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I test drove the Model 3 with awd and I'll pass.
PRO: peppy
CON:
- https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threadloom/search
- unreliable new battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcPEFVI8zZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2YnUiOkwU
- heavy car (with all the batteries) so its tires wear out faster
- Not fun because it's driving you with all the computer nannies, you're not driving it.
- Stiff suspension, more stiff than even my C7 Corvette Stingray.
- GM supercruise beats Mercedes, which beats Tesla Autopilot.
http://www.thedrive.com/tech/17083/the-battle-for-best-semi-autonomous-system-tesla-autopilot-vs-gm-
supercruise-head-to-head
- Tesla autopilot is not ready and kills its drivers
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/business/joshua-brown-technology-enthusiast-tested-the-limits-of-his-
tesla.html?_r=0
- Noisy interior, road noise
- In the parking garage, steering wheel was heavy and felt almost like no power steering.
- Hate Tesla's regenerative braking, felt like I slammed on the brakes abruptly and hard every time I took
my foot off the throttle. Risk of getting rear-ended. Gets fatiguing holding your foot so lightly on the
throttle in an attempt to maintain speed. Without regenerative brakes, your foot gets to rest while you're
coasting.
Lawsuit: http://www.lemonlawcourt.com/tesla-regenerative-braking-lawsuit/
- freebie only comes in black color, other colors are +$2k
- freebie only comes with 18 inch steel wheels and hub caps, aluminum wheel is +$2k
- charger parts&labor +$2k
- Hate giant ugly tablet as the center console
- tiny fonts for P/D/N/R
- to get black seats, you get ugly geezer woodgrain dashboard
- even with tax credit, you still have to pay tax on that amount.
- don't like to look to the side to see my speedometer
- speedometer number font is tiny?
- No Apple Carplay
- No sunroof
- Teach others how to use the door handle inside and outside. Human-user interface suck.
- Ergonomics suck. Instead of a button to press once to do something, I have to clicks several menus and
read the choices. Can't turn a knob or button by feel and have to take my eyes off the road, rotate my
head, and read.
OTHER CONS:
- EV introduces 1 BIG problem that we never have to think about before: RANGE ANXIETY!?
- There are numerous paid advertisers that were given free cars in exchange for glorified reviews.?
- Fires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVzW63ZWxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eFM9JJMH_0
- Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrmoyuuaNc
- long repair times (1 year): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7bQ8FKdpCQ
- boring, no soul
- woodgrain dashboard is geezer style
- if u forget to charge and the battery completely dies (bricked), you have to tow it to a Tesla dealer to
get it working.
- hot climates drain the battery
- higher insurance
- takes longer for parts if in an accident
- cold weather drops battery range by 40%
- Range anxiety. I have to plan ahead for refueling (itineraries). Never had to think about this with
combustion cars.
- superchargers aren't always enroute so your trip will take longer.
- With more Model 3 on the road than before, Tesla service or bodyshop is going to have a long backlog wait
times.
- autonomous is not ready, car accidents: http://fortune.com/2018/10/31/tesla-model-s-autopilot-crash-
lawsuit/
- electric cars are quiet so you're going to hear more other noises than in a combustion engine car engine
which hides squeaks, rattles, brake calipers.
- The Kona is a SUV which is more desirable to most people than the Tesla Model 3 which is a low car.
- Parking range loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4U8eNTgNA
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