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Wish the mileage indicator was on home screen [feature request]
- Thread starter Radlaw
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UncertainTimes
Active Member
I believe the ideology behind the screen presentation is to only show what's relevant to driving. You'd have to ask the UX team at Tesla, it's just my interpretation. The "number of kilometers / miles the car has driven since being built" isn't an information you need while you drive. It's a remnant of the past when car user interfaces could not change dynamically, therefore the information had to always be there.
UncertainTimes
Active Member
The Home Screen is to push you to buy FSD and Premium Connectivity. Without those it’s just an ocean of blank negative space. It’s the Tesla version of blank buttons.
Gauss Guzzler
Safety Score = 42
I agree that mileage should be permanently displayed. It's not uncommon for directions to be given in "miles".
UncertainTimes
Active Member
Apparently it’s too distracting to bring up that display. Wait til OP needs to use his wipers.
Black306
Active Member
Only time I use an odometer is to track oil changes. Well, that need is gone. 
Gauss Guzzler
Safety Score = 42
Really that whole stupid swipe card thing should be deleted from the UI. It doesn't match any of the other flow logic and the random stuff that it contains is, well, random. You can clearly tell the intern was super high the day he wrote that garbage.
Tire pressures should display next to, wait for it.... the tires? Just my opinion but what do I know?
Odometer would be great where those three stupid swipe card dots are. Tap for trip meter. Duh.
Please send me the charge number Elon. Oh, and you're welcome.
Tire pressures should display next to, wait for it.... the tires? Just my opinion but what do I know?
Odometer would be great where those three stupid swipe card dots are. Tap for trip meter. Duh.
Please send me the charge number Elon. Oh, and you're welcome.
Shelburne
Member
All you have to do is push the right hand button on the steering wheel and say "Show Odometer". No need to take your eyes off the road or a hand off the steering wheel. Having said that, when you do call up the odometer, it blocks a lot of the traffic visualization image, making it hard to see if anyone is in your blindspot.
UncertainTimes
Active Member
Just curious Why do you need to constantly monitor your odometer while you’re driving?
LBM4
Tesla Fealty
It would be awesome to see the pressures next to each tire on the virtual car! That is truly an awesome and 'why didn't they think of that' idea!!
finman100
Member
I monitor the wh/mi on the card labled "since last charge". Especially on longer road trips in wind or cold. i adjust my driving accordingly to make the next stop. The cards could be a bit better to bring up and change. I am constantly tapping somewhere near a card and flipping the animated car direction instead!
Need is relative and personal. I never suggested that I needed "to constantly monitor" the odometer. I just like to (not need to) view it easily, when I want to, (not need to) conveniently and safely.
RayK
Active Member
IMO, a sensible request. All my previous cars, even ones which had a digital dashboard, had the odometer as a constant display. No pushing buttons and certainly not having to deal with a touchscreen, to see how far the car has been driven. Why is that important? On long trips, more than 3 hours or so, I'd note how far away a certain city or waypoint is, usually by reading a highway signpost. I'd then mentally note what the odometer would read when I got to that place. By doing simple math in my head, I would know how far I was away at any time. Useful when the wife has a small bladder and drinks several cups of coffee before leaving home.
To keep the UI as clutter-free as possible for everyone, give us the option to display the odometer at all times. It doesn't have to be that large; the same size font as the battery mileage / percentage would be fine.
UncertainTimes
Active Member
Well since we’re all just wishing for things thinking anybody at Tesla even reads this forum, I’d like a real blind spot monitor, homelink included, 360deg cameras, free FSD, insurance to cost less, service centers to provide loaner cars, AC to not be stinky, the paint to not be crappy, panels to be aligned, batteries to not degrade, CarPlay, Android Auto, sportier bucket seats, trunk kick sensor, individual child locks for rear door, doors that don’t rely on electronic release, easier way to jumpstart the car when the 12V dies…
