Actaully speaking of auto, does it turn on and off teh heated seats also?
I ended up switching it to manual on the galway trip as I thought temps were fluctuating up and down yet I felt hot in the seat. In manual mode it all felt more stable. I should really read the manual and not be so lazy.
If you have climate on auto, I think it auto heats the windscreen area around the wiper blades.
Looks like the heated wipers. (Not actually the wipers but a strip on the bottom of the windscreen)
Can anyone tell me what said button does ? I'm assuming heat the windscreen or else the heat the washer fluid. Never noticed it before until this morning. Apologies for the blurry pic.
You’d want to be drinking coolade to pay 1000’s for a scrape!
you’re correct - it’s better than nothing, but only when it isn’t lying to you.
one scrape seems to be costing Irish owners thousands ‘cause it’s a tesla’, so the risk is far higher and you simply cant rely on this camera system the way you reply on sensors.
I touch park every day between a solid side wall and Mrs’ car. I use my bins as a guide and drive until I touch them.
but yes, I therefore park like the old days.
we’d prefer if our cars had $10 worth of sensor spots or whatever they cost. It’s honestly a joke the way it distinguishes that tight space with so many different material and surfaces, and you’d need to be drinking all the coolade to think otherwise
The rear camera is fine. I guess the point is that pretty much any competing car will have a proper set of parking sensors allowing much finer control in tight spaces, or at the very least isn't simply a distraction when you're concentrating. The worthless barrage of seemingly random beeps and bongs, all sounding over each other, as I reverse into my (flat) driveway is the subject of much hilarity to my kids. Cost cutting can go too far and this is an example, along with the removal of stalks in the M3 Highland.
If they had a camera in the front bumper I would imagine the algorithim would work fine as per the rear. Her 16 year old ML had US sensors and you could get within 3/5cm with no concerns. I just wish it could be turned off for the front as my car has none on the front and we manage fine but the beeping and red lines just create doubts and confusion.
I moved from a 3 with sensors to a Y without and don't find the cameras noticeably different really. The USS only measured to >30cm anyway so would always have relied on cameras and mirrors more anyway. A front camera might be handy for the odd time i'm not reverse parking
I wouldn't go that far. Tesla vision seems ok for reverse parking, the experience is no worse than other car's I've had which didn't bother with front parking sensors. I've always been one of those people who finds reverse parking a much easier task so I guess the front facing performance hasn't had as much impact.
Tesla Vision is hilariously bad. It's unfit for purpose - period. It's meant to replace traditional parking sensors but it doesn't work in any reliable fashion. Not sure of the value of comparing a Tesla to the olden days either.
Condensation is normal in modern LED lights. BMW the same amongst many others.
If the water pools then you have an issue and Tesla will replace one or both no problem.
Condensation is normal and will most likely dissapear. Appears in high humidity /after rainy conditions and Tesla will take the view that unless it is pooling (unlikely) it is within tolerance. Try to relax about it
I've condensation in the rear lights of my model Y, one barely noticeable but the other quiet bad. Before i open the service request I faintly remember there been something about if its in one light, Tesla will fix it but if it's both they won't. Or am I dreaming?
Headlights are a massive improvement over her old ML also which helps with the failing eyesight! There is no pretty solution for the failing bladders though at least nothing I'm willing to admit to on the old interweb!!
It's pants because it provides useless information. No problem parking without it but when it's beeping and flashing and you are over a meter away it's a useless distraction, or pants as I said. Surely you can understand that? It doesn't work and has nothing to do with driving ability.
If the radio kept dropping stations that would be pants also?? Doesn't mean we are unable to drive does it?
Below you can see the wall of the house running through the bonnet / frunk now if that's not useless I don't know what is? It would be 100% improved by being turned off.
That gripe aside the rest of the car is very good particularly at its price point.
The roads would be safer if people didn’t push the boundaries of traveling distances, times etc
Theres a reason professional drivers have to stop and take a break after a certain amount of time/km
Bladders and eyes have weakened over the last 10 years
I don't buy this "camera is pants" malarky at all.
What in God's name did ye do in the OLDEN DAYS when you had to park nose-in somewhere?
Has the modern drivers' spatial awareness and fine control just completely evaporated??
Did the first road trip loaded with luggage and four adults on Friday in the lashing rain in Mrs Tracos new RWD Model Y and it was very uneventful.
Portmarnock, Malahide, Roundstone in Connemara. 120kms on the motorway. Nav suggested a stop at Athenry then decided we didn't need it as would arrive with 10/11% but bladders said otherwise so stopped there at 41% SOC. Bathroom break and a coffee then back out and off at 98% and arrived with 77% at destination. I also wanted to have a decent charge when at the hotel in case there was any issues with the destination chargers but there wasn't so we could have done it in one hit.
Return trip was the same on Sunday, badders forced a stop at Enfield and we sat down for a coffee but they were so slow to take our order we left when it hit 74% as we would have had to move the car if we did eventually get served so what was the point.
Initial observations suggest that the destination arrival SOC is a bit conservative and I watched it change as the journey progressed. There was no driving slow to save energy and she did most of the journey on cruise with maybe 2kms over the speed limit as the Tesla speed seems very accurate. I don't like the way it puts in a supercharger stop then removes it when it thinks you don't need it so I need to figure that out. As an ICE vetran and a range anxiety noob I think it was all very simple. Even the passenegers show just bought a new hybrid becasue of range anxiety were a bit surprised. I did second guess it with A better route planner before leaving becuase I didn't trust it bit it appears I was wrong.
The lack of parking sensors on the front is annoying as the camera based system is pants, I'd go so far as to say its dangerous and you would be better with nothing. It looks as if it works fine when moving at paces but slow down, stop or inch around and it seems to be that it can no longer corelate the wheel speed and camera visuals. Baiscally we end up parking the front of the car in our TV room with about 1m to spare between it and the wall. I've told Mrs Traco to reverse in anywhere that she is unsure as at least with the reverse camera you can park it nice and tight with no worrys.
So a few weeks and a road trip under our belt I think it was a good buy and will suit her usage perfectly. Its quiet, comfortable, easy to live with and the way the Tesla charging network integrates make it very simple to use for a long journey.
What service, all there is is tyre check which you can do yourself and cabin filter which is every two years.
Tesla do not require any servicing to maintain their warranty
I think all you need is here.
https://www.tesla.com/en_ie/support/vehicle-maintenance
Sounds like a filter in March 25 would be a good date for your diary 😊
Tyres might last you until then too.
what mileage- KM is usually a good marker to request a service?
coming up on 13 k here with a March bought Y
There was talk of this bug when you had auto lights enabled a few months back.
The last 2 nights when I've come home the lights haven't gone off when I've walked away.
The car locks, mirrors fold in, but lights stay on. Have I ticked/unticked some setting by accident?
Mine be at the Ring in 2024 :)
The price difference is now €10,500 for the facelift M3 RWD-LR. The facelift M3 is limited to 201km/h because of the tyres, according to Tesla. I suspect they are limiting the top speed to make the incoming Performance model appear significantly faster than the LR. It's also rumoured there will be upgraded electric motors in the M3P. The LR had more pull at the top-end due to smaller wheels. Even with Acceleration boost from standstill there wasn't that much of a difference. The M3P is better for tracking due to better brakes but I doubt many track their M3P regularly.
The price differential between Y RWD and LR is 'only' €7k, unlike the 3 which is €8k.
Also not sure why the 3 RWD tops out at 201 km/h, whereas the Y goes all the way to 217 km/h.
Have a 3 RWD, took the Y RWD and the Y LR for test drives.
Night and day between the RWD and the LR Y for acceleration. The LR Y felt like my 3 RWD while the RWD Y felt very sluggish.
Enjoy the car browsing and test drives!
