After reading the owner's manual from beginning to end I was surprised to learn some new things about the car! For 1,000 miles of free Supercharging use my referral code: ts.la/mike87152
When I first became interested in Tesla I downloaded the manual and read through it. As I started following various Tesla forums on social media I was amazed how many of the posts and questions could be answered if one would first RTFM! Thanks for your videos. 😉
YES! YES! YES! I fix things for a living - Radio Stations, TV Stations, Mobile installations, and of course, the crap around the house. When I get a squawk, especially with new equipment, I generally ask Did you RTFM*? And I get the usual trout in return. (Envision someone looking at you with a long face, open mouth, and glazed eyeballs. That's a trout.) To get on topic here, I downloaded the Model 3 manual, and over a period of days I *Read The Fine Manual. Damned if about 90 per cent of my questions weren't answered!
Easy entry also activates when you unbuckle the seat belt and vehicle is in Park. Since you didn’t have your seatbelt on in your demo, just putting it in Park activated it. Had you been in Park with the seatbelt fastened, it would not have activated until you unfastened the seatbelt.
I read the owner's manual on my first Model S in the first few days of ownership. I had read online the entire owner's manual of my first Model 3 prior to delivery. I'm not some geek, but just someone who has always read the owner's manuals of cars I bought because the knowledge always turns out to be valuable. Perhaps it came from being a fighter pilot then airline pilot, where the importance of knowing the vehicle and its systems was a life or death matter.
@@The_DuMont_Network Hey Doc, It was still nicknamed the Dash One when I was flying for Uncle Sam, as in T.O. F-105-1-1. But left seat? I flew single-seat, single-engine fighters until I was shanghaied into flying the F-4D. It did have a backseat for the WSO. I flew left seat for airliners after getting the appropriate type rating. In no case did I fly an aircraft for the military or the airlines without studying the systems and passing the check ride.
@@daveriley6310 My point exactly. I forgot about single seaters and centerline seaters. Never flew one myself. I guess you could fly while the GIB read the manual to you and looked things up, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Great stuff, thanks Frugal Tesla Guy! A few quick observations/corrections: 1) Closing the Trunk with 2 hands is necessary as the spring by the latch in the car is very stiff. A spring "upgrade" solves that problem and allows closing even with 2 fingers. 2) You incorrectly state around 2:45 that should something push the Frunk emergency release button while driving, that may open the Frunk thus possibly causing an accident due to lack of visibility. Brian from i1Tesla tested his as part of his self-open Frunk strut mod upgrade, and confirmed it's a 2 stage unlocking system, and while driving the latch will NOT fully open/release, even if the emergency button is pressed!
Great video, I like that you're encouraging people to actually read the owners manual. The number of owners who rush online to complain about something their Tesla is doing/not doing, when all they need to know to resolve the issue is right there, built into their car... smh
this is the type of Tesla guy I like. The feckin one who isn't trying to entertain you with shallow nonsense. This guy just gives us the straight up facts - lovely and snore worthy
I would recommend talking about how there are many, many features not listed anywhere, but are programmable with each person named in the list of drivers. It goes way beyond seat, mirrors and steering wheel. Climate controls, driving preferences, autopilot preferences and many more, I'm sure. Select your name before making changes to any options or you might be programming Easy Entry's preferences and not your own. I see this important detail missed on many RU-vid videos!
@w4csc wow...you do know these kinds of ratings are pretty much for any passenger car, if you read that owner's manual...and realistically can easily be doubled tripped without any damage. I'm 240 pounds and have climed into the trunk of my tesla, just like any other car it's not a problem.
Best line ever out of my Honda owners manual, possibly the best line ever for any owners manual. "If the parking brake cannot be released automatically, release it manually." Thanks, Honda, who would have thought.
The manual for a colortune device (that lets you see the colour of a the spark in an engine so you can adjust the air-fuel ratio on the carburettor or fuel injection) helpfully informed me that I should not inhale exhaust fumes from the engine as they are toxic. I was wondering why I was getting very ill every time I put my mouth around the exhaust for 5 minutes each day.
I remember reading somewhere that regulations here in the U.S. prevent the front hood from being automatically raised. It's my understanding that no one has an automatic raise function for the front trunk. This would have to be changed with regulation versus something you can convince Tesla or any other manufacturer of doing. If people want it changed, they'll need to lobby their representatives and hope they'll align with your thinking on the matter.
Thank you so much for reading the owner’s manual. I learned quite a few things. I specially likes the easy entry settings on the driver’s profile. Up to now I had been using the drop window to go from easy entry to my driving setting and viceversa by touching each one as needed. Now it’s, put in Park or touch the break as needed. Thank you again.
I`ve gone through a couple of your videos and I must say, they are very well structured with nice camera angles and useful information. Good Job. Subscribed.
Great video as always Mike. Never messed with the Easy Entry option myself so that info was helpful. Also, as I live in Houston, you probably already know that we don't get very cold weather often down here either but the heated side mirrors feature is certainly good-to-know.
Haven't bought one but I do have the manual. I guess I am one of those nerds that always read the manual of any vehicle I own and since the internet has come along I do download before taking delivery. Lot of useful info.
Thank you for everything; especially the cable release. The last station at super charger in Grand Rapids, MI had a slight slope to it. While charging, my car slid on the snow and put tension on the cable. I had a hard time getting it out. Had I read the Manuel, I would have know.. thanks again. :)
Thanks for reading the manual and provided these features. I didn’t know about Easy Entry and quick way to turn off AC. I am using these features daily now.
It is remarkable how much you can learn about the use of a thing by reading the user's manual. I started a long train ride with a new video camera in my lap a number of years ago. By the time I arrived I knew all the features front-to-back, and it made all the difference in what I got from it.
Awesome videos.... thanks for the efforts .. and for listing the weight in KGs Also for the tips on the climate control - I am in Canada and it gets colder sometimes!! Had my m3 few days ago ... still learning everyday- your videos are great!!
Don't forget about the fun Easter eggs in the car's software :). Discovered them sitting in traffic this morning. Can't wait to play pranks on my wife and daughter!
Thanks Mike, very informative show. Appreciate you taking the time. Very helpful and will definitely read once I purchase the Model Y once it is produced and comes to Australia 👍😊🇦🇺
I'm scheduled to get my Tesla Model 3 on Saturday, June 20. Right now I'm in crash mode reviewing whole bunch of videos about Tesla. Thank you to all for posting.
The DIY motto: "Stumbling around trying to figure it out on your own for several hours saves 15-20 minutes of reading directions." Thanks, TFG, for highlighting information readily available for anyone interested. I get my Model 3 on Friday!
Great video Mike. Regarding Easy Entry, the seat position is not the only thing that is recalled according to your profile. The side view mirrors are also automatically moved into position according to your profile as well.
@@genephipps6421 that's funny I'm usually asking my girlfriend's the questions and when she can't answer fast enough I get cranky but thankfully she almost always knows the answer so whatever I'm asking. She's also cute as hell and is by no means watching me as I type this 😁
Yeah. When I ordered my car at the dealership it was a friday. I could go grab the tags and all that only on monday. So I took the manual home and was done with it the day I picked it up... :D
good job, there were three that I did not know. Easy Entry (awesome), hot and cold front defroster (important in the NE winters) and the method to disengage a stuck power cord (hasn't happened to me...yet). Thanks
184 pages for a manual isn’t bad at all. This was helpful, and I’ve just noticed that you can learn a lot from a manual. Thanks, you changed the way I see manuals.
Thank you! :) I didn't know and never had thoughts about trunk capacity so that was good. Easy entry, I believe I figured it out on my own, probably six months after we bought the car. Did not know that the defogger cycles between hot, cold and off. Never worried about charging cable getting stuck but I suppose it could happen so that was something good to know. ONE THING that Tesla should address for those of us who live in warm climates. I would LOVE to be able to either remove the seat heat buttons off the bottom of the screen or at least disable them because, more than once, I turn on the heat on my seat and that does NOT feel good when it's 90F outside and the AC is working so hard to keep us cool inside.
I always read the entire owners manuals! Well, except for the first 300 pages or so of "Do not operate the vehicle under water", "Do not stick your head out the window while rolling it up" and "Do not fill the tires with Uranium Hexaflouride" sort of stuff.
I also did a video owner's manual for the Tesla Model 3, but I think you did a much better job. I liked how you explained some stuff in the manual that the delivery guy never mentioned to me. You have great video sense. Subscribed!
Agree that not many people read the owner:s manual (I'm one of them) and hardly anyone reads it cover to cover. You presented some great little nuggets of info that probably not many Tesla owners were aware of.
Great recap of some of the (possibly) forgotten features. My husband and I use easy entry every day. He's 6'4 and I'm 5'5. If I left my car at his setting I can't reach the pedals, but he would hurt himself trying to access the center console at my setting. We split the difference so nobody gets hurt ;)
As one frugal Tesla guy to another, isn't it ridiculous that owning a Tesla can even fit into a frugal life? I mean, first-worlders are more amazingly rich than most imagine. Thanks for the informative video.
If I could give you 5 thumbs up I would. Have not read the owner's manual yet as I'm still waiting on my M3LR, but the easy access mode is another game changer for me. Thx again
this could be the start of a great RU-vid series for those of us who don't want to read through every page of the manual but are also RU-vid addicts. Start at the beginning of the manual and carry on thru many more episodes until the manual has been completely covered..
Thanks for reading for me. I did learn a few things. The thing I don’t like about the onboard owners manual it’s a pain in the ass to find a subject without scrolling over and over. The index should have letter tabs to jump to the section your looking for. It always starts at the top at A. If you want to read about Windshield Wipers , have fun scrolling.
