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I am just replying to add some clarification on points you were uncertain about. These comments go for Model S and X; there are some slight differences with Mod
by gorkish 7y ago
I am just replying to add some clarification on points you were uncertain about. These comments go for Model S and X; there are some slight differences with Model 3 since the AP and drive selector stalks are merged.
2. Climate control maps to the right-hannd steering wheel scroll wheel by default, so you don't need to take your hands off the wheel o change temp or turn it on or off.
3. Music is on the left wheel control; play/pause, volume, and next/prev buttons. Cruise and AP are on the stalk.
4. Reverse cam comes up along with the ultrasonic sensor distance view (and Autopark UI) when changing to reverse. I can't help but add my wishlist item to have the two side cams also display in this view or Tesla to do the pseudo-360 view.
5. Central door locks on tesla are quite a bit smarter than in many other cars, so I find I generally don't have to use the lock control all, but when it's needed, it's a soft button at the top of the screen. The car auto locks/unlocks the doors with the drive selector and further, when the doors are locked and the car is moving, they cannot be opened accidentally. Hazard control is a physical button to the left of the screen which is a good decision.
6. Tesla's lane assist features are actually relatively new, and they are doing some pretty interesting things-- most interestingly if the AP system is pretty damn sure the lane change is a bad idea it will as of the latest software raise audible alarms and the steering motor will actively resist the wheel movement. That is the most important thing IMO because the real problems happen when the driver changes lanes without awareness, and while the lane change indicators might catch the drivers attention moreso than a car in the blind spot, an inattentive driver might not be paying attention to any of that. For this reason too I believe the mirror indicators in other cars are stupid. My line of reasoning is that if I am looking in the side mirror, I shouldn't need the indicator. But then again most people have their side mirrors set up to look too close to their car and create huge blind spots.
Still, I can't give the whole UI a pass. There are some really egregious issues with it that as a software developer make me clench my butt a little bit. For instance on the current software release, turning the traffic overlay on absolutely kills performance because some developer made an error by specifying some timer as 200 milliseconds when it was supposed to have been 200 seconds. Notwithstanding this, the whole thing still freezes or crashes about once a week too. Like, how am I supposed to really trust the autopilot if Tesla can't even hammer out a decent and well-performing UI on top of a rock solid OS after 7 years?