apparently the tesla model 3 dashboard can get you pulled over

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Oct 3, 2018 | 10:20 AM

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All4Lexus

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Originally Posted by dojoman

I'm not a owner but just test drove one yesterday. 90% of the functions are on the screen except turn signals, drive selector, door switches, hazard light switch. Even to open glove box there's no physical switch it's on the screen. It's actually a good idea because glove box can't be open without unlocking the car. I drove AWD car it was blistering fast and I wonder how much faster it will feel with Performance version.

Lots of people are haters because they never drove one and when I got back to my IS350 my car feels outdated real fast. Speedometer on the Tesla screen is non-issue once you get use to it.

Thanks for sharing. It's a different experience -- best analogy is going from a blackberry phone to iphone. There's buttons everywhere in a car and streamlining the visuals and electronics is something car manufacturers are challenged with in each yearly model iteration or major design refreshes. Each model refresh means a new design/look/layout and how it is all integrated. Tesla has done away with this complexity and centralized it to a main console. Software updates are easier to do than a hardware/physical layout one. It also means fewer custom parts that have to come into manufacturing and assembly. It can be another 5-10 years for a real emerging competitor to catch up or even offer a competing alternative to Tesla charging station infrastructure. No way it is possible that this car could be conceived in the early 2000's. The computer tech, touch screens, and sensors were in its infancy. This mirrors Apples struggles to prototype a handheld device until the market was ready. All OEM's can do their own thing in customizing and complexifying car/suv internals and car buyers end up paying the higher costs for this. Sadly, all this 'excess hubris' goes to waste in 6-12 years when owners ditch the cars due to higher maintenance costs. How Tesla stands up to the test of time will be an interesting exercise of hindsight analysis of what OEMs could or should have done differently. The answer may very well be right in front of them (dashboard) and ignored it for too long as a key ingredient of what makes a car a 21st century car.

Oct 3, 2018 | 10:25 AM

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Hoovey689

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Lol the officer learned something today! He was gracious in being wrong. Won't be the last encounter about something like this. But yeah some people still don't know what a Tesla is.

Oct 3, 2018 | 02:48 PM

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jrmckinley

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Originally Posted by Kense

I doubt it, have you been in a Tesla? You can watch movies, surf the web and do anything while the car is moving. No way that continues. We can't even have cars with Clear reflectors in the front here. We have to add a stupid little orange piece.

Yes, spent quite a bit of time looking at the Model S about 2 years ago to replace my LS so I'm familiar with Tesla, the screens, etc. Look at the screen in the new Dodge Ram... Other brands will continue to follow suit IMO. I don't disagree with you about use of certain functions involving the screen while the car is in motion - but that is only relevant while humans are ones still driving the car. Once fully autonomous vehicles hit the market it won't matter much.