I am an auto enthusiast. I tried a Tesla Model S P85D to give it a fair chance, something many of my fellow auto enthusiasts thought was an insane idea. I ended

I am an auto enthusiast. I tried a Tesla Model S P85D to give it a fair chance, something many of my fellow auto enthusiasts thought was an insane idea. I ended up getting rid of it after just 3 months for a number of reasons. A few were: • The added weight of the battery made the 4 door sedan have worse handling and braking performance than most minivans, or encumbered pickup trucks. This was quite literally a safety concern. • The charging infrastructure just isn't there yet. I am not a homeowner. At the time, I lived in an apartment complex with non-Tesla EV chargers. I'd get about 1% charge per hour on these, meaning I often got less than 10% charge restored overnight if I came home late and left the next morning. Tesla chargers near me were constantly packed, with lines for a spot forming during weekends and after 5pm on weekdays. • Even the Superchargers at my locations took an hour or more at times for a full charge. The advertised charge capacity isn't a fixed charging speed, it decreases dramatically at higher charge levels, such that 90%-100% might take as long as 40%-65% did. • Some people suggest not charging to full capacity and simply charging more frequently. In addition to logistical challenges with this, I found that my state of charge worked similarly to a gas gauge in an ICE car: going from 100% to 90% would get me up to 45 miles. Going from 20% to 10% never got me more than 25 miles. Meaning a 90% charge was not 90% of the 300 mile range, but perhaps closer to a 260 mile range. • Power delivery is not consistent. Admittedly, this is less of a concern for ordinary users, but for automotive enthusiasts with a love for performance, the fact that my car went into something of a soft limp mode after 3 launches in under 10 minutes made me miserable. My 0-60 would go from about 3.1 seconds to about 4.8 seconds. My Mercedes AMG's, Corvettes, Nissan GT-R's, and Porsches have never had performance degradation like this. • This is more of a Tesla issue than an EV issue, but I got a scrape/gash in 2 body panels (not just paint) from someone who didn't leave a note, though it was only about 6 inches long and less than half an inch deep. Tesla service center wanted to replace both entire panels and repaint the entire car for $17,000. My buddy's body shop fixed it so well for $2,000 the dealership I bought it from couldn't tell anything happened when I sold it back to them. Obviously take this with a grain of salt (as you should any N=1 study), but I suspect I'm not the only person with these gripes. To simply paint EV adoption as a price issue is an oversimplification.