What I find most surprising is that the car keeps getting worse with each of the latest updates when I was led to believe the opposite would be true.
- last updated broke bluetooth audio sync
- the one before that broke the changing system; it sometimes overcharges over the limit set
- the one before that broke the charging scheduler; now it doesn't stop charging after topping off so continues to top of in expensive time of use period
- the one before that made the rear camera look crummy and washed out
- the one before that broke the camera recordings complaining about memory stick being to slow when it always worked fine before
- the one before that made my car only unlock with my phone 50% of the time when it worked great when I bought the car
The problem is that these bugs keep accumulating even though I keep hoping that they'll get fixed but they don't. They keep introducing more and more bugs while adding trivial features I don't care about.
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm in the software industry (and surrounded by those who are as well), and this is something we
know is inevitable with frequent updates,
especially on the scale that Tesla needs to do it at.
I haven't had an issue with charging like you've mentioned, but changes to the cameras (whether it be the backup camera or the sentry recordings) are real and a significant number of people did have issues with those updates. And defending "oh, it's just the backup camera" won't hold up to legal trials, since at least in Canada they've been required on vehicles for a few years.
Not to mention the update that brought Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance (or whatever it may be called), which on some roads forces you into the wrong lane. That was bad. It has since been made so that turning it off is a permanent settings, you don't have to turn it off every time you drive.
The only notable daily improvement for
my own driving that I can recall is the ability to assign driver profiles to a phone or key card, which honestly the car should have come with, it's 2019
but I'm very glad they added it. There are of course things that get fixed that I don't notice, like the recent dog mode issue fix. That's the problem with having so many features -- regressions or simply issues from day one are likely to happen.
Now since I've made another post to this thread, I'll pay the tax and mention another surprising thing:
The electric power steering feels way too good compared to other cars with electric power steering, which all feel way too light and give no feedback from the road. The standard setting on the Model 3 is perfect, giving good feedback while not being so heavy that it's a burden.