Yoke Steering

[lbowroom]

On another thread, someone had their wheel installed today. They asked to keep their yoke and they got to keep it without any pushback.

I see no reason for pushback on a non warranty purchase of a new wheel

 

[TLLMRRJ]

I see no reason for pushback on a non warranty purchase of a new wheel

M'kay.

 

[MarcG]

On another thread, someone had their wheel installed today. They asked to keep their yoke and they got to keep it without any pushback.

Oh cool, mind pointing me to that thread?

 

[TLLMRRJ]

Oh cool, mind pointing me to that thread?

Who's getting the normal steering wheel?

Enjoy! When you say that you got to "keep the yoke", do you mean the shell, the shell with the electronics (but no airbag), or the entire yoke, airbag and all? Get to keep the yoke which includes all of the electronics. The airbag was transferred to the new wheel (as far as I know it's the...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[MarcG]

Who's getting the normal steering wheel?

Enjoy! When you say that you got to "keep the yoke", do you mean the shell, the shell with the electronics (but no airbag), or the entire yoke, airbag and all? Get to keep the yoke which includes all of the electronics. The airbag was transferred to the new wheel (as far as I know it's the...

teslamotorsclub.com

Thank you very much!

 

[bhzmark]

Aren’t you being a little extreme with your criticism. Some of us like the yoke and some of us like a rounded wheel. I happen to like both and switch them when I want a change. What I don’t like is the horn set up.

The view you just expressed is reasonable. The post I was responding to was an empty stupid childish remark that just pollutes the thread

 

[EarlyM3Owner]

Do you know if Tesla is charging $700 for the swap, meaning they’ll install the round wheel for you but keep your yoke?

im going to ask to keep my Yoke.

 

[EarlyM3Owner]

i just had my appointment today and asked if I could keep the yoke, and they said thats no problem.

 

[Beandoc]

Youtuber Out of Spec Reviews just did a video on his new round wheel on his S Plaid. Might be of interest. Didn't know if I can post YT links in here.

 

[MarcG]

Youtuber Out of Spec Reviews just did a video on his new round wheel on his S Plaid. Might be of interest. Didn't know if I can post YT links in here.

Yeah, get ready for word vomit though (it's literally not until 16 minutes into the video until you can see the wheel in action):

 

[DayTrippin]

Wow, you weren't kidding about the word vomit. I just ended up skipping to about 16 minutes in and couldn't only stand to watch for a few minutes. Never made it to the end.

 

[Transformer]

Tip: You can ask YouTube to "share" a video link that has the desired start time.

 

[BigNick]

Wow, you weren't kidding about the word vomit. I just ended up skipping to about 16 minutes in and couldn't only stand to watch for a few minutes. Never made it to the end.

I learned something new today: "word vomit"

 

[TLLMRRJ]

I learned something new today: "word vomit"

The more popular term is diarrhea of the mouth.

 

[DayTrippin]

Whatever you want to call it, it has resulted in my rarely watching any vids over 5 min. It is like padding out your term paper. I am more likely to watch your content if it is short enough I can consume it quickly as I have a busy day.

If you take 15 minutes to tell me what you could have in 5-10 minutes, I won't be watching in the future. I don't care about the backend economics of YT and how you monetize it. I'll watch your content if it is relevant and not just a time suck to get through it. I am glad YT has the graph now that shows the most watched parts of a vid. I pretty just skip to them as a start.

 

[Stef1808]

Had my msp for 1 week now. Yoke seems to be an non issue and if anything am enjoying it being different and learning to use parking etc.
So far I have no desire to push this heavy car to the limit on a race track so the fear of losing the rear and needing to control a slide is nil. If that changes I’ll go for the round wheel!

 

[dn325ci]

Had my msp for 1 week now. Yoke seems to be an non issue and if anything am enjoying it being different and learning to use parking etc.
So far I have no desire to push this heavy car to the limit on a race track so the fear of losing the rear and needing to control a slide is nil. If that changes I’ll go for the round wheel!

I agree with what you said, but after driving a demo MS with the wheel, it's so much more of a pleasure to hustle this car through some curves. Yoke is somewhat better on long straightaways, but wheel is vastly better turning. After driving it, my humble view is round is the way to go.

 

[TLLMRRJ]

I agree with what you said, but after driving a demo MS with the wheel, it's so much more of a pleasure to hustle this car through some curves. Yoke is somewhat better on long straightaways, but wheel is vastly better turning. After driving it, my humble view is round is the way to go.

True.

And it doesn’t take much imagination to get most of the benefits of a yoke from a round wheel. Just pretend the top part of your round wheel isn’t there and keep your hands always at the 3 and 9 position. Can’t do that the other way around by pretending your yoke is a wheel though.

The round wheel doesn’t block the display in the MS, so that argument for the yoke is not relevant.

The yoke does look and feel different, which is it’s only potential benefit if you like it. But my friends and family thought it looked stupid, so that’s not good, and they are happy I got the wheel.

 

[lbowroom]

The round wheel doesn’t block the display in the MS, so that argument for the yoke is not relevant.

That may depend on how tall you are. As a data point, how tall are you?

 

[TLLMRRJ]

That may depend on how tall you are. As a data point, how tall are you?

Close to 6'2"