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[Ogre]

Tesla broke my expectations.

The entire idea that you have to push a start button is weird. I can understand the need to support a key of some sort, but once the car “knows” you are there pushing a button is just extraneous.

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[electricAK]

Tesla broke my expectations.

The entire idea that you have to push a start button is weird. I can understand the need to support a key of some sort, but once the car “knows” you are there pushing a button is just extraneous.

These are the old ways. Not too long from now, people will laugh at cars that have a push button to start. THERES NOTHING TO START!

 

[Ogre]

These are the old ways. Not too long from now, people will laugh at cars that have a push button to start. THERES NOTHING TO START!

The start button was redundant with the shift lever.

Now Tesla’s gone one step further; the shift lever is itself redundant. You just get in and apply the brake then the gas pedal and it figures out which direction you are going.

 

[electricAK]

The start button was redundant with the shift lever.

Now Tesla’s gone one step further; the shift lever is itself redundant. You just get in and apply the brake then the gas pedal and it figures out which direction you are going.

One of many reasons the Tesla drive experience is superior to Ford, GM, (probably Rivian), etc. The others are clinging to the old ways, familiarity is holding them back from making a truly better vehicle.

Musk is the only one with the balls to take a chance on radical new features.

 

[Ogre]

One of many reasons the Tesla drive experience is superior to Ford, GM, (probably Rivian), etc. The others are clinging to the old ways, familiarity is holding them back from making a truly better vehicle.

Musk is the only one with the balls to take a chance on radical new features.

Or Fuck up gloriously.

Sometimes Tesla’s experiments are just oddball. The doors on the Model X come to mind.

 

[Bill906]

Tesla broke my expectations.

The entire idea that you have to push a start button is weird. I can understand the need to support a key of some sort, but once the car “knows” you are there pushing a button is just extraneous.

Close friend of mine moved to Denver many years ago. He has since purchased a Model Y. He came back in town and rented an ICE car. He forgot to turn it off twice.

 

[CyberGus]

These are the old ways. Not too long from now, people will laugh at cars that have a push button to start. THERES NOTHING TO START!

 

[charliemagpie]

I wonder if Ford will be like Windows.

You have to press the Start button to switch the car off.

 

[charliemagpie]

Does CT have an upside over conventional ICE ?


Yes, the CT is nearly half the price per mile, and 90% less for maintenance, and far more reliable over time.

No more.. ohh my transmission is gone, my fuel line is broken, my fan is rooted + multiplied by 100 other things.

I think we not just at the cusp of catching up, but past it.

 

[FutureBoy]

Um… generally these upgrades are a way to eake out more retail cash out of customers. So the base price can be a bit lower even though almost no one will actually get the base level vehicle.

Plus the more complicated the options, the more necessary the dealership sales department becomes.

It’s all a manipulation to increase sales.

 

[Ogre]

Close friend of mine moved to Denver many years ago. He has since purchased a Model Y. He came back in town and rented an ICE car. He forgot to turn it off twice.

Our Subaru gets driven about once every other week; usually by my dear wife who lets me have priority on the Tesla since she drives far more than I do and is usually in the Tesla.

Today I went for a short trip and in one trip nearly forgot to lock it when I left it, then when I got home I‘d already gathered up all my gear and was just about out of the car when I realized the ignition was still on and the keys were in the ignition.

We forget so quickly.

 

[DarinCT]

I must be missing something. Sure it is not 100% touchscreen like the Tesla, but everything can be done on the Ford touchscreen, with a few buttons/dials for added convenience for those quick and frequent adjustments.

For example, if I'm wanting to change my temperature from 68 to 72, I'm going to turn the dial 100% of the time rather than navigate through the touchscreen to make the same adjustment.

Sure, just comparing the touchscreens, Tesla's is lightyears ahead, but I actually prefer having the quick convenience of buttons/dials for some frequently used features.

There was a thread, don't remember which, where the amount of buttons was widely discussed... for awhile... more opinions about buttons than I thought existed so it was a riff on that thread.

 

[Red61224]

One of many reasons the Tesla drive experience is superior to Ford, GM, (probably Rivian), etc. The others are clinging to the old ways, familiarity is holding them back from making a truly better vehicle.

Musk is the only one with the balls to take a chance on radical new features.

Aw man, come on now, GM is leading the way in EV technology. So I've heard. It even comes with a forward and reverse / start switch.

 

[FutureBoy]

Aw man, come on now, GM is leading the way in EV technology. So I've heard. It even comes with a forward and reverse / start switch.

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