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Perhaps they will consider shrinking the buffer after pushing an update which sets the max charge to 90% by default.
I respect your knowledge and don't really want to start a big argument, but I could not disagree more. The folks who will read the manual cover to cover are the exception, always have been, and always will be. EVs will get more and more intuitive and require less special knowledge as they go mainstream, just like ICE cars today.
Smoother... And faster! And savvy users like members of this forum should have the ability to pull down their own update whenever they are ready. In other words, the "software updates" button should actually DO something useful.
By your logic you should be able to rev an ICE car to its rev limit often, hell, bounce it off the rev limiter all day, because it was engineered to protect the engine from damage anyways, right? If they didn't want me driving on the highway at a constant 6800 rpm then they shouldn't have made the car capable of it.
Wow, just... Wow.
I am in the "read it if I need to" camp. I often will attempt to assemble things I have purchased without reading the instructions, and then I run into an issue and have to look at the instructions.
People are stupid, dumb, lazy, don't show respect because they ask a question that is mentioned once on a single line in a 400+ page PDF?I am in the "read it if I need to" camp. I often will attempt to assemble things I have purchased without reading the instructions, and then I run into an issue and have to look at the instructions.
That said, I understand where Rick is coming from. It can be a little frustrating when people come to the forum to ask a question that is clearly answered in the manual. It can be interpreted as laziness because it is easier to ask someone else than to do the work to figure it out for yourself.
Personally I don't mind that as much as others do, so I am just explaining why you will get that reaction from some forum members. In a way it shows a lack of respect for the people who spend a lot of time here truly trying to help others.
Your point is well taken. Some things in the manual can be obscure and hard to find. But most aren't. It's one thing to search in the manual, not be able to find an answer then ask the question. It's another to not bother to search in the manual, ask the question expecting someone else to do the search for you. I believe that's what people object to.
Thank you. Great suggestion. Done.
I love my First Edition, and I consider myself lucky to have snagged one in early 21 at X-plan pricing before the the price increases and ADM.
I am referring to some of the early production problems like the windshield recall and hatch misalignment that have not been a problem with later built cars. Of course the OTA process took forever to start so early builds had to wait a lot longer to get software improvements unless you had FDRS or a good dealer to do the updates. Those kind of things are much better for current model year owners.
This seems to bother you a lot more than it bothers me. Maybe that is because I don't like asking people for help and I like solving problems on my own. Regardless, searching a 400 page PDF is pretty darn easy. It takes less time to do that than to type out a question in a forum.
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