Indeed. I found a great feature called Autopilot Penalty Prevention. Turns off FSD (or Autopilot) when you exceed 85mph, and re-engages it as soon as your speed drops. Otherwise you have to park to re-engage FSD.
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Yes I haven't tried it yet, but that alone is worth the price. Countless times I accelerate with the pedal because a car invaded my lane or attempted a slow takeover, and I wished that Tesla autopilot either acted as a max speed limiter or simply disengaged (one of my first posts probably). They did it.
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Tried it. Today I used it quite a few times. One time, coupled with kickdown, I ended up 170kmh (105mph) without noticing. Works very well, never had the dreaded red steering wheel.
Also very handy that when I change lanes it reconnects autopilot automatically. Basically makes the extended autopilot option useless, and I would never let unsupervised FSD driving between Italy and the French Riviera, too dangerous (today I had to stop the car from slamming into barriers, because she was following some obsolete yellow roadwork stripes).
I also like that I can set the autopilot of from the knob or a button, without having to double-click the steering wheel button (I like to keep TACC on when I steer manually). I moved the second button on the right of the steering wheel, symmetric to the previous. So now I have two index finger triggers
Audio Mute
I thought to remember in the manual at begin 2024 that you could mute the audio either by thumb wheel or by pressing the speaker symbol (long).
Sadly now there seems to be the only way to mute the thumb wheel.
On top: if a not experienced user experiences no sound, there is no indication that the mute is active.
Pleas bring back that
- mute is possible by pressing the speaker symbol
- give some indication that the system is muted in the sound menu
I thought to remember in the manual at begin 2024 that you could mute the audio either by thumb wheel or by pressing the speaker symbol (long).
Sadly now there seems to be the only way to mute the thumb wheel.
On top: if a not experienced user experiences no sound, there is no indication that the mute is active.
Pleas bring back that
- mute is possible by pressing the speaker symbol
- give some indication that the system is muted in the sound menu
Today happened something I didn't like, quite dangerous. I didn't engage autopilot for the whole drive, and going upwards on a hill, I started seeing autopilot warnings without a reason, and as soon as I reached the threshold speed it engaged by itself, and I had to brake. I will report this as a bug.Tried it. Today I used it quite a few times. One time, coupled with kickdown, I ended up 170kmh (105mph) without noticing. Works very well, never had the dreaded red steering wheel.
Also very handy that when I change lanes it reconnects autopilot automatically. Basically makes the extended autopilot option useless, and I would never let unsupervised FSD driving between Italy and the French Riviera, too dangerous (today I had to stop the car from slamming into barriers, because she was following some obsolete yellow roadwork stripes).
I also like that I can set the autopilot of from the knob or a button, without having to double-click the steering wheel button (I like to keep TACC on when I steer manually). I moved the second button on the right of the steering wheel, symmetric to the previous. So now I have two index finger triggers
Another thing I don't like is that the steering wheel heating already detached twice a S3XY button I attached to the right, the one I configured for autopilot.
On a highland, with commander, you can have a segment of the surrounding ambient light blinking. Very comfortable, also for collision warning.
Commander allows disabling the front and rear motors independently. Never used it because there's a bad warning but curious if someone did it.
Charging stations:
Don't know how it is in other countries - here in Germany we have a famous PD database of charging stations. I assume there are such in other countries.
- Would be nice, if this would be integrated in the map.
I heard, stations were Teslas were charged several times are integrated - but this is VERY slow and not complete.
Don't know how it is in other countries - here in Germany we have a famous PD database of charging stations. I assume there are such in other countries.
- Would be nice, if this would be integrated in the map.
I heard, stations were Teslas were charged several times are integrated - but this is VERY slow and not complete.
They are somewhat already integrated with the map, only - which is the key part - aren't part of the navigator's decision making process when it comes to plan for an en route charging stop, let alone preconditioning for fast charging. This is most evident on the highway, were you would be stopping at many gas stations that are already equipped with fast chargers, but no, your Tesla points you at a supercharger kms away from the highway.
I installed my Commander and SEXY buttons this week. I like the ability to have multiple actions executed in sequence at the press of a button. When doing curbside pick up of groceries I have to press multiple things on the Tesla menu to open the trunk...put the car in park, unlock the car and then open the trunk. One SEXY button double click and all those steps are done.
I admit, 85% of the button actions are no use to me but with the holiday sale and discount code and 2 extra buttons included I felt that was good enough.
Pics below show how I implemented my buttons. Two behind the yoke, 3 under armrest instead of attaching 3 to the cupholder between the tray and cupholder. Having a cup in the cupholder would make it difficult to reach the buttons. I placed one in the rear cupholder of my Model S. NOTE: It's a very tight fit and about 1-mm off the bottom. Didn't need to use adhesive strip.
Lastly, the company is interested in hearing ideas. I want the app to give the ability to individually choose where metric/imperial is displayed. I use kilometers for navigation distance but that leaves me stuck with a speedometer and speed limit signs in kilometers on US roads. lol.
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Because VW is run by lawyers.
Legally, however, it depends on how the maneuver is executed.
It isn't forbidden proceeding at a higher speed than a car on a lane left to yours.
What's forbidden is tailgating, taking over and returning to the former lane, which often can cause accidents due to slower cars on the "middle" lane.
If the car was tailgating, decided that the car in front wouldn't occupy the right lane and to switch lanes temporarily to get rid of her, that's hilariously forbidden, although the forbidden behaviour is occupying the wrong lane according to speed and driving conditions.
However, if the maneuver is considered as completing a previous takeover, legitimately returning to the previous lane, then proceeding at any legal speed, which as said no regulation restrict compared to the car on the leftmost lane, then returning to the left lane for another takeover, there's nothing wrong with that. And we have cameras to prove it.
Legally, however, it depends on how the maneuver is executed.
It isn't forbidden proceeding at a higher speed than a car on a lane left to yours.
What's forbidden is tailgating, taking over and returning to the former lane, which often can cause accidents due to slower cars on the "middle" lane.
If the car was tailgating, decided that the car in front wouldn't occupy the right lane and to switch lanes temporarily to get rid of her, that's hilariously forbidden, although the forbidden behaviour is occupying the wrong lane according to speed and driving conditions.
However, if the maneuver is considered as completing a previous takeover, legitimately returning to the previous lane, then proceeding at any legal speed, which as said no regulation restrict compared to the car on the leftmost lane, then returning to the left lane for another takeover, there's nothing wrong with that. And we have cameras to prove it.