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> The UX of most of the basic car functions was much harder to learn than a typical rental car. I'm sure that Tesla's UX quirks start to feel normal after a whi
by jefftk 3y ago
> The UX of most of the basic car functions was much harder to learn than a typical rental car. I'm sure that Tesla's UX quirks start to feel normal after a while, but I had trouble locating basic car functions and had to text with Tesla-owning friends for advice.
This was also my experience: "you'd only know if someone told you or you looked it up, and late at night after a cross country flight with two tired kids while poking at unfamiliar menu options on the dashboard tablet I was pretty frustrated with their minimally discoverable approach" https://www.jefftk.com/p/tesla-model-3-review https://www.jefftk.com/p/tesla-model-3-review
- 2sk21 3y agoThat was an excellent write up! I am really surprised that the built-in navigation system does not enable you to search for charging + activity. That seems like it ought to be essential!
- jefftk 3y agoThanks! It's possible that searching for charging+activity is possible and I just didn't find it? But I spent a while looking!
- HumblyTossed 3y ago> The major downside of the cruise control was phantom braking. In about 450mi of driving up and down CA 101 I has three false positives, where we suddenly decelerated: > I was in the rightmost of two lanes and an SUV was parked in the breakdown lane with its hazards on. Why was this a false positive?? This is what you are supposed to do if you don't get over to the left.
- dev_tty01 3y agoThey said it 'suddenly decelerated.' That is NOT what you are supposed to do when a car is in the breakdown lane.
- shepherdjerred 3y agoFor me, test driving a Tesla was a very scary experience because of this. They're not intuitive at all, though I'm sure those who own Tesla's are mostly familiar with the quirks.