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I was skeptical of Tesla, I didn't buy it when all my friends got it. The car seemed bland inside, devoid of any fashion/art/decor etc. The panel gaps .. ughh..

I was skeptical of Tesla, I didn't buy it when all my friends got it. The car seemed bland inside, devoid of any fashion/art/decor etc. The panel gaps .. ughh.. I test drove it 3 times. Hated it the first time in 2018. Late 2019, I used auto-pilot on 880 and 101. I was sold. There isn't a car available now that can drive on Autopilot with that confidence. I don't let it drive on auto over 30mph, and under it is where it really shines, takes the edge off of bumper to bumper traffic. I bought it. I took delivery on the last day of year, was a little pissed off at Tesla, that they left me with little choice if there were any issues with it. I got home, saw no issues and felt relieved. I now love the car. The Audio is turned on the moment I open the door. The temperature is set to my liking and I glide with one finger press. There are no keys, and my car knows I go to work in the morning, so the directions are set. I get on the freeway, usually bumper to bumper, set autopilot, chill out and listen to radio. I think I am a much happier person now.

lacker 7y ago
It does annoy me that my Mazda takes forever to go from turning the car on to Spotify playing via CarPlay. There’s even a pointless popup warning you not to get distracted that you have to click through.
rootusrootus 7y ago
I live in a rainy area of the country. Periodically my car annoys me to the point of cursing, because the auto wipers are extremely stupid. And because there is only one non-touch/voice control for them, you're kinda stuck. I also wish it would not refuse to unlock about 10% of the time. I may just get the fob.
- abc_lisper 7y ago
  Agreed. The wipers could be better. I haven’t encountered the unlocking problem though. What did Tesla say?
  - rootusrootus 7y ago
    I haven't bothered asking Tesla to explain the unreliable unlocking, since it seems to happen to almost everyone else periodically, and some people quite a lot. I just take the phone out of my pocket and hold the door handle open for a while until it figures it out. After 10 or 15 seconds I usually just take out my wallet and use the RFID. I also started using sentry mode even in my garage, which helps tremendously, because it seems like the root cause is the car going to sleep.
    - abc_lisper 7y ago
      Do you kill the Tesla app on the phone regularly? It takes a bit for it to unlock the phone in that case. Did you try changing your phone? (Not to be offensive, just curious)
      - natch 7y ago
        Yes this is a good point too. It makes sense that there might be some delay added when the OS has to start the app in the background to respond to an event the app has registered for (...didRangeBeacons...) and maybe one of the reasons they recommend against killing the app!
    - natch 7y ago
      Usually for me it's unreliable only when line of sight from phone to car is blocked. That's with an iPhone. I hear Android devices have more issues. Edit: And the new fob is awesome. Different tech from the old one as you've probably heard, with different security/convenience tradeoffs. (With the old one being more secure, but to an insane level, and the new one being ever so slightly less secure but still very good in my admittedly fuzzy understanding of it). No issues whatsoever since getting that.

lacker 7y ago

It does annoy me that my Mazda takes forever to go from turning the car on to Spotify playing via CarPlay. There’s even a pointless popup warning you not to get distracted that you have to click through.

rootusrootus 7y ago

I live in a rainy area of the country. Periodically my car annoys me to the point of cursing, because the auto wipers are extremely stupid. And because there is only one non-touch/voice control for them, you're kinda stuck. I also wish it would not refuse to unlock about 10% of the time. I may just get the fob.

abc_lisper 7y ago
Agreed. The wipers could be better. I haven’t encountered the unlocking problem though. What did Tesla say?
- rootusrootus 7y ago
  I haven't bothered asking Tesla to explain the unreliable unlocking, since it seems to happen to almost everyone else periodically, and some people quite a lot. I just take the phone out of my pocket and hold the door handle open for a while until it figures it out. After 10 or 15 seconds I usually just take out my wallet and use the RFID. I also started using sentry mode even in my garage, which helps tremendously, because it seems like the root cause is the car going to sleep.
  - abc_lisper 7y ago
    Do you kill the Tesla app on the phone regularly? It takes a bit for it to unlock the phone in that case. Did you try changing your phone? (Not to be offensive, just curious)
    - natch 7y ago
      Yes this is a good point too. It makes sense that there might be some delay added when the OS has to start the app in the background to respond to an event the app has registered for (...didRangeBeacons...) and maybe one of the reasons they recommend against killing the app!
  - natch 7y ago
    Usually for me it's unreliable only when line of sight from phone to car is blocked. That's with an iPhone. I hear Android devices have more issues. Edit: And the new fob is awesome. Different tech from the old one as you've probably heard, with different security/convenience tradeoffs. (With the old one being more secure, but to an insane level, and the new one being ever so slightly less secure but still very good in my admittedly fuzzy understanding of it). No issues whatsoever since getting that.