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I rented a Tesla for a month. It was a giant pain in the a*** (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] linearchaos 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

What a whiny miserable article. Half the crap they're complaining about are common features on late model cars.

Are apprehension mounted 6 weeks before we got our car... come on...

[–] dragontamer 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Before driving it for the first time, I wanted to adjust the mirrors. Now, in just about every car I've ever driven there are switches to adjust the mirrors on the door by the driver's side mirror.

Not the Tesla. You have to go through the screen, find "mirrors", choose left and right and use this ball toggle thingy on the steering wheel to make adjustments.

This is the first issue cited. This is neither normal, nor convenient. It's an obvious cost saving measure and is part of the classically cheap low end feel only Tesla can provide.

Side mirrors? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

Windshield wipers? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

Odometer? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

Etc. Etc. It's cheap, it's bad for usability. We all know this is like this to save a few bucks on screen design and UI buttons across the car.

[–] bajabound 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you're hitting on a good cost savings measure. Get rid of the panel and make it an iPad app (sold separately and subscription required). I'll add they need to get rid of the steering wheel/pedals and put a USB port. Plug in your favorite Logitech controller (sold separately) and steer with a d-pad.

[–] drdabbles 3 points 1 year ago

iPad would be infinitely more reliable, usable, and logically laid out than Tesla's trash software.

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