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I own a TM3, Long Range, Premium Interior, Enhanced auto pilot. The best part of this announcement for LR owners is that the range will be bumped to 325 miles f
by Shivetya 8y ago
I own a TM3, Long Range, Premium Interior, Enhanced auto pilot. The best part of this announcement for LR owners is that the range will be bumped to 325 miles for new and existing cars!
that out of the way, well it is about time. it is nice to see, I still don't agree with how they present the cost on their website but I am at the point that I think it will take regulations to fix that. Telsa seems immune to criticism on that front. I am in the camp of, truth in advertising.
Now, the value of the premium interior took a sizable hit. the remaining advantages are heated rear seats, more speakers for the stereo, satellite maps with live traffic, streaming media, and the internet browser.
so my question is, did I pay for life of the car satellite traffic and streaming? there have been hints that this was not the case. the rear heated seats and extra speakers certainly don't make up $2500 in value but if there is lifetime satellite maps with traffic that would be a selling point.
on a side note, the other area besides advertising pricing that Tesla needs to be called out on is providing parts to repair existing cars. The nightmare still exists for many owners with some being without their car for over six months.
- woolvalley 8y agoI'd rather use my own cellphone plan & wifi than pay for that kind of stuff indirectly.
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- londons_explore 8y agoIf the car supported carplay or android auto, this argument would make sense.
- jumelles 8y agoWait, Teslas don't have either of those...?
- londons_explore 8y agoNope. Even Bluetooth audio is pretty basic (can't browse folders on your phone from the console). People say there is no need for carplay because the cars built in stuff is so much better, but I'd bet that in 10 years time, the console will stop receiving updates, but phones will keep getting better...
- dawnerd 8y agoI've tried arguing with people about it and you get the usual from Tesla fanboys from it's way better to theres no way they could put carplay/android auto on the interface. It's nonsense, really. I want to use my phone with its interface. Rest of the car I'm sold on but that's a real pain point for me they need to work out.
- jiaweihli 8y agoHilariously enough, Carplay is actually standard on Camrys now (even the cheapest base model). What a weird time to buy a car.
- londons_explore 8y agoI'd be interested to know if tesla's have the hardware to support carplay. Being able to stream 60fps video over USB with a custom protocol isn't trivial. There are opensource projects [1] to implement android auto, so perhaps if someone runs that on a modded tesla, and gets a bunch of youtube views it might embarrass tesla into implementing it properly. [1]: https://github.com/gartnera/headunit/tree/master/ubuntu https://github.com/gartnera/headunit/tree/master/ubuntu
- webninja 8y agoIt’s because Toyota couldn’t make a promising navigation system. They tried things like Scout GPS, “embedded nav”, and SDL.