Ok, I don’t get the sound system is better in the Lightning take. Either something is really wrong with my Lightning or something is really wrong with your Y. Or you have a tremendous aftermarket system in the Lightning. I just went out and played Jane at the loudest setting in both the Y and the Lightning Lariet. I did a db check with an ipad. The Y is 101db ish and the Lightning is 85db ish. That is 60 times more powerful in the Y and it’s not clipping or bassing out.
One more thing I like about the Y is that when I pull into a lined space in a parking lot, the center screen leets me see where the space’s lines are. One more very nice thing about truck is the trailer backup steering system with the knob. I also like being able to do many controls in the car by just telling it to turn up or 3
I have not used Tesla's Nav for an extended period of time. What makes it so great that it doesn't stink? I use Apple Maps and when I get in my truck, Apple Maps already has a pin asking me if I want to go to a certain place based on looking at something on my phone earlier. Usually it's right. Turning directions show up in my instrument cluster, voice works great, maps are nice and clean. I am very happy with it.
Why does the fob need to be in an RF bag? There is something that I'm missing here. Can you fill me in? Thanks.
Because if someone pops a window to rummage through the console and glovebox, they could then just drive the truck away. In the bag, it can't communicate with the truck and unless someone knows it's there, it ends with the rummaging through my paperwork.
Thanks. I just ordered one!!
Pinch/zoom/drag/rotate is nice if you want to check for traffic or if the navigation is taking you on a rout you don’t want to go. The screen is 4x the resolution and it’s as responsive as a new ipad. Typing a destination or any map interaction is at current ipad speeds. Not having your phone hijacked for navigation is nice. You can record video with sound while you are in the car if you need to. If you have FSD you don’t have the interruption of the navigation because it’s doing all the lane changes, interchanges and turns for you. These are the things I notice. For the most part it’s just different except twice the truck has changed a route on me through Dallas to navigate to a charger I did not need to go to. I thought it was for avoiding traffic until I was in a parking lot with it saying I was at my destination at a L2 charger. Pinch/zoom would have been nice.
I am not going to say you're wrong. Although I can't "pinch", There are one touch plus minus button for zooming and you can drag around in Apple Maps. Resolution? Am I supposed to care if it has 3000x better resolution if I can't see the pixels. No difference than an 8k display over a 4k display. As soon as you sit at a normal distance they are indistinguishable. I don't use my phone when I'm driving and I wish more vehicles hijacked drivers phones so there would be less texting while driving. I do agree the processor at whole could and should be snappier but I've never noticed this during navigation. I notice that mainly when changing apps.
I think that Tesla's navigation is the Gold Standard. I have used no navigation system in any car that touches the solution Tesla has delivered. The resolution may not be of a concern to you, but I often travel to places where I am unfamiliar with the location and I want to be able to zoom into a satellite image to see which lanes are through vs turn and where actual entrances are. More than a few times this has prepared me so I didn't have to go around the block after being in the wrong lane or missing a turn into the correct driveway in heavy traffic.
I have 2 tesla S (2019 and 2014) and ford 150 Flash. As a truck the flash works as expected. it has good acceleration, a bit of a mushy suspension, performs well in snow, quiet and comfortable. however, the technology is primitive compared to a tesla. i never know for sure if something i have configured with work. simple things that i would expect just aren't there. i'm also still waiting (7 months) for the NACS adapter to charge at tesla super chargers. I sold my 21 tundra to buy the flash, its much cheaper to run. i had the f150 as my 3rd pick of trucks, cybertruck was first on the list followed by rivian then lightning. Cybertruck isn't a truck, its toy, the rivian has too small a box and doesn't have a canopy option so it fell to the ford. so far i'm satisfied for the truck function.
The mushiness is the tires. Get a stiffer sidewall and it will mostly go away.
I think what Ed describes as mushiness is the soft shocks, independent rear suspension and soft rear coil springs. Coming out of my driveway the truck dips and moves up and down comfortably. My teslas will jar your teeth exiting the same area. I'm not complaining. I much actually prefer the Lightning ride over my Teslas. That is probably because I'm an old fart.
