I opened my tesla app at home and just realized location arrow is pointing your car. It works like a compass.

Myself and a few buddies figured this out when we all had loaners... Genius move on tesla's part lol. I won't say that it never nags, but there's 100% a different nag setting on it.

Something pretty remarkable happened today while my wife and I were driving home.

We were traveling on a four-lane road, two lanes in each direction. I was in the right lane when a car came flying up behind us, weaving in and out of traffic, obviously in a big hurry to get somewhere.

As the driver attempted to pass us, something extraordinary happened.

My Tesla suddenly moved to the right, apparently recognizing a potential collision and taking evasive action before I even had time to react.

It happened in a split second.

Now, here’s where the story gets interesting.

While I’m sitting there thinking, “Wow! Did my Tesla just prevent an accident?” my wife is practically coming out of her seat!

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE CONTROL OF THE WHEEL?! YOU ALMOST HIT THE CURB!”

Meanwhile, I’m trying to explain that the car appeared to have handled the situation perfectly. We weren’t even close to the curb. By my estimate, we still had five to ten feet of clearance.

But my wife wasn’t interested in hearing about Tesla’s advanced safety technology. She was convinced we’d nearly had TWO accidents — one with the reckless driver and another with the curb! 😂

I imagine this type of technology saving lives in these circumstances

It’s happening!

My car is a late 2018 S P100DL, originally shipped with HW2.5 & purchased FSD, but upgraded to HW3 (for free) several years ago.

I will take a test drive after it finishes and update in the comments

No on board compression. It was externally filled with nitrogen.

You see, it is in fact not legal to do backflips and to fly on public roads, therefore the roadster is pointless and stupid and I am very smart.

/s

Assuming the fancy rocket tech actually makes it to production and in the hands of the end-user by 2028.

shoutout to tibo_maker :)

its pretty fun and better than a dinosaur lol

https://carrunner.hemedanmert.workers.dev/

https://ammarquresh1.github.io/thruster-flip-sim/

It runs in your browser, no ads or anything have fun and let me know if you can beat the 7 kickflips I've got here.

M3 owner since 2018. Engineer by trade.

I wrote a free, ad-less app (i make $0 from it) that reduces local power emissions by charging your car when the grid is in less-demand. www.cleancrib.org; plugs directly into the official Tesla app. Prioritizes your schedule.

You can also find gas plants that may be near you here. There are ~2-3M Teslas on the road. If we all use this, we can make a (super convenient) dent in emissions.

This is easier than installing LED light bulbs, and costs nothing. Probably saves money as well, but it's optimized for pollution.

I bought a Model S plaid with self-driving paid out in 2023 and after hardware 4 I kind of regretted it. After this Halloween update and FSD 14.3 I'm no longer feeling FOMO.

Every frame is drawn in code. The page he ships from the driver's seat is real. The guy in the wings is nobody in particular.

This 2021 Model S was extremely generous gift from family friends for a major life milestone and 6 days later it had to go to the shop. 🫠

I got a notification about the 12v battery not being changed in 5 years and had an appointment for Tuesday but guess the car said “We ain’t waiting!” And decided it wasn’t moving from the charger.

The bright sides: Tesla roadside was amazing, quick and very helpful. Also the issues as covered under warranty with Tesla itself they said and whatever isn’t we got the full extra warranty too but it’s just funny to think not even a full week of enjoyment before this happened. 🤷‍♀️

I still love the car

Update: Tesla says it’s also the main big battery 🪫 🥲 but that’s covered too just stuck without the car for 2-3 weeks

I’ve owned several Tesla and have never had any situations like this. Situation like this are becoming more common as of late and I just don’t get it.

First Tesla. Any recommendations?

E: recommendations for like accessories and stuff like that

I’m 6’2 and my wife is 5’. We have our own driver profiles set on our model Y, with easy entry as well. For some reason, the car prefers her phone over mine if I have both in the pocket.

Yesterday, I had both phones in the pocket, got in, and immediately tried to drive away before the seat fully adjusted. To my horror, the car was trying to crush me while driving. Luckily, I noticed the wrong name on the display, and managed to hit the correct profile before anything serious happened.

It’s funny in retrospect, but I got genuinely scared in the moment. So, if you share your car with a short partner, you may wanna mind the keys.

I am at .38.3.1 on my 2023 MS with HW3. I stopped using FSD because my commute is not bad - only 15-20 miles a day. Just wondering if I need to enable monthly FSD subscription to get the FSD lite v14.3 because I want to try it.