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So an interesting thing happened to me today. Took a short road tip to my brother in laws a little over an hour away and usually we take our SUV but today we decided to take the Tesla and it was a really good drive. I’m sure it would be a little stiff for some people but it is perfect for me.
I did, however, find a really weird/annoying quirk that I wasn’t aware of. I was using Autopiot even though I think it is really lacking compared to other cars. It requires you to keep your hands on the yoke but only with a certain amount of pressure. Too much it will disengage and too little you will get a warning. So I had one hand on the yoke and I get an alert to put my hands on the wheel but trying not to put too much weight on it I guess it didn’t register so it disengaged. Fine, I figured I would re-engage but the car wouldn’t let me. It locked me out of Autopilot for the remainder of the trip and basically kept showing a message that because I misused it, it wasn’t going to let me use it the rest of the way. Talk about big brother…
I did, however, find a really weird/annoying quirk that I wasn’t aware of. I was using Autopiot even though I think it is really lacking compared to other cars. It requires you to keep your hands on the yoke but only with a certain amount of pressure. Too much it will disengage and too little you will get a warning. So I had one hand on the yoke and I get an alert to put my hands on the wheel but trying not to put too much weight on it I guess it didn’t register so it disengaged. Fine, I figured I would re-engage but the car wouldn’t let me. It locked me out of Autopilot for the remainder of the trip and basically kept showing a message that because I misused it, it wasn’t going to let me use it the rest of the way. Talk about big brother…
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Originally Posted by patgilm
Yes it is kind of useless to me but I don’t travel much in this car so not a big deal but also not good compared to my X7, not even close.I can’t, it’s not just the speed but also the powertrain and regen braking. Plus I really like the looks although I could see me getting a black one next time.
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I just don’t think it’s fully baked. It disengages if I use the turn signals or want to change lanes and when it disengages there is no resume button, you have to reset it every time. The only way it is useful is if I just want to be at the mercy of the car in front of me and nothing else.
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Even with all of the things I don’t think it does well, the feel of the powertrain is incredible and really does make regular ICE engines feel dated. I do love a good ICE engine on the weekends but it’s going to be hard for me to get another daily driver that is better even with its shortcomings.
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Originally Posted by patgilm
I just don’t think it’s fully baked. It disengages if I use the turn signals or want to change lanes and when it disengages there is no resume button, you have to reset it every time. The only way it is useful if I just want to be at the mercy of the car in front of me and nothing else.
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Even with all of the things I don’t think it does well, the feel of the powertrain is incredible and really does make regular ICE engines feel dated. I do love a good ICE engine on the weekends but it’s going to be hard for me to get another daily driver that is better even with its shortcomings.
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Yes it is kind of useless to me but I don’t travel much in this car so not a big deal but also not good compared to my X7, not even close.
I can’t, it’s not just the speed but also the powertrain and regen braking. Plus I really like the looks although I could see me getting a black one next time.
I can’t, it’s not just the speed but also the powertrain and regen braking. Plus I really like the looks although I could see me getting a black one next time.
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It feels like a 9 sec car lol! Crushing pressure on demand, better down low under 100 vs over but still a lot
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Even with all of the things I don’t think it does well, the feel of the powertrain is incredible and really does make regular ICE engines feel dated. I do love a good ICE engine on the weekends but it’s going to be hard for me to get another daily driver that is better even with its shortcomings.
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It is 90 mph in cars with radar and less in cars without radar.
It asks you to urgently take over and then disables autopilot.
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I think yacht shopping is even a level above that, maybe. I know lots of rich people and plenty have boats but not yachts (100 ft plus). Not to drag this OT. Yachts are just crazy, keeping them up (paying for a crew, maintenance, fuel, etc.) is insane too.
But you don't have to tell me about going crazy with boats, my 19 footer hasn't arrived yet and the goal is a 30 foot cabin cruiser eventually. Nothing like a yacht but we could take it out for a week and live on it fine go to the middle of nowhere. That is living life right there for us.
But you don't have to tell me about going crazy with boats, my 19 footer hasn't arrived yet and the goal is a 30 foot cabin cruiser eventually. Nothing like a yacht but we could take it out for a week and live on it fine go to the middle of nowhere. That is living life right there for us.
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