I picked up my S85 Sunday (28th Sept.) morning, drove to a friend in the next city for a BBQ party and drove around town today - a total of about 320km (200miles) so far. I am very happy with it so far. One thing I already realized, it is not really a car, it is a PTD ! :love:
PTD = Personal Teleportation Device
When I want to switch lanes and I see a gap, step on the 'Go', move over, quickly back off the 'Go' or even break to avoid rear-ending the car in front of me. The instant torque from whatever cruising speed is freakish...
Some notes on my delivery:
A few things that surprised me that I do not like so much:
Overall, I am very happy! These little things are just stuff I need to learn / get used to.
In terms of energy use, on the highway I got around 200Wh/km average, while in the city I got around 170Wh/km. Is that good / bad / average ?
ZsoZso
- a driver with a fresh Tesla-grin :biggrin:
PTD = Personal Teleportation Device
When I want to switch lanes and I see a gap, step on the 'Go', move over, quickly back off the 'Go' or even break to avoid rear-ending the car in front of me. The instant torque from whatever cruising speed is freakish...
Some notes on my delivery:
- Originally scheduled for 25th Sept., but got delayed to 28th, no big deal (it was more convenient to pickup on Sunday than would have been on Thursday when I was working).
- I am happy about the switch of the left-side stalks on the steering wheel (indicator higher, cruise control below)
- I am not so happy that I do not have the sensors behind the mirror and below the nose-cone that some people got already.
- The SW version is 5.14, not 6.0 and I do not see any indicator that the new vesion would be available for download. Should I be worried about that or just wait patiently ?
A few things that surprised me that I do not like so much:
- The car is HUGE ! I used to drive a Nissan Murano and thought that was big, but when I tried to park the Tesla in my garage I was having some real difficulties. I had to re-arrange some drawers and shelfs to make room for the length and was worried that the mirrors may not fit in the doorway -- they did but with very little room on the sides of my 7' garage door opening. I checked the specs, it turns out the Tesla is 206mm longer and 83mm wider than the Murano!
- The parking sensors are not as accurate / useful as I expected. E.g. they did not indicate the distance from the garage door frame, only from the side-wall (which is wider) so they do not help to center the car on entry. I dont have a side-wall from one side because it is double garage, but with separate doors and a column in the middle -- which is ignored by the sensors. Furthermore at the back end they went from yellow+distance to red stop sign when there was still about 20cm left and I actually need to use about half of that distance to bring the car inside enough for the door to close -- which means the sensors are useless for the most important last 10cm movement, when I would really need to know how much space I still have left.
- While I love the idea of the voice commands -- really cool feature, I have a rather hit-and-miss success so far. Maybe it does not like my accent (I'm not native English speaker), or my timing is not right, but it only works about 1-in-5 tries so far. I only used 3 commands: Navigate, Play and Call, I do not know if there are any others that should work.
- Today in my lunch-break I tried to use a level-2 public charger with the J1772 adapter and I was puzzled how to open the charging port and then again how to pull out the plug when I wanted to leave. Both times I managed to achieve it from the touch-screen inside the car, but that is kind of cumbersome, there must be a simpler way...
- When I try to accelerate from standing (e.g. from a traffic light when it turns green) and floor it, there seems to be a little bit of delay, the car starts rolling slowly for a fraction of a second, and then I feel the full tourque push. So it is not as instant as the acceleration from rolling. Is it because of traction control ? Or am I just imagining the delay ?
- When the car is locked and I approach with the fob in my pocket, the car unlocks and the handles present themselves only when I get pretty close (few feet), which is good I like that. On the other hand, when I get out of the car and leave it in a parking lot, I need to walk pretty far away (30+ feet?) for it to lock and retract the handles. Even if I double-click the fob for locking, the lights flash but the handles do not retract so I am not sure whether it is locked. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I'm afraid somebody could just jump into the car and drive it away before it locks when I am walking away from it. But if I stay close, then it stays open because I am there with the fob. Am I just misunderstanding the whole mechanism ?
Overall, I am very happy! These little things are just stuff I need to learn / get used to.
In terms of energy use, on the highway I got around 200Wh/km average, while in the city I got around 170Wh/km. Is that good / bad / average ?
ZsoZso
- a driver with a fresh Tesla-grin :biggrin:
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