Tesla Model S Plaid
#1771
Lexus Champion
Yep I can't go back to ICE as my daily. In fact my brother in law is pushing me to sell my IS, which is basically not getting much action these days (did take it out today). And I calculated how much I spent in electricity for the 2000 miles I've done so far, I feel like I'm stealing
#1772
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Yep I can't go back to ICE as my daily. In fact my brother in law is pushing me to sell my IS, which is basically not getting much action these days (did take it out today). And I calculated how much I spent in electricity for the 2000 miles I've done so far, I feel like I'm stealing
#1773
Lexus Fanatic
iTrader: (20)
I'm surprised you mention its laggy as the Model 3/Y have really responsive interfaces.
patgilm, you know there's streaming apps to do about anything and more than craptastic xm offers.
#1774
Lead Lap
patgilm mentioned the radio as laggy which is xm i think, and at some point 3/Y didn't have xm, is that still the case? if so, that might explain why it's only an issue on the S.
patgilm, you know there's streaming apps to do about anything and more than craptastic xm offers.
As for being laggy it’s really laggy on regular FM radio (uh oh more archaic than XM) where I sometimes have to touch the station I want a couple times before it actually changes or when I start the car it takes a while for the stations to show up and get sound. XM itself sometimes just doesn’t show up as an option and the icon doesn’t appear at all.
#1775
Lexus Champion
You know I cringe every time I type XM here because I know the comments are coming but I’m just so used to having it.
As for being laggy it’s really laggy on regular FM radio (uh oh more archaic than XM) where I sometimes have to touch the station I want a couple times before it actually changes or when I start the car it takes a while for the stations to show up and get sound. XM itself sometimes just doesn’t show up as an option and the icon doesn’t appear at all.
As for being laggy it’s really laggy on regular FM radio (uh oh more archaic than XM) where I sometimes have to touch the station I want a couple times before it actually changes or when I start the car it takes a while for the stations to show up and get sound. XM itself sometimes just doesn’t show up as an option and the icon doesn’t appear at all.
#1776
Lead Lap
#1777
Lexus Fanatic
XM over streaming is much better than XM over satellite. Sound quality is night and day.
#1778
You know I cringe every time I type XM here because I know the comments are coming but I’m just so used to having it.
As for being laggy it’s really laggy on regular FM radio (uh oh more archaic than XM) where I sometimes have to touch the station I want a couple times before it actually changes or when I start the car it takes a while for the stations to show up and get sound. XM itself sometimes just doesn’t show up as an option and the icon doesn’t appear at all.
As for being laggy it’s really laggy on regular FM radio (uh oh more archaic than XM) where I sometimes have to touch the station I want a couple times before it actually changes or when I start the car it takes a while for the stations to show up and get sound. XM itself sometimes just doesn’t show up as an option and the icon doesn’t appear at all.
#1779
Lead Lap
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…
#1780
Lexus Champion
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…
#1781
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by patgilm
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…
#1782
Lead Lap
On another note I let my brother in law drive it and we must have done 10 pulls. He just couldn’t stop because he was having so much fun. Didn’t have time to wait for cheetah mode but we tried drag mode a few times and it does make a difference on launch.
#1783
Lexus Champion
So a useless feature since it doesn't work predictably and on demand?
#1784
Lexus Test Driver
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by patgilm
LOL at least it’s not just me and I wasn’t really abusing it I was using it as intended. I’ve never heard of this quirk.
On another note I let my brother in law drive it and we must have done 10 pulls. He just couldn’t stop because he was having so much fun. Didn’t have time to wait for cheetah mode but we tried drag mode a few times and it does make a difference on launch.
On another note I let my brother in law drive it and we must have done 10 pulls. He just couldn’t stop because he was having so much fun. Didn’t have time to wait for cheetah mode but we tried drag mode a few times and it does make a difference on launch.
#1785
Lead Lap
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.