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I'm a car enthusiast, and was once a Tesla skeptic. What won me over was renting a Model 3 for a weekend, and concluding that it was a _fantastic car_. The Pri
by avalys 6y ago
I'm a car enthusiast, and was once a Tesla skeptic. What won me over was renting a Model 3 for a weekend, and concluding that it was a _fantastic car_.
The Prius is a miserable little piece of shit for people who hate driving. The Model 3 is a superior driving experience to pretty much every other midsize sedan on the market, including BMW, Mercedes, etc.
The fact that it's "green" is just a bonus for me. I love the convenience of charging at home and never stopping for gas, the smoothness, the quiet, the linearity and directness of the power delivery, the clean and minimalist interior, and the precise and responsive handling.
The reason no other electric car is yet selling in volume the US is that Tesla has for a long time been the only one that doesn't suck. The Porsche Taycan is the first credible competitor, and I understand Porsche is already selling more of those than they do 911s.
- phkahler 6y agoThe original Ford Fusion Hybrid was a fantastic car. Not exciting like a Tesla and not nearly as expensive. But it drove just like the ICE version of the car but got a LOT better mileage. But to the other posters point, for people who want to display "green" status it probably didnt deliver because it wasn't meant to.
- perardi 6y agoThe Prius is a miserable little piece of shit for people who hate driving. The Prius is the second-worst contemporary car I have ever driven. (The winner: Nissan Versa.) Just that inscrutable shifter alone…
- senectus1 6y agoMan, I had an early model Prius for years and we LOVED that car. The only thing I didn't like was the lack of towing capacity.
- dexterdog 6y agoI never drive the regular prius, but the newer plugin version is a joy to drive and the build quality is better than Tesla, which is not saying much. The big downside is that the center console software is absolute garbage.