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For reasons not clear to me, "ride in" just doesn't work as well as "drive every day for a while". From the latter point of view: one hand is plenty for the doo

For reasons not clear to me, "ride in" just doesn't work as well as "drive every day for a while". From the latter point of view: one hand is plenty for the doors, the plastic thing in the middle irritates you the first dozen times then it's fine, and the single screen is a large win. The screen doesn't "test drive" well, but for daily use many find it highly preferable. Still, to get more wide adoption they should fix the irritations for the next iteration. There is no reason for either electricity or self driving to imply doors that are tricky to open or a strange center console closure. Fixing those distractions would make it easier to sell more.

mdorazio 7y ago
Just as an anecdotal counterpoint, I drove one for a week and my opinion of it didn't change. It continued to feel cheap to the point where I thought I would break things, the center screen did not become nice to use in comparison to the Model S split screen/gauges setup, the door handles were continuously annoying, and also the seat was never comfortable regardless of how much time I spent adjusting it (why the hell didn't they buy them from Recaro instead of building them in-house??). It does drive well in terms of general performance, responsiveness, and handling in comparison to other cars in the price class, though.