Any tips for a first time Tesla owner to now during pick up
I will be picking up my model Y tomorrow, YAY!!! Excited and nervous. Any hard to do before accepting?
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I will be picking up my model Y tomorrow, YAY!!! Excited and nervous. Any hard to do before accepting?
Use a delivery checklist to inspect the car (another commenter linked it). If they’re busy then try to be respectful of their time as you’ll probably be seeing these folks again for service requests, but before you drive off the lot and start the clock for reporting additional issues, definitely check all the major stuff- check the panel fits, check all of your electrical functionality (wireless phone charger, speakers, glovebox, trunk, frunk, etc), use a flashlight to check for paint scratches (even if a scratch is small, if it’s deep enough to catch a fingernail you wanna get that fixed asap since that’s gone through a layer of your paint), check the wheels, all that good stuff. Model Ys seem to be coming out often pretty solid now, but always do your own due-diligence
Learn your important controls before you drive off- know how to control your wipers without using the touchscreen, how to flick the turn signal off (it’s a little different if you’re coming from an ICE, I see plenty of Teslas with temp tags struggle to turn off their signals) how to use voice commands, etc
Check settings, especially the Driving Mode, before you drive off. If you’re coming from a slow ICE car and you’ve never driven one-pedal except a single test drive before, you probably wanna stick to Chill til you’re out of the city and can practice driving in less traffic. This is a fast, fast car and you should treat it with the caution and respect you’d give to something like a 5.0L V8.
Also if you don’t have much experience driving fast cars- keep an eye on your speedometer a bit more often than usual. It will get away from you if you’re not careful; higher speeds where you can feel an ICE engine is struggling overtime, this car is just on a casual jog
Bite the bullet and just learn to drive on Hold to reap the benefits of regen braking. It’s really, really nice once you get used to it; I find that planting the heel of my driving foot makes it very easy to control. Imo it’s much easier to hold a constant speed vs ICE.
I agree 100% with the above points.
If you go in early for delivery (we overestimated when we'd reach and ended up reaching 45mins early), go to the delivery counter (not sure how it is at different dealers but ours had a special table just for deliveries) and check-in with them. They then let us spend as much time as we wanted with our car (which we did, to check out using the check list). Ours had zero issues.
This is very important. Especially headlights and wipers, adjusting mirrors and steering. Headlights in AUTO work fine. Wipers in AUTO don't. Regarding turn signals, if you're used to the previous gen BMWs (Fxx chassis cars), it'll be a breeze since it works exactly the same way. If not, take a minute to familiarize yourself (push the indicator stalk in the direction you did to engage it to turn it off as well - for eg. To turn right turn signal off, push stalk up; to turn left turn signal off, push stalk down).
This is another important thing you need to get used to before driving off. If you've driven an EV before, you'll be fine, since you'll have an idea. If not, it can take a bit before you get used to it. I'd suggest driving around in the dealership lot before taking it out on public roads.
Even the LR accelerates pretty quickly, especially from like 20-70mph. It is also instantaneous. If you're used to fast cars, you won't have much of an issue. But if you aren't, be mindful of that.
Regen is amazing. Once you get used to that, driving ICE cars can be a different experience!
Enjoy your new car. I sold one of our BMWs for this one. I was sad since I read negatives about Tesla built quality and loved my BMW. But after getting my MYLR, I have zero regrets (except for the darn AUTO wipers).
All great advice :) Once you’re over that small initial learning curve, it’s a very, very easy car to drive.
after getting into my MYLR, I have zero regrets
Same, we were very pleasantly surprised with the build quality. I am baffled when people say the ride is rough… But then again we’ve mostly owned performance cars not luxury ones; our summer cruiser is a GT 5.0L convertible. The Y is definitely much smoother than that Lol
Absolutely! The MYLR also handles much better than other similar ICE SUVs (like the X3, GLC300 etc). It is bumpier than those but it's something I absolutely don't mind considering how it handles.
Man they really nailed the handling, it’s just phenomenal. The Y is a very heavy car for its class and you can feel it’s pretty boaty like a Dodge Challenger, but the handling is so precise & responsive; you really get to enjoy what it can do.
I've only driven a challenger like 7 years ago. I don't remember what it handles like but I don't assume very well? But yes. I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it handles. It really helps that the CoG is low.
Yeah new Challengers definitely handle better than they used to, but you can still feel you’re pulling over 4000lbs through corners with you; can get a little wonky if you’re having too much fun.
Tesla did a great job on the CoG, I think the Y is one of my top 3 nicest-handling cars I’ve ever driven. Normally it takes me a little while to acclimate to handling an unfamiliar, heavy SUV, but the Y is just so easy to control I was driving normally within an hour.
100%. Now I want all my SUVs to handle like the MYLR does. FML.
I especially appreciate #2. When I picked up my car, I couldn't drive out of the parking space at first because I did not move the lever far enough for it to go to 'D'...lol.
Lol I drove away fine but it got me soon afterwards. I was leaving a parking-deck and had to open my door to reach the card reader, gate lifts up… cue panic as I remember it automatically goes into Park if you open the door and it’s asking for my PIN to Drive as the gate is about to come back down
point #3 all the way!!
I knew to put it in chill mode leaving the dealership. I wanted to try the sport mode and feel the power going down the exit ramp (massive ramp, tons of leeway, no cars around) and my god - I about had a fucking heart attack with how quickly it went lmao
Oh absolutely. Even on the non-Performance trims, you are still driving one of the fastest-accelerating cars on the road; Standard does not play around, that pedal is a “GO GO GO” button.
So unless someone is already comfortable driving muscle-cars I always recommend starting on Chill. You can slam your whole foot down in something like an Accord and eventually it’ll get moving & you can hear it struggle, but if you’ve got a heavy foot in a muscle car, you’re gonna spin your tires and/or become a giant missile.
Hazard lights are on the roof.
Here’s a checklist: https://blog.tesbros.com/tesla-delivery-checklist/
Make sure you set your rear lift gate height and learn how to do it. Hold down the button in the trunk to set the height. Don’t scratch up your brand new Y on the garage door like many have.
If you discover any issues at home after leaving the lot, create a service ticket and note in the app, specifically using “on day of delivery…..” to describe what you found.
Coming from someone who took delivery in late September and is still dealing with build issues:
Inspect the car very, very carefully. Sit in every seat, open/close every door and window, step on every floor area, and do a very careful paint inspection.
I ordered mine on-line sight unseen, and I should have rejected delivery and let them build a new one. Unfortunately, I had already sold my previous car so I didn't have the time to wait.
Service to fix the issues has been ridiculous:
They send a mobile tech to inspect the issue, and they tell me it needs to go to the service center but that they'll (paraphrasing) "make sure they have the right parts."
I show up at the service center a week later and are completely oblivious of the mobile service. They re-do everything the mobile guy did and they never have the part or the time to work on it. They make me a follow-up appointment.
Drop the car off for the follow-up appointment. If I'm lucky, they fix the issue without causing additional damage.
So far, I've had one extra cycle of service due to them damaging the car and a second from them forgetting to reinstall a part.
Good luck! Hopefully, I am the outlier with all the problems.
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Read the manual
The pick up is as fast or as slow as you want. They basically let you inspect the car as long as you want and then sign off the paper work on a tablet. You can do it in 15 min or spend a couple hours there. Just don't expect the panel gaps to be perfect. If it is far off or you find any other issues, you can submit a service ticket to fix it for free within the first 100 miles, so make sure you submit it in your app before hitting that threshold. You can do the inspection at home instead of at the pick up location.
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Don’t go easy on the gas when you merge into the highway the first time.