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Ironically you drew your own false conclusion about me while telling me not to draw false conclusions: I have tons of experience with the car. I put many thousa

Ironically you drew your own false conclusion about me while telling me not to draw false conclusions: I have tons of experience with the car. I put many thousands of miles on the model S I used to own. I have literally thousands of hours of experience driving a Tesla. And at no point did my “muscle memory” kick in, because muscle memory only works with tactile feedback. AC absolutely can not be reached and adjusted on a Tesla from muscle memory, even when you have thousands of hours of experience driving the Tesla. Muscle memory simply doesn’t work without tactile feedback and placing a button close to the edge of a screen is not enough feedback for anyone. I challenge even the most experienced Tesla owner to turn their AC on and off from the screen while driving without looking at the screen, ten times in a row. $100 says their failure rate will be greater than 1/10. And then they’ll have to look at the screen while driving and become — by default — A DISTRACTED DRIVER. Teslas are death and vomit machines. And this is coming from someone who used to be a True Believer in the Church of Musk like you appear to be.

natch 8y ago
Death and vomit... classy bro. The 3 is different from the S. And personally I do glance at the screen safely when needed and there is nothing wrong with that.
- dondawest 8y ago
  Actually, there is something wrong with that: taking your eyes off the road while driving is the very definition of a distracted driver. Death and vomit are two things that Tesla cars create. Who cares about classiness, we’re anonymous screen names on the internet. Also, you still haven’t addressed or refuted my points regarding physical feedback and muscle memory, or regarding my challenge to any Tesla owner to turn their AC on and off while driving ten times in a row, which literally no one would be able to do.
  - natch 8y ago
    Someone should sell a tactile dash overlay kit for people like you. I’m half serious... if done well, some silly people would buy it to overcome the perceived problems you think you see. Maybe it could also make “vroom, vroom” noises for people who feel that the absence of the feedback of engine noise poses a serious danger. I’ve talked to hundreds and hundreds of ICE car drivers and many of them think this is a serious concern. Oh and block off the rear view mirrors because they might distract from the road ahead... according to your line of thinking. And it could move the speedometer display down behind the steering wheel where the driver would have to bob their head to see the readout. But at least it would be centered like an old ICE car. Your points are ridiculous.
    - dondawest 8y ago
      >block off the rear view mirrors because they might distract from the road ahead... according to your line of thinking. What? Not true. Looking at a rear view mirror is still a form of keeping your eyes on the road and thus is not distracted driving. Looking at an LED screen is, by default, distracted driving. Renounce ur faith in Elon dude, ur faith will not be rewarded.

natch 8y ago

Death and vomit... classy bro. The 3 is different from the S. And personally I do glance at the screen safely when needed and there is nothing wrong with that.

dondawest 8y ago
Actually, there is something wrong with that: taking your eyes off the road while driving is the very definition of a distracted driver. Death and vomit are two things that Tesla cars create. Who cares about classiness, we’re anonymous screen names on the internet. Also, you still haven’t addressed or refuted my points regarding physical feedback and muscle memory, or regarding my challenge to any Tesla owner to turn their AC on and off while driving ten times in a row, which literally no one would be able to do.
- natch 8y ago
  Someone should sell a tactile dash overlay kit for people like you. I’m half serious... if done well, some silly people would buy it to overcome the perceived problems you think you see. Maybe it could also make “vroom, vroom” noises for people who feel that the absence of the feedback of engine noise poses a serious danger. I’ve talked to hundreds and hundreds of ICE car drivers and many of them think this is a serious concern. Oh and block off the rear view mirrors because they might distract from the road ahead... according to your line of thinking. And it could move the speedometer display down behind the steering wheel where the driver would have to bob their head to see the readout. But at least it would be centered like an old ICE car. Your points are ridiculous.
  - dondawest 8y ago
    >block off the rear view mirrors because they might distract from the road ahead... according to your line of thinking. What? Not true. Looking at a rear view mirror is still a form of keeping your eyes on the road and thus is not distracted driving. Looking at an LED screen is, by default, distracted driving. Renounce ur faith in Elon dude, ur faith will not be rewarded.