Are there many cars out there without the tech package? It seems like something that you must have when buying this car.
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- Manual lift gate - I like being able to open/close as quickly and easily as I am able to and not having to wait for the car to do it for me.
In snow country you may very well NEED the air suspension
In snow country you may very well NEED the air suspension. Thus need the Tech Pkg nowadays.
> I have to always use my fob to unlock the car. [golfski]
Or simply touch the handle (lacking Tech Pkg)? But to LOCK you do have to squeeze the fob, which might have been what you meant.
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Without the tech package, you have to manually unlock the car. Just touching the handle doesn't unlock it. I think that feature should be available even without the tech package, but it's not. My base model leaf and Prius would both do it, but not model s.
Weird, I can unlock by pushing the handle without the tech package...used to be any handle but now only the driver's handle. I wonder if they completely removed this feature in newer cars, mine is a relatively early VIN.
- Black trim - I have a white car - so I like the blacked out trim on the rear-diffuser and the front fascia better than chrome.
Wait--I didn't know that was even possible? Of the very few things I would (and plan to) change about my S is the chrome trim. Is it just the front and rear on your car or is it also the window trim?
Tech vs notech seems to be a pretty divisive topic...it will be interesting to see what affect (if any) the package has on resale.
It does not apply to the window trim - just the bottom trim on the rear diffuser and the "rakes" on the lower front fascia next to the cornering/parking/fog light assembly.
This was removed after about 10,000 VIN. I was under the assumption when I skipped the tech-package I would have that feature, which is one of the big reasons I skipped it cause that seemed good enough, but learned after delivery (and so did my SvC) that they stopped shipping this months earlier.
Can you elaborate on this? About to confirm an S order without air. We do lots of ski trips so curious to hear.