• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Idk, I talked with a bartender once who said he thought it would be amazing to drive one, and I said I didn’t think I could stomach it because of Musk, and he said I shouldn’t get political over a car. Well, they don’t interest me enough to ignore the Elon part.

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      1 year ago

      I rented one in California. I was never been so frustrated with a car before in my life. There are no knobs, for ANYTHING. Everything is done through the touchscreen. Try navigating the A/C system in traffic. Or as the sun goes down and the screen brightness doesn’t dim, blinding you as you drive. I will never buy a Tesla, and it starts with the UI of the car. Elon is just the icing on that shit cake.

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        1 year ago

        I watched a friend of mine try to parallel park hers once and just about died laughing at how shit the autopark was. She said it kept determining that the right lane was actually the curb, so it would go through all of the motions of parking and then just stop in the middle of the street. Every time I read about or interact with a Tesla, I feel like I find out about something else they added because it looks or sounds cool but doesn’t actually work.

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            1 year ago

            This is one of the criticisms of the car that hits home for me. People are now replacing old Teslas which they bought ‘full self driving’ for without ever receiving the feature.

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        1 year ago

        sorry auto dimming and extra brightness are upgrade features not yet in the implementation pipeline :( lmao

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        Same exact story. The whole first 2 hours I’m constantly having my kids Google Google how to lock the car, how do we adjust the mirrors, how do we turn it on, how do we change the radio station, how do we turn on the air, etc etc etc. On the third day my daughter is just trying to open the door and she yells “why is this car so fucking annoying?!”

        It’s obvious it was designed by a child trying to look cool to the other kids.

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        The UI is not the worst I’ve ever had in a car, it sacrifices a lot in favor of simplicity and/or software but a lot of simple tasks can be done through voice or happen automatically.

        Wipers are auto, headlights are auto, but if you need to adjust them without using a voice command, you’re gonna say “why can’t this just be like a normal car”

        You do get used to a lot of the quirks pretty quick. But there are a lot of quirks to get used to.

        Not an Elon fan, just got one for a steal of a deal through a family member.

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        1 year ago

        They’re just another hatchback and you can’t really tell that it’s a tesla except for the logo.

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        The screen dims just fine on my 2019. A previous driver probably turned it off on yours for whatever reason.

        I also hate the lack of knobs but the voice commands and steering wheel buttons work well enough that I’ve come to terms with it.

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        1 year ago

        What? The climate controls are always visible… how hard is it to tap or slide your finger on them.

        Since it was a rental someone before you probably turned off auto brightness controls.

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      1 year ago

      It always blows my mind that capitalists say “then just vote with your wallet” until you use your wallet to vote differently than they want.