Hi Everyone,
Sharing my experience a few weeks in after the delivery of MY RWD with EAP . This is more for those who are lurking to get one like I was sometimes ago.
I feel that a lot of concerns I had in the past was over exaggerated, due to an overwhelming information out there. So here I am now, first hand experience.
A bit of a background, I had a few European cars prior to this, some sedans some SUVs/AWD, so the comparison will be with those cars.
Lets start!
Build Quality:
Comfort:
Software:
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Sharing my experience a few weeks in after the delivery of MY RWD with EAP . This is more for those who are lurking to get one like I was sometimes ago.
I feel that a lot of concerns I had in the past was over exaggerated, due to an overwhelming information out there. So here I am now, first hand experience.
A bit of a background, I had a few European cars prior to this, some sedans some SUVs/AWD, so the comparison will be with those cars.
Lets start!
Build Quality:
- Almost perfect. I had a bit of creaking coming from the rear hatch, but I played a bit with the rubber damper and it went away.
I'd compare it with my previous cars, and I'd say its the same if not better. - Panel gaps issue is non existent or none that I can see anyway. For a comparison, my previous Volvo had a misaligned panel that never got sorted.
Comfort:
- My 2023 RWD has 19' wheels and the "comfort" suspension. Definitely a bit more compliant than the one I test drive.
- The car felt very responsive, its like driving a go-cart, comfortably.
- Some of my previous SUVs are very soft almost like a boat and some are very stiff to the point that I had to "embrace" when I see a speed hump coming.
The MY is pretty good. I know I dont have to cringe when I am about to drive over a hump - Quiet, but thats a given being an EV.
- Auto pilot and auto steering, combined with EAP, driving with this car is very relaxing. I am actually looking forward to drive!
Software:
- Really good. In some ways, the best. No lag, very responsive. It doesn't have apple car play but after using it for a few days, I really forget about it. The native Software is as good, responsive and very intuitive.
- After my first test drive last year, driving my 4 yr old Volvo with a relatively "new" Ipad like screen, felt so old, almost antiquated. I drove one of my friends ICE car and that felt even more antiquated.
I know a lot can still be improved by Tesla, but this car has OTA and there is always possibility of improvements. Some improvements took place after the delivery.- One example is, I was thinking "Hey it would be good if they have a counter specific to tyre rotation" then the next day, they add tyre service mile to track the rotation. With non-OTA cars, you buy that car and you stuck with it and you are lucky if there are any improvements. The most you get is bug fix. My old cars only have OTA navigation updates, that takes months to catch up.
- One big change is the speedometer position and the blind spot monitoring. I can say the speedometer is definitely a non-issue after a week or so. Once I am used to looking slightly to the side instead of where the speedometer used to be, I am good. The blind spot alert light isn't integrated in the side mirror. Again, after I am used to checking the screen, its a non issue.
- Self parking (with EAP) is working as expected. Better than my previous cars. It works probably 99% of the time. My previous car would work probably 60-70%? Just make sure you indicate, approach the parking space slowly, and fully stop before reversing.
- Wiper was crappy in the first week. Goes all out under a very light rain. Then all the issues went away after an OTA software update. I wasn't sure which one, it just disappear.
- We have 220V grid here in Australia, so home charging is more than enough. I almost hit 5000 kms in 6 weeks, and never had to use the superchargers.
- With LFP battery, I plug in every time and set the charging to 100% as recommended in the manual
- I never have to go to the petrol station to fill up. I will never take this for granted
- Enhanced auto-pilot is OK, still a bit confused at times. Could be much better. Looking forward to Tesla bringing the US software stack over.
- Phantom breaking happened. The car seems to be overly cautious if there was a car crossing your way even if its 50-100 meters away. Or if there was a bottle neck/merging lane. I learned how to slightly accelerate when I saw this scenario. I remember this was also an issue with my previous car, also saw this on my friends Hyundai.
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