One feature that I learned recently was programming the rear hatch! If you have a power hatch, you can manually put the lid where you want to open, press and hold the close button on the hatch lid for three seconds, it will beep, and every time after that it will only open to that height! Great if you have a low hanging ceiling in your garage or any other need to not have it open all the way.
The door mirrors can be set to ‘ Always fold at this location’. A super useful feature here in the UK where a lot of our roads are so narrow. Well, most of our roads were built centuries before cars were invented. Yes I know. Hard to believe, but true. Anyway, you can set the door mirrors to ‘Always fold at this location’ any number of times. Not just the drive thru at Starbucks and McDonalds, but the pointless narrow bridge where no one is prepared to give way, the wooden bridge over the nearby canal, the barriers designed to stop drivers shopping easily at our local supermarket (I’m not joking), the local twin mini roundabouts leading to our local race course and the roundabout system at Swindon so awesomely challenging to negotiate that it is called The Magic Roundabout (google it!). Yes, ‘Always fold at this location’. It’s why my M3 door mirrors are still attached to the car.
I didn't see this elsewhere in the comments, but a while back, someone clued me in that when I'm at home, I can swipe down on the Navigate button to navigate to work and similarly, when I'm away from home, I can swipe down on that Navigate button to navigate home. Saves me a tap or two each time I want to go to Home or Work. :)
I learned this week that my phone will unlock and start my car without Bluetooth! Just put your phone to the pillar and it'll unlock with NFC like the key card.
1. If you triple click the charging wand it will unlock immediately instead of the 2 second delay with the single click 2. Google maps has a share icon on the top left which will give you the option to send that location to your car when you get in
- Pretty simple one but you can push the turn signal stalk in the same direction to cancel (and only have to push to first detent). So if you put in the left turn signal on, you can push the stalk again left to cancel instead of a traditional mechanical stalk you'd have to push in the opposite direction to cancel. - Drive-thru Profile: There are some drive-thru's with tight curbs so I have another driver profile with the mirrors tilted down (like auto-tilt in reverse) which helps from curbing the wheels while in drive. Also, looks like Chris took a road trip to PA for some emergency TP!
The stalk cancel annoys me. Having to realize which direction the car wants to go is required each time. Half the time I'm wrong and embarrassingly make the signal go the other direction. Who would ever do that? Any movement should cancel it unless moved again.
Have someone sit in the rear seat and put the car in drive. When it shows the red “no seatbelt” sign on the screen, tap it and it will turn into a car seat. If I remember correctly, it will keep the rear vents on until you change it back into a normal seat
Small note about the double tap autopark: it only works if you have "REQUIRE CONTINUES PRESS" disabled in "Customize Summon" settings. If continuous press is on "Yes" the double tap won't do anything.
Great tip re: pushing up on the stalk to turn off AP. Until now, I had always lightly put my foot on the brake or torqued the steering wheel which either annoys the guy behind me, or freaks out my passengers. I had no idea, and I do spend a lot of time on the Tesla forums.
I learned months after buying (yes I did read the manual, but did not absorb this) that if you tap on the map to zoom in/out or move around to look at something, you can just tap anywhere on the map to recenter it and resume navigation.
Q about the mirror auto-tilt feature. I've been told that, while in reverse, you can adjust and set the amount of tilt and it will save that as part of your profile. Is this true, or is the amount of auto-tilt fixed?
If you shift into reverse and then do the mirror adjustment for your profile you can adjust the tilted mirrors. I thought the auto tilt was dumb until I adjusted them for me and now they are super helpful.
@@Skiman601 I can't wait to try this, Chris! I never used the tilt down feature because both mirrors tilted down and they went down too much. I also was unable to see traffic coming at me when trying to park.
I think it is buggy? Mine have tilted down when in reverse since I have had the car (super annoying for me) I tried going into reverse and adjusting them up, but it never seems to save it to my profile?
The interesting feature I recently discovered was the headlight adjustment in the settings. I've been driving with the lights pointing too low and thought I had to manually adjust them until I found this, that was kinda cool.
@@TwoTimesTwentyOne I'm not sure how this works where you're from, but if I'd adjust my headlight by eye, I'm pretty sure the car wouldn't pass inspection.
Dude there are literally hundreds of cars that does that, nothing special required to adjust bloody headlights lol. They do up or they go down... Just adjust high enough so visibility is useful. My 2019 Outlander PHEV also has that feature... By your comments you must be an ignorant apple user who absolutely needs a Mac genius tech for everything LOL. God I love idiots like you, keeps me in business. G'day!
@@TwoTimesTwentyOne yeah, you're a great judge of character, I can tell. lol /s The way you 'talk' to people, I really pitty your customers. If there even are any.
Its actually not that basic. Things on the screen won’t fit anymore when enlarged, thus things need to move over ect. Its a nightmare in software design and I understand companies dont do it when not absolutely needed
I didn't know you could poke your fingers through the grille to reach the charge release cord! The one time I've needed to release a rapid charger that had finished charging but my Model 3 wouldn't unlock, I pulled the material away from the seal to reach it! I will try your method next time! 😄
I recently found out that in the 2nd gen center console, if you have an upper tray forward the cup holder, that tray can slide forward to access the rest of the compartment. I was so shocked because I had spent to much time but prying the top tray out whenever I needed to access items below.
Great video. I was surprised to find you can swipe the little music icon up and down and it expands and contracts the music screen window. Much easier when driving.
You can also do that with the "up arrow" that brings up different options like back up camera or efficiency. If you swipe up on it, it'll bring up the last used item in the menu
One thing about the turning AP off with the stalk that happened to me, super edge case and totally my fault but I was on an exit ramp and letting it drive all the way to the end to see if it would stop at the end of the ramp. As it got to the intersection the take over immediately alarm came on but it was stopping so I flipped the stalk up and came to a stop, light turned green, I hit the go pedal and started going backwards. What I hadn't noticed is a second before I tried to turn off AP it must of kicked out on it own so instead of turning off AP I actually put it in reverse as the car was going slow enough. Luckily I wasn't trying to take off fast as there was a car behind me. Totally my fault and doing something it's not intended for but thought I'd mention it for info and to give people a laugh.
@@DirtyTesla I'm sure for the person behind me it was more scary or they thought I was being aggressive toward them, for me it was a few seconds of real confusion.
Sadly, the Model Y doesn't have the grocery hooks in the frunk, and Tesla stopped including them on new 3's late last year. Kinda annoying how they're decontenting the cars to save literally less than $5 per car.
Logan Rossignol My friends bought a model 3 several months after I bought mine, and we were surprised to see no homelink, no audio cables, no 14-50 adapter, etc.
I was thinking the Command brand large hooks might work perfectly well. They come in silver and black colors. www.command.com/3M/en_US/command/products/~/Command-Products/Metal/?N=5004785+5924736+3294529207+3294857497&rt=r3
The ability to turn up or down climate control through voice control. “ turn temperature to 73°”. Also voice control for volume or most things you use the touch screen for, like backup camera, call someone or text, play netflix, all through voice commands.
Ok, I thought I knew them all, but I learned today from this video about the double tap Park to go into a parking spot ahead or behind. Learn something everyday. Thanks.
I didn’t learn any new features. Now many of the features like the clothes hangers in back I knew of, but won’t likely ever use. I find it interesting that the new M3 and MY don’t have the hangers in the frunk.
Great video for the non Tesla nerds like us lol. That lumbar button was one I didn't know. I'll have to give that one a try if I ever get back into my car with all this social distancing lol.
I read the manual several times during my 2 year wait, but didn't see the external trunk release button, and didn't realize the wiper/washer button was a three position button. I thought my washer was broken since it made no pump sound when I held the button. I just wasn't pushing hard enough...
As and aside of the cabin lights. You can also push the voice command button on the steering wheel and say "cabin lights on" and the cabin lights will turn on. You can also say "cabin lights off" to turn the cabin lights off.
What I learned after 3 years with the Model X: In a very thin black envelope in the bottom of the black Frunk (under all the Charging and other stuff and flat) is a Upper Windshield sun shield which cuts the heat on a very sunny day. We had been wanting such an item and I had looked for where to buy one.
Hitting any door release button while driving will unlock the doors as well. It will only open the doors while it’s parked. This is useful when you’re picking up passengers without actually parking.
Also: You can voice command just about every feature in your Model 3 or Y. I use it for everything like "Play Music" "Open Glovebox" winshield wiper, turn on radio, open trunk, awesome!
I love my auto-folding mirrors that I can program at all my favorite take out coffee places. Auto fold in - auto fold out. Great stuff. Thanks for the tips.i learned a few here today.
I knew about the manual charge port unlock. Stuck port door happened to me for the first time in 18 months of ownership yesterday at a SC - nothing would unlock my port. It was raining and only about 45º (no freezing/ice). BUT, the cable release also did not work! The door was truly stuck - I finally put a fingernail under the port door and pulled a little and it popped open.
I wish they would add a feature to only angle the passenger side mirror down when in reverse. I only need to see the curb on the passenger side while parking (Mercedes has this option).
Well, it will actually just remember the mirror settings for both P/N/D and R separately. Just switch to reverse, adjust your driver side mirror to match its regular state and you have what you're looking for.
Great that you've done this. There's a real disconnect between the Jobs/Apple idea that you don't need a manual and the reality. (and yes I read the Tesla Owners Guide cover to cover). For some reason my iPhone 6s virtual keyboard is slightly wonky, so things I might've found out by using it I missed for years. (Teenagers who have nothing better to do than stare at their phones and talk about their phones will tell you this stuff and then laugh at you. ) Lumbar support. Yep. Missed that one (I've owned a Model Y for a month now). I don't really understand lumbar support. Fiddling with it just makes me feel, well... kinda constipated. Or like there's a t-shirt or something stuffed back there. These others. Again. Didn't know. Turning off Self-Drive and Cruise Control. I was a bit confused for days that Cruise Control was still on after I took control by steering. It would also warn "Auto stop feature doesn't work ..." something like that. Still vague about what this means. In what modes will my Tesla keep me from running into things (other vehicles, pedestrians, also how small? A cat?) Auto Park - Yesterday I decided to figure out how to auto park. No clue. So more news. Home: I park behind my house. Strange addresses show up as my 'Home'. What's worse is because I live close to the Sheriff's Dept, when I'm driving around my screen tells me how far I'm away from 'home,' except instead of saying 'Home' it says something like "5.3 miles from the Sheriff's Dept." Makes me look like the police. I've had to give up meth and quit the militia....
I noticed that our car seat base is wide enough that it spans the bottom of the seat and doesn't trip the sensor, you can try putting a book or something under the car seat to push on the sensor. Just be careful it's not too thick and that the seat is still well attached and stable.
I would like the heater to be driver only default ...love the front passenger seat backrest to fold flat for table / load length / sleeping.... double glazed roof for heat in heat out and noise reduction...
The front boot hooks are indeed shopping bag hooks, they’ve been standard in lots of European cars for years particularly for supporting plastic shopping bags 🛍
Probably a problem in Northville. Schools there. The schools had to make a rule that the local car dealerships couldn’t deliver new cars to the school. It happened so often on kids’ 16th birthdays that they needed to make a rule against it!
There is no reason to be jealous if they never had a car before which may be unfortunate. Maybe they had to live with buses and taxis or uber for years until now. Or they are just a younger person who is finally getting out in the world and they are doing reasonably well and are buying their first car. It is just that Tesla was around at the time they bought their first, when you got your first car years ago. Just timing.
From Google Maps on any mobile device you can share a location to the Tesla App and when you get into your car the Navigation will automatically begin to navigate to that location. Just hit the Share icon, select the Telsa App Icon, the same way you would sent it to someone via text, and the magic happens behind the scenes.
Aw man... those grocery hooks are great! My bags go all over the place in the back of my suv and then I have to put it all back together when I get home... Plus, I aspire to always get my groceries into the kitchen in ONE TRIP... no matter how much circulation I lose in my fingers. With these hooks, I could pre-load each hand!
So help me I had not noticed the “favorites” on the maps before this video and had wanted more “locations” in maps. Your videos are always so great- thanks for the wonderful channel. I’m now going to play with my car.
You can rename a favourite too, then click the right scroll wheel to use voice commands to navigate somewhere. For example, save your buddy Mike's address as "Mike's house", then when you press and hold the right scroll wheel until the voice command activates you can say "navigate to Mike's house" and it will start navigating there. Very cool.
I recently bought FSD and did not know that I could use auto park forward or reverse after leaving the car. Thank you for this video! Can't wait to use this feature! I'm good at getting out of cars in tight spaces but this will just be fun until the times I really need to use it if I can find a stall with better clearance (mainly because I don't want another car passenger or driver hitting my Model 3).
The Tesla function that I absolutely love is operated from the Tesla App and it is under the Control feature called "vent" which lowers all 4 windows about 1/4" and even at highway speeds it provides a wonderful flow of fresh air - a little noisy at freeway speeds but for city driving it's wonderful. Problem is you have to activate it from the Tesla App, not on the display which means you have to stop the car to engage it.
I have had my Model 3 since Nov. 2018 and I did not know about the lumbar support control. I also did not know about the real seat AV control. One control I learned about recently was that the fan can be turned off by just holding your finger on the fan icon! Thanks for you video.
You along with Andy Syle and Tesla Canuck are my favourite Tesla youtubers. Convinced me to buy a Model 3, and im doing all this research before I take delivery so I know what's what.
Thanx for the info on the rear fan! I travel with 3 bulldogs all the time and had a burst of fear yesterday because no one had talked about vents/cooling in the back. I'm getting a Y, cos of the dogs, but they are very heat sensitive and need AC from March to November. THANK YOU!!!!
I have a Tesla X 3 years old and do not have the sun visors sliding back when the sun is in your side, I have older cars and trucks that have that feature. I will pay for any upgrade in this matter. Also the FSD can not go 5 miles over the speed limit in the city, highway is fine.
The frunk hooks help to not allow groceries to go forward in a brake situation and hit the emergency button. If anything hit the emergency button, the frunk will pop up no matter if you're currently driving or not.
This is not a car trick but has to do with your key card: I place it inside my leather wallet but in the thinnest part so that I just need to hold the wallet against the door open B pillar sensor to get the door to open. This need comes up when I left my wallet in the house but need to get into the car or sometimes the phone just doesn't want to open the car on its own for whatever reason. Point is: you don't have to dig for your card.
Dieter Zerressen I have a few cards I use this way. It makes it frustrating that cool every wallet out there is RFID blocking. Exactly what I don’t want.
Alexandre Steinmetz Exactly! I read the online PDF Model 3 manual from cover to cover during the months between configuring my car and the day it was delivered! Once I got the car, I reread a lot of it for extra clarification!
I played with Auto Park when it first came out. I doubt I would ever use as if I had to park that close to someone, I would find another spot as the cars next to me would probably hit my doors anyways. If there were no cars and just a tight spot - like poles - that would be more ideal for that functionality. Glad you reminded me as I had forgotten about that one.
Speaking of which, for quite awhile, Tesla has promised to give us the ability to see exactly what is stored in each driver profile. I wouldn’t think it would be that hard to do on an upcoming update.
I think that the lumbar control can be adjusted diagonally, too? My car is in the body shop, which might be deemed nonessential, so I can't test it out. Maybe someone here can try it out and let me know?
I wasn’t aware the rear heaters were ever off! Not seen that button! Just checked and I’m stupid! In Uk it’s on bottom LG’s of screen so didn’t see it! Hadn’t seen 12 v as cover is black. I hadnt realised how stupid I was😰🤭🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
I watch a ton of videos. I’m super into Tesla. I own two model 3s. I know more than the Tesla sales people or the “delivery specialist” but I somehow never heard about the double tap to park. Awesome!
May I suggest or would you consider making a complete guide for the phone "app"? For me, I always see I have several notices but I have no idea where these message "alerts" are located in the app. Also, if found,m how to clear them. I am sure there is other items I don't know about, as well.
I was so used to my Model 3 autopilot it took me forever to figure it out in the Model S loaner I had. Then just out of practice I hit the gear stalk up and it didn’t disable autopilot... it literally put the thing in neutral. I didn’t hold the stalk or anything. Just a simple tap on an S will knock it into neutral, at least on the older models. They got rid of the frunk hooks in the Y :( I love the frunk hooks. They are the sole reason I use the frunk for groceries.
Bland McCartha we have a 2018 Mercedes E400 Wagon too and it has basically the same steering wheel stalks as the S/X. I dislike all of the stalks on the Mercedes-designed wheel that the S and X also use. I much prefer the 3/Y way of tapping the gear selector to activate adaptive cruise or autopilot, and using the right scroll wheel to adjust following distance or speed. It’s much more convenient in my opinion than having to reach around the steering wheel to move a stalk up/down/in/out. I think Model 3 has some of the simplest controls. I love the column mounted gear selector. That’s one thing Mercedes did pioneer that I find to be the easiest and quickest method to quickly shuffle between forward and reverse. It’s much more intuitive than my Land Rover’s rotary dial shifter, or my old Honda Accord which had buttons on the center console for PRNDS.
I’m obsessed too. I did not know about double tapping the Park Button to unlock nor about the rear seat vents control. Thanks for those! Thanks for another fun video! Stay safe!
That lumbar support is awesome, I have a long commute and the support lets me move it in and out as well as up and down, perfectly setting the support to wherever I want it. Before this car I had trouble from sitting in the seat for over an hour each way. Honorable mention goes to the Pontiac Solstice! Unbelievable, but the Solstice was perfect for my back despite not being adjustable.
I’m not (yet) a Tesla owner but have watched a ton of videos. You did an outstanding job on this one because I didn’t know most of those (except for the obvious ones that many cars have like the sun visor and dome lights). Great info!
- Interesting and EXTREMELY ANNOYING BUG: try to say "navigate to the post office". Apparently 'office' is such a powerful key word, whatever else you say or how you say it, including you saying "drive to the Post Office" in this specific town or on this street, Tesla will plot the course for the... office, ignoring the 'post' part. - Good voice command tip (works for both navigation and phone): if Tesla misinterprets what you say or assumes a certain spelling variation that prevents it from finding your 'contact' or some street name, try SPELLING IT OUT.
I honestly don't know why people put groceries in the frunk. The trunk has more room, and it is easier to close. The only times the frunk actually is better: If you got take out or something stinky. If you literally just wanna flex at the grocery store parking lot by putting stuff where your engine should be.
Jeremy Judkins For many people (including myself) the frunk is right next to the door to my home when I pull into the garage. MUCH easier to unload groceries from the frunk as opposed to walking around to rear of car multiple times in cramped garage. The big advantage of the trunk is some cooling from cabin whereas frunk gets super hot from metal hood. Frunk is also more secure for valuables because not accessible when in Valet Mode
If someone doesn't know that seat adjustment is on the bottom left hand side of the driver seat then they just shouldn't be driving Period. It's been standard for 20 years on 90% of vehicles. Regardless of electronic or manual seat adjustments. Even on a freaking tractor the seat adjustments are in the same place as cars.
curious why would anyone park in a space too tight to exit the car? (referring to the self park reference) Maybe in a home garage but I can't imagine doing that between 2 cars in public parking.
the ONLY feature from this entire list that i did not know about was the manual release for the charge wand. all the other ones seemed silly that people didn’t already know.
I'm getting a Model 3 in a couple of weeks and I've watched almost every Model 3 video on RU-vid, and I didn't know the dome lights could be individually turned on/off.
