8 Things that I think could be better about my Tesla Model Y 15 months after owning it!
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- We've had our Tesla Model Y for around 15 months and last week I released a video about some of the things I like about it. Here is the opposite side of that video, talking about some of the things I think could be better with it.
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00:00 - Start
01:14 - Better with information about the car
03:04 - First party ad ons
07:15 - Enhanced Autopilot and FSD
16:07 - V2L
17:03 - Cameras only
18:30 - 360 degree camera
19:13 - Handles - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Completely agree on the sensors vs camera debate. Everything i have seen shows that the cameras are awful compared to parking sensors
Yes, that seems to be the case.
Well my 2023 Model Y suits my daily driving needs. I have had the vehicle for 5 months now. I drive just around town or very short trips. Only do home charging. I don't use Auto Pilot at all, still don't trust it and don't need it. Cameras do what I need them to do during my driving and my vehicle is clean the majority of the time. I don't have EAP or FSD, too expensive and not needed.
I do find more battery usage is used during my colder weather months, which I knew it was to be expected. Preconditioning uses allot of battery charge. But like I say, I only do short daily driving trips and works for me.
So far so good when this vehicle. No complaints.
That's great to hear! So glad you're getting good use out of it.
If you have the option, may be worth looking at solar panels. We love being able to charge the car up on sunny days from the roof. ☺️
@notacarguy_au Does the current from your solar power directly go into your car (via battery storage), without a necessary grid connection?
@@David_Polak Yes and no. We can charge the car totally off our solar, but we don't need to use the battery in any way for that. We do have a house battery, but that's for the house. We could use it to charge the car, but the car battery is 60-sih kWH and the house battery is only 13.5. So the car would empty the home battery pretty fast.
Luckily for us between me and wife we both work from home some days and so can manage the charge rate from the solar.
It impossible to precondition (warm) the car (interior and battery) by simply navigating to a close supercharger, and, if you are plugged into power at home, the car will not use any of your battery to precondition.
I believe 360 park assist is trademarked by Nissan and Tesla don’t like paying royalties. Hopefully we get something similar with 2023 holiday update.
I hadn't heard that, but I did hear that because the Model Y doesn't have a camera right in the front it can't "see" to show the 360 view. Which would make sense.
@@notacarguy_au Yeah I heard this too when I had my x-trail. Seems strange you can patent the arrangement of the display of cameras.
You only have to 'improve' it slightly, and call it something else - trademark avoided. Remember, you can't trademark an idea.
I wish Sentry could be improved where it didn't use as much energy when activated over night.
That would be nice.
“I think I’m coming across a bit harsh…”
Totally ok. Your points are valid and your comments are measured and well explained. I don’t find them to be too “harsh” at all.
I’d sure like the option to give Tesla more of my money to turn on features the car already has! I have a ‘21 M3 SR+, and I’d like to activate the additional speakers the car already has - or at least the option to do that!
I wish the black door handles were illuminated at night when it’s pitch black out! I wish the car had a system of backing up braking like my wife’s VW ID.4 has! I wish the trunk (umm… boot) was better illuminated. I wish there was a 12v outlet in the rear. I like your idea about having an a la carte menu for getting the features one likes on advanced AP. And I agree that it would be great if Tesla had a PR dept and was more transparent about the company, the vehicles, the OTA upgrades, etc…
Well done video. 👍🏼
Thanks. Yours are good points too.
My Y bugbear is the front seat head rests - in my seating position I feel they push my head forward and because they are fixed the only solution is to recline the seat back, which alters my preferred position.
The widely documented stiff ride I hope to get used to but my RAV4 hybrid is far more comfortable - headrests and ride
Sorry to hear that. I think “luckily” in so short I wouldn’t notice that issue. 🤣
I have exactly the same problem. Simply going over a bump, the bloody headrest hits me it the back of the head. It gave me the shits so much I did the same as you - laid the seat back far enough so it doesn't hit me, but it's not an ideal angle to be sitting at. Why they can't put in a proper adjustable headrest like the cheapest of cheap cars have is beyond me. Note: I am a TSLA shareholder.
Model y in us has no sensors at all.
As regards your comment about full self drive and merges from on ramps legally, the person in the road has the right of way, and should not have to avoid the person coming on the road. It is their job to either accelerate to get ahead of you or decelerate to get behind you Cars doing what it was trained to do and it’s doing what I was trying to do when I was a student driver.
Well, it is nice if the person accommodates you it is not their job to make your life easier
Thanks for the info. Interesting to know who has the right of way. But as my father-in-law once said. "You can be right and right in the back of an ambulance" 🤣
I guess I'd like to see a bit more of defensive driving from the automated system. To me if the machine is learning, it will learn that you can't rely on everyone on the road to drive the way they should. 🤷🏻
@@notacarguy_au 'it will learn that you can't rely on everyone on the road to drive the way they should.' That should be rule #1 IMO
Tesla’s version of 360° camera is reportedly going to be released in the Christmas update.
Will be interesting as I've been told by others that it can't really work without a camera in the bumper.
@@notacarguy_au Yes, it will never be able to see close to the front
Waiting for my MY that is in Glovis Caravel… all I can do is watch people who enjoy they MY 😅
Sorry to hear that about the Glovis. So frustrating.
Me too!
Hang in there.
Had EAP for 3 months with my Model Y, and will not be renewing it. I took it from Sydney to Melbourne and spent too much time second guessing what the car would do. I thought it was just me, this review is a great comfort!
Yep, you are not alone. 😀
Yep agree with your real life experience with Enhanced Auto Pilot. I purchased it for my Model 3. Do allot of highway driving and use the lane change which is awesome and also love summon when parked in by someone or realise one you get out of the car that you could/should be a little further back/forward in a spot. Other bits aren’t that handy, too confusing or dangerous at this point
yep
Hi Lee, I’ve just driven the Ford Eacape as a rental in NZ. The auto steer function is quite different from Tesla’s and stays on through overrides and lane changes. I’d love you to check it out and hear your thoughts. Love your work.
Thanks Paul, at the risk of sounding a bit (insert your word here) I only really want to look at full electric vehicles. I just did a two week stint with the Kia EV6 and that also turns the lane change system back on as soon as you get back in your lane after a change. Video about that should be out in about 2-3 weeks.
Lee,I think you are spot on,also my brother in law has just had a stroke about 3 months ago and that a handle above the door would make all the difference for him
Thanks for sharing that. I hadn't even thought of it from an accessibility point of view
I have arthritis (from 40+ years of skiing), and grab handles would help me immensely. But, it won't happen because Elon doesn't like them (supposedly).
Speaking of updates, the upcoming one for Christmas is rumoured to include custom lock sounds so you no longer will need to listen to the car's horn when it locks as you walk away.
Since you're a fan of the boombox you installed time to get your custom sounds ready, or use the screaming goat one which will come with it :)
So many options. 🤣
You cant do a full 360 until there is a bumper camera to show right in front of the bumper. Every car I had before the MYP had a bumper camera.
Thanks for that, yes that makes sense.
All good points. I’ll add one, a way the passenger can open the glovebox, e.g a little icon on the far left of the screen. (Perhaps there is a way, but have not found it)
I'll have to check, but I think you can assign the glovebox open option to the left hand dial on the steering wheel now.
Right button and talk. Open glovebox.
@@rossebbott1937 I have a PIN on my glovebox, will talking to it open it ?
I would happily pay for just auto lane change if they ever add that as an option.
I will get 3 months EAP when out MY arrives (whenever that may be) so I am looking forward to testing it all out but from what I have seen so far, lane change will be the most useful.
Hope you get it soon. 😀
Tesla do tell you about these updates - it was in the release notes for one thing, and it was mentioned in tweets etc. Then when it was installed the car asked you if you wanted one pull operation.
Not for me. I had the feature after the update but no info in the release notes. 🤷🏻♂️ this may come as a shock to you. But not everyone’s on twitter. 😳
@@notacarguy_au well, you might find it useful to be on X, in this video you have remarked several times about things like the removal of sensors in favour of cameras. Tesla have presented numerous times at investor says or AI days etc, what their thinking is. It gets really nerdy but the information is there. The discussion about it on X is extensive.
To make it easier to digest you can view videos by the likes of Dr John Gibbs “Dr know it all” and others on CZcams where they break down these presentations. It really helps those of us (me!) who aren’t technical to understand that Tesla’s not going for cameras alone just for fun, or to save money alone.
When my car recently updated to single pull autopilot it asked me once - I tried it but didn’t like it, so disabled it. It then asked me a few more times.
@@notacarguy_au It's the same with the 23rd April 2024 update (about 30 minutes ago). The release notes are EMPTY !!!
Summon and change lanes are the only things we miss now our free EAP is over
I think we are on the same page on that.
I've only had my MY for a month so I have never experienced the car without EAP. I'd prefer to have a subscription service available for it much like the enhanced connectivity. I think far more people would be willing to pay for that and that would make it transferrable. Even if it is 3 months at a time, it's be better than nothing, but a monthly subscription would be far more convenient. Another bonus for a subscription is more people are using it, so Tesla would be getting far more data to improve the systems. One question, I have never tried summon, in what circumstances would you use it? Just to get the car out of a tight space so you can get in the car?
Yes, getting in and out of a tight spot and once I parked on a street. Got out and realised I was just over a persons driveway by a bit. So instead of having to get back in the car and reverse 2-3 feet. I could do it from across the street. That was kind of cool. 😊
@@notacarguy_au I haven't been game to try it, I'm worried about the car hitting something, haha.
One thing I have noticed and I am a new owner, is when the speed limit changes, I see the max speed change but the actual speed your doing doesn't change... sometimes. If I'm doing 100km/h and I get a change back to 80 it doesn't always reduce the limit and vice versa. Am I missing a setting somewhere, or is this one of Tesla's famous "features"? The only work around I have found is holding the AP stalk down for a few seconds and it will update correctly, but it would be nice for it to change like it is supposed to.
Have a look in the autopilot settings. Though I think you can only set the speed to adjust when you turn on autopilot. Any speed changes after that need to be done manually. You can adjust the cruise speed with the right hand dial on the steering wheel.
Hope I’ve understood your question correctly. 😀
@@notacarguy_au Yeah, I was wondering why it doesn't always set the speed correctly and thanks for your reply, btw. I shouldn't have to adjust the speed entering a new speed zone, it detects the new zone but won't set it. I was using the right hand dial to adjust the speed by 5km/h at a time but a friend told me to hold the cruise control stalk down for a few seconds and it will set the speed correctly.
With regard to FSD, you should insure the vehicle for the value of the car, any items you add to it (ceramic coating, PPF, FSD etc). Otherwise, you'd be underinsured, surely, and therefore would be at a loss?
That might work. But knowing insurance companies, I’m sure they’d try to find ways to not cover it? 🤷🏻♂️
What sort of insurance quotes have you guys got for one of these? I'm struggling to get below £1000
Insurance is a challenge,. Luckily I have gone through an insurance dealer who has been able to get me a rate that isn't too painful. Though have heard from people that they are seeing quite big increases in their insurance payments this year.
@@notacarguy_au That was the cheapest on a comparison site. Other EVs are a third of the price
For my Model Y rwd 2022 build, I paid AU$1200 in 2022, and the same in 2023. I used AAMI.
I know the cameras in the Highland model have been improved both in resolution and quality, BUT they are still not in 4K (or higher)! 4K dashcams have been out for many years now, no idea why Tesla isn't taking advantage of this tech in their Model 3s and Ys?? Even if there was an option to upgrade (eg. when ordering your new vehicle) the cameras. We shouldn't have to install 3rd party dash cams in 2023/2024. I'm also with you re autosteer/autopilot, it's never worked for me properly and has actually tried to drastically steer off a freeway into an emergency lane. Very dangerous! I know others have experienced this as well. I only use TACC now which seems to work very well (not perfect, still suffers the occasional phantom braking). My MY is now 4 months old and I'm starting to notice some very slight movement in the driver's seat, like something's a bit loose. Also the rear trunk seems to creak a bit too as the car moves around on the road, almost like the rubber seal on the rear tailgate is moving against the metal frame of the car. Very minor things, but something I've noticed recently on mine.
Sorry to hear that about your trunk.
Having had mine for 3 weeks, the biggest headache has been the front parking setup, Tesla vision really isn’t a good substitute for sensors at this stage, it has me wanting to park about a city block away from any object, which in tight car parks isn’t great and (like an animal), I find myself manually looking at how close I can get.
That really does sound pretty frustrating. Have you look at a video a mate of mine did. Chris Vanderstock about a third party dash screen that also comes with a bumper camera you can install.
Looked like a bit of a mission to install. But may solve your issue.
@@notacarguy_au I've dealt with the problem at home in my garage by really behaving like an animal and putting a free-standing plastic bollard where I need to stop. Funny how I have a USD 70k car that requires a USD 20 piece of plastic to stop me driving into the wall :) I would say, other than that, I love it more than any other vehicle I've owned and I've had some good ones.
@@therealbettyswollocks I've seen folks here in Australia who use a tennis ball on a piece of string towards the back of the garage to let you know when you're close. 🤣
@@therealbettyswollocks I did the same thing, putting in a freestanding bollard (plastic), but now I have an improvement, I have a plastic speed bump (a very low one), and as I creep in, the car rises slightly on the right (drivers) side, and I then brake with my LEFT foot (as everyone should do) ;-)
@@notacarguy_au My missus would kill me if I stole one of her tennis balls ! ;-)
"it only tried to kill us twice, I joke".................lmao
u brits and your delivery of comedic comments are always funny
And you Americans are hilarious with how you think anyone who doesn't' have the same accent as you is British. 🤣
I'm glad you enjoyed the bit of humor. ☺️ 🙏🏻
It's interesting, in my early 20's I lived with an Aussie and Kiwi and could not tell the difference between their accents. But now that I've lived in this part of the world for over 20 years, it's much easier to tell the difference.
Agree with the Autopilot on the car, it should be a licence for an owner to buy. 1 licence per buyer. If i buy a new car, them my self drive licence goes with me, and it gets taken off my old car.
Yep, or even better would be to have the option? So you can transfer it with the car, or keep it with your account? Maybe that is over complicating things?
In the USA, if you have FSD on your Tesla and rent another Tesla, you can use your FSD on that car.
@@David_Polak That's really interesting. So it would seem that technically it's possible and the backend needs are even there already. So it's appears to be very much a choice that Tesla has made? 🤷🏻
model y's continue to come with uss (for now). model 3 highland uses tesla vision.
That's good to know.
I got my Model 3 four weeks ago. One of the last ones to have USS. Apparently they vanished from European and US Teslas in 2022.
@@centripidity-wd8dy I heard that maybe it is an Australian Design Rule, but that is just heresay...
This a bit of a bugbear for me - so forgive me lol
If you are on a freeway and there is an on ramp you should not speed up or slow down. You have the right of way and should continue EXACTLY as the Tesla did. The ONCOMING car should speed up / slowdown and enter the freeway without causing anyone else to change speed. This is why Victorians have a reputation for being unable to merge onto a freeway. You effectively want your Tesla to drive badly
You make a fair point, but this happened in California, so please no shade on Victorians. 😜
I also think it’s a bit of defensive driving. If I assumed everyone knew the road rules and obeyed them, I would have probably been in tons of accidents by now, thoughts? 🤷🏻♂️😀
A very fair point - like I said it’s a bugbear for me so apologies if I came off as rude 😀
In a way you are correct as we do expect those “enhanced driving features “ to protect us from other drivers, so yeah there should be a backup safety feature for this.
As an aside I’m old and grumpy so I also think a lot of bad driving issues could be fixed by snipers. Obviously not suggesting we kill anyone, but I bet you’d only have to wing them a few times before they lifted their game.
(That’s a joke BTW and shouldn’t be taken as advice on road safety strategy)
Sell your Tesla & buy a different electric car. Others are better . Buy from BYD or Ford.
Tesla is the worst electric car.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience with Tesla that you felt the need to sell it and get another EV. Which one did you find worked best for you?
@@notacarguy_au Maybe a Ford Mach-e might be better , but please let me help your algorithm by extending the reply... ;-)