What I Discovered After Reading the Owner's Manual
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- After reading the owner's manual from beginning to end I was surprised to learn some new things about the car!
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Legend says the glove box light is still on.
Silent Is Gold 😂😂😂😂
what a scam this vid the light never died
Silent Is Gold I wonder if the app was still running on his phone? Further research is necessary!
@@jackpast I did keep it open with my phone far enough away from the car and after 15 minutes it was still on.
Does it can be fixed by software updates?
When I first became interested in Tesla I downloaded the manual and read through it. As I started following various Tesla forums on social media I was amazed how many of the posts and questions could be answered if one would first RTFM! Thanks for your videos. 😉
nice :)
Great design requires no manual.
@@salami99 simple designs require no manual
@@uknowngamer1017 It's a electric fucking car, it's packed with technology. Every car needs a manual. You can't make everything obvious with them.
YES! YES! YES! I fix things for a living - Radio Stations, TV Stations, Mobile installations, and of course, the crap around the house. When I get a squawk, especially with new equipment, I generally ask Did you RTFM*? And I get the usual trout in return. (Envision someone looking at you with a long face, open mouth, and glazed eyeballs. That's a trout.)
To get on topic here, I downloaded the Model 3 manual, and over a period of days I *Read The Fine Manual. Damned if about 90 per cent of my questions weren't answered!
Easy entry also activates when you unbuckle the seat belt and vehicle is in Park. Since you didn’t have your seatbelt on in your demo, just putting it in Park activated it. Had you been in Park with the seatbelt fastened, it would not have activated until you unfastened the seatbelt.
Great stuff, thanks Frugal Tesla Guy! A few quick observations/corrections:
1) Closing the Trunk with 2 hands is necessary as the spring by the latch in the car is very stiff. A spring "upgrade" solves that problem and allows closing even with 2 fingers.
2) You incorrectly state around 2:45 that should something push the Frunk emergency release button while driving, that may open the Frunk thus possibly causing an accident due to lack of visibility. Brian from i1Tesla tested his as part of his self-open Frunk strut mod upgrade, and confirmed it's a 2 stage unlocking system, and while driving the latch will NOT fully open/release, even if the emergency button is pressed!
EASY ENTRY! ! ! Who knew? I had complained to friends that this was the one feature of the car I felt was missing. Thanks for putting this up!
someone asked elon for it a while back and he replied: good idea, will be on the next software update :D
I read the owner's manual on my first Model S in the first few days of ownership. I had read online the entire owner's manual of my first Model 3 prior to delivery. I'm not some geek, but just someone who has always read the owner's manuals of cars I bought because the knowledge always turns out to be valuable. Perhaps it came from being a fighter pilot then airline pilot, where the importance of knowing the vehicle and its systems was a life or death matter.
Dave Riley - As a pilot, would you ever get in the left seat without taking a look at the DASH-1? (I guess they still call the manuals that??)
@@The_DuMont_Network Hey Doc, It was still nicknamed the Dash One when I was flying for Uncle Sam, as in T.O. F-105-1-1. But left seat? I flew single-seat, single-engine fighters until I was shanghaied into flying the F-4D. It did have a backseat for the WSO. I flew left seat for airliners after getting the appropriate type rating. In no case did I fly an aircraft for the military or the airlines without studying the systems and passing the check ride.
@@daveriley6310 My point exactly. I forgot about single seaters and centerline seaters. Never flew one myself. I guess you could fly while the GIB read the manual to you and looked things up, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Great video, I like that you're encouraging people to actually read the owners manual. The number of owners who rush online to complain about something their Tesla is doing/not doing, when all they need to know to resolve the issue is right there, built into their car... smh
another feature: If you hold and drag down the "navigate" box on the gps, it will start up the navigation to home/work.
Thanks for the Easy Entry/Exit tip. Didn't know I needed it, but once set up I absolutely love it.
One of the absolute best tesla videos on TH-cam. Thank you
FTG- you are more fantastic in each video I watch and learn so much! So much thanks to you!!! Watching as many as I can, every free moment.
this is the type of Tesla guy I like. The feckin one who isn't trying to entertain you with shallow nonsense. This guy just gives us the straight up facts - lovely and snore worthy
Great video! Very useful and I did learn a few things. Thank you.
Thanks for reminding us to read the Owner's manual
Very informative video! Thank you so much. Enjoy your video.
I’ve ordered a model Y a few days ago. Cheers. 🦅🦅🇺🇸
A great video! And yes, finally someone explains "Easy Entry" - first time I have seen it covered - well done!
I would recommend talking about how there are many, many features not listed anywhere, but are programmable with each person named in the list of drivers. It goes way beyond seat, mirrors and steering wheel. Climate controls, driving preferences, autopilot preferences and many more, I'm sure.
Select your name before making changes to any options or you might be programming Easy Entry's preferences and not your own.
I see this important detail missed on many TH-cam videos!
This is great
He explains everything in a clear and concise fashion. He’s not a slick huckster like so many other folks on TH-cam
Thanks Ed!
Thank you so much for reading the owner’s manual.
I learned quite a few things. I specially likes the easy entry settings on the driver’s profile. Up to now I had been using the drop window to go from easy entry to my driving setting and viceversa by touching each one as needed.
Now it’s, put in Park or touch the break as needed.
Thank you again.
Thank you Roland, for the simplefication: Park or brake. That's easy enough to remember!
Great video with important relevant info. Thank you. I do appreciate your videos. Getting mine very soon.
I love that you added normal measurements for everyone around the world.
I already knew most of the points covered in the video, but not all of them. Thanks for posting😉😉
Same you learn something new every day
new thing i learned was that his wife has her own setting
Who cares
Thanks for reading the manual and provided these features. I didn’t know about Easy Entry and quick way to turn off AC. I am using these features daily now.
Thanks for this video. Learned a few things here and there.
Thank you for everything; especially the cable release.
The last station at super charger in Grand Rapids, MI had a slight slope to it. While charging, my car slid on the snow and put tension on the cable. I had a hard time getting it out. Had I read the Manuel, I would have know.. thanks again. :)
Great video as always Mike. Never messed with the Easy Entry option myself so that info was helpful. Also, as I live in Houston, you probably already know that we don't get very cold weather often down here either but the heated side mirrors feature is certainly good-to-know.
Have learned more from your videos then any other source. Thanks
Thanks Mike, very informative show. Appreciate you taking the time. Very helpful and will definitely read once I purchase the Model Y once it is produced and comes to Australia 👍😊🇦🇺
Wow. Those are exactly the things I have been wondering about. Thanks so much for this video.
I`ve gone through a couple of your videos and I must say, they are very well structured with nice camera angles and useful information. Good Job. Subscribed.
Thanks Milo!
Haven't bought one but I do have the manual. I guess I am one of those nerds that always read the manual of any vehicle I own and since the internet has come along I do download before taking delivery. Lot of useful info.
Very informative video , and presented with class. Thanks for your help.
This is a very informative video, thanks.
Great job. Reading the manual.
This is so helpful! Thank you for the video!
Informative for those are researching info on the car
I remember reading somewhere that regulations here in the U.S. prevent the front hood from being automatically raised. It's my understanding that no one has an automatic raise function for the front trunk. This would have to be changed with regulation versus something you can convince Tesla or any other manufacturer of doing. If people want it changed, they'll need to lobby their representatives and hope they'll align with your thinking on the matter.
It will never happen, it would be a big safety hazard if it didn't have a manual safety latch in case of accidental opening at 70 mph.
@@armchairpilot916 you also want the hood to react in a certain way if there is an impact so that may have something to do with it as well.
This is incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Awesome videos.... thanks for the efforts .. and for listing the weight in KGs
Also for the tips on the climate control - I am in Canada and it gets colder sometimes!!
Had my m3 few days ago ... still learning everyday- your videos are great!!
You should definitely make this your thing, little nuggets of information are valuable to our community. Great job tall man.
It is remarkable how much you can learn about the use of a thing by reading the user's manual. I started a long train ride with a new video camera in my lap a number of years ago. By the time I arrived I knew all the features front-to-back, and it made all the difference in what I got from it.
Thank you for putting in kgs, you fantastic person.
Glad I watched! Haven’t gotten mine yet but was great to see about the stuck cable
Easy entry and how to turn off the AC... super useful! Thanks Frugal Mike!
Really turning off the AC isnt actually toooo good for the vehicle. It can easily create mold when off for a long time.
I learnt so much from this video. Great work.
Great video, unlike many that talk about things that basically everyone who watches Tesla Model 3 videos already knows, this is actually useful!
This is like reading the lecture notes from the best student in my class... thank you. Now my interest in Tesla is so much more greater.
Great video, your best yet
I'm scheduled to get my Tesla Model 3 on Saturday, June 20. Right now I'm in crash mode reviewing whole bunch of videos about Tesla. Thank you to all for posting.
Congratulations!
Best line ever out of my Honda owners manual, possibly the best line ever for any owners manual.
"If the parking brake cannot be released automatically, release it manually."
Thanks, Honda, who would have thought.
Only a genius would consider this as an immediate option.
The manual for a colortune device (that lets you see the colour of a the spark in an engine so you can adjust the air-fuel ratio on the carburettor or fuel injection) helpfully informed me that I should not inhale exhaust fumes from the engine as they are toxic. I was wondering why I was getting very ill every time I put my mouth around the exhaust for 5 minutes each day.
Great video Mike.
Regarding Easy Entry, the seat position is not the only thing that is recalled according to your profile. The side view mirrors are also automatically moved into position according to your profile as well.
Wow, I'm learning all sorts of things from you. Gonna read the manual.
Thank you Zefram Cochrane ;-)
Nice! Thank you! Have a great day!!
Great video, thanks for the tips.
I was wondering about the personal profile driver settings! Thanks for going over this.
Thanks for sharing your findings...I am lazy and didnt read the manual till now. I will read it now for sure
Great job, great info going forward!
Clearly explained. Thank you👍😄
Excellent video. Thanks for the secrets.
Thanks for including the metric weight. You’re a legend.
The climate on/Updates off feature is a brilliant piece of Tesla engineering.
Very helpful, thanks
Awesome video. Well spoken and to the point with perfect speed. Subscribed.
Planning to pick up my model 3 this week :)
I also did a video owner's manual for the Tesla Model 3, but I think you did a much better job. I liked how you explained some stuff in the manual that the delivery guy never mentioned to me. You have great video sense. Subscribed!
I have had 7 cars in my 62 years and have read every manual for each car.
Shit you must have a lot of free time. I'm 23 and have had 6 cars have not touched a owner's manual.
3:21 I finally learned how to close the Frunk! Been doing it wrong. 😁 Thanks!
good job, there were three that I did not know. Easy Entry (awesome), hot and cold front defroster (important in the NE winters) and the method to disengage a stuck power cord (hasn't happened to me...yet). Thanks
thanks for all this useful information
Crap. The bodies I had in the trunk were way heavier than that.
Ecospider5 hahahaha
@w4csc wow...you do know these kinds of ratings are pretty much for any passenger car, if you read that owner's manual...and realistically can easily be doubled tripped without any damage. I'm 240 pounds and have climed into the trunk of my tesla, just like any other car it's not a problem.
@w4csc Sir, not a Ford F-150 you mean the Tesla Cybertruck, right...? (You better mean Cybertruck you traitor)
@w4csc And thats a fact
excellent and informative....supposedly picking up my model 3 in a few days
Very useful video with right tempo. Thumbs up, subscribed to your channel- thanks!
Excellent video. By the way, Love the AUM
This is really useful - thank you!
Excellent video! Thanks!
Thanks for the info. Very helpful for a lazy Tesla 3 owner like me.
Agree that not many people read the owner:s manual (I'm one of them) and hardly anyone reads it cover to cover. You presented some great little nuggets of info that probably not many Tesla owners were aware of.
184 pages for a manual isn’t bad at all. This was helpful, and I’ve just noticed that you can learn a lot from a manual. Thanks, you changed the way I see manuals.
I read them thank you!
The DIY motto: "Stumbling around trying to figure it out on your own for several hours saves 15-20 minutes of reading directions."
Thanks, TFG, for highlighting information readily available for anyone interested.
I get my Model 3 on Friday!
Thanks for the Frunk closing tip!
Great video, thank you. Still saving for one!
Conrad Fuller thanks and good luck saving! It will be well worth it once you have the money you need!
Great job
Don't forget about the fun Easter eggs in the car's software :). Discovered them sitting in traffic this morning. Can't wait to play pranks on my wife and daughter!
What type of Easter eggs?
Thank you! :)
I didn't know and never had thoughts about trunk capacity so that was good.
Easy entry, I believe I figured it out on my own, probably six months after we bought the car.
Did not know that the defogger cycles between hot, cold and off.
Never worried about charging cable getting stuck but I suppose it could happen so that was something good to know.
ONE THING that Tesla should address for those of us who live in warm climates. I would LOVE to be able to either remove the seat heat buttons off the bottom of the screen or at least disable them because, more than once, I turn on the heat on my seat and that does NOT feel good when it's 90F outside and the AC is working so hard to keep us cool inside.
Learned some things! Thanks!
Great recap of some of the (possibly) forgotten features. My husband and I use easy entry every day. He's 6'4 and I'm 5'5. If I left my car at his setting I can't reach the pedals, but he would hurt himself trying to access the center console at my setting. We split the difference so nobody gets hurt ;)
Super helpful thank you!
Your quality is so amazing like u have 100k or more subs. Did u go to film school or something?
If I could give you 5 thumbs up I would. Have not read the owner's manual yet as I'm still waiting on my M3LR, but the easy access mode is another game changer for me.
Thx again
I had never owned a Prius before, so I read the entire manual. It did help.
this could be the start of a great TH-cam series for those of us who don't want to read through every page of the manual but are also TH-cam addicts. Start at the beginning of the manual and carry on thru many more episodes until the manual has been completely covered..
Very helpful. Thank you 😊
great overview!
I read the owners manual before I got my car..
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I would also...just from being excited and wanting to be ready when my Wife started asking questions =)
@@genephipps6421 that's funny I'm usually asking my girlfriend's the questions and when she can't answer fast enough I get cranky but thankfully she almost always knows the answer so whatever I'm asking. She's also cute as hell and is by no means watching me as I type this 😁
Yeah. When I ordered my car at the dealership it was a friday. I could go grab the tags and all that only on monday. So I took the manual home and was done with it the day I picked it up... :D
I always read the entire owners manuals! Well, except for the first 300 pages or so of "Do not operate the vehicle under water", "Do not stick your head out the window while rolling it up" and "Do not fill the tires with Uranium Hexaflouride" sort of stuff.
RTFM, love it ;o) Thank you
This was awesome, I subscribed
Thanks!
Great video Frugal Tesla Guy!!
Thanks man.. really appreciated