Just spent the best part of a week driving around unfamiliar territory in the wilds of Devon and have decided the S has a critical flaw.
Given that the touch-screen is such an integral aspect of driving and enjoying the S - and how much attention it gets when people first lay eyes on the S - it seems utterly unbelievable that Tesla would think it quite acceptable to supply the touch-screen in a form that reduces it to a useless (but very pretty) bit of dash real estate unless you have 3g or wifi coverage. Its main function when driving must be navigation and this goes straight out the window as soon as you have no internet access.
Meanwhile, my TomTom app on my smartphone carries on working perfectly fine, thanks very much, putting my £55k car to shame. It would be the height of naffness to have to mount my smartphone next to the touch-screen.
What was Tesla thinking?
Why not spend an extra £50 per car to provide it with sufficient extra digital storage for map data (should it need it) and a TomTom (preferably) licence?
Oh, and while I am in whinge mode... can something be done about the awful voice interface, please! MW
Given that the touch-screen is such an integral aspect of driving and enjoying the S - and how much attention it gets when people first lay eyes on the S - it seems utterly unbelievable that Tesla would think it quite acceptable to supply the touch-screen in a form that reduces it to a useless (but very pretty) bit of dash real estate unless you have 3g or wifi coverage. Its main function when driving must be navigation and this goes straight out the window as soon as you have no internet access.
Meanwhile, my TomTom app on my smartphone carries on working perfectly fine, thanks very much, putting my £55k car to shame. It would be the height of naffness to have to mount my smartphone next to the touch-screen.
What was Tesla thinking?
Why not spend an extra £50 per car to provide it with sufficient extra digital storage for map data (should it need it) and a TomTom (preferably) licence?
Oh, and while I am in whinge mode... can something be done about the awful voice interface, please! MW