<story><title>Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/17/teslas-model-s-gets-ludicrous-mode-will-do-0-60-in-2-8-seconds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tthayer</author><text>Agreed. The 2015 Mazda3 we just bought has a horrible info&amp;#x2F;nav system that crashes and frequently stops responding. I&amp;#x27;m guessing the actual chance of it ever being fixed at 0%. Tesla&amp;#x27;s get an automatic OTA update that would fix that kind of thing and it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be something you&amp;#x27;d have to &amp;#x27;deal&amp;#x27; with for the rest of your ownership of the vehicle.</text></item><item><author>stefanobernardi</author><text>Even if not a software update, I still find Tesla&amp;#x27;s way of thinking of a car as an actual (continuously update&amp;#x2F;upgrade-able) product fascinating. Very rare for hardware.&lt;p&gt;It gives an amazing user experience, &amp;quot;Hey restart your car and it&amp;#x27;s now got X and Y&amp;quot;. Respect.&lt;p&gt;Edit: clarifying the term &amp;quot;product&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coldpie</author><text>I will never buy a vehicle with both an infotainment system and a steering wheel. Subaru lost a sale of a brand new car when the dealer sat down, turned the key, and the radio showed.... a loading bar.&lt;p&gt;Fuck that. I deal with shitty software enough everywhere else in my life. I&amp;#x27;m not going to put up with that in a 4000lb piece of metal going 70 MPH.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/17/teslas-model-s-gets-ludicrous-mode-will-do-0-60-in-2-8-seconds</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tthayer</author><text>Agreed. The 2015 Mazda3 we just bought has a horrible info&amp;#x2F;nav system that crashes and frequently stops responding. I&amp;#x27;m guessing the actual chance of it ever being fixed at 0%. Tesla&amp;#x27;s get an automatic OTA update that would fix that kind of thing and it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be something you&amp;#x27;d have to &amp;#x27;deal&amp;#x27; with for the rest of your ownership of the vehicle.</text></item><item><author>stefanobernardi</author><text>Even if not a software update, I still find Tesla&amp;#x27;s way of thinking of a car as an actual (continuously update&amp;#x2F;upgrade-able) product fascinating. Very rare for hardware.&lt;p&gt;It gives an amazing user experience, &amp;quot;Hey restart your car and it&amp;#x27;s now got X and Y&amp;quot;. Respect.&lt;p&gt;Edit: clarifying the term &amp;quot;product&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fossuser</author><text>My friend has a Mazda3 and we hacked on it over the weekend to make the infotainment system a little bit better.&lt;p&gt;Check this out: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mazda3hacks.com&amp;#x2F;doku.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mazda3hacks.com&amp;#x2F;doku.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can turn off the annoying restrictions, change the ordering of some menus and drastically reduce the time of the starting confirmation dialogue box.  All you need is a USB to Ethernet adaptor.&lt;p&gt;Also make sure to disable watchdog or you can get into a reboot loop that makes it difficult to ssh back in and fix (we almost thought we&amp;#x27;d have to bring it into the dealer, but we were able to get out of it with some script on that forum).</text></comment>