On the snow issue, absolutely. I committed malpractice when driving to the ski place. The sign clearly said “Chain Control in Effect”, and I should have stopped to put the cables on immediately. Instead, I was lazy and said we would put it on later. Unfortunately, every other turnout lane was uphill, and I could not get the cables on. We barely made it up the small hill to get back on the road.
Meanwhile, I marveled at all the Teslas making it up and down hills because of the low center of gravity/AWD. There was definitely someone from the local sheriff’s department checking cars to make sure they were properly equipped.
Generally speaking, parts of the Bay Area can be very hilly. We have absolutely no problems going up the steepest hills around here.
It’s so funny you talk about the dog mode in the Tesla. DD mentioned that just yesterday. I don’t think I would ever use this with our pupper, as I would be afraid something would go wrong.
But, yes, indeed, Telsa is a technological wonder. We have the Model Y, and there is absolutely nothing on the dashboard except a single tablet that contains EVERYTHING, from the speedometer, odometer, gauges, etc to climate control to GPS to infotainment. It took a while to get used to this, but I guess it’s a safer design. Instead of looking out the front windshield, the speedometer, the GPS, the climate control, and the infotainment in several different visual fields, you look at one place for everything in the Telsa. I guess that’s better and safer, as you have fewer places to look.
However, I do wonder what would happen if that tablet ever conked out! I actually did have the center display go dead on me in a PHEV I had, but I had duplicate physical controls for the radio and climate control. Effectively, I was just out the GPS with no display. In the Telsa Model Y, though, I think you’re pretty much out of luck if that display goes.
