25-ago-2020 15:44:19
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Re: Tesla Roadster
Leawood911:Just drive a model3 performance - just once. What does most of this discussion have to do with the fact it is a friggin fun car to drive. I would say slot car rather than go cart.
Just did that this weekend for an extended period of time. The car I drove was a brand new Model 3 Performance in black with black interior. If this car represents the future, I want nothing to do with the future and will stay with an older automobile.
While fit-and-finish have improved greatly since the last time I drove a Model 3 not long after the car went on sale, it reminds me of a General Motors product that lacks that final 5% to 10% of development effort. It had the potential to be a great automobile but it does not excel in its apparent class beyond acceleration. If Tesla benchmarked the Model 3's interior, it was against a Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris, not against cars in its price range. The Germans, Japanese, South Koreans, and even General Motors does it better.
The car is best described as anodyne, lacking a sense of occasion and presence. Just compare an Audi S4 (or S5 Sportsback) against it and it becomes painfully obvious what I wrote above. In the real world, the acceleration differences aren't great and I'm not quite sure where the mythical technology gap is for the Tesla. An S4 delivers with heads up display, auto-dimming outside mirrors in addition to the auto-dimming rearview mirror, and massaging seats, among other features lacking in the Tesla. No amount of OTA updates will provide that functionality.
Moving up the class to an Audi A6/7 or S6/7 and the differences become even greater when compared with the Model S.
Tesla products don't meet its hype and expectations but all that matters is you like your car.