Thank you so much for being so honest about the stalks. I was test driving this thing a few weeks ago and that was literally the only major reason I did not like this car (oh and also bluetooth didn't work with my S21 so that was weird)
do you have the matrix headlights update? I have the second cersion, in Europe, the lights have become the best I've ever had till now! fully adaptive ABD stopped blinding every bird on the road
@@justan1ck stupid steering wheel decisions does not equal to hating elon, both yoke and buttons for turn signals are stupid and should not pass car safety regulations
I have been using it daily since March, already put 30k km on it. Its generally a really nice car, I have gotten used to everything but 2 major issues. Turning signals, often times I just give up and stop using them if they turn off and other times the car thinks I'm switching lanes and turns the signals off for me so I have to turn them back on because I moved into a turning lane and am about to turn. The other issue is the gear selector, shifting into Drive and Reverse are generally really nice and the audible signal is nice to have because sometimes I shift but because I don't drag the shift selector enough on the screen the car doesn't shift so when I press the accelerator I realize I'm still in reverse. Also with summer the roof being glass is horrible for energy consumption and heat in general, though I did buy a clip on sunroof which has helped tremendously. I still cant get over the acceleration on the car either, though for daily use I have it set to "chill" mode. What people often make fun of is waiting to charge but I do all my charging at home, for the few times im low I would go to a supercharger and plug in for a few minutes then leave with another 100km. I can always fix that as well by going over the 80% limit I have set but since I have the Long Range its not much of an issue. With the amount of Driving I do (which has actually been a little less these past few months because of some stuff that has come up for me) I have made the car payments back in literally just gas savings... its insane. My electricity bill has gone up by around 100 (cad) a month, as opposed to the 70 dollar tank I would fill up every 2-4 days.
About the wipers - one can start to understand why they are so stupid, because for some brilliant reason they don't have a proper sensor, like all the other cars do.
@@pipooh1Lol. Tesla's rely on the camera for the wipers too rather than using a traditional rain sensor. Helps to inform a little bit before making comments
@@pipooh1Tesla removed a bunch of sensors and are relying on AI and software. They removed every sensor that are not cameras and are moving to "Tesla Vision" since 2023. It made self parking and self driving worse. It's why when it gets less than 15km it's not really sure how far away the car is and stops suddenly when before it relied on radar to figure out distance.
@@BurritoKingdom I'm not sure about you, but the times I used FSD when they had that free month a little while back, or even basic Autopilot, I never experienced any such issues with it getting down to a low speed and then just slamming on the brakes. It's also better for it to stop further back than most people typically would in their car driving themselves, because should something happen behind it, there would be no room to try to evade.
it's an annoying piece of shit and somehow he didn't wanna drive it of a cliff since it's maria's (both in terms of review and physically). It's lacking normal features and the frunk/bottom trunk compartment are also normal on other vehicles + how annoying could it be for a front passenger to have the rear one adjust your seat? Btw how can a the game fix legroom on longer drives??
I mean he does have a quote “The best part is no part. The best process is no process. It weighs nothing. Costs nothing. Can’t go wrong.” And I does make sense in the mind of Elon, in the future cars will be fully driven or assisted with FSD or equivalents, so why would you need to make more inputs to complicate things. Though we’re are not at the level right now maybe in 2026/27
It definitely does not help profit margins. If you think a 1¢ piece of plastic is what they're worried about, you're wrong. Its most likely they just thought it looks futuristic to not have anything sticking out.
The haptic buttons are really nice! I daily drive this car, and I genuinely hope I never have to go back to stalks again. It took some hours to get used to, but after that it's pretty sweet!
This among other things were a huge deciding factor for me when cross shopping EV's I ended up getting a Polestar 2 since I still get proper turn signals and wipers along with a gauge cluster and it just plain looks better.
@@HAFBeast91 Just because you find it a terrible design, does not mean general public does. They still sell more cars then they can produce with 3 gigafactories.
@@MatthewDias each button have a feel to it, you can press them without looking when you get familiar with the car, touchscreen is plain glass you need to pay attention not only to the road but to the screen
No matter how good a car is, I don't accept manufacturers imposing unbelievably stupid decisions on car controls in the name of progress. Just admit it's cost cutting in most cases or just poor decisions. And the worst part? Despite ALL of the negative feedback from consumers and journalists, more automakers follow. Is this some kind of joke?
Yet most people complain about them, never driven the cars... People need to get out of the "i do not like change" mindset. Technology will go forwards if you want it or not. People also hated touchscreens on phones when they first released, now everyone owns one and can not live without it.
@@pipooh1 "People also hated touchscreens on phones when they first released, now everyone owns one and can not live without it." Yes because those touchscreen were legit awful to use at the time. Do you remember what touchscreens used to be like before the iphone came out? There's a reason why apple blew everyone's mind at the time because no one wanted touchscreens because the majority of them were awful. "Yet most people complain about them, never driven the cars... People need to get out of the "i do not like change" mindset. Technology will go forwards if you want it or not." I know how I like my cars. I'm very critical of things if it irks me. User experience is in my top 3 beside safety and reliability. Saying technology is going forward does not excuse bad design (it's also a common defense by weird elon fans to excuse anything he does). I don't mind change if it actually helps me but I do mind it if it hinders me. Putting the gear change on the screen or ceiling doesn't fucking help me. Having a terrible auto wiper system doesn't fucking help. I'm sorry but it's not a good look for "progress" if my 12k car looks like a better option than a tesla from a user experience perspective.
VW are one that listened. They have returned their steering wheels in Europe back to physical buttons instead of the touch sensitive type due to feedback, so customer centric feedback can affect product development in an organisation that has a culture of listening to their customers rather than their CEO 😅
@Shadowninja1200 the gear shifter is rarely needed because it does it automatically, it knows where you are going and your surroundings and auto set it for you once you want to move. For the auto wipers, yes, they are not the best, but you also can easily control them on the steering wheel with the scroll wheel and no need to go into the screen menu. Seem most reviewers just get in the car and drive. While most stuff they complain about is fixed by the time they release the video or they do not care to read the manual to understand the functions. This is why I rarely care about review videos and more about owner experience.
No indicator stalk makes it useless in UK. We need to indicate leaving the roundabout and it is pretty dangerous having to look for indicator button every time .
I've been driving a model x for a bit over 2 years with the same turn signals. It's definitely worse than a stalk but you get used to it within a week. The horn button however is super dumb and way too sensitive, I've honked so many times when reversing out of parking spots.
Stalks are better, I agree. But the hyperbole around "dangerous" is just silly. I drive a manual with 6 gears, and I regular manage the cordination of hand and foot without looking, and no one has died because of it, and nor is called dangerous.
@@dzikoo the stick changes position because of the stick's throw, and I need to know where it was previously relative to where I want it to go. The buttons change location too, but the one pointing to the outside of the wheel is left, and the one pointing towards the middle is right. I also mastered this with the skipping tracks buttons.
Sorry but I don't find it difficult at all it just takes time to get use to it. I love the No stalks and buttons for indicators they are so easy to use once you are use to it. I use the centre bump to find the correct button and on a roundabout I place my thumb over the button I need next. I would never want to go back to stalks again. As for the wipers it does have different levels for the wipers if you hit the windscreen button on the steering wheel it will bring them up on the screen then you can use the left scroll wheel to change the levels. To be fair the wipers have improved with the last couple of updates. You can change the 5 apps along the bottom of the screen to be whatever you prefer by touching the 3 buttons which then brings up all of the apps so you just drag them over the current ones to the place you want along the bottom and as for the seat controls they always stay along the bottom in their own place at each end so they should always be there along with the temperature controls.The lights have now been changed to adaptive across all Teslas through an update so they will now adapt for curves in the road ahead of you and illuminate farther when driving on a motorway and they dip themselves and change direction to not blind other drivers so they work well. Maybe you need to have a read of the manual to learn more about the Tesla especially the 2024 model.
Why do you need keys? I don't lock or unlock the car it does it automatically as I walk away/walk up. The app has everything accessible. Turning on the Air Con takes one tap after unlocking my phone.
@@attckDog Break your phone, lose your phone, your phone is stolen??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Phone could also just be dead
The "frunk" suddenly seems more useful, with the epidemic of thieves smashing rear windows in order to quickly get into your trunk. I try to never leave valuables in my car, but if I need to, I'll put them up front. It's going to be significantly harder and more time-consuming (e.g. risky) to pry that open just to see if there's something in it.
Please do a special episode on the LED headlight epidemic. SO BRIGHT. Roads aren'ts level, aiming them doesn't matter, they need to be less bright and less white.
It's been an issue for a long time, not necessarily related to LED. Some years back, before any car had LED headlights I noticed that more and more of the cars I met at night were blinding even on low beam. One night I met a car that flooded the road with intense light so bright I couldn't see anything. Pissed off I flashed the headlights to signal him to switch to low beam. Well he flashed me back. It turned out that he had been using his cars version of low beam. I had to break and park at the curb waiting for my eyes to recover. This was just halogen lights but bad enough to be dangerous and the low beam was certainly not shielded to keep from blinding meeting traffic. Now properly designed headlights will not blind the meeting traffic when you use low beam. High beam is another matter. It will be disastrous for anyone you meet in the night, so make sure to always go to low beam when meeting a car. And do adjust your cars headlights wo low beam doesn't blind people. Sure it you can't see as far along the road that way, but at least you don't have to risk crashing head on with a driver that can't see.
THe problems is with color temperature. Lights from 2700k (old halogen) up to 4000-4500k (some LED, even third-party) are OK. Whenever you go above 5000k, even 6500k, the light becomes unbearable.
There used to be solutions for this… it’s called a raised median. Too bad they got torn down cause ppl thought they looked bad. But the noise reduction and especially light reduction from oncoming traffic was phenomenal.
Hey "Glenners" just wait till you reach circa 60yrs old and your night driving vision fails. THEN you will LOVE LED lights. This writer at 74yrs swapped out the halogen bulbs in his 2019 Niro BEV for LEDs. Yah! I can, at night, see clear to next week. The problem solver is matrix headlamps, which the Govt will not allow in the USA{who paid them off on that detail] Europe uses them and the world did not end. Ditto for side mirrors/cameras
You can open the trunk by standing next to it while your phone is in your pocket. It's a setting you need to toggle on. You can also move the seat heating/cooling shortcuts down on the dock. (Source: I have a 24 M3LR and it works on mine)
@@harwil32 it gives you a three-chirp warning before it does. I’ve walked by my trunk a ton of times and never had it open unintentionally. Note: you have to be somewhat close also. It won’t trigger say you’re 5 feet away. It’s more designed for moments you have your hands full.
I get that Tesla is devoting most of its efforts towards FSD right now but come on Tesla, it would be better to just not offer auto wipers than fir people to expect this system to be improved at some point and be disappointed.
They're better than they used to be, mostly because you couldn't use cruise control with them turned off, but now you can. It does however turn them back on every time you cancel and re-engage cruise control, which annoys me no end. I understand that you need the cameras to be clear of water so that the adaptive cruise control can work... but I hat that too, always slowing down for no reason. Just give me an option dumb cruise control, I don't need any nanny hand holding, if I crash into the back of someone then so be it, but I've managed the last decade of driving other cars just fine so think I'll manage just fine... In the last update they allowed scrolling the thumb wheel to change wipe mode, which is great, but they also made it worse by having each press of the wiper stalk change mode, so to go from intermittant wipe to off without removing my hand from the wheel, I have to press the stalk which makes the wipers faster before I can scroll to turn them off. So dumb. So backwards.
You can customize the bottom bar of the main screen by pressing and holding on an icon. You can then drag-and-drop the heated seat button back into the bar.
2019 Model 3 owner here. I appreciate the impartiality. The review brought up my two biggest criticisms - the completely fucking braindead automatic wipers (which is an issue on mine too), and the similarly braindead lack of indicator stalks. The latter's a dealbreaker.
The wipers are bad, you are right. But to manually control the speed you DO NOT have to touch the screen. Once you press the button the steering wheel, you can use the scroll button the change the speed between off, auto, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Yes, but it still sucks. Auto should be after 4, and pressing the stalk once should not change the speed. It used to just do a single wipe regardless of whether the wipers were on or off which was great for when you were in light rain and had intermittant, but get sprayed by a truck or puddle. Now if I want to go from slow to off, it goes faster when you press the stalk, hesitates for a moment during which the thumb wheel does nothing, and then finally lets you turn them off.
I'm still missing the gear selector stalk behind the steering wheel, let alone a standard turn signal. Maybe the solution would be to glue a transparent dot to one of the buttons, or gouge one of them so there's a texture difference. Of course shouldn't be necessary, but still.
M3 Highland driver of over 10k km's. A few notes. The RWD is the best bang for the buck right now, especially compared to other EV's efficiency and options (e.g. hyundai, polestar, Kia, etc). The auto trunk works perfectly fine and its surprisingly accurate. Check the phone version as its not working with older phones/os versions. Turn signals are actually decent especially for the highways in Germany. It sucks in small roundabouts ! What I feel is that you will completely get used to it, and you'll forget entirely about the stalks in a few weeks. it's one of those things that take time. Over-exaggerated in the media. The swipe thingy is fine. I never swipe drive modes in a daily/work commute. The automation thingy works quite good. You get in the car, it automatically shifts depending on the park and off you go. Voice commands are very limited. Hope they improve it with an AI update. The auto-wipe either works great or terrible. Needs improvement. Luckily the wiper button is aligned in the perfect spot. The adaptive led matrix headlights are absolutely awesome. Maybe not activated in Canada? Check the settings for ''adaptive''. You have the impression that blinds everyone, but it actually does a great job. (yes' I've tested it on the opposite side). They are still tuning it as we speak. No HUD is meh, would make the car very close to perfect by having one. You can also set the steering wheel heating & heat/cool seat ''touch buttons'' on the bar below, and/or assign the left wheel press to pretty much anything. Sound and insulation is fantastic. Once you get used to it, it’s a fun, lazy-ass car that works pretty darn well. With incentives, it’s actually a no-brainer.
Let me make sure to spell it out for manufacturers. Stalks and buttons are like quick-launch links. Let me interface with the things I use most often with physical controls, that way, I can do it without looking. Lights, indicators, wipers, gear selector - buttons. Radio controls, and climate controls - do a long touch screen (prefer buttons) below the panel which can switch between and control those with hybrid up/down button controls.
Got used to the indicator buttons after like 20 roundabouts (the absolute worst scenario for them), but really wish they added tactile dots like he suggested in the video. As for gear selector the swiping works way better than the buttons I had in a rental Hyundai recently😅
For the auto trunk opening, I believe you need an iPhone with UWB. Also, remember that Tesla normally does not supply a charger cable (you can buy it at order time).
A few things, you can add the seat heater icons to the bottom row, along with the defrost options for easy access. The auto-open boot requires an iPhone with UWB (presumably an Android equivalent soon) The headlights are hampered in North America by legislation. Here in Oceania and in Europe, the headlights have adaptive/matrix headlight capabilities where it turns off portions of the headlight to mask the oncoming car
I turned off the lane departure _intervention_ after a couple false alarms. I'll still allow it to yell at me, just in case it's ever correct, but I really did not like feeling it tug on the wheel mid-corner when it had no reason at all to do so. I also switched the collision warning to "late" after a couple false alarms with that (I was looking at the car ahead and already moving to the brake, with plenty of time to stop). I really appreciate that these features can be customized or turned off entirely. If something can be done in software, and it's potentially useful, Tesla will probably give you the option. I like that.
Would it kill them to have climate buttons, speedo (or at least a hud) and an indicator stalk? Dangerous having everything on the screen. Seen so many people buying aftermarket speedos. Shouldn't have to.
"MODEL 3/Y KEY FOB $175" from Tesla's site It's not expensive. I lost a key to a Renault Clio like 20 years ago and I had to pay $70. With how much the value of a dollar has plummeted over the last 20 years 175 is almost a steal, almost😆
The new 3 takes a lot of inspiration from the 2022 Refresh of the S & X. I can say the white is remarkably stain resistant and the ventilated seats are actual bursts of cold air on your butt and back. Very nice.
100% agree with you on the lack of physical controls, especially turn signal, wipers, and gear selector. At least give us the OPTION of physical controls, Tesla.
Seatheater shortcut is possible, auto wipers and matrix headlights are much better in the lastest update. After 3 weeks I don’t mind the lack of blinker stocks anymore
But also that is quite annoying I have to say as a highland driver. As it also auto increases when pressing the wiper button, you need to go down twice to reduce and often confirm the current setting by looking on the screen. I miss my stalk for wipers more than for the indicators. For the indicators I added an extra turn right button at the bottom of my steering wheel for roundabouts (living in Europe). With that, I'm quite ok with it. next to that...phantom braking with autopilot on normal roads when trucks are crossing in the other direction.
@@_clemens_ is Phantom breaking STILL a thing??? I have a 2021 M3 Performance and the last year or so, I haven't had one incident, I figured it was solved via software updates. When I first bought the car new, it was insane, I couldn't risk using AP due to brake checking a truck on the highway doing 120.
@@erdrickk on a highway don't know I don't do a lot of highways. But on normal roads when big trucks pass, it sometimes brakes afterwards...very annoying. Afaik not every M3 Highland has this, but mine does.
Do you reckon Tesla's engineers (outside of whoever is in charge of the engine and battery) are not very good, or are they just trying too hard to reinvent the wheel?
- There is an option for a "normal", physical key (for opening/closing the car trunk, frunk, doors, windows) - You can simply rearrange the buttons at the bottom of the screen and put the seat heating there - I agree, the auto wipers are nowhere near perfect - Yes, the original options for static headlights are blinding for the others, but if you actually turn on the adaptive headlights then IMO they are better than other manufacturers' - The suspension is a new adaptive one, that is why it is soft for the potholes and stiff for cornering :)
Alex, the auto-trunk feature has to be turned on in the car’s settings before it will work. Also, you will want to make sure your phone has been setup as an enhanced key with the car (i.e., uses UWB). Both are required for the auto-trunk to work.
Actually about the seat heating you can put custom buttons on the bottom row and there is an option to add left or right seat heating as a shortcut, and about the turn signals there is also an option to automatically disable your turn signal if you are switching lanes or turning (it can decide what you are doing based on your surroundings), and you can also disable that in the settings
I have one of the Highland Model 3 RWD in the UK. I absolutely love it and have found the buttons far easier to use and it stops the indicator stalk disco mode that I often contended with. Trying an older Model 3 with a stalk was far more difficult. I do agree with the auto wipers issue though. Not bad but not great. I have found it super smooth, quiet and efficient. The phone connection makes it so easy as no need to do anything other than have your phone with you. Walk up to door, open it, get in, close door and put foot on brake to start car. Automatically sets reverse and you go. The boot opening update works well again with phone in pocket it works well 3 beeps and it is opening. Also the latest updates to the headlights they are now blocking zones out and it works very well. I want you to test out the new self driving as it looks very impressive now on the latest software.
Auto wiper adjustment can been done on the right dial/ball on the steering wheel. Set it up first. New update is pretty cool. Up and down once you hit the button or stalks in older version. It’s much easier than hitting it on the screen.
I gotta say, not having keys in my pocket for the last 4 years has been amazing. With my phone in my pocket, just walk up to the car and get in and drive. Walk away, it locks. Eff having keys.
wow ok MAN, you signed up for neuralink yet MAN? oh oh oh wait, i bet you dont have a wallet YOU GOTS AN IPHONE....MANNNNNN. lmfaooooooo Tryna be a hipster after theys already dead. Your not ok....
Alex: This new Tesla model is like... "okay" especially compared to other similar priced cars. But the old model was horrible, noisy and terrible all in general. So this one is a good car. Fun fact, the reason Teslas have larger range while having a smaller battery is because it weighs less, and that's because they're just shaving everything out of the car. Also, fun fact the lacking of stocks for using the turn signals and the windshield wiper haven't been "designed for optimized use" or "automated", no they just wanted to save the cost of putting them in, and manufaturing time for attaching the stuff. Without of course of that savings towards the users. It's not a "weird design" they just had to remove it, and did what they could in order to keep the capability to use the car.
As an owner, I much prefer not having keys. My phone is they key. You can use your watch as a key and to perform some functions. My phones never get hot from the wireless charging. He didn't talk about the security cameras (auto sentry), the adaptive cruise control that comes free with all Tesla's, dog mode, camping mode, how you book a service (which is awesome), etc.
2022 owner here, every criticism in this video are true. Except the older models are not well noise insulated (so this one is better). The upgrades from the older models seems really nice, especially ventilated seats! But... The buttons for blinkers and swipe in the screen for reverse and forward is a deal breaker for my next purchase unfortunately. Fun car to drive, don't regret my purchase but if they don't bring these 2 features back, I'll look at other manufacturers. Oh and for the blinkers shutting off all the time when you change 1 lane over, you can fix that in the settings! After a recent update, they changed it to that by default and it's horrible. You can bring it back to working like normal (with a turn signal stalk anyways)
I have one and yeah the car is great but... the two things I don't like is the turn signal buttons and that the poor car does everything with the cameras (blindspot monitoring, rain detection, and everything else) and is prone to get confused, altough have noticed that it gets better with each update... but still would like normal turn signal controls, normal rain detection and normal blindspot sensors would be great
As of today, Model 3’s starting price is $38,990 USD, However RWD (base model) trim does NOT qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Long Range AWD will qualify for the tax credit, making it $39,990 for 69 miles of additional EPA-rated range, 1.6 second faster 0-60 mph acceleration, and 17 speakers with dual subwoofers.
Soo here's the thing.. As an owner for 6 months (Germany) I think if u want to review the "Tesla experience", you need to give some time for yourself to learn all the little things coz it's vastly different than any other car on the market. Some may drive it confidently after the first hour, some may need 1-2 weeks to experience the "edge cases". First of all, the white seats are super easy to maintain, you just wipe it with wet wipest, job done. The windshield wiper's auto mode is crap yea, but you don't HAVE to change the manual speed on the screen. It also shows you, that after pressing the windshield button on the steering wheel, you can scroll the cursor with the left scrollwheel up and down. BTW with the latest updtate Tesla managed to break this feature by "automatising" the maunal option, meaning for example u go with level 1, the rain stops you press the windshield button, and it jumps up to level 2 "coz u asked for more" while u actually wanted to turn off the thing .. Just like pressing Start on Windows for the shutdown... XD You also don't have to go into the "menu" to reach the heated/ventillated seats, you can drag them to the bottom and keep it next to climate control. As much you guys are being the biggest tech enthusiasts as much I really don't understand how this made a confusion... The stalks... Literally every single reviewer complaining and hating the missing stalks ever since the debute. I sat in the car KNOWING the signals going to be buttoned because of said reviews. The first day I drove 150 kms charging + home and only one single time I missed the signal because that roundabout was half the size in diameter then any other roundabout on the planet. Ever since I know, if the wheel is upside-down, then I press the bottom one with the right hand and that's the right signal. That one time was my only miss ever since and I drove the car 19k kms so far (12k miles). The video feels like "Yeah, yeah it's a great car, but, but, but, but..." and those many buts actually breaking the feeling of "a great car". It is a great car, and those buts are not as serious as they sound. Did any of you tried to switch after 10 years from android to apple? You would complain that the bloody back button is not there for the first day and you get used to it. It's the same...
Good video, just to note that opposed to what was said, you can drag and drop the seat controls or extra AC controls to the bar to be always accessible, and the wipers do not need to be controlled from the screen, after touching the wiper button, the scroll wheel will change their speed controls
Wonderful review as always. Game changer of a car, however addressing some of the "negative" comments made in the view for things he "wished were there", and some positive ones too: 1. Trunk Auto Open - It uses the cameras and you have to enable it in the car menu, works surprisingly well. 2. Climate Controls (heated/vent seats) - You can actually add them as quick widgets! In my Model 3H I've put: Seats Cool/heat(ing), Heated Steering Wheel, Windshield Defroster. 3. Climate Controls (quickly setting temps etc) - A fun UX action you can do is just swipe left/right on the temperature widget at the bottom to quickly change it, I dont even look at it when I do it as I drive since the swipe length scales perfectly every time and you can easily predict which temp it will be at after let's say a 5cm swipe (I do wish they added a haptic motor somewhere for this, maybe on the steering wheel to make use of the existing haptics of the thumb buttons?). 4. Switching Drive modes - I agree it's really shit, I hate it but it doesnt ruin the experience. I would rather have a stock or gear knob on the center console, screw it even haptic buttons would work if they were heavily textured or with a bump and not on the ceiling :))))). 5. Indicators (position) - both dumb and alright. Since the turning ratio for the wheel is crazy good (meaning a 90º rotation turns the wheels A LOT) I happen to spend most of the time in roundabouts with my finger on the exit indicator button with ease. When I use my combustion car I get annoyed that I have to release the wheel to indicate because of how comfy it is to just not move your hands. That being said, any tighter roundabout or turn and youre cooked - just give up and pray you can reach the button in time and it's the right one. You are encouraged to keep your hands on the wheel like a racing driver, it's the whole point, but do a full rotation and oh boy you best pray. 6. Indicators (auto turn off with rotation) - you can turn this off in the menus. For my driving it's useful, but it can be turned off. 7. Wipers (auto) - absolutely useless, they're shit and whoever decided to not user IR hardware should be fired. Let's use up nice resources of the ECU's Process Loop :). Or do as he said and click the haptic button, and use the scroll wheel (better but stupid still). 8. Lights - the dynamic high beams are really good if you're a driver and from experience they're not bad when you, as oncoming traffic, are within legal EU range. I'd rather not be blinded but it does not make it unsafe. If you're a EU spec cabover oncoming truck whose lights are at the same level as other cars but as a driver you're really high up, youre getting blinded there's no chance. Most highways in EU have railing or bushes which happen to cover the line of sight of the cameras and the truck lights and when the truck is near enough that night time image recognition kicks-in well you've already been flashed 10x by the trucker. 9. Speakers - hella good, agreed by many sound nerds to be one of the best factory speakers. Conclusion: it has downsides, upsides, lots of customization, really dumb things and is a wonderful car to drive.
I would love it if you added in a EQ tuning section into the reviews. Use all your fancy equipment to test and set the stereo EQ to see how good it could be.
16:30 RWD does not have a sub, just 7 speakers up front (3 in the dash, and 8" woofers and a tweeter in the doors) and just 2 speakers in the rear doors. It does sound pretty damn good though for a base system!
Fun fact if you tap the … or swipe up in the dock you can drag the heated seat icon and have it pinned on your dock, it also won’t take up an app space on the dock too - Tesla driver model 3 -Jeff
Alex: How did they get so much room in the trunk?? Tesla: You know if we leave out the spare tire we can call it a secret storage compartment and charge extra for it.
IDK seems like a better solution to me. If the spare is that important to you, you can just put one in the trunk. If not, and you're staying in/around a city then you have extra space.
6:58 it's totally posible by dragging those icons from the menu to the bottom bar. Then they will be there all the time C: th-cam.com/users/shortsNzFb_tVdTps
You can actually drag and drop certain functions (like the heated seat control you mentioned, max defog front and back etc) so that they’re always accessible without going through different menus as I’ve got them set up on my 2023 Model 3!
@@teddymasters1347 They are usually worse than stalks, take some time to get used to but for me at least the importance of this "flaw" is not that big.
@CDYTW people don't need to update the car. It does it over the air when it is parked at home. This is where tesla is once again ahead too with ease of use.
You can put the heated seats in your "hot bar". When you open the apps (three dots) you'll see the climate stuff on top of the screen and apps on the bottom. Just drag and hold the heated seats to the bottom of the screen and you can place it right next to the climate.
I would call Tesla navigation like google maps, but cleaner and has everything you need without the ads and annoyances. It's also super accurate and will get you there on time. Did you know they use wind speed, temperature, elevation, along with distance to destination to calculate the arrival battery percent? It's *suuuuper accurate* The only flaw in recent versions (last couple years actually) is it doesn't zoom in as much as it used to by default, you can zoom it in but it doesn't keep your zoom setting anymore.
It's great. Absolute deal breaker though is the indicators/blinkers. It's a pain in the ass to find the blinker button on the wheel while you are driving in a roundabout and need to exit (blinking right is mandatory here in Germany).
The trunk can automatically open when you have an phone with UWB. It will make three beeps when you stay directly to the trunk before it automatically opens. You can customize the icons, like seat or steering wheel heater. Other controls as well. You can also control the wiper mode via the steering wheel buttons. With the latest update (07.2024) Auto Wiper and LED Matrix headlights (EU only) work flawlessly in the EU.
-You can pin climate controls (or whatever you want) to the bar. -The app > keys. It unlocks when you approach. Locks when you walk away. To me, good engineering is adding connivence to the things your do/interact with every time you use a product (aka locking and unlocking). When you drive everyday, you quickly realize how much better the experience is not having to worry about keys. -To the point about the map... it is is powered by google maps. Essentially a re-skinned version of g-maps. I would think you should probably have the person who actually uses the product do the review. It was pretty clear this view was based on little to no user experience with the product.
Cars are for a lot of people like a Iphone, status symbol. They need to have the newest Iphone, same goes for car people, they want to have the quickest car.
Honesty it’s super nice to have a nimble car to get out of bad situations. If I wanna merge into a much faster moving lane of traffic, an EV just does it, while an ICE car takes a while to downshift and get going.
@@blewis42002 You can also just pick safer times to merge. Generally the only situation I find raw power to be really helpful (in terms of safety) is when I'm trying to get around slow people on 2 lane highways, and even then you don't need a super fast car to do it safely.
The exit for my neighborhood is onto an often busy two lane road at 55mph. Quick acceleration is paramount if I don't want to wait 10 minutes for a longer opening.
I'm surprised that if Tesla (Elon) has such a weird need to run everything off apps and a screen UI, that they don't just have an API... it's not like they seem overly concerned about security. How about an open API so people can add their connected devices like I dunno... a aftermarket gearshift lever so they don't have to go through the dumb menus to go forward and backwards? Or a turn signal stalk...
Everyone is running stuff on screens because it is cheaper than manufacturing buttons and stalks and other mechanical bits. I could be wrong, but I believe they do have APIs for some things. I know there's stuff on GitHub
There is an API and there are third party products that hook into the wiring harness to interface with the CAN bus. SEXY Buttons is a general example that a good number of people use. Also pretty sure there are people working on a stalk retrofit using some similar things that you can install yourself. Most of Tesla's interiors use clips to mount things so its pretty easy to tear down and replace.
btw you can get some climate controls to stay at the bottom of the screen like the seat heaters, its in the app tray, you just have to hold and drag it i believe you can turn off the turn signal auto-stopping in the settings somewhere (still doesnt excuse the buttons)
I see this come up a lot but honestly I don't think it's a good defence, 90% of the customers who buy it will probably get used to the out-of-the-box experience rather than figuring out how to customise their car to suit their needs. I feel the climate controls should be pinned at the bottom by default, so those who DO tinker with their car can just remove it if they so wish.
@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff yeah that's fair. When I got mine I immediately tickered with all the settings but I do that with any new phone as well so I think it's just me
In the latest update the wipers are a lot better and when you press the wipe button it increases the auto wipe sensitivity. It is winter here (NZ) and I have just discovered there is an auto window defogger and auto seat/steering warming with my scheduled departure time. Also I think in NZ we had a different damper/suspension setup than US/Canada (now 2) model 3’s never had such a harsh ride.
They should do a Main Home Screen for the car tablet where you can pin favourite functions and actions, and maybe have a second pane with a suggestion menu based on usage patterns
It already has that, they just failed to show it in the video. You can select different apps to pin to the bottom bar for quick access, and it will also show your most recently used apps in the lower right side of the app bar at the bottom. You can also select different climate options to be pinned to the bottom bar permanently for easier/quicker access. Or you could always use voice commands, which tend to work really well in my experience with this car.
@@thomasfriedl3137 Like promising their previous genration models could handle "Full Self Driving" when every tech reviewer noted that the hardware wasn't nearly powerfull enough for that. Elon Musk has even admitted this himself now, this was covered on the last WAN Show.
@@hieracium3317 Have you experienced FSD 12.4? It's far better than any other self driving service like Cruise or Waymo, it's not limited to a certain area and it runs on HW3. It is so awesome and has improved so much that I forgive Tesla for their ambitous predictions.
This was a fantastic video as someone looking at car options right now. I really love that y’all do some high quality car content. I am not a car guy but this video was fascinating.
As someone who bought the AWD Long Range Model 3 a few months ago in March, I'll go over some points from the video. 1. The lack of stalks is awkward at first, but after 2 weeks, you get used to the buttons being on the steering wheel. Like how if you switched from Touch ID to Face ID on an iPhone. It's fine. It's nowhere near as big a deal as you think it is. However, I live in the US where roundabouts are basically non-existent, so it may be different if you're somewhere like Europe or Asia where they're more common. 2. The auto wipers are shit. I don't know why they can't get the auto wipers to work, but they don't. You're better off manually switching to the wiper speed you want depending on your situation. I think there's no rain sensor in the windshield, so that's why they're crap. 3. The feature of standing behind the trunk for it to auto open does work, but you need to turn it on from the car's settings inside. It's off by default. But once you turn it on, it stays on. However, it's meh and either doesn't activate when I want it to or it tries to open the trunk when I don't want the trunk open. So they need to work on that and probably will with subsequent updates. 4. You can open the trunk and frunk from in the car, you don't need the app if you exclusively do that. The trunk can open without the app as well by pressing the button used at 2:06. Frunk needs the app or in the car though, which makes sense, since you probably don't wanna accidentally bump into trash on the road and your frunk flies open. 5. The frunk is good for small items or takeout from pizza or other similar places. Other than that, just keep anything else either on one of the seats or in the trunk, which is super large and will comfortably fit a couple of (smaller) suitcases. 6. I tried the FSD beta the first month I had the car and it's awful. It doesn't get up to speed fast enough and oh my god, do not use it in a dark area. It's so bad because it's only using cameras with no radar or LIDAR. They need to put those back in to make FSD even remotely okay. Don't waste your either $99 each month or $8000 one-time on it. If you do though, the Autopark is the best feature and it works almost flawlessly. 7. It's super quiet and the suspension makes me feel a lot less bumps than I did with my last car, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra. It's super quiet and feels great. 8. The speakers are fantastic. I have the AWD version, so there's 17 of them. If you balance the audio right in the settings, it's super immersive. 9. I've never used the rear screen since I'm the driver, but hey, it's probably good if you're on a road trip with small kids who wanna watch Netflix or TH-cam on it with some Bluetooth headphones. But you can get more mileage out of an iPad anyway. TLDR: Take a test drive and decide for yourself, but after 4+ months, I genuinely love the car.
I read somewhere in the past that Telsa don't have the traditional dedicated rain sensors that most cars used, they rely on camera only which by the looks of it isn't as accurate as having dedicated sensor to do that kind of job. Telsa is relying too much on computer vision alone since they think human does it, so why not cars. Not realizing humans still far more sophisticated brain that we process what we see unconsciously and by instinct, and we still have other sensors on our body to interact in the world, such as skin, ears, smell, hairs, etc.
The parking gesture and the turn signal must be a nightmare in any European City. Well, think of it this way: it's very close to the BMW experience. Same with this white type of led headlights...
Trying to hit the exact spot on a screen while on bumpy road is the most significant factor making me never considering cars without buttons for basic functions .
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Thank you so much for being so honest about the stalks. I was test driving this thing a few weeks ago and that was literally the only major reason I did not like this car
(oh and also bluetooth didn't work with my S21 so that was weird)
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do you have the matrix headlights update? I have the second cersion, in Europe, the lights have become the best I've ever had till now! fully adaptive ABD stopped blinding every bird on the road
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I think it's funny that Maria blurred her license plate out in the thumbnail, but the video editors left it in the video.
I don't think you can get any harmful information from licence plates in canda
that's what linus said when he was upgrading dan's car. So I think it's okay. @@amroallam9302
@@amroallam9302obviously she wanted it blurred though.
@@EikottXDbut the video editors say no.
luckily you can't learn anything at all from the license plate number in BC
Can we please get Maria opinion about the Tesla experience maybe after a year or so? I'd love to see that from the actual user perspective.
or from anyone who isnt just hating on elon
@@justan1ck stupid steering wheel decisions does not equal to hating elon, both yoke and buttons for turn signals are stupid and should not pass car safety regulations
Maria? What are you talking about? Anyway, the main issue is, as ever, *not having an actual sunroof.*
@@YankeeMav Maria is the owner of the car.
I have been using it daily since March, already put 30k km on it. Its generally a really nice car, I have gotten used to everything but 2 major issues. Turning signals, often times I just give up and stop using them if they turn off and other times the car thinks I'm switching lanes and turns the signals off for me so I have to turn them back on because I moved into a turning lane and am about to turn. The other issue is the gear selector, shifting into Drive and Reverse are generally really nice and the audible signal is nice to have because sometimes I shift but because I don't drag the shift selector enough on the screen the car doesn't shift so when I press the accelerator I realize I'm still in reverse.
Also with summer the roof being glass is horrible for energy consumption and heat in general, though I did buy a clip on sunroof which has helped tremendously.
I still cant get over the acceleration on the car either, though for daily use I have it set to "chill" mode. What people often make fun of is waiting to charge but I do all my charging at home, for the few times im low I would go to a supercharger and plug in for a few minutes then leave with another 100km. I can always fix that as well by going over the 80% limit I have set but since I have the Long Range its not much of an issue.
With the amount of Driving I do (which has actually been a little less these past few months because of some stuff that has come up for me) I have made the car payments back in literally just gas savings... its insane. My electricity bill has gone up by around 100 (cad) a month, as opposed to the 70 dollar tank I would fill up every 2-4 days.
About the wipers - one can start to understand why they are so stupid, because for some brilliant reason they don't have a proper sensor, like all the other cars do.
The only sensors they dont have is lidar etc, which does nothing for rain etc... Helps to inform a little bit before making comments.
@@pipooh1Lol. Tesla's rely on the camera for the wipers too rather than using a traditional rain sensor. Helps to inform a little bit before making comments
And the frustrating part is that sensor can’t cost them more than five bucks I’m sure.
@@pipooh1Tesla removed a bunch of sensors and are relying on AI and software. They removed every sensor that are not cameras and are moving to "Tesla Vision" since 2023. It made self parking and self driving worse. It's why when it gets less than 15km it's not really sure how far away the car is and stops suddenly when before it relied on radar to figure out distance.
@@BurritoKingdom I'm not sure about you, but the times I used FSD when they had that free month a little while back, or even basic Autopilot, I never experienced any such issues with it getting down to a low speed and then just slamming on the brakes. It's also better for it to stop further back than most people typically would in their car driving themselves, because should something happen behind it, there would be no room to try to evade.
This was the most Canadian review ever. I heard "I'm sorrey" like 20 times. Nice job!
I'm 2:12 into the video and I came here to say the same thing. I love it!
it's an annoying piece of shit and somehow he didn't wanna drive it of a cliff since it's maria's (both in terms of review and physically). It's lacking normal features and the frunk/bottom trunk compartment are also normal on other vehicles + how annoying could it be for a front passenger to have the rear one adjust your seat? Btw how can a the game fix legroom on longer drives??
haha definitely - I'M SOREY ABOAT THIS KERR
@@dasiro gurl it aint that deep
Oh I 100% think that the lack of the turn signal stalk was an Elon decision. Anything to cut parts count and increase profit margin.
or a bmw decision
Was clearly a bmw drivers decision.
I mean he does have a quote
“The best part is no part. The best process is no process. It weighs nothing. Costs nothing. Can’t go wrong.”
And I does make sense in the mind of Elon, in the future cars will be fully driven or assisted with FSD or equivalents, so why would you need to make more inputs to complicate things. Though we’re are not at the level right now maybe in 2026/27
It definitely does not help profit margins. If you think a 1¢ piece of plastic is what they're worried about, you're wrong. Its most likely they just thought it looks futuristic to not have anything sticking out.
@@wow-sham1300With the way current FSD is equipped it won't be safe in 2050
Pretty sure the designers of the new turn signals were poach-hired from BMW.
The haptic buttons are really nice! I daily drive this car, and I genuinely hope I never have to go back to stalks again. It took some hours to get used to, but after that it's pretty sweet!
This among other things were a huge deciding factor for me when cross shopping EV's I ended up getting a Polestar 2 since I still get proper turn signals and wipers along with a gauge cluster and it just plain looks better.
"TESLA: WE LOSE TERRIBLE DESIGNS! COME DESIGN SOMETHING AWFUL FOR US, PLEASE, PLEASE!?
@@HAFBeast91 Just because you find it a terrible design, does not mean general public does. They still sell more cars then they can produce with 3 gigafactories.
@@pipooh1this
Btw you can pin the seat heating controls to the bottom bar by dragging from the apps menu when it's in customisation mode.
Whatever, touchscreen in the car is stupid you can't hit correct button half of the time because there thing is moving
@@careem3463 imo buttons are just as hard to hit while the car is moving. You can also use voice commands if the touchscreen is too difficult
@@MatthewDiasvoice commands are worse.
@@MatthewDias each button have a feel to it, you can press them without looking when you get familiar with the car, touchscreen is plain glass you need to pay attention not only to the road but to the screen
@@Squeeonline I like them ! :)
No matter how good a car is, I don't accept manufacturers imposing unbelievably stupid decisions on car controls in the name of progress. Just admit it's cost cutting in most cases or just poor decisions.
And the worst part? Despite ALL of the negative feedback from consumers and journalists, more automakers follow. Is this some kind of joke?
Yet most people complain about them, never driven the cars... People need to get out of the "i do not like change" mindset. Technology will go forwards if you want it or not.
People also hated touchscreens on phones when they first released, now everyone owns one and can not live without it.
@@pipooh1 "People also hated touchscreens on phones when they first released, now everyone owns one and can not live without it."
Yes because those touchscreen were legit awful to use at the time. Do you remember what touchscreens used to be like before the iphone came out? There's a reason why apple blew everyone's mind at the time because no one wanted touchscreens because the majority of them were awful.
"Yet most people complain about them, never driven the cars... People need to get out of the "i do not like change" mindset. Technology will go forwards if you want it or not."
I know how I like my cars. I'm very critical of things if it irks me. User experience is in my top 3 beside safety and reliability. Saying technology is going forward does not excuse bad design (it's also a common defense by weird elon fans to excuse anything he does). I don't mind change if it actually helps me but I do mind it if it hinders me. Putting the gear change on the screen or ceiling doesn't fucking help me. Having a terrible auto wiper system doesn't fucking help. I'm sorry but it's not a good look for "progress" if my 12k car looks like a better option than a tesla from a user experience perspective.
VW are one that listened. They have returned their steering wheels in Europe back to physical buttons instead of the touch sensitive type due to feedback, so customer centric feedback can affect product development in an organisation that has a culture of listening to their customers rather than their CEO 😅
Apple?
@Shadowninja1200 the gear shifter is rarely needed because it does it automatically, it knows where you are going and your surroundings and auto set it for you once you want to move.
For the auto wipers, yes, they are not the best, but you also can easily control them on the steering wheel with the scroll wheel and no need to go into the screen menu.
Seem most reviewers just get in the car and drive. While most stuff they complain about is fixed by the time they release the video or they do not care to read the manual to understand the functions. This is why I rarely care about review videos and more about owner experience.
No indicator stalk makes it useless in UK. We need to indicate leaving the roundabout and it is pretty dangerous having to look for indicator button every time .
I've been driving a model x for a bit over 2 years with the same turn signals. It's definitely worse than a stalk but you get used to it within a week. The horn button however is super dumb and way too sensitive, I've honked so many times when reversing out of parking spots.
Stalks are better, I agree. But the hyperbole around "dangerous" is just silly. I drive a manual with 6 gears, and I regular manage the cordination of hand and foot without looking, and no one has died because of it, and nor is called dangerous.
@@scrozzy but your stick stays where you left it and does not move to the other side of you seat being upside down? Right?
@@dzikoo the stick changes position because of the stick's throw, and I need to know where it was previously relative to where I want it to go. The buttons change location too, but the one pointing to the outside of the wheel is left, and the one pointing towards the middle is right. I also mastered this with the skipping tracks buttons.
@ZaHandle I'm sorry to hear that. Best of luck in your endeavours. x
Sorry but I don't find it difficult at all it just takes time to get use to it. I love the No stalks and buttons for indicators they are so easy to use once you are use to it. I use the centre bump to find the correct button and on a roundabout I place my thumb over the button I need next. I would never want to go back to stalks again. As for the wipers it does have different levels for the wipers if you hit the windscreen button on the steering wheel it will bring them up on the screen then you can use the left scroll wheel to change the levels. To be fair the wipers have improved with the last couple of updates. You can change the 5 apps along the bottom of the screen to be whatever you prefer by touching the 3 buttons which then brings up all of the apps so you just drag them over the current ones to the place you want along the bottom and as for the seat controls they always stay along the bottom in their own place at each end so they should always be there along with the temperature controls.The lights have now been changed to adaptive across all Teslas through an update so they will now adapt for curves in the road ahead of you and illuminate farther when driving on a motorway and they dip themselves and change direction to not blind other drivers so they work well. Maybe you need to have a read of the manual to learn more about the Tesla especially the 2024 model.
So this is what rappers mean when they say car with with no keys
“No keys, please update to start.” Lol
Why do you need keys? I don't lock or unlock the car it does it automatically as I walk away/walk up.
The app has everything accessible. Turning on the Air Con takes one tap after unlocking my phone.
@@attckDog What if you need to access it after the batery died?
@@attckDog Break your phone, lose your phone, your phone is stolen??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Phone could also just be dead
@@Rokegle135 keys can be stolen as well, and keys' batteries can also run out.
The "frunk" suddenly seems more useful, with the epidemic of thieves smashing rear windows in order to quickly get into your trunk. I try to never leave valuables in my car, but if I need to, I'll put them up front. It's going to be significantly harder and more time-consuming (e.g. risky) to pry that open just to see if there's something in it.
Please do a special episode on the LED headlight epidemic. SO BRIGHT. Roads aren'ts level, aiming them doesn't matter, they need to be less bright and less white.
It's been an issue for a long time, not necessarily related to LED. Some years back, before any car had LED headlights I noticed that more and more of the cars I met at night were blinding even on low beam. One night I met a car that flooded the road with intense light so bright I couldn't see anything. Pissed off I flashed the headlights to signal him to switch to low beam. Well he flashed me back. It turned out that he had been using his cars version of low beam. I had to break and park at the curb waiting for my eyes to recover. This was just halogen lights but bad enough to be dangerous and the low beam was certainly not shielded to keep from blinding meeting traffic.
Now properly designed headlights will not blind the meeting traffic when you use low beam. High beam is another matter. It will be disastrous for anyone you meet in the night, so make sure to always go to low beam when meeting a car. And do adjust your cars headlights wo low beam doesn't blind people. Sure it you can't see as far along the road that way, but at least you don't have to risk crashing head on with a driver that can't see.
THe problems is with color temperature. Lights from 2700k (old halogen) up to 4000-4500k (some LED, even third-party) are OK. Whenever you go above 5000k, even 6500k, the light becomes unbearable.
Please do! Blinding lights should be illegal, and most EV owners don't travel dark roads anyways
There used to be solutions for this… it’s called a raised median.
Too bad they got torn down cause ppl thought they looked bad. But the noise reduction and especially light reduction from oncoming traffic was phenomenal.
Hey "Glenners" just wait till you reach circa 60yrs old and your night driving vision fails. THEN you will LOVE LED lights. This writer at 74yrs swapped out the halogen bulbs in his 2019 Niro BEV for LEDs. Yah! I can, at night, see clear to next week. The problem solver is matrix headlamps, which the Govt will not allow in the USA{who paid them off on that detail] Europe uses them and the world did not end. Ditto for side mirrors/cameras
Its been raining... it's muddy... it's Vancouver.....
Truer words have never been spoken....
Why are companies continuing to remove physical controls and control arms behind the steering wheel. That makes it an instant no buy for me.
You can open the trunk by standing next to it while your phone is in your pocket. It's a setting you need to toggle on. You can also move the seat heating/cooling shortcuts down on the dock.
(Source: I have a 24 M3LR and it works on mine)
Opening the trunk whenever you walk by it sounds like the worst thing ever to me.
Correct me if I'm wrong but he said that he didn't have that update on the car
@@harwil32 it gives you a three-chirp warning before it does. I’ve walked by my trunk a ton of times and never had it open unintentionally. Note: you have to be somewhat close also. It won’t trigger say you’re 5 feet away. It’s more designed for moments you have your hands full.
@@harwil32 it uses UWB so its ultra precise and you have to stand for a while for it to open
It only works with iOS currently, not Android :(
The auto wipers is as crap on the old model 3 as well! Never use it as it’s totally unusable
It has gotten better with last update, but still not good. Still, it gave me hopes.
our one works very well. not much worse then our old Model S from 2015
I get that Tesla is devoting most of its efforts towards FSD right now but come on Tesla, it would be better to just not offer auto wipers than fir people to expect this system to be improved at some point and be disappointed.
@@CombatSport777 it is almost perfect now since the last update. Barely have to press manually now
They're better than they used to be, mostly because you couldn't use cruise control with them turned off, but now you can. It does however turn them back on every time you cancel and re-engage cruise control, which annoys me no end.
I understand that you need the cameras to be clear of water so that the adaptive cruise control can work... but I hat that too, always slowing down for no reason. Just give me an option dumb cruise control, I don't need any nanny hand holding, if I crash into the back of someone then so be it, but I've managed the last decade of driving other cars just fine so think I'll manage just fine...
In the last update they allowed scrolling the thumb wheel to change wipe mode, which is great, but they also made it worse by having each press of the wiper stalk change mode, so to go from intermittant wipe to off without removing my hand from the wheel, I have to press the stalk which makes the wipers faster before I can scroll to turn them off. So dumb. So backwards.
You can customize the bottom bar of the main screen by pressing and holding on an icon. You can then drag-and-drop the heated seat button back into the bar.
2019 Model 3 owner here. I appreciate the impartiality. The review brought up my two biggest criticisms - the completely fucking braindead automatic wipers (which is an issue on mine too), and the similarly braindead lack of indicator stalks. The latter's a dealbreaker.
If you're a gamer, the turn signal buttons are super easy and intuitive. Just go for a test drive.
@@firexgodx980 The person you commented that to literally mentioned owning one
@@PhysicsGamer 2019 models have stalks. Only newer Teslas don't have stalks
I love the turn buttons more then the stucks after 1000km.
The wipers are bad, you are right. But to manually control the speed you DO NOT have to touch the screen. Once you press the button the steering wheel, you can use the scroll button the change the speed between off, auto, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Yes, but it still sucks. Auto should be after 4, and pressing the stalk once should not change the speed. It used to just do a single wipe regardless of whether the wipers were on or off which was great for when you were in light rain and had intermittant, but get sprayed by a truck or puddle. Now if I want to go from slow to off, it goes faster when you press the stalk, hesitates for a moment during which the thumb wheel does nothing, and then finally lets you turn them off.
Regarding the heated seats you can put the icon on the bottom bar an keep it there permanently.
the engineer: what signal? who the f using turn signals??
I mean tbf if your in auto pilot it does them for you so there is that
The turn signal buttons are easy if you're a gamer.
@@firexgodx980 i'm a gamer, i need a panic roll button🤣
Probably former BMW engineer
@@JadedGeode this one got me
I'm still missing the gear selector stalk behind the steering wheel, let alone a standard turn signal.
Maybe the solution would be to glue a transparent dot to one of the buttons, or gouge one of them so there's a texture difference. Of course shouldn't be necessary, but still.
M3 Highland driver of over 10k km's. A few notes.
The RWD is the best bang for the buck right now, especially compared to other EV's efficiency and options (e.g. hyundai, polestar, Kia, etc).
The auto trunk works perfectly fine and its surprisingly accurate. Check the phone version as its not working with older phones/os versions.
Turn signals are actually decent especially for the highways in Germany. It sucks in small roundabouts !
What I feel is that you will completely get used to it, and you'll forget entirely about the stalks in a few weeks. it's one of those things that take time. Over-exaggerated in the media.
The swipe thingy is fine. I never swipe drive modes in a daily/work commute. The automation thingy works quite good. You get in the car, it automatically shifts depending on the park and off you go.
Voice commands are very limited. Hope they improve it with an AI update.
The auto-wipe either works great or terrible. Needs improvement. Luckily the wiper button is aligned in the perfect spot.
The adaptive led matrix headlights are absolutely awesome. Maybe not activated in Canada? Check the settings for ''adaptive''. You have the impression that blinds everyone, but it actually does a great job. (yes' I've tested it on the opposite side). They are still tuning it as we speak.
No HUD is meh, would make the car very close to perfect by having one.
You can also set the steering wheel heating & heat/cool seat ''touch buttons'' on the bar below, and/or assign the left wheel press to pretty much anything.
Sound and insulation is fantastic.
Once you get used to it, it’s a fun, lazy-ass car that works pretty darn well. With incentives, it’s actually a no-brainer.
Let me make sure to spell it out for manufacturers. Stalks and buttons are like quick-launch links. Let me interface with the things I use most often with physical controls, that way, I can do it without looking. Lights, indicators, wipers, gear selector - buttons. Radio controls, and climate controls - do a long touch screen (prefer buttons) below the panel which can switch between and control those with hybrid up/down button controls.
Got used to the indicator buttons after like 20 roundabouts (the absolute worst scenario for them), but really wish they added tactile dots like he suggested in the video. As for gear selector the swiping works way better than the buttons I had in a rental Hyundai recently😅
For the auto trunk opening, I believe you need an iPhone with UWB. Also, remember that Tesla normally does not supply a charger cable (you can buy it at order time).
that depends on the market, in Europe the home charger is always included...
A few things, you can add the seat heater icons to the bottom row, along with the defrost options for easy access.
The auto-open boot requires an iPhone with UWB (presumably an Android equivalent soon)
The headlights are hampered in North America by legislation. Here in Oceania and in Europe, the headlights have adaptive/matrix headlight capabilities where it turns off portions of the headlight to mask the oncoming car
I'm so jealous of the adaptive/matrix headlights updates you guys got over there, I am still anxiously awaiting that update to come to NA.
@@ProXcaliberIt's particularly awful with trucks that are lifted. Gonna need to wear driving glasses. 😂
what about long circuit
And why not short racetrack
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I turned off the lane departure _intervention_ after a couple false alarms. I'll still allow it to yell at me, just in case it's ever correct, but I really did not like feeling it tug on the wheel mid-corner when it had no reason at all to do so. I also switched the collision warning to "late" after a couple false alarms with that (I was looking at the car ahead and already moving to the brake, with plenty of time to stop). I really appreciate that these features can be customized or turned off entirely. If something can be done in software, and it's potentially useful, Tesla will probably give you the option. I like that.
9:20 - left is outwards, right is inwards. As simple as left is down, right is up with stalks.
Right? Such a non issue for people who actually know how to drive a car.
Would it kill them to have climate buttons, speedo (or at least a hud) and an indicator stalk?
Dangerous having everything on the screen. Seen so many people buying aftermarket speedos. Shouldn't have to.
The way Canadians say Sorry sound like my kid every time he breaks one of his electronics and I have to fix it.
1:50 There is also a key fob that you can buy, though it is pretty expensive
I lost an Audi key fob once. They wanted $500. The Tesla one doesn't seem so bad.
Way cheaper than the fob for my last car
"MODEL 3/Y KEY FOB $175" from Tesla's site
It's not expensive. I lost a key to a Renault Clio like 20 years ago and I had to pay $70. With how much the value of a dollar has plummeted over the last 20 years 175 is almost a steal, almost😆
Why would they do that and avoid a few minutes of blind hate for tesla
@@attckDog I don’t think it’s blind hate what so ever I own this car and it coming with a fob would have been a better decision
The new 3 takes a lot of inspiration from the 2022 Refresh of the S & X. I can say the white is remarkably stain resistant and the ventilated seats are actual bursts of cold air on your butt and back. Very nice.
100% agree with you on the lack of physical controls, especially turn signal, wipers, and gear selector. At least give us the OPTION of physical controls, Tesla.
Seatheater shortcut is possible, auto wipers and matrix headlights are much better in the lastest update. After 3 weeks I don’t mind the lack of blinker stocks anymore
use the left scroll wheel to select the wipers, you dont have to use the touch screen.
But also that is quite annoying I have to say as a highland driver. As it also auto increases when pressing the wiper button, you need to go down twice to reduce and often confirm the current setting by looking on the screen. I miss my stalk for wipers more than for the indicators.
For the indicators I added an extra turn right button at the bottom of my steering wheel for roundabouts (living in Europe). With that, I'm quite ok with it.
next to that...phantom braking with autopilot on normal roads when trucks are crossing in the other direction.
@@_clemens_ is Phantom breaking STILL a thing??? I have a 2021 M3 Performance and the last year or so, I haven't had one incident, I figured it was solved via software updates. When I first bought the car new, it was insane, I couldn't risk using AP due to brake checking a truck on the highway doing 120.
@@erdrickk on a highway don't know I don't do a lot of highways. But on normal roads when big trucks pass, it sometimes brakes afterwards...very annoying. Afaik not every M3 Highland has this, but mine does.
Do you reckon Tesla's engineers (outside of whoever is in charge of the engine and battery) are not very good, or are they just trying too hard to reinvent the wheel?
"I’d much rather have keys"-NOT. I enjoy never needing keys.
- There is an option for a "normal", physical key (for opening/closing the car trunk, frunk, doors, windows)
- You can simply rearrange the buttons at the bottom of the screen and put the seat heating there
- I agree, the auto wipers are nowhere near perfect
- Yes, the original options for static headlights are blinding for the others, but if you actually turn on the adaptive headlights then IMO they are better than other manufacturers'
- The suspension is a new adaptive one, that is why it is soft for the potholes and stiff for cornering :)
Alex, the auto-trunk feature has to be turned on in the car’s settings before it will work. Also, you will want to make sure your phone has been setup as an enhanced key with the car (i.e., uses UWB). Both are required for the auto-trunk to work.
Actually about the seat heating you can put custom buttons on the bottom row and there is an option to add left or right seat heating as a shortcut, and about the turn signals there is also an option to automatically disable your turn signal if you are switching lanes or turning (it can decide what you are doing based on your surroundings), and you can also disable that in the settings
It’s a great car overall. Some minor hiccups like it can kill you but other than that it’s great
I have one of the Highland Model 3 RWD in the UK. I absolutely love it and have found the buttons far easier to use and it stops the indicator stalk disco mode that I often contended with. Trying an older Model 3 with a stalk was far more difficult. I do agree with the auto wipers issue though. Not bad but not great. I have found it super smooth, quiet and efficient.
The phone connection makes it so easy as no need to do anything other than have your phone with you. Walk up to door, open it, get in, close door and put foot on brake to start car. Automatically sets reverse and you go.
The boot opening update works well again with phone in pocket it works well 3 beeps and it is opening. Also the latest updates to the headlights they are now blocking zones out and it works very well.
I want you to test out the new self driving as it looks very impressive now on the latest software.
Auto wiper adjustment can been done on the right dial/ball on the steering wheel. Set it up first. New update is pretty cool. Up and down once you hit the button or stalks in older version. It’s much easier than hitting it on the screen.
I gotta say, not having keys in my pocket for the last 4 years has been amazing. With my phone in my pocket, just walk up to the car and get in and drive. Walk away, it locks. Eff having keys.
wow ok MAN, you signed up for neuralink yet MAN? oh oh oh wait, i bet you dont have a wallet YOU GOTS AN IPHONE....MANNNNNN. lmfaooooooo Tryna be a hipster after theys already dead. Your not ok....
Keyless entry is on like 95% of new cars...
Everyone prefers something else, but keep your mind open :D
@@reykoranteng9089but you have to have keys with you (and replace the battery in them) - not with a Tesla.
If you don't like this, you can still buy a key fob from Tesla that works wirelessly and has buttons for the trunk, frunk and locking.
@@TechboyUK The key card works fine in case your phone died, it's really a non issue.
6:54 Tesla got you there, the button bar is customizable. So np adding a button for heated seats 😅
Fun fact! You can pin some climate controls to the bottom hot bar by holding it down and moving it to the hot bar like an app on a phone.
Alex: This new Tesla model is like... "okay" especially compared to other similar priced cars. But the old model was horrible, noisy and terrible all in general. So this one is a good car.
Fun fact, the reason Teslas have larger range while having a smaller battery is because it weighs less, and that's because they're just shaving everything out of the car.
Also, fun fact the lacking of stocks for using the turn signals and the windshield wiper haven't been "designed for optimized use" or "automated", no they just wanted to save the cost of putting them in, and manufaturing time for attaching the stuff. Without of course of that savings towards the users. It's not a "weird design" they just had to remove it, and did what they could in order to keep the capability to use the car.
Just to add. In the new update it will automatically switch drive modes when you hit the brake and turn the steering wheel
As an owner, I much prefer not having keys. My phone is they key. You can use your watch as a key and to perform some functions.
My phones never get hot from the wireless charging.
He didn't talk about the security cameras (auto sentry), the adaptive cruise control that comes free with all Tesla's, dog mode, camping mode, how you book a service (which is awesome), etc.
"My phones never get hot from the wireless charging." lul
@@wtfisgoingon535They don't in my Tesla... In the video he said they do
I was early enough to see the bots
2022 owner here, every criticism in this video are true. Except the older models are not well noise insulated (so this one is better). The upgrades from the older models seems really nice, especially ventilated seats! But... The buttons for blinkers and swipe in the screen for reverse and forward is a deal breaker for my next purchase unfortunately. Fun car to drive, don't regret my purchase but if they don't bring these 2 features back, I'll look at other manufacturers.
Oh and for the blinkers shutting off all the time when you change 1 lane over, you can fix that in the settings! After a recent update, they changed it to that by default and it's horrible. You can bring it back to working like normal (with a turn signal stalk anyways)
If you really love your Tesla and stalks, they sell aftermarket sets, for circa $400USD
The way Canadians say sorry is so endearing and sincere. Wisconsin and Minnesota is Canada lite.
I have one and yeah the car is great but... the two things I don't like is the turn signal buttons and that the poor car does everything with the cameras (blindspot monitoring, rain detection, and everything else) and is prone to get confused, altough have noticed that it gets better with each update... but still would like normal turn signal controls, normal rain detection and normal blindspot sensors would be great
As of today, Model 3’s starting price is $38,990 USD, However RWD (base model) trim does NOT qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Long Range AWD will qualify for the tax credit, making it $39,990 for 69 miles of additional EPA-rated range, 1.6 second faster 0-60 mph acceleration, and 17 speakers with dual subwoofers.
It's different here in Canada, LR can also get federal rebates but only RWD is cheap enough for the BC provincial rebate
@@lester9230 I know
eww
Soo here's the thing.. As an owner for 6 months (Germany) I think if u want to review the "Tesla experience", you need to give some time for yourself to learn all the little things coz it's vastly different than any other car on the market. Some may drive it confidently after the first hour, some may need 1-2 weeks to experience the "edge cases".
First of all, the white seats are super easy to maintain, you just wipe it with wet wipest, job done.
The windshield wiper's auto mode is crap yea, but you don't HAVE to change the manual speed on the screen. It also shows you, that after pressing the windshield button on the steering wheel, you can scroll the cursor with the left scrollwheel up and down. BTW with the latest updtate Tesla managed to break this feature by "automatising" the maunal option, meaning for example u go with level 1, the rain stops you press the windshield button, and it jumps up to level 2 "coz u asked for more" while u actually wanted to turn off the thing .. Just like pressing Start on Windows for the shutdown... XD
You also don't have to go into the "menu" to reach the heated/ventillated seats, you can drag them to the bottom and keep it next to climate control. As much you guys are being the biggest tech enthusiasts as much I really don't understand how this made a confusion...
The stalks... Literally every single reviewer complaining and hating the missing stalks ever since the debute. I sat in the car KNOWING the signals going to be buttoned because of said reviews. The first day I drove 150 kms charging + home and only one single time I missed the signal because that roundabout was half the size in diameter then any other roundabout on the planet. Ever since I know, if the wheel is upside-down, then I press the bottom one with the right hand and that's the right signal. That one time was my only miss ever since and I drove the car 19k kms so far (12k miles).
The video feels like "Yeah, yeah it's a great car, but, but, but, but..." and those many buts actually breaking the feeling of "a great car". It is a great car, and those buts are not as serious as they sound. Did any of you tried to switch after 10 years from android to apple? You would complain that the bloody back button is not there for the first day and you get used to it. It's the same...
Good video, just to note that opposed to what was said, you can drag and drop the seat controls or extra AC controls to the bar to be always accessible, and the wipers do not need to be controlled from the screen, after touching the wiper button, the scroll wheel will change their speed controls
Wonderful review as always.
Game changer of a car, however addressing some of the "negative" comments made in the view for things he "wished were there", and some positive ones too:
1. Trunk Auto Open - It uses the cameras and you have to enable it in the car menu, works surprisingly well.
2. Climate Controls (heated/vent seats) - You can actually add them as quick widgets! In my Model 3H I've put: Seats Cool/heat(ing), Heated Steering Wheel, Windshield Defroster.
3. Climate Controls (quickly setting temps etc) - A fun UX action you can do is just swipe left/right on the temperature widget at the bottom to quickly change it, I dont even look at it when I do it as I drive since the swipe length scales perfectly every time and you can easily predict which temp it will be at after let's say a 5cm swipe (I do wish they added a haptic motor somewhere for this, maybe on the steering wheel to make use of the existing haptics of the thumb buttons?).
4. Switching Drive modes - I agree it's really shit, I hate it but it doesnt ruin the experience. I would rather have a stock or gear knob on the center console, screw it even haptic buttons would work if they were heavily textured or with a bump and not on the ceiling :))))).
5. Indicators (position) - both dumb and alright. Since the turning ratio for the wheel is crazy good (meaning a 90º rotation turns the wheels A LOT) I happen to spend most of the time in roundabouts with my finger on the exit indicator button with ease. When I use my combustion car I get annoyed that I have to release the wheel to indicate because of how comfy it is to just not move your hands. That being said, any tighter roundabout or turn and youre cooked - just give up and pray you can reach the button in time and it's the right one. You are encouraged to keep your hands on the wheel like a racing driver, it's the whole point, but do a full rotation and oh boy you best pray.
6. Indicators (auto turn off with rotation) - you can turn this off in the menus. For my driving it's useful, but it can be turned off.
7. Wipers (auto) - absolutely useless, they're shit and whoever decided to not user IR hardware should be fired. Let's use up nice resources of the ECU's Process Loop :). Or do as he said and click the haptic button, and use the scroll wheel (better but stupid still).
8. Lights - the dynamic high beams are really good if you're a driver and from experience they're not bad when you, as oncoming traffic, are within legal EU range. I'd rather not be blinded but it does not make it unsafe. If you're a EU spec cabover oncoming truck whose lights are at the same level as other cars but as a driver you're really high up, youre getting blinded there's no chance. Most highways in EU have railing or bushes which happen to cover the line of sight of the cameras and the truck lights and when the truck is near enough that night time image recognition kicks-in well you've already been flashed 10x by the trucker.
9. Speakers - hella good, agreed by many sound nerds to be one of the best factory speakers.
Conclusion: it has downsides, upsides, lots of customization, really dumb things and is a wonderful car to drive.
Give me buttons. I dont mind a screen, but I want physical buttons that I can feel.
Hell no
I would love it if you added in a EQ tuning section into the reviews. Use all your fancy equipment to test and set the stereo EQ to see how good it could be.
16:30 RWD does not have a sub, just 7 speakers up front (3 in the dash, and 8" woofers and a tweeter in the doors) and just 2 speakers in the rear doors. It does sound pretty damn good though for a base system!
In UK RWD has single sub, and long range has two subs
Hearing Canadians say 'sorry' never gets old.
Fun fact if you tap the … or swipe up in the dock you can drag the heated seat icon and have it pinned on your dock, it also won’t take up an app space on the dock too - Tesla driver model 3 -Jeff
6:13 I am 99% sure it uses Google maps as its base map layer.
No it 100% is Google maps with a Tesla addon. what a weird thing to say
it uses google earth images in the background but the navigation algorithms are not google
@@kebabgud Yeah agreed, was looking for this comment
Alex: How did they get so much room in the trunk??
Tesla: You know if we leave out the spare tire we can call it a secret storage compartment and charge extra for it.
IDK seems like a better solution to me. If the spare is that important to you, you can just put one in the trunk. If not, and you're staying in/around a city then you have extra space.
Not just Tesla that doesn’t include a spare wheel, many major car makers also
Can you point any major Model 3/Y competitor that has a spare tire? Seriously.
and now lets look at any other limousine/crossover on the market. And would you look at that. nopne of them have spares either.
6:58 it's totally posible by dragging those icons from the menu to the bottom bar. Then they will be there all the time C:
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Still doesnt change the fact that its a really bad design choice
I like it. Almost a year with a Model 3 and haven't feel I need fixed ac controls. So I guess it depends haha
@@te86a they have updated the climate panel. this video doesnt show that update
@te86a It's actually amazing, best of the 30 cars I have driven.
@@SirDragonClaw own one. They’re good cars but they have a ton of stupid design choices.
Touch buttons for signals are the absolute worst and I’m glad you are calling it out. Throw the whole steering wheel team away and start over.
You can actually drag and drop certain functions (like the heated seat control you mentioned, max defog front and back etc) so that they’re always accessible without going through different menus as I’ve got them set up on my 2023 Model 3!
welp, that turn signal thing is one way to ruin a car
Yeah. I would consider a tesla, but those turn signals are a deal breaker for me I think.
@@teddymasters1347 That, and the moronic shifting mechanism has actually gotten people killed.
Takes a little to get used to but now I prefer them over normal stalks. There are aftermarket stalks it development by S3XY buttons.
@@teddymasters1347 They are usually worse than stalks, take some time to get used to but for me at least the importance of this "flaw" is not that big.
14:12 ugh so true. Even as a pedestrian, you get blinded on the side of the road
It's fixed months ago with new update. Seem they made this video a long while ago.
@@pipooh1 it’s awesome that they recognized the problem, but based on personal experience, lots of drivers aren’t updating their cars.
@CDYTW people don't need to update the car. It does it over the air when it is parked at home. This is where tesla is once again ahead too with ease of use.
@@pipooh1 So... in other words it's not actually fixed? Because that's the alternative.
@@pipooh1 It doesn't work like that. You can choose to update or not to update your car.
Downsides: Turn signals/wipers.
Upsides: Everything else.
Got it.
Honestly, I love the turn buttons more after 1000km.
You can put the heated seats in your "hot bar". When you open the apps (three dots) you'll see the climate stuff on top of the screen and apps on the bottom. Just drag and hold the heated seats to the bottom of the screen and you can place it right next to the climate.
I would call Tesla navigation like google maps, but cleaner and has everything you need without the ads and annoyances. It's also super accurate and will get you there on time. Did you know they use wind speed, temperature, elevation, along with distance to destination to calculate the arrival battery percent? It's *suuuuper accurate* The only flaw in recent versions (last couple years actually) is it doesn't zoom in as much as it used to by default, you can zoom it in but it doesn't keep your zoom setting anymore.
you know, the indicator buttons aren't that bad when you consider that tesla drivers usually don't indicate...
Bro you dont have to use the card if you use the app. It detects when you're close and unlocks/locks automatically
2:20 "I've no clue how tesla did this". By NOT including a SPARE TIRE?🤔
Lots of new cars don't have a spare tire. If that's good or not is still a matter of opinion, but it's not unique to Tesla.
It's great. Absolute deal breaker though is the indicators/blinkers. It's a pain in the ass to find the blinker button on the wheel while you are driving in a roundabout and need to exit (blinking right is mandatory here in Germany).
The trunk can automatically open when you have an phone with UWB. It will make three beeps when you stay directly to the trunk before it automatically opens.
You can customize the icons, like seat or steering wheel heater. Other controls as well.
You can also control the wiper mode via the steering wheel buttons. With the latest update (07.2024) Auto Wiper and LED Matrix headlights (EU only) work flawlessly in the EU.
-You can pin climate controls (or whatever you want) to the bar.
-The app > keys. It unlocks when you approach. Locks when you walk away. To me, good engineering is adding connivence to the things your do/interact with every time you use a product (aka locking and unlocking). When you drive everyday, you quickly realize how much better the experience is not having to worry about keys.
-To the point about the map... it is is powered by google maps. Essentially a re-skinned version of g-maps.
I would think you should probably have the person who actually uses the product do the review. It was pretty clear this view was based on little to no user experience with the product.
Okay, So I'm not a car person at all, but I honestly cant think of any real reason that the 0-60 matters in any scenario outside of drag racing
Cars are for a lot of people like a Iphone, status symbol. They need to have the newest Iphone, same goes for car people, they want to have the quickest car.
Honesty it’s super nice to have a nimble car to get out of bad situations. If I wanna merge into a much faster moving lane of traffic, an EV just does it, while an ICE car takes a while to downshift and get going.
It’s fun and useful for when you need to get in a different lane after a red light lol
@@blewis42002 You can also just pick safer times to merge. Generally the only situation I find raw power to be really helpful (in terms of safety) is when I'm trying to get around slow people on 2 lane highways, and even then you don't need a super fast car to do it safely.
The exit for my neighborhood is onto an often busy two lane road at 55mph. Quick acceleration is paramount if I don't want to wait 10 minutes for a longer opening.
I'm surprised that if Tesla (Elon) has such a weird need to run everything off apps and a screen UI, that they don't just have an API... it's not like they seem overly concerned about security. How about an open API so people can add their connected devices like I dunno... a aftermarket gearshift lever so they don't have to go through the dumb menus to go forward and backwards? Or a turn signal stalk...
Everyone is running stuff on screens because it is cheaper than manufacturing buttons and stalks and other mechanical bits. I could be wrong, but I believe they do have APIs for some things. I know there's stuff on GitHub
There are aftermarket buttons that work through the OBD.
There is an API and there are third party products that hook into the wiring harness to interface with the CAN bus. SEXY Buttons is a general example that a good number of people use.
Also pretty sure there are people working on a stalk retrofit using some similar things that you can install yourself. Most of Tesla's interiors use clips to mount things so its pretty easy to tear down and replace.
@@aerostorm_ Yeah, they already have a set of aftermarket stalks you can buy to put into a 2024 Model 3. But I loathe how it looks.
I take it you have not heard of S3XY Buttons by Enhance. Check em out, you can set couple of them for turn signals. And much more stuff too.
100% agree on the turn signal buttons. The momentary stalk was bad enough.
Finally understood why Tesla drivers suddenly stopped using turn signals in my area. (I live near a dealer and there's a lot of drive test)
8:50 - Tell us how you really feel, Alex.
btw you can get some climate controls to stay at the bottom of the screen like the seat heaters, its in the app tray, you just have to hold and drag it
i believe you can turn off the turn signal auto-stopping in the settings somewhere (still doesnt excuse the buttons)
I see this come up a lot but honestly I don't think it's a good defence, 90% of the customers who buy it will probably get used to the out-of-the-box experience rather than figuring out how to customise their car to suit their needs.
I feel the climate controls should be pinned at the bottom by default, so those who DO tinker with their car can just remove it if they so wish.
@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff yeah that's fair. When I got mine I immediately tickered with all the settings but I do that with any new phone as well so I think it's just me
I choose you, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
In the latest update the wipers are a lot better and when you press the wipe button it increases the auto wipe sensitivity.
It is winter here (NZ) and I have just discovered there is an auto window defogger and auto seat/steering warming with my scheduled departure time.
Also I think in NZ we had a different damper/suspension setup than US/Canada (now 2) model 3’s never had such a harsh ride.
They should do a Main Home Screen for the car tablet where you can pin favourite functions and actions, and maybe have a second pane with a suggestion menu based on usage patterns
It already has that, they just failed to show it in the video. You can select different apps to pin to the bottom bar for quick access, and it will also show your most recently used apps in the lower right side of the app bar at the bottom. You can also select different climate options to be pinned to the bottom bar permanently for easier/quicker access. Or you could always use voice commands, which tend to work really well in my experience with this car.
How did drive that car though the Stargate to Chulak?
😂
Pretty sure the button stupidity was Elons idea 💡
I wish this video also touched on Tesla's constant marketing lies.
Like what?
@@thomasfriedl3137 Like promising their previous genration models could handle "Full Self Driving" when every tech reviewer noted that the hardware wasn't nearly powerfull enough for that.
Elon Musk has even admitted this himself now, this was covered on the last WAN Show.
@@hieracium3317 Have you experienced FSD 12.4? It's far better than any other self driving service like Cruise or Waymo, it's not limited to a certain area and it runs on HW3. It is so awesome and has improved so much that I forgive Tesla for their ambitous predictions.
This was a fantastic video as someone looking at car options right now. I really love that y’all do some high quality car content. I am not a car guy but this video was fascinating.
As someone who bought the AWD Long Range Model 3 a few months ago in March, I'll go over some points from the video.
1. The lack of stalks is awkward at first, but after 2 weeks, you get used to the buttons being on the steering wheel. Like how if you switched from Touch ID to Face ID on an iPhone. It's fine. It's nowhere near as big a deal as you think it is. However, I live in the US where roundabouts are basically non-existent, so it may be different if you're somewhere like Europe or Asia where they're more common.
2. The auto wipers are shit. I don't know why they can't get the auto wipers to work, but they don't. You're better off manually switching to the wiper speed you want depending on your situation. I think there's no rain sensor in the windshield, so that's why they're crap.
3. The feature of standing behind the trunk for it to auto open does work, but you need to turn it on from the car's settings inside. It's off by default. But once you turn it on, it stays on. However, it's meh and either doesn't activate when I want it to or it tries to open the trunk when I don't want the trunk open. So they need to work on that and probably will with subsequent updates.
4. You can open the trunk and frunk from in the car, you don't need the app if you exclusively do that. The trunk can open without the app as well by pressing the button used at 2:06. Frunk needs the app or in the car though, which makes sense, since you probably don't wanna accidentally bump into trash on the road and your frunk flies open.
5. The frunk is good for small items or takeout from pizza or other similar places. Other than that, just keep anything else either on one of the seats or in the trunk, which is super large and will comfortably fit a couple of (smaller) suitcases.
6. I tried the FSD beta the first month I had the car and it's awful. It doesn't get up to speed fast enough and oh my god, do not use it in a dark area. It's so bad because it's only using cameras with no radar or LIDAR. They need to put those back in to make FSD even remotely okay. Don't waste your either $99 each month or $8000 one-time on it. If you do though, the Autopark is the best feature and it works almost flawlessly.
7. It's super quiet and the suspension makes me feel a lot less bumps than I did with my last car, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra. It's super quiet and feels great.
8. The speakers are fantastic. I have the AWD version, so there's 17 of them. If you balance the audio right in the settings, it's super immersive.
9. I've never used the rear screen since I'm the driver, but hey, it's probably good if you're on a road trip with small kids who wanna watch Netflix or TH-cam on it with some Bluetooth headphones. But you can get more mileage out of an iPad anyway.
TLDR: Take a test drive and decide for yourself, but after 4+ months, I genuinely love the car.
screen-only UX continues to both be a usability catastrophe and a SAFETY HAZARD. I can't wait until they move past this.
Auto-Wipers designed in California.
I read somewhere in the past that Telsa don't have the traditional dedicated rain sensors that most cars used, they rely on camera only which by the looks of it isn't as accurate as having dedicated sensor to do that kind of job. Telsa is relying too much on computer vision alone since they think human does it, so why not cars. Not realizing humans still far more sophisticated brain that we process what we see unconsciously and by instinct, and we still have other sensors on our body to interact in the world, such as skin, ears, smell, hairs, etc.
The parking gesture and the turn signal must be a nightmare in any European City.
Well, think of it this way: it's very close to the BMW experience.
Same with this white type of led headlights...
But.. BMWs don't have turn signals.
Errrrr wrong. Please test drive one, hell test the new supra, or lots of toyotas. You got no idea how much stuff they make do you?
Live in Sweden and have driven in other parts of Europe, turn signal button and parking gesture is completely fine and no issues here.
@@Noah-vi8zb Would not say it's totally fine, roundabouts are an issue. But it's not such a huge deal as people make it out to be.
Thank you for mentioning the headlights! I find even the daytime running lights to be blinding during the day. Especially on the Y
Trying to hit the exact spot on a screen while on bumpy road is the most significant factor making me never considering cars without buttons for basic functions .