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> As an owner for 5+ years, the cars show well but pretty quickly become a pain in the ass. I agree. As a former owner. They are fun to show. But there are
by rootusrootus 4y ago
> As an owner for 5+ years, the cars show well but pretty quickly become a pain in the ass.
I agree. As a former owner. They are fun to show. But there are real annoyances. In the case of the Model 3 in particular, I quickly tired of the door handles. The psychotic windshield wipers. No CarPlay. The smartphone unlocking which worked most of the time until just that moment when your hands were full. It became a chore to live with. But dear god was it fast (I had the Performance trim). Not enough. I need my daily driver to not be a PITA.
I'm very interested in what the competition is doing. Ford one-upped the Model Y by putting that knob on the display and then adding another display in front of the driver. Most of the competitive EVs have real interiors, for that matter. All of them have CarPlay. Porsche made a legit sports car.
The future looks bright!
- bredren 4y agoGiven your experiences, I'm curious about your and parent's feedback on the following: * What are your current top alternative make / models? * If you have some you're tracking, which make / models are you most anticipating?
- carbadtraingood 4y agoFord lighting is currently my next vehicle, but we have a need for a truck specifically (we have forest land we work on conserving). I'm keeping an eye on Kia, VW, Hyundai right now. But I expect other manufacturers will catch up.
- sorenjan 4y agoLook at Polestar, VW, Kia, and Hyundai. Hyundai released their Ioniq 6 today.
- bredren 4y agoThanks for this. I checked out a YT video about Ioniq 6 and was interested enough to look for the official page. (that matte black one looks pretty cool) [1] But oof, the web site is just terrible. I can't imagine the effort that went into that car and then have it be paired with what they've come up with there. I hope that competition rises to the level of Tesla on the product presentation / ordering side as well. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGlmdcS8bZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGlmdcS8bZU
- lostmsu 4y ago> The psychotic windshield wipers Until the windshield wipers are solved, I would not expect the FSD. SotA deep learning models are not good enough to control that function yet.