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Service is a very subjective topic :) I'm a model Y owner. I broke the charging port sensor with high-pressure washing. I opened an App, click service, the err
by maxdo 5y ago
Service is a very subjective topic :)
I'm a model Y owner. I broke the charging port sensor with high-pressure washing. I opened an App, click service, the error was in the App already; I pressed on that error, App created a request. Service came at my home and fixed it. I paid 0 dollars for it. I spent 2 mites creating request and 5 minutes to open and close the gate to service person. Will Ford come to my home? Good luck spending hours on the phone with a dealer that has no clue about electric cars at all. People pay the same price for Mach-E as I paid for my model Y except temporary federal credits.
Cheap interior? I have the best infotainment system compares to any other brand, even if that car cost $100k+. I've got games, best-in class audio, video streaming and I'm using it a lot. I have not fragmented glass roof; every person sitting in my car is amazed by it. Even owners of far more expensive Mercedes etc.. The seat is one of the best I ever seat it; they don't outsource it as other brands and tesla invest a lot of time in ergonomics. The rest is just taste. I like minimalism. And it matches my preferences.
And yeah, I call vapor ware when Nissan bundles satellite radio and tons of nonsense to have access to the app. Or navigation system in the past for few thousands dollars from any brand. Or when dealers charging several hundred dollars premium for the lost keys when I use my phone in tesla. Seriously you compare the ugly dealership experience of traditional brands to an optional offer of autopilot that will be soon available as a subscription? Or electic car that don't invest in charging network, unlike tesla, that has charging points in every stupid tourist destination I can imagine?
I had false feedback from many people about car price also. If you look at the prices and compare head to head...
Ford... compare cybertuck and F-150, like range, battery, motors, etc... especially premium $90k Ford with $75k CT, and you'll not be so confident. Or compare $32k Nissan leaf with overheating batteries compares to $37k-$39k Model 3... they not even in the same league. Nissan leaf was on the market for 10 years, but Tesla sold more model 3 as total Nissan leaf sales combined. And there is a reason for that, it's not only branding. You got service, electric charging network etc...
Ford Mach-E is dollar to dollar matches Model Y. Current BMW offering among electric car is not even worth discussion. It's just junk. They announces something next year though.
Don't get me wrong, they will sell a lot of cars, as entire industry will turn in electric as fast as they can produce cheap batteries.
I hear a lot tesla is expensive, but there is nothing with comparable range and features on a market that is substantially cheaper. A year ago the statement was there is almost nothing on the market at all. Luckily now it's changing.
Nobody offers you to buy $10k Autopilot, you can subscribe soon to it, for a fraction of that price if you WANT.
- tapoxi 5y agoAs someone in the market for a crossover SUV, I think the competitor isn’t the Mach-E but the VW id.4. In my case the VW dealership and Tesla Service are both 5 minutes from me. I’m leaning VW because of CarPlay and the rear windshield of the Model Y has visibility problems. I think the “cheap interior” refers to Tesla’s sparse cabins and use of plastic. Playing games or watching videos on my infotainment system doesn’t make much sense to me.
- maxdo 5y agoIt has a bit of feeling it might be an issue if you switch with from another car, but you getting used to it almost right away. No issues at all for 1 year of driving for me and my gf. I'm thinking of a second electric car and Id4 freaks me out with quality of software, youtube is full of frozen screen. I don't play games on a computer, or phone, but I quite often wait for someone in the car. or while in road trip and charging. Tesla approach in car experience in a very fundamental way. In may opinion CarPlay is just a temporary solution where manufacture failed to provide something decent. Tesla gives you good screen a very decent list of software, amazing sound quality etc... It gives you real ability, disconnect from the phone while you driving, and car play is a way dangerous thing that a slightly limited view in rear windshield. After I switched to tesla my car doesn't have a phone cable, holders, it's just used as a key, and lay in a wireless charger. I guess this is a right approach to drive a car.
- mavhc 5y agoYou don't just have the rear cameras streaming to the screen?
- wil421 5y agoA Model S interior is not a ~$100k interior should look like. Look at what MB, BMW, Porsche, Audi, and even Lincoln and Hyundai have. The interior feels cheap and utilitarian for the price. You do not have best in class speakers, MB and BMW have some crazy speaker offerings. The service is baked into the premium price you pay. Yes BMW and MB will come get your car and leave you a loaner. Nissan is in a death spiral and hasn't really done much to the leaf in 10 years. A don’t wan a stupid screen in my car to play videos games or watch TV. I already have a TV, iPad, laptop, or phone. It’s dangerous. I want a center screen above my steering wheel, steering controls that do a single function like cruise or music changes, or HUD so I can keep my eyes straight. Tesla's do not have changing stations everywhere and I wouldn't be able to charge it at my condo in the panhandle of Florida or the way there. I would have to buy a room at 5 or 6 hotels in the area just to use a charger that's better than a standard 120v outlet. Edit: I see they added one public supercharger that wouldn't be more than 45 minutes out of the way on my vacation route.