I have no interest in cars whatsoever but my friend who is a huge car nerd bought an electric Porsche over the Tesla because he says the Tesla has "panel gaps you could drive a Honda through".
Taytaycan is a nice car. It has better panel gaps than a model S if that is what you are into measuring. Good for him. Shame he doesn’t have access to the Tesla supercharger network. That’s the variable you could literally drive a Audi SQ8 through. It is considerably more expensive and a car for Porsche customers, where the Tesla experience is clearly more mass market.
Tesla’s panel gaps and fit and finish have improved substantially. Expect them to get substantially better as the new Texas factory goes online. But to be fair, it doesn’t seem like any car manufacturer gives a damn about panel gaps beyond Porsche, MB, Lexus and Audi. It certainly doesn’t seem like the public even knows what this means either except to repeat the meme. Porsche will always have more attention to detail and more thought into build quality. That’s why they are Porsche. (Fwiw one of the ICE vehicles I’m considering getting into are 08-11ish cayman S or Boxster S)
"Combustion engines do it too" is cope and you know it.
Is it a cope if I already addressed that? See a few posts up. Flipping a few variables is really not any different than remapping a few tables. And a few ICE cars do in fact have similar higher power output “pay to unlock” modes available (BMW, Porsche, and I think even the C8 corvette and some of the racier ford mustangs?) but they may have to be done upon ordering.
“What I hated
Charging the damn thing - So you gotta pay $1500 to have a Tesla charger in your garage. Which isn't much if you're willing to pay $100,000 for a car but I of course wasn't going to do that for a rental. So I was subservient upon the Tesla Supercharge stations, which to Tesla's credit are all over my city. But then you have to sit in the Tesla or go out for a walk and let it charge. Usually this took 30 minutes which wasn't bad but if the Tesla Supercharge station is full of Teslas then the amount of electricity going into the car will be cut (which I don't think anyone mentions). One time it took a full hour to charge the Tesla. That's a lot of time.”
Tesla’s wall charger is $500 and not even needed if you have a 220v dryer outlet in your garage. Many states and localities also have tax refund or credit programs that essentially pay for the chargers and any associated work.
You’re not supposed to go to 100% every charge. Tesla suggests operating between 20-80% and exceeding this for long trips.
Not all superchargers are the same. The newer generation are extremely fast. If you put into your navigation system that you are navigating to a supercharger, the battery management system will precondition the battery for faster charging while you drive to the supercharger.
For me, a 20% to 80% charge on the newer higher output chargers is about a 15 minute charge on a hot summer day. Correct that the charge rate ramps down over 80%, but Tesla does not hide this fact. In fact they are very clear about it. (The car literally tells you)
“Cost of Electricity vs Fuel - At the end of the week the owner had me pay him back for my Tesla Supercharging and it was a mere $50. I'd estimate that'd be double the amount had I just been driving my normal car around. So yeah a theoretically cheap & inexpensive to maintain EV might save you money down the line,”
Lol if it’s an older model X, the owner probably had lifetime free supercharging. You just gave him $50 for nothing.
The X is the most like “early teslas” in the current lineup (meaning uneven QC, odd parts bin choices, questionable build quality, long lead times for replacement parts and repairs, etc). also keep in mind it is literally the first generation of every Tesla vehicle (model S has been significantly revised but was really a prototype for it’s first 7-8 years). By the time Tesla gets to a true second generation of these vehicles, they will be pretty compelling And more viable for current detractors. It is also their lowest volume model. If it feels like a prototype or kit car, that’s because it pretty much is one. The 3, Y, and S are a different story.
When I was in late high school/early college, I developed a fiery hatred of BMWs. They all look the same, are all driven be self-centered pricks, and always exist around technology hubs in Western Countries. Tesla has stolen that crown from BMW and adds the whole "I'm better, higher tech, and loving-of-the-Earth/holier than you!".
This is where automobiles are going in the future. Only rich d-bags get state-sanctioned cars (overpriced Teslas you essentially lease for 5 years before you have to buy a new one, like a lot of new cell phones). Pisses off us sane-ish folk to ditch driving altogether and hang out with niggos on the non-existent buses in our cities. Think I'm exaggerating? I'm seeing tons of people my age and younger hate cars and other drivers unless that can get a Tesla (and even then, they want everything Uber'd to them). It's all so tiresome...
All of this is in your head. Claus Schwab would prefer to make you food than to make your ride the bus and live in the pod and eat ze bugs. Don’t listen to poodle hair kids for car opinions either. They just repeat dumb memes they see streamers use
