Do you have a special container for fingers or do you just keep them in like a junk drawer? Do you have to keep them refrigerated or are they preserved with salt or formaldehyde or something like that? Are you just keeping them around in case you need a spare or did you get them for a reason and have some left over?…

Lol this is sarcasm right? It's gotta be.

And what... it executes the slowest, most dangerous 3-point turn imaginable? And does it follow the letter of the law on 3-point turns? Because I don’t know the law on that maneuver. Can’t imagine Tesla can design a feature that’s technically illegal.

Shitting on shitty design =/= shitting on Elon.

I really like Teslas but I am also a UX designer and WOOF, this is bad. You hit the nail on the head with your points: lack of labeling, small size with no information scent to give you an idea of where to find this, no current mode info. The lack of a park mode is the most distressing, does it do it automatically? If…

Wouldn’t be surprised if they created program that uses the camera to ascertain curb distance, compares it against turn radius and crashes into a parked car.

No, man, this isn’t a piece shitting on the Richest Man In The World, this is a piece shitting upon some really awful UX decisions. Sad is not being able to deal with actual valid critiques of technology without feeling like it’s an attack on Elon Musk, who I suspect will weather this onslaught just fine.

“The only advantage I can see is perhaps this is cheaper to produce—it’s all in software, and there’s no physical controls for shifting, so that might save some pennies.”

they could do that, sure, or design a usable fucking shifter

Oh damn I didn’t imagine that until now holy crap

Then buy more ham! (send me a check, Big Ham)

I don’t see a problem:

OMFG 3 POINT TURNS KILL ME

Sure, but then your bumper will be left unprotected.

I like that the diagram refers to “BIG HOSE CLAPS”.

“You might be able to replace the corpse finger/toe with a wad of ham”

Tesla owner here. This method does indeed suck. I could see how they might want something a little more involved than a screen button tap to avoid accidently selecting the wrong thing but with minimal iconography telling you what its for and how to operate it its a bit stupid. For such an important feature it should…

Having driven both I can tell you dynamically they feel different. However if you’re sitting in a Supra, it definitely feels like you’re inside a BMW.

They could try lifting it and putting some black plastic cladding on the wheel wells, I hear that’s pretty popular.

And the longer it’s in there, the more screwed we are...