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Originally Posted by Jeroen I agree. I get to ride in Tesla taxi’s quite often. Also, I don’t like that huge display that does everything. The novelty wears off very quickly. I wonder if Tesla went one step to far with that. Lots of people like the idea of an electric car, but why does it have to look so futuristic in the inside? I prefer a more old school dashboard, switches and stalks.
That’s is what more or less everybody else seem to be aiming at. A “regular” car just run on batteries. The Tesla takes that a step further. |
I will disagree that it is a novelty that will wear off. All this inference from sitting in a Taxi? You need to experience the ownership to truly appreciate all that it can do, and decide if it is novelty. You cannot explain the joy of being able to use your app to ensure the car is topped off just before going to bed, for your early morning road trip (that your wife just told you about).
At my workplace there are several Model S, and Model 3 owners. I have friends who have sold their second ICE car to get another Tesla. The Model3s have been with owners for more than 6 months. Needless to say Model S has been with owners for more than 5 years now. Pretty much all the owners I know will not buy any other car (EV or not). In SoCal with a lot of Home Solar installations, we have a lot of EVs in the market. A large percentage who can afford go with Teslas for a reason. The tech enables them to do things that other cars in the market cannot.
I have had my Model3 for 3 months and 3k miles. The car keeps getting better every couple weeks. No, I do not have to touch the screen often to do stuff. I can do a lot of things using voice, the rest of it is set to auto adjust. The large screen is awesome for rear view/backing up. The list of things that have gotten better in the weekly updates is long. Here is one from last week. I was resigned to the fact that during sunset when the sun is directly inline with the rear view camera, and some dirt on the camera, you would have a crappy view. It is the same crappy view in other luxury vehicles (under the same conditions). Last week's update clearly made the Model3 rear view remarkably better. It is like, they gave sunglasses to the rear view camera. In another update they mapped the cruise adjusting from the screen to the scroll wheel on the steering. Another update had ABS related tuning because of the critical CR review. I can go on and on about these OTA updates, and the supercharger network. So you have a new novelty every Friday. :-)
I do not want to get into the debate of the economics of manufacturing. There is a lot going on because of ICE giants being caught with their knickers down, and the stock market. I also do not want to debate about touch and feel of Vegan leather Vs Leather. These things are subjective, but should not be deal breakers.
This I can say from riding in the 2017 Audi Q7 last week. The buttons and touch pads are ridiculous. There are small LCD displays, and backlit buttons everywhere. To backup you need to peek into a tiny screen, or look back. Compare this to a crisp positioning with specific distance from each object all around in a Tesla, or its auto park feature that guides you with the enormous screen.
Last edited by GutsyGibbon : 21st June 2018 at 00:39.
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