Model 3 LR AWD, MY24 Highland & MY23 Lowland: 1 step forward, 5 steps back
Y'all know me as the EV/self-driving shill cuz I'm cheap and rip 1000km road trips in a day, but I'd really like to not drive a Model 3 again if I don't have to.
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Drive: The built in route planner & superchargers are super easy; 0 anxiety road tripping round tripping Vancouver in these two. Fast charging cables are also way lighter than the CCS ones.
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Drive: 3 auto-dimming mirrors, heated steering wheel, and power truck at the price point is nice; frunk should've also been power a la F150 lightning.
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Neutral: No-stalks is fine except for in roundabouts and 3 point turns. Auto lane signal cancel after you make your lane change is nifty.
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Neutral: It's very fiddly - autopilot disables itself then doesn't re-enable after a lane change. Even MB/BMW gets this right and their self driving tech sucks.
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Reverse: So it knows where traffic lights are but regen stops me like 10 feet before the traffic light? Feels dumb.
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Reverse: Charges really fucking slow - 30 minutes from 10-80 is terrible when the Ioniq does it in like 10. This is MB EQB bad, kinda dumb.
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Reverse: It's been a while since I drove a car that sent bumps through the seat that I can't see; the gas/brake pedals are constantly shaking from the road texture. Pre-highland was awful and the highland wasn't much better. Actually dumb.
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Crashing Out: Is there a pole to my right or not? The visualizations are useless in parking lots (Aberdeen here); just give me a 360 camera back. Very dumb.
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Crashing Out: I exceeded 85mph once and it locked me out of autopilot for the rest of the drive. Autopilot wasn't even on when I went 85+. Hella dumb, many US states cruise at 90.
9) Pre-highland was louder than Civic/Camry/whatever on highway, must wear Airpods for noise cancelling. Mom thought this was really dumb for a new car (highland is much better)