[shimms]

v11 update was the straw that broke this Tesla owner's back. We just purchased a new EV from another manufacturer and are selling the Tesla.

I'm so glad there are an increasingly larger range of EVs to choose from. In Australia the choices are comparatively limited still, but more and more are becoming available. When we got our Tesla the choices were really Tesla or cars with really limited range.

I used to think I'd get used to the touch screen and muscle memory would allow me to do things while driving easily. Hasn't happened - I use the steering wheel buttons for changing the temperature, but everything else requires taking my eyes off the road for too long.

Test drove the new car and was surprised by how better physical buttons were. The cognitive load to drive it was so much less. After years of Tesla touch screen land, I think I'd forgotten how much easier and usable traditional interfaces are.

[yholio]

So not only that you need special training to ride the Tesla pony, but it's also objectively worse even for those who put in the effort. It's not even like switching to Dvorak, it's like switching to Qwerty in a world where everybody uses Dvorak.

[heavyset_go]

It's like using QWERTY if every once in a while an update changes it to something like QWRETY.

[Handytinge]

As an alternative viewpoint, I also have a Tesla and a "normal" car, and I don't find the Tesla requires any "special training" or is objectively worse.

Things are in different places in different cars. Switching keyboard layouts would be significantly more complex.

[dustintrex]

Can you share which car you ended up buying? I was gung-ho on Tesla for a long time, but the lack of physical controls in the 3 is a dealbreaker for me.

[shimms]

Mercedes EQA.