What some folks don't get is, it's not what they did . . . it is how they did it. No notice, no choice. Some of you may be happy to have someone call the shots for you or tell you how to live but there are others who want to have a chance to make a choice. Not a big deal, really, but a fundamental American value. It is bad enough when governments dictate what an individual does but when private industry does it, I am very concerned. Thats just me. If it is not you, so be it. Enjoy!
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When Features Disappear
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I completely agree. This is not a coffee machine we are talking about here. We all paid good money to OWN this vehicle. The absolute LEAST they could do is tell us ahead of time any changes they are going to or plan to do to it.
We all have accounts with them on file. A simple email or blog post would have been sufficient. The fact they choose to tell us nothing is insulting.
@mjtgroup and @phat78boy: You guys got it. It is not what but rather how. What happens when Tesla decides to take away something else--radio limited to one station? 85 limited to 40? max speed to 70 MPH? GPS limited to your zip code? Don't worry we have plans to restore full functionality at a later date/time. Now I recognize these are ridiculous, but an argument could easily be made that the changes were made in the interest of safety. OH WAIT!! The dumbing down of the smart air suspension was not done in the interest of safety because the car is still the safest on the road...It was done to make the car better...wait, how is it better?? The only conclusion I can arrive at is that it was done as a PR CYA. Tesla thought it was better to appease a rabid press than look out for the welfare of its loyal customers.
NigelM
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It's kinda forced by the annoyance factor. I held out taking v5.8 but the only way around it was to keep resetting the install time every 23 hrs; after 3 days I capitulated.
+1. We should hold Tesla's feet to the fire but 'measured' response is a good way to describe it. BTW, Tesla doesn't have a good history of meeting self-imposed deadlines, so let's hope they hit the January one.
Al Sherman
It's about THIS car.
Funny guy. Trying to lay low, obviously failing. Things somewhat under control at the moment, and not home for an extended period of time. All is goodHiya.
Good to see you back too. Been missing your sanity. But then again, I've been missing kinddog too so...:smile:
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Thanks. Things kind of exploded around here with the unfortunate cluster of three different battery incidents and then the v5.8 response.
90% of Model S drivers is probably not even aware that they've temporarily (?) lost the lowest suspension setting, because they are not on this forum. They probably haven't noticed any change in driving behavior as well. And neither would most of us, if someone hadn't pointed it out on this forum.
^this
All this continued discussion over this is about to make me take a break from TMC. Why are people still posting when there is no new insight, opinion, fact or perspective being offered? All I've read is the same argument from both sides of the fence. Over and over.
I'm going to go drive my car and live my life. Maybe I'll check back in come January.
caddieo
Member
Seems like the coil suspension folks are not that worked up about it.
I have an air suspension. I'm not the least bit worked up over it. I still use the air suspension every day to raise the car for dips and driveways. I'm not about to start a class action lawsuit against Tesla, demand a refund, cry to the moon, for the minute loss of range on freeway speeds in excess of 55 mph, especially when they're saying that eventually I'll have the option to lower the car again if I so choose.
Tesla is facing intense media scrutiny under the circumstances and apparently felt it should raise the height of the car at speeds over 55 mph. Under these exceptional circumstances, I agree with Bonnie and give them the benefit of the doubt, especially since they've earned a lot of capital for what they have added to the car. Concluding from this one action that this is just the slippery slope and we'll be under Communist rule and the car will have none of the features that have been advertised and added over the past year is a knee-jerk, short-sighted reaction.
More fundamentally, it just doesn't make sense from Tesla's point of view to remove functionality. Tesla hasn't achieved its superlative customer service ratings by removing functionality that people have come to love and expect. One of the selling points is that functionality has frequently been added -- I see that you've only had your car for a couple of months, but in the 9 months I've had mine, I can think of a whole range of new functions and improvements that have been added through firmware updates. It isn't in Tesla's interest to remove functionality, so concluding that this is the start of the slippery slope is just not seeing the forest from the trees.
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1051
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The only feature that "disappeared" is the lowering at 55 and Tesla has already said they will be providing a software update to give people the choice back in January. What's the big deal?
+1. Let's give them until Feb 1st
Seven7
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Can the car still be put into low if it is stopped and in park? (my S has been in the body shop since September- This is why I'm asking) My mother is in a nursing home and I take her to the doctor whenever needed and I've been stuck with an Impala rental car that sits kind of high, my back is shot and hurts like hell, when I had the use of my S it made things so much easier and less painful to lift her out of the lowered car to a wheelchair. Thanks!
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