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"I hate almost everything about it."

Not owning a car only using rentals, I still think Tesla has the best and most intuitive UI. I can find everything easily, whereas in a SUVs from Skoda/VW/Audi/BMW/Renault/... it's hard to find things - at least for me.

What I do hate about the Model Ys we rented is the noise! Wind/wheel noise is as loud at 100km/h as a BMW at 150km/h - I guess they do this to safe weight and increase range, but it makes the trips very unpleasant.

Also how it randomly breaks in self driving (at least on a German Autobahn).




>the best and most intuitive UI

I think the best UI was before all the computer displays in cars. Everything operable without visual contact.


Plus consistency. The last time I drove a friend's tesla we spent a stupid amount of time sitting in the driveway trying to make a simple adjustment. The UX had changed and neither of us could find the option in the touchscreen menus. Even pulling out my phone and searching Tesla's documentation didn't work because it was out of date and wrong.


I disagree. Because we seldom have the same car twice, I always need to decipher some strange icons to find out what something does. Or how to operate the wipers. It might work better if you know it b/c of tactile feedback, but it's in no way intuitive.


The icons problem isn't any different now, but now the icons are hidden in different sub menus.

All that without the benefit of tactile feedback of knobs and switches.


There is no icon but a text, "Turn AC on"


just read the manual??


> I guess they to this to safe weight and increase range, but it makes the trips very unpleasant.

Or, you know, margins.




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