> especially that 1/4 are teslas. people don’t feel lack of individuality buying the same car that everyone else has? I felt it, and I intentionally did test d

> especially that 1/4 are teslas. people don’t feel lack of individuality buying the same car that everyone else has? I felt it, and I intentionally did test drives for alternatives before even considering a Tesla, but it just didn't make any logical sense for me to get something different after evaluating all the factors. The factors I was considering were price, range, acceleration, how fun to drive it was, size (I didn't want a giant SUV, and I would rather get a smaller 2-seater car similar to Subaru BRZ), and the ease of charging/not having to worry about charging on trips or preplanning it. The whole autopilot/FSD thing wasn't even a factor for me, and I still ended up going with Tesla. 4 years later, I feel the lack of individuality with that car even more, and the market for new EVs from other manufacturers certainly looks much better than it did in 2019, but I still would have picked Model 3 even today tbh. Just not ever having to ever worry about preplanning my charging on any trips (or having to think about it at all ever) is amazing. And I am saying that as someone who lives in an apartment in the middle of a city, without my own dedicated garage. I would love to get a different car that is not a "everyone drives the same one" car that hits all those factors at least just as well. But even with the current state of the EV market, i feel like it will just end up in me replacing my Model 3 with a souped up Model 2 a few years down the road. P.S. I feel like the lack of individuality due to everyone getting the same car sucks, but it usually happens for a good reason. One of my favorite cars of all time to actually drive was a honda civic, and it definitely was also one of those "everyone drives the same one because it addresses a lot of important factors and is a good value for what you pay for it" types of a car (under the whole civic/accord/corolla/camry umbrella of car models). And I just ended up convincing myself that if i really cared about the lack of individuality of the car model i have that much, I would just customize it with a non-stock color or finish vinyl wrap. Which I ended up never doing, as I realized it just doesn't bother me that much yet.