silentcorp
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You know how sometimes your right ankle will get itchy when driving? Well when you pick your foot off the accelerator it slows you down. I hate that, my ankle itches sometimes dammit.
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What’s the one thing you like the least about your Model 3?
- Thread starter WilliamG
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collision repair. Long wait for completion (7+ months in my case, due to numerous part delays and body shop delays)
If I had to pick one ... it’s the lack of blind spot alerts in the side mirrors. Putting it on the center dash display doesn’t help me a damn bit when I’m looking at the mirrors to change lanes!
BUT YOU LIVE IN MAUI, how bad can life be?I know traffic sucks, but you still live in paradise.
Hey, the question was what you like least about the car. It's that often I cannot use EAP. But, yeah, life is good here.
@daniel Another Maui + ...... no more waiting in long lineup to buy gas at Costco,
regardless I'm not going back everything has become too bloody expensive!
I never bought gas at Costco even when I drove a stinker. Yeah, Maui is expensive, but everything has to be shipped 2,500 miles to get here.
I do use plain TACC when it would be obnoxious to drive just 5 mph over. But, no, "lane avoidance" does not drive the car for me the way EAP does. Not the same thing at all!
The wipers behave as I described on my current firmware version, 16.2, which I gather is far from the latest, but I'm not going to request an update just for the wipers. They'll update my car when they're ready to. But I'll keep in mind what you said and try them again next time it rains after I get the next update.
I just signal the lane change and the car changes lanes. (Maybe that's a difference between EAP and AP?)
It is one of the differences. And I'm not going to pay $6000 for the car to do this.
I really think they should offer tiered price points for different features under the FSD package.
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Lack of a passive key FOB. Old habits are hard to break. I have the Tesla key FOB on order. Still not passive.Too many around. (Silicon Valley...)
Today I was driving in Mountain View. Pulled up to a light and not only was there a Model S in front of me, but two other red Model 3s like mine stopped in front of him. Turned the corner and saw another red Model 3. Then a mile or so later saw another red Model 3. (Several other colored Model 3s in between.)
Today I was driving in Mountain View. Pulled up to a light and not only was there a Model S in front of me, but two other red Model 3s like mine stopped in front of him. Turned the corner and saw another red Model 3. Then a mile or so later saw another red Model 3. (Several other colored Model 3s in between.)
I wish they'd do something like make available a different sixth color each year.
I have had much better luck with 16.2. Although not perfect I no longer find myself manually adjusting the wipers.
If your mirrors are set correctly you shouldn't have any blind spots when changing lanes.
It's not a lift back. Will have to consider moving to the Model Y.
Daniel in SD
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That it’s not a wagon. I’d pay $5k more for a wagon. Doesn’t Europe love wagons?
Phone connectivity (let me activate siri/google by steering wheel button, let me browse phone media via bluetooth, let me answer/hangup calls via steering wheel button)
It is *incredibly* easy to have a vehicle either enter or leave the field of view in a split second, no matter how precisely the mirrors are adjusted. Having continuous monitoring of the rear flanks is a really great feature; unfortunately I disagree with the presentation on the Model 3.
Cheap seats. Horrible side bolster on bottom sides that does not work properly or evenly.
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Generally the seats. Not adjustable enough (I'd like to tilt the base more than it allows for), not enough thigh support, not cooled.
More votes for:
Blind spot monitoring lights in the side view mirrors. (Yes, I have my mirrors positioned correctly bu I prefer an alert.)
Cross-traffic monitoring
Reduce road noise
New ones?
Use supplemental side view camera for parallel parking
Better quality paint job
Lower prices for optional colors — and more 'free' colors (e.g., non-metallic white)
Blind spot monitoring lights in the side view mirrors. (Yes, I have my mirrors positioned correctly bu I prefer an alert.)
Cross-traffic monitoring
Reduce road noise
New ones?
Use supplemental side view camera for parallel parking
Better quality paint job
Lower prices for optional colors — and more 'free' colors (e.g., non-metallic white)
This may be slightly out of sync with the topic.
We have a 2018 Model 3 LR RWD and a 2018 Model S 100D.
Both cars are amazing and the Model 3 is an incredible value.
But here are the things I miss from my S when I drive my wife’s Model 3.
1) Some of the functionality of the instrument cluster, mostly not being able to scroll the right steering wheel control to select and place recent calls.
2) The heated steering wheel.
3) Smart Air Suspension.
4) The TACC/Auto Steer Stalk.
We have a 2018 Model 3 LR RWD and a 2018 Model S 100D.
Both cars are amazing and the Model 3 is an incredible value.
But here are the things I miss from my S when I drive my wife’s Model 3.
1) Some of the functionality of the instrument cluster, mostly not being able to scroll the right steering wheel control to select and place recent calls.
2) The heated steering wheel.
3) Smart Air Suspension.
4) The TACC/Auto Steer Stalk.
