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The more I looked at the 3 the more I saw its less than desirable points. I really wanted to like it.

by usermac 8y ago

ricardobeat 8y ago
Care to expand?
ryanhuff 8y ago
Such as? After having driven one for 6 weeks now, there isn't much not to like.
- jonathankoren 8y ago
  I think the touch screen on the 3 looks like someone glued an aftermarket stand to the dash, and stuck a crappy android tablet in it. Tesla interiors are subpar when compared to other luxury manufactures, and the infotainment system sucks just as hard as everyone else, but with more knockoffs (Slacker Radio). Just give me Apple CarPlay, and be done with it.
sabareesh 8y ago
Never thought that I would love a car but .. Love story continues. The car is out of world.
mbreese 8y ago
I was in the same boat. I’m one of the 24% — not that I necessarily believe that number, but it seems reasonable. I ended up getting the reservation email the same day I bought a different car. I’m sure the 3 drives great, but the idea of another 4-5 month wait (which would have probably have been 6-8 months and pushed out past the tax break) wasn’t appealing. I’ll definitely look at it in the future, but the combination of not being able to even sit in one (no demo available at my local Tesla), let alone test drive one, with the wait just wasn’t worth the risk. But for me the final thing that made me cancel my day one reservation was all of the production hell talk. I don’t want a car produced in an assembly line that has problems. The multiple line setups (the tent???), the varied production speeds, removing tests and welds that at one point seemed essential... That’s not a good way to ensure consistency. Hell, how much did they have to push (and how much got missed) to make their vaunted 5k/week goal? Maybe in 2-3 years they will have things streamlined enough to get past these issues. But for now, I didn’t to be a guinea pig.

The more I looked at the 3 the more I saw its less than desirable points. I really wanted to like it.

ricardobeat 8y ago

Care to expand?

ryanhuff 8y ago

Such as? After having driven one for 6 weeks now, there isn't much not to like.

jonathankoren 8y ago
I think the touch screen on the 3 looks like someone glued an aftermarket stand to the dash, and stuck a crappy android tablet in it. Tesla interiors are subpar when compared to other luxury manufactures, and the infotainment system sucks just as hard as everyone else, but with more knockoffs (Slacker Radio). Just give me Apple CarPlay, and be done with it.

sabareesh 8y ago

Never thought that I would love a car but .. Love story continues. The car is out of world.

mbreese 8y ago

I was in the same boat. I’m one of the 24% — not that I necessarily believe that number, but it seems reasonable. I ended up getting the reservation email the same day I bought a different car. I’m sure the 3 drives great, but the idea of another 4-5 month wait (which would have probably have been 6-8 months and pushed out past the tax break) wasn’t appealing. I’ll definitely look at it in the future, but the combination of not being able to even sit in one (no demo available at my local Tesla), let alone test drive one, with the wait just wasn’t worth the risk. But for me the final thing that made me cancel my day one reservation was all of the production hell talk. I don’t want a car produced in an assembly line that has problems. The multiple line setups (the tent???), the varied production speeds, removing tests and welds that at one point seemed essential... That’s not a good way to ensure consistency. Hell, how much did they have to push (and how much got missed) to make their vaunted 5k/week goal? Maybe in 2-3 years they will have things streamlined enough to get past these issues. But for now, I didn’t to be a guinea pig.