssoooooo, sooooooooo terrible that I quit using cruise control and AP altogether. I knew there have been a lot of software updates, but it wasn't until the past couple of days before I dared try AP and cruise control. And, it's better? Maybe? I made a service request with Tesla after the first trip and they said basically "working normally." But, when it happens press the right scroll wheel and say "report bug." I don't know what "report bug" does behind the scenes but from the driver's seat it seems to be better. At first it was like the last trip, some phantom would jump in front of the car and it would panic brake. Now I push the button, say the magic words, report bug. The first day there were 5 or 6 ghosts out there on the Texas roads. The next day 3 or 4, next day 2 or 3, and today only 1.
So with panic braking down to the "I'm mostly harmless to other drivers level" I've been learning how to use AP. Seems simple enough, push down on the lever twice, keep some pressure on the wheel, pay attention, and enjoy not having to keep the car centered in the lane. This is a GREAT feature especially because the wind in Texas always seems to be coming from the side and wants to blow the car all over the road. But for reasons that I don't quite understand I keep getting put into Tesla jail and AP won't work anymore. Three times today BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!! It always seems to happen when passing other traffic and AP has been turned off to change lanes. I tell my wife, as I take an exit in the middle of nowhere Texas, that I have to apologize to the car for being an idiot by stopping and putting it in park.
Tomorrow there's not much driving as we explore San Antonio, the Alamo, River walk, Tea garden? (wife's thing) and I'm sure eating some Texas barbecue.