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I rented a Tesla for a month. It was a giant pain in the a*** (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

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

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

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

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

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

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

Side mirrors? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

Windshield wipers? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

Odometer? Pain in the ass fake iPad app.

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

[–] digitalgadget@kbin.social -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The mirrors are adjustable via the console because driver profiles change their positions automatically along with the steering wheel and seat positions.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

My 2010 Honda crosstour remembered seat and mirror settings for two drivers and the controls were in the normal places.

[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That exact feature existed before tablet sized screens, or even the concept of infotainment. Even better, key fob based automatic profiles have existed for decades, and it's something Tesla only recently added. Which is pretty typical of Tesla- Add a feature that has existed for 20-30 years, implement it in a shitty, slapdash manner, and make your ~~clapping seals~~ fans think you've done something revolutionary.

Auto high beams, auto wipers, mirror and wheel adjustments, auto dimming mirrors, and so on. They all perfectly demonstrate this dedication to janky experiences.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

There's no reason you couldn't have that feature and separate controls for the mirrors.

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