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I don't think Tesla is in real danger of going bankrupt. Investors are going to continue to throw money at their bond offerings and Tesla itself is close to bec

by hw 7y ago

I don't think Tesla is in real danger of going bankrupt. Investors are going to continue to throw money at their bond offerings and Tesla itself is close to becoming profitable. Much of it hinges on China where it's built a factory for domestic production, however China is going to be tough given how competitive the EV landscape is over there. I own a M3 and I do think it's really an underpriced car for what it offers. With the new v10 update I've spent a few nights watching Netflix in my garage and it's such a great experience - who needs a theater room in the house? Tesla can (and should) raise the prices of the M3 by 10% and I believe they'll still be able to sell.

sergiosgc 7y ago
An M3 is not a good nickname for a Model 3, as it is a name taken by an icon in the auto-world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M3
- scrumbledober 7y ago
  this is one of my pet peeves. The tesla subreddit (well, the teslamotors subreddit) is chock full of people referring to the model 3 as an M3. Another smaller but lesser example is people referring to Destiny 2 as D2 (especially when Des2ny was right there). I think the best abbreviation for the model 3 is TM3. Not to be confused with TM03, swords dance.
  - xeromal 7y ago
    I hate the M3 moniker too. It's a model 3 or TM3 like you said.
electrograv 7y ago
With the price difference between a Model 3 and a regular car, you could install an entire theater room system with absolutely top-of-the-line sound quality and power, a cutting-edge HDR projector (or a big OLED TV) which would absolutely put to shame anything the Model 3 can do as a theater experience. I think it’s cool that Tesla is finding new ways of getting value out of their cars, but to answer your question: Many people would prefer a proper theater or music experience. Also, while Tesla’s sound quality is among the best out there for cars, no car audio can hold a candle to the music (or theater) sound quality you can get from large high-quality speakers (far too large to fit in any car) in a well-damped room (with acoustic treatments if necessary, e.g. if you have hard floors or too many windows). You could install the best speakers in the world in a car, but it would still sound worse than in an average house due to all the acoustically reflective surfaces at many angles (e.g. glass) and oddly shaped compartment which distorts the sound in ways that cannot be perfectly corrected even with DSP.

by hw 7y ago

sergiosgc 7y ago

An M3 is not a good nickname for a Model 3, as it is a name taken by an icon in the auto-world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M3

scrumbledober 7y ago
this is one of my pet peeves. The tesla subreddit (well, the teslamotors subreddit) is chock full of people referring to the model 3 as an M3. Another smaller but lesser example is people referring to Destiny 2 as D2 (especially when Des2ny was right there). I think the best abbreviation for the model 3 is TM3. Not to be confused with TM03, swords dance.
- xeromal 7y ago
  I hate the M3 moniker too. It's a model 3 or TM3 like you said.

electrograv 7y ago

With the price difference between a Model 3 and a regular car, you could install an entire theater room system with absolutely top-of-the-line sound quality and power, a cutting-edge HDR projector (or a big OLED TV) which would absolutely put to shame anything the Model 3 can do as a theater experience. I think it’s cool that Tesla is finding new ways of getting value out of their cars, but to answer your question: Many people would prefer a proper theater or music experience. Also, while Tesla’s sound quality is among the best out there for cars, no car audio can hold a candle to the music (or theater) sound quality you can get from large high-quality speakers (far too large to fit in any car) in a well-damped room (with acoustic treatments if necessary, e.g. if you have hard floors or too many windows). You could install the best speakers in the world in a car, but it would still sound worse than in an average house due to all the acoustically reflective surfaces at many angles (e.g. glass) and oddly shaped compartment which distorts the sound in ways that cannot be perfectly corrected even with DSP.