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Agree with most of this, but to rebut points 5 and 6: 5) I don't trust the cruise control at all. It will frequently disengage for no good reason (e.g. a car p

Agree with most of this, but to rebut points 5 and 6: 5) I don't trust the cruise control at all. It will frequently disengage for no good reason (e.g. a car parked on the side of the road). If you don't have your foot on the accelerator (which you typically won't when in CC), the cark decelerates HARD suddenly with little time to respond. Obvious fix: Option to disable "adaptive" part of cruise control, so it doesn't automatically disengage. 6) The app is kinda quirky. For example, if you open the "Charging" screen, the start/stop charging buttons jump up the screen slightly after it's done loading the list of superchargers. This frequently causes me to tap "Stop Charging" instead of "Start Charging". Obvious fix: Offer Siri Shortcuts to all the car control functions in the app. That would be a killer use of shortcuts.

blhack 5y ago
This has not been my experience at all. I would say that cruise control is enabled for about 90% of my driving in the city, and nearly 100% on the highway. I have had it brake hard when (for instance) somebody is turning into a driveway, so they come to a stop in the lane. But...I am still paying close attention, notice this before the car reacts, and lightly tap on the brake to temporarily disengage it. It has just become a part of driving the car.
darknavi 5y ago
For 5 (Autopilot) it is definitely more useful in certain situations. Long distance road trips? It's a god-send. We often drive to Montana (~600 miles each way) and autopilot does 99% of the driving. That said, tons of cars come with "lane keeping" now days so that specific feature isn't unique to Tesla.
epistasis 5y ago
Cruise control is the absolute worst on my Model 3, I've had to stop using it on my most frequent highway route, Highway 1. It will randomly stomp on the brakes as hard as possible, when there's a slight curve and a car in the other lane. It's terrifying to me and to all passengers. Completely unusable. (And still you will find me in other comments here saying it's my favorite car I've owned... there's a lot going on here I guess.)
Dah00n 5y ago
>Siri Voice commands are worse for traffic safety than driving on the legal drink-drive limit: https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-campaigns/infotainment# https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-cam... https://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/10/new-hands-free-technologies-pose-hidden-dangers-for-drivers/ https://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/10/new-hands-free-technologies...
- qzervaas 5y ago
  Sorry but you misquoted me. Siri Shortcuts isn’t Siri. It’s the iOS automation tool, and the context was controlling the car via the app in lieu of directly in their app, which isn’t something you do while driving.

blhack 5y ago

This has not been my experience at all. I would say that cruise control is enabled for about 90% of my driving in the city, and nearly 100% on the highway. I have had it brake hard when (for instance) somebody is turning into a driveway, so they come to a stop in the lane. But...I am still paying close attention, notice this before the car reacts, and lightly tap on the brake to temporarily disengage it. It has just become a part of driving the car.

darknavi 5y ago

For 5 (Autopilot) it is definitely more useful in certain situations. Long distance road trips? It's a god-send. We often drive to Montana (~600 miles each way) and autopilot does 99% of the driving. That said, tons of cars come with "lane keeping" now days so that specific feature isn't unique to Tesla.

epistasis 5y ago

Cruise control is the absolute worst on my Model 3, I've had to stop using it on my most frequent highway route, Highway 1. It will randomly stomp on the brakes as hard as possible, when there's a slight curve and a car in the other lane. It's terrifying to me and to all passengers. Completely unusable. (And still you will find me in other comments here saying it's my favorite car I've owned... there's a lot going on here I guess.)

Dah00n 5y ago

>Siri Voice commands are worse for traffic safety than driving on the legal drink-drive limit: https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-campaigns/infotainment# https://www.iamroadsmart.com/campaign-pages/end-customer-cam... https://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/10/new-hands-free-technologies-pose-hidden-dangers-for-drivers/ https://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/10/new-hands-free-technologies...

qzervaas 5y ago
Sorry but you misquoted me. Siri Shortcuts isn’t Siri. It’s the iOS automation tool, and the context was controlling the car via the app in lieu of directly in their app, which isn’t something you do while driving.