I’ve Never Owned an EV……So I Bought A TESLA!
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I’ve always wanted a Tesla, not because it’s an EV but because it has FSD. Ever since test driving a model 3 way back in 2019 I was convinced a Tesla would be my next car. However at the time my wife drove an old 2011 Malibu and I didn’t want to have to use that Malibu for family road tripping. Although road tripping an EV isn’t that bad and is getting better each day it was just something I didn’t want to mess with. So I leased a 2019 Ram 1500, a vehicle I planned to have until my wife got a new car. However we all know what happened in 2020 and I ended up buying out my lease as that was the only real option. Fast forward to 2024 my wife now drives a 2021 GMC Arcadia so I was back in the market. While I waited I decided I wanted something with a bit more performance then a long range model Y so I decided I get the New 2024 model 3 performance. After having this car now for about a month and driving it just shy of 1000 miles what are my thoughts and did I make the right choice.
I prefer taking the Tesla on roadtrips. 20 minute break every 2 hours plus FSD equals zero road fatigue.
We thought we'd use the Toyota Camry for road trips, but it turns out the Model 3 so much more fun to drive, has better cargo space and charging with Superchargers was easy. I need those breaks every 2-3 hours too. With planning, we take it to remote locations as well.
Best road trip car ever! And its American, Designed and made in USA and powered by USA Electricity, finally and thank god
I've taken many long road trips in three different Teslas. Absolutely the best road trips ever in a long lifetime of driving. I will never go back to ICE.
@@EVPHASE Thank god for the rest of the world Teslas are produced in Germany and China. Way better build quality than those made in the USA which seems to be assembled by disabled persons 😂
@@LeftthenRight Yeah 800mi would wipe me out for the remainder of the day. Doing the same on Autopilot is night and day better - takes tonnes of the mental weight off the journey. We do ~80-15% for roughly a 20min coffee or food break every 3hrs. ~Two stops then charge overnight for that 1 day/800mi leg.
My car was in the shop for 2 weeks (transmission...don't ask) so I went to Hertz and they gave me a Tesla Model 3. Many people told me it would suck...so each day I would wait for it to suck but it never did. Actually, I thought it was pretty cool, quiet, comfortable, relatively fast and charging was never a problem. Most people who said it would suck...didn't have a clue.
It's just EV haters afraid of different things, they usually bring up crazy amounts of misinformation to try justify their hate. They usually change their mind after test driving one.
Yup, they just need to test drive one, then you dont want to drive anything else Gas powered
@@EVPHASE haters will hate unfortunately
That’s EXACTLY it. The haters have NO clue.
..until they drove a i4...
I bought a 2024 MYLR a few months back. I have never enjoyed driving a car so much in my life, not even the sports cars I have had. I now spend about 25% of what I was spending on gas to power this car, and FSD - as imperfect as it can be sometimes - has already prevented me from having multiple accidents. If you think about it, having the FSD prevent even one accident that would have totaled the car effectively pays for the car by doing so. I got FSD because no matter how safe a driver I am, I still cannot prevent others from crashing into my car (2x in the last 11 months, one drunk and one playing on her phone). So to keep my family safe, I bought the safest car I could find (a Tesla Model Y) and got FSD. As long as no more idiots crash into me, I expect to have this car until the battery self destructs from age in 15 to 18 years. At that point, with how the price of batteries is going down and the range is going up, if they still make batteries that fit this car I'd bet a dollar that a 1,250 mile battery will cost something like $25. The value you get from Tesla vs the price is incredible, especially when you keep the car for a long time.
You're a pretty bad driver if you need driving aids to avoid accidents. How did you even get your license?
Insurance companies value your life at $2Million: FSD is Frunkin' cheap!
@@noseboop4354 _You're a pretty bad driver if you need driving aids to avoid accidents_
What you seem unaware of is that one of the great benefits of FSD or Autopilot is that they're *always* aware of what's going on 360° around the car, and can react instantly to a threat from any direction; while a human driver can only be aware of what's going on where he's looking at the moment, and even then has a substantial delay before taking any action. *That's* why Teslas with FSD engaged have orders of magnitude fewer accidents, injuries and fatalities that average drivers.
@@BigBen621 Have you looked at global vehicle accident stats? Injuries and fatalies on the road are fives times higher in the USA than most european countries. A testament to how bad the drivers are due to poor education and very low standards to get a license. In places like Germany and Norway where people learn how to do defensive driving, accidents are higher with full FSD because the roads in Europe aren't all straight and well marked, they twist around, have more pedestrians and cyclists, and traffic lights are at the beginning of the intersection, much harder for cameras to see, rather than the other side of the intersection. Driving aids for cars is the same as flying aids for pilots, it helps bad pilots from making stupid mistakes, but doesn't help them become good pilots.
@@noseboop4354 _Have you looked at global vehicle accident stats?_
Not particularly relevant to a discussion of FSD in the U.S.
_ In places like Germany and Norway where people learn how to do defensive driving, accidents are higher with full FSD because the roads in Europe aren't all straight and well marked_
Not sure what you're saying here. FSD isn't available in these countries; where is it you're claiming accidents are higher with full FSD?
_Driving aids for cars is the same as flying aids for pilots_
I would think your claims about high accident rates in the US would increase the argument for driving aids, especially since FSD (Supervised) is demonstrated to reduce accidents, injuries and deaths so dramatically.
Mate, I never thought I'd own an electric car. I bought a Model 3 LR as I get subsidy from work.
Best thing I've ever done.
Enjoy 🥳
how subsidy at work?
Model 3 performance is the ultimate sports car bargain, but the true genius is how easy it is to convince the wife to buy one. The performance tier is not much of a strech over the LR, and many spouses will "let him have that".
Recently it's actually been CHEAPER than the LR, depending where you live.
@rogerstarkey5390 that's not the case anymore.
It was and easy sell to my wife…I gave her my 2023 Tesla MYP when I took delivery of my 2024 Tesla M3P😂
@@jezza6575 That's actually the trick: get a MY for a family car and then give it to your wife so you can get the M3P 😉
They have really really refined every part of that car many times.
Unless you have a bad charging network in your state, I would argue the Tesla is better at long trips compared to your ICE car. You have the self driving which is so incredibly relaxing to use and every 3-4 hours you go for a break and charge it up.
I took my Tesla on a 2 weeks, 2000 mile, road trip from MN to CO and back and loved it. There was only 1 day I worried about charging (Durango, CO and I didn't want to drive an hour into NM just to drive back) but the rest of the drive the humans had to stop more often the car needed to. It was great. Road tripping in a Tesla is awesome!
Yes, we love road trips with our Tesla, never had the charging anxiety because the navigation tells you where all the superchargers are on your routes, it calculates as you go, even warms up your battery before you get there. Road trips become so enjoyable, no more gas stations and dirty toilets, most Tesla superchargers have restaurants, shopping and coffee shops. Perfect for a 15 to 30 minute break. Not to mention the navigation is so good in strange places, never gets lost again. Definitely should take it for your road trips.
I totally agree and I was nervous about it when I got my first Tesla!
That's a great point on long trips or commutes. You save soo much energy and arrived relaxed because the car drove you.
@@shunfangin7645 Not only does it not get lost. FSD knows which lanes to be in, and whether the on ramp is going to be a left or right after stops. It's almost like having a chauffeur (that knows their way around everywhere). Pretty soon that's exactly what it will be. It's really convenient on road trips where you don't know the roads.
I have an early 2019 base model, bought just to see how these “teslas” were.
I am interested in the performance, but i’ll try to hold on to mine for 2 years more as it has zero issues
It'll probably be fine. They don't have many issues post initial sale.
I'm interested in picking up a higher mileage used one as a runaround car.
I barely use my fun car, so i would easily replace it with an older high mile model 3 or some other EV that I can use for roughly 100 mile round trips (I live in a rural area, so no fast charging at all, it really needs to be a local use only car).
My dad is in the same boat. Bought a base model about 4 yr ago, would love to upgrade but the car has no issues. Plus trade in values tanked so it was tough to sign up for a car payment after paying it off
Wait it out until theres a bit jump with the hardware. HW5/6
I got a 2019 long range, 75k miles. Only issues I had was a broken charging pen (Tesla replaced for free in my driveway) and a broken seat motor (They replaced in a day at the dealership) Great car!
I just bought a used model 3 and I agree 100%. When you buy a tesla you end up having to argue with random people who believe that electric cars will destroy the world. I bought the car to save money and use full self driving but for some reason people feel like they have to explain to me where lithium and electricity come from on a daily basis.
Electric cars won't destroy the world. Stupid people like Elon Musk does however
And where does oil come from, and what does CO2 do to average atmospheric temperature and the global mean sea-level?... Especially if you live in Florida...
With EV critics talking about how the government is "forcing" them to buy an EV, you'd think an IRS agent will show up at their house, point a gun to their head, march them to the closest dealer, and force them to drive off in an EV.
Or they suddenly become environmentalists who are concerned with how EVs are more polluting than gas cars, and how EV batteries will destroy landfills with toxic materials, including mining cobalt from the tears of African children.
When you let them know cobalt is also used to refine oil into gas, or how the US military is deployed/stationed in regional hot spots to keep oil flowing relatively smoothly, it seems to completely fly over their head and they will either stop replying, or they resort to childish name calling because you've debunked most if not all of the EV myths they claim.
That’s right buddy! Where does electricity come from, huh? Tell us?! Lol, just kidding.
@@youdidntbuildthat47 {2023 U.S. Energy Grid Consumption} - EIA.Gov
Fossil Fuels: 60.0% total
• Natural Gas: 43.1%
• Coal: 16.2%
• Petroleum and Other Gases: 0.7%
Clean Energy: 40.0% total
• Nuclear: 18.6%
• Renewables (Total): 21.4%
I live in Melbourne Australia and drove (in my S75D) to Brisbane Australia which is around 1800km which I believe qualifies as a road trip, and it went so well that my wife that tends to panic over anything different and it was so seamless and organised (by the car) that my wife found it was something she would want. Note that charging infrastructure is way more Spartan than in the USA.
Every 2-3 hours we'd stop for a coffee and/or a snack and twice we overnighted. It was totally non-stressful and didn't take much longer than it would've in an ICE car. The whole things that EV's are bad for road trips just doesn't hold water most trips, and certainly any I've done.
During my last car purchase, I was between the Ram 1500 limited and the Model Y Performance. Ended up with the Tesla and don't regret it.
So this is unique in that new Tesla EV customers are now also talking about FSD. This is a *_subtle but powerful paradigm shift_* in the auto industry.
Nice! I have a 2019 Model 3 LR AWD that I paid for the acceleration boost for (mid 3 second 0-60). A 2025+ Performance 3 might be the next one. Glad to see some footage of it.
It is our only car, and I don't have any issues road tripping w/ the abundance of superchargers. Navigation takes care of the worry. Most charging stops aren't to 100% and you're stopping every 2 or so hours for 20 minutes, which is plenty of time to stretch, use the facilities, etc.
You should at least try using it on a road trip. It’s honestly not that big of a deal. You can drive for around 4 hours and most people will need a bathroom break after that long anyway. By the time you all use the restroom and possibly buy snacks or drinks, your car is charged up.
Will the total trip take longer? Yeah but only by a little bit. But it will be drastically cheaper and more pleasant of a trip thanks to FSD. You won’t be as tired because you can relax your brain by letting the car do the bitch-work of driving.
Extended range comes with the "Iron Bladder" option... Popular in the Rust Belt.
I don't think you undestand. Road trips are not for pleasure at all. It's a competition against others how long you can stay awake without crashing, while both eating and "going to the bathroom" while driving!
@@MrWingman2009 you’re right that is exactly how most people see it. That doesn’t make it the right way to see it. Slow down in life and you will enjoy your life more.
Picked my 2024 model 3 performance up on June 8. Is also my first EV. I’ve been loving it so far.
I’ve had one for 2 years, I think you’ll appreciate the continuous updates/improvements/new features to the software.
I wasn't convinced on road-tripping an EV until a buddy walked me through the typical fill-up at a gas station and a typical charging stop. I won't go into the same level of detail (because it was boring) but the tl;dr was that you pull up, gas up, move the car, use the bathroom, get back to/in the car, and head out. I think he added it up to about 15min.
He then did the same for an EV stop where you park, plug in, use the bathroom, get back to/in the car which took 12min. His (and my) _typical_ charge time is about 20min (just 5min more than gas). Needless to say, he talked me into giving it a shot and he was pretty much spot-on. Now, this _does_ fall apart a little bit in those rare situations where you need to charge for 40min, but that's the exception (not the norm) and I just make those stops the times I eat. You gotta' plan a little ahead to make sure the stop either has someplace with food nearby, or that you'll be rolling up to the charger with food in-hand, but doing that planning is how I spend those surplus 8 minutes at the previous stop.
Most of the time, my Tesla will fill up way before I've done with bathroom, or with my meal if it's a long one.
Put simply, the narrative that EVs take ages to recharge is just that: a narrative.
You can road trip fine… I have the same car, well older. I have 154,000 on the car and have been coast to coast. Also live in Canada, so snow is not an issue either.
Your telling me Canada don't get no snow? My Frunk is in Nova Scotia: saw snow once. It was cool!
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck What? Pretty sure all of Canada gets snow… sure Vancouver might shut down if it snows… but they’re soft out that way buds.
Teslas are very easy to drive long distances in because if you really don't want to think about it too much, you can just tell the car where you want to go, and it'll plot the route, add superchargers along the way, and even tell you how long to charge for at each supercharger. Meanwhile you can get out of the car every 2-3 hours, stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, and grab a bite to eat while it's charging for 15-30 minutes. Often the car is ready to go long before I finish my meal at sit-down restaurants.
I have 93k miles on my 2020 Model Y Performance, and have done many road trips now ranging from 500 to 6300 miles/804/10.1k kilometers, including visiting Death Valley in July and around Lake Michigan.
Road trips in a Tesla really don’t feel nearly as exhausting as any other car because of the self driving. You really don’t realize how taxing driving is until you do a self driving road trip for 14 hours and realize you’re still up to drive some more when you arrive
I love my Tesla!! Wife bought a Model Y. I completely stopped driving my dodge charger. Sold my Charger and bought a Model 3 and never looked back!!
One of the downsides of tesla no marketing strategy is actually the anti tesla information or misinformation spreads more quickly than good reviews of these cars imo.
Yup. Oh well. I’ll continue to enjoy mine!
"t because it has FSD"
It doesn't.
The fact that people think it does has cost several lives already.
Hello, I'm Frank from Germany. I hope you enjoy your great Tesla. I'm already driving my third Tesla and have already driven 60,000 km with the current one as I travel a lot all over Europe. I'm a trained car mechanic and master painter and have driven Mercedes for 35 years. But Tesla is much better today. Best wishes from Germany.
One of the coolest dude on this platform. No anti this or fanboy that. Just pure “what does this offer” and “I like it “
An absolute BEAST for it's price. I been even more addicted with this new one. Also auto pilot is best when you're in a middle lane. Works flawless
i made a mistake test drove a Tesla in 2019 and end up ordered one on the way home, on top of that i became a shares holder as well.
I find voice commands in my Tesla works well for navigation, phone calls, glove box etc.
I want a M3 Perf so bad.
Me too, I love BMW
dream bigger he coulda got a used plaid for a tiny bit more, yeah the 3 is lighter but its not even close in performance
@@jarrettembry643 he was talking about the tesla 😂
@@jarrettembry643he said performance not M3 inefficient. That means he is talking about the tesla not bmw which is slow and 2x the price from the Stone age
Same
I'm two weeks in owning a new M3P red/black. The car is gorgeous and so much fun to drive!
Hi, I just bought a two year old Tesla Model S. Such an AMAZING car!! Started test driving the new Teslas in late December and could not stay away! Love it!! Wow, got mine the same day🥳
Great review, enjoy it! We have a 3P and a Y.
On road tripping: we got the 3P first and kept my wife's Acura for road trips, but before long realized that we always wanted to use my car for trips while the gas car sat at home.. so that's about the time we ordered the Y also.
Anybody who buys anything but a model 3 performance with the tax credit being available makes a mistake.
I've had my Model 3 for three years now as my only vehicle. I still really like it, although I do miss my 2017 Mustang GT that I traded it in for, even if it was a tad slower 0-60. I dunno, maybe I'll buy one back again.
Other than that I would never go back to full gas for a daily. No maintenance and $7 for 200 miles is way too nice. Maybe a good plug in hybrid, but no one makes a decent one yet. They're all very low EV range that can't even cover 1/2 my commute.
Having said that I've taken the tesla on many US road trips without much drama. I live in MN, so getting anywhere cool takes a long time. Been to Kentucky, Yellowstone, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, and more. The times I've travelled with other people using gas vehicles they weren't really waiting on me as most people wanted a stop break every few hours anyway.
What we really need are more level 2 charges at hotels. That would make road and work trips a lot easier.
Great choice on the car and spec!
I've got a 2021 M3 LR in red & white and it gets a lot of compliments after it's been cleaned and waxed.
Had it for 6 months and still very much in love with it. The constant updates keep it feeling fresh.
Congratulations. This car is amazing, it’s always a pleasure to drive. Best car Tesla sells for the money. ⚡️😎🇺🇸
Glad to see the teslas. The only thing I don’t get is how , when ever I stop at a light the Tesla beside me goes for it. I drive a cayman and they just can’t help themselves. Lots of them are faster . They are dying to prove it and I like it because I can move into the hole they provide in traffic. I bought my car because it’s comfy and sounds good. Fun on the track , quiet in town. Enjoy your car. Whatever it is. Rock on.
_when ever I stop at a light the Tesla beside me goes for it_
Actually, this is a well-known flaw in the current version of FSD, which will be corrected in upcoming versions.
Your kids are going to love that screen back there! Try a road trip in that M3 and you'll never go back. I use voice control for a lot of stuff.
I picked up my first Tesla, that Model Y Long Range you were looking at 😉on May 31st as well and have cracked 1000 miles already... and I work from home, so I got you beat somehow on driving it to nowhere. What really stands out to me isn't just that engine noise you suddenly don't have that you mentioned, it's the lack of vibrations from it. They're subtle, but in my wife's car now I can feel it, it's the strangest thing. I'm already certain it's the road tripping car, and I can't wait to do it.
Congrats and welcome to the Tesla world family. Have my Model 3 LR since December 2021 and did 66000km in it so far, a lot of long distance business trips. Never an ICE car again. Love it.🎉
Greez from Prague in the Czech Republic.
I follow you for fan showdown and 3d printer stuff. I didn't expect this kind of content but, I'm glad you made this video. I appreciate your perspective and way of talking about cars. You should consider doing more. As a multiple offending Mustang owner, your line about it's always trying to pass it's own front wheels made me laugh to tears.
Love my Tesla Model Y. Great job on the video.
Spot on!! Chances are that you'll be keeping the M3P longer than you think as it will just keep going. Happy and safe miles
This is a perfect review just by the car you want. Don't hate everybody else's car.
I've been driving a Prius for a while and I still think it's a great car. I drive 80 to 100 miles a day for work and I buy gas about once a week for about 20 bucks.
I don't tow horses or boats 500 mi 🤣
I miss android auto for the waze navigation. It worked so well for telling me where the cops were or if there was something in the road coming up.
Fun fact about the Highland: Tesla doesn't know why people call it the Highland
I’ve had an older Tesla for 6 years now, and it’s the best car for road tripping!
Congrats. Just want to say, I road trip my Model 3 from LA to Vegas, New Mexico, Arizona and all over. No problem with a Tesla. I wouldn't really want to do that in a non-Tesla EV. I've owned about 30 ICE cars and now on my second Tesla and I no longer own an ICE car.
Although having to charge every 200 miles or less sucks on a long trip, having FSD handle all of the highway driving is great and cherry on top is when you get to a new city that you are not familiar with, it can navigate for you which takes away the stress. I wish Tesla made better vehicles, I can’t imagine having to drive myself after experiencing FSD.
200 miles? It's a performance version, not standard range.
@@logitech4873 doesn’t matter, that’s how far you go if not less before you need to stop and charge. If you charge and precondition the battery, maybe you can go 250 but that would be 100% to almost zero. You can only do it once on a road trip at the start. After your first charging session, it only makes sense to charge up to 80-85% and drain back ti 10%, in that window you won’t even get 200 miles.
@@aec258 The performance is that much worse than the long range? The LR can confidently go 300+ miles with a nice buffer left over.
@@logitech4873 no way on a road trip, if you use 100% of the preconditioned battery maybe you can go 300 miles on flat roads. And then you have to charge at your destination.
@@aec258 On 100% battery I can go about 600km / 370 miles, so 480km / 300 miles provides a nice buffer.
This is in summer of course, it's gonna be quite a bit less in winter.
My general efficiency is about 120 Wh/km, which adds up to theoretically 625 km / 390 miles with a full 75 kWh battery, but degradation and other factors probably diminish this a bit.
Point is, 300 miles is easy.
I have at the same spec as you (I even have the ambient light set to the same color!). Such an awesome car, and even a big improvement over the outgoing. It's such a blast to drive. The increased power at higher speeds makes it much faster.
As you said, FSD isn't perfect at all, but you're lucky enough to have bought an Tesla in the best time possible for FSD. Tesla is nailing FSD right now. FSD 12.3 has changed everything, and 12.4 has just been released. 12.4.2 is supposed to be a good improvement from 12.3.6
I think everyone goes through "range anxiety" when they first own an EV. I'm no different. When I first got my Ioniq 5, I was afraid to go any farther than work which is only 13 miles each way. After a few months I got very comfortable with the commute and traveling around town so I decided I wanted to be brave and go on a road trip which was a total of 360 miles. I found a hotel at my destination that had complementary level 2 charging and was able to charge overnight and return home easily. Success! (and a rewarding feeling). The next step was to take a longer trip and try out the available charging networks out there, which Tesla - bar none - has the best in the US! Low and behold another milestone and confidence builder achieved! It's been a year since I took the plunge and I would not hesitate to jump in my car and take a trip anywhere in the US with a little smart planning. It's so relaxing and quiet driving my EV over anything else I have owned before. I think the fact that most of the weight is low and centered makes the car handle extremely well. Plus having all that power available to punch out of any bad situation in an instant is so gratifying! 😉
The model 3 is fantastic for road trips, I've done several 1000km trips up north here in Finland, and the last one we had between -28°C and -37°C (-35°f) for the whole trip, no issues what so ever!
It's a great car for road tripping, and the fact is that if you live out in the middle of nowhere, the tesla is going to make so much more sense, because you'll save so much more on gas since you drive more!
M3P is the best daily driver for the enthusiast supplanting the M cars easily.
once you try it on a road trip you will change your mind . the stops are great for bathroom and food breaks. i just drive from VA to MI. Prior to that VA to Southern GA. i loved the costs savings. the charging/fuel stops were perfect
Congrats on the Tesla purchase! I bought my Model 3 Long Range in 2021. I drive it out to Dayton Ohio at least 4 times a year. Long trips are a pleasure. Good luck with it. EV's aren't for everyone, but once I adjusted, I never look back. I found your site looking for electric mowers and this vehicle video popped. Honestly you made the right choice, Tesla super charging network makes it the only real viable option for traveling. Thanks for the video.
In 2013, we purchased & still own a 2011 B200 Anniversary Mercedes.
It hasn't missed a beat & is hands down the best car we've ever owned.
Complete strangers often comment on how nice it looks.
Friends have climbed in & been amazed by the spacious interior, but the ace up its sleeve is the humongous & user-friendly luggage capacity.
We will NEVER contemplate getting an EV due to high insurance & repair costs. Teslas are the least desirable, as we both hate Elon.
FWIW, our 2018. Model 3 with its now-dinky ~250 miles of range has been our primary road-trip car for nearly six years. When lunch stops and bathroom breaks are factored in, the elapsed-time difference between the Tesla and an ICE vehicle doesn’t amount to much. And on trips of 200 miles or so, there’s no difference at all.
I have gone on some road trips in my 2021 M3 and it is very relaxing. It takes care of the driving and chosses where to stop for charging. You are more like a passenger in your own car haha. But I guess if you are in a hurry a gas car will get you to your destination approximately 10% faster. So it's + and - with both. 🎉
I've had my CyberBeast for a few days now and I actually like the infotainment better than Apple Car Play. It has all the apps I want to use and my phone isn't tethered and tied up running the infotainment.
I was seriously debating buying the 2024 M3P and delivery in few days I test drove one and loved it and your review is vey cool and honest I’m a new subscriber Great job brother ❤
Great review. Any doubters, go watch Jay Leno's review chat with the engineer & designer of the Model 3. You American's should be VERY proud of what Tesla has acheived.
Road tripping in a Tesla is fine. I've been doing it for 6 years, so give it a try before knocking it.
🇬🇧I think you’ll notice and appreciate a big difference when steer by wire is standard in all Tesla’s, it’s a game changer. That’s when the wheel without stalk’s really comes into it’s own.
My advice would be to consider the S3XY KNOB. You will appreciate the fact that you don’t have to needlessly look away from the road when changing certain functions, along with the ease of changing the functions that you decide to use. Enjoy, from this side of the pond here in England. 🤗🇬🇧👍🏻
the problem with tesla not offering android auto or car play is the long term support. eventually your car will go EoL in terms of software support but it may still be perfectly safe to drive as a second third or forth hand vehicle for someone else especially with battery replacements assuming they become more readily available. if tesla stops supporting their software and something causes a breaking change that makes allot of the software accessories to stop working atleast in terms of phone linking, its moot at that point. adding android auto or carplay or both will allow the vehicle to maintain the phone linking features with a different package sure but it will be there.
The same old "If" opinion....
smh
I love your perspective on EV ownership. People have choice to buy a vehicle that suits their needs and that's the beauty of living in a free country.
Also, I test drove the RWD Model 3 couple weeks ago, and I do prefer the indicator buttons to stocks now. I did an overnight drive test, so I got to spend a couple hours inside that car, but the indicators are placed so perfectly in my opinion. Not an issue and super easy to get used to.
I want to upgrade but that seems like such an annoyance, 25 years of stalk muscle memory in quick situations will be hard to get rid of. I have tight parking quarters, so the highly accurate ultrasonic sensors in my '21 work perfect for that. The camera method doesn't seem to be as accurate yet. A bumper camera would be perfect though.
I'll worry about road tripping in an EV while road tripping 1700km this summer in my Tesla Model 3 long range.
nice m3p
About the blinkerbuttons instead of the stokes, in america you do not have a lot of roundabouts. That's where the issue is really surfacing, when you need to use the turnsignal and the wheel is upsidedown or more than 180degree turned.
9:37 I completely agree that tesla nav is way better than apple car. So many times apple car just cannot for the life of it figure out which way the car is headed at crucial moments.
I just picked mine up yesterday. Loved your video.
Latest M3P is unchallenged if you ask me
SS 1LE owner here who got a model 3 LR last year 😅 I should really wait for this one to come out.
I love my Model 3 too! Best car I've ever owned. I don't think people want Android Auto/Apple Carplay for the maps/navigation functions, it's for the other apps. I've use it to control Audible, for example, looking at the screen rather down at the small phone and looking further away from the screen.
I bought a new truck once. That was 22 years ago. Still drive it daily.
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The no physical buttons thing is because you have to take your eyes off the road to know what you're pressing and go through menus, and take your hand off the wheel while you're doing it, whereas with a physical button you know by feel and you don't have to take your eyes off the road, nor is there a menu to get to the thing you actually want, like the radio, or the heater/window defroster, or the headlights if they don't turn on by themselves. The tactile feedback of switch, and the shape of the switch tells you enough that you don't even need to look at it do do what you need to do. Now this might not seem like such a big deal out in the countryside where you are and "traffic" means there are 6 cars on the road at the same time... ;P (Kidding) But for those of us in the big city where the freeways are either going 80mph or are a parking lot for hours, taking your eyes off the road even for a half second, it can be a problem (considering you travel 60 feet in that half second)... It is a problem. We have multiple accidents daily because of distractions. Drivers are already distracted enough as it is, we have laws against using your hands to even answer your cell phone (must be hands free so you don't have the distractions of looking for it, taking your hand off the wheel to reach for it, keeping your hand off the wheel while you talk on it, on top of the distraction of talking on the phone in the first place), so we really shouldn't be encouraging drivers to "play with touch screens and browse through menus" when they should be focused on the road with both hands on the wheel. Even GPS devices are supposed to at least give you a warning that you aren't allowed to "set or make changes to the device" once you're no longer parked as soon as they power on.
Also about the turn signal, I can flip the lever with my pinky finger on my left hand without taking my hand off the steering wheel. I can't see where it is, your video doesn't show where "here" is when you say "I don't mind it being here" (maybe I missed it being pointed out), but if it requires me to take my hand off the wheel or readjust it to a different location just to hit the signal, I'd be opposed to it as well, but if it were like paddle shifters, I'd be all for that on more vehicles.
One final thought, for years the state and local governments here have been telling us to reduce our power usage, turn off lights you aren't using, set your A/C to higher temps during the day, etc... Because the grid can't handle all of our electric needs... Now they're all about trying to force everyone to get electric cars... Last I checked, the power grid was problematic enough and we're having issues with generating enough as well, which is why we are supposed to conserve energy wherever and whenever we can, yet "BUY ELECTRIC CARS AND PLUG THEM ALL INTO THE GRID!!!!!" That just makes no damned sense to me. Either the grid is a problem and we need to reduce our electricity consumption, or all of our electric bills are too damned high because we've been getting lied to for decades because our grid is just fine and we should all switch to electric cars and plug them all in. No thanks, I'll stick to gasoline until the power companies all come out and say, we have fixed the grid, we will never have another black out, brown out, or any other issue because of our transmission system and your power bills are being being slashed to half or less than that.
Wow, you learned in and learned it...
Tesla's are amazing road trip cars.
Tesla definitely put a lot of effort into this car. It is fast, the cargo space is insane, it has access to the best drive assist system in the world, it is packed with features, it is very safe and it is not even that expensive.
Lack of stalks in the UK might be a bit problematic as we have roundabouts where you will indicate one way when you join, then your steering wheel may be inverted and you need to indicate the other way to show other drivers you are turning off.
I guess we would get used to it and make it work - but it has been designed for a certain driving culture by people embedded in that culture.
I can't charge a vehicle at home, so that's a pretty significant ding against pure EVs, for me.
We have electricity at our house.
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck So do I, but I can't exactly put a charger in the city street, now can I?
Depends on your local situation. I can't charge at home either but I don't really care. Tons of charging possibilties everywhere.
I just made a 1240 mile roadtrip with my Tesla and we needed toilet brakes more often than the tesla needed charging. So we charged every time we went to the bathroom. Never needed to stop and charge because the car asked us to.
Flashing yellow lights are "caution", NOT "stop".
It took me about 2 seconds to get used to having no stalks. I totally agree with you!
13:53 You should do an EV collab with Out Of Spec.
“Everybody that has a Tesla loves them and they become your favorite car to drive. Put it in drift mode and burn a donut and your kids will look at you like your David hasselhoff or should I say “Michael”
I had the same analogy for a Daily and also changed my 2019 Rebel but instead of a M3P, I got an Ioniq 5N, believe me thats closer to that Evo or STI analogy although in tech, Tesla got it covered by a mile….
Fun to drive, the Ioniq got the Tesla covered by a mile….
Also got a Plaid so I wasn’t interested in a M3P
"My wife absolutely hates it I" 😂😂😂😂😂
Sweet ride! I’m a contractor in Canada who can’t afford to have two vehicles so I’m waiting for someone to come out with a smaller plug in hybrid truck.
Get the Cybertruck
New Model 3 is faster than the Cybertruck. People have gotten 10.78 out of the new Model 3 vs a 10.99 out of the truck.
Yeah m3p is faster but truck is quicker and no door ding paranoia lol
I'm with you, if you can't charge at home, then an EV may not be the best. I had a Model 3 for 5 years and just took delivery on a Model Y. During the 5 years I've been driving a Tesla, I have only used a supercharger for about 35 minutes. All other charging is done at home. So 35 minutes at a charger verses accumulated hours of time pumping gas, the EV has been great for me.
Car guy here. Track day vlog please lol.
Ok so other people have the same problems with cars as me. What I want is something sporty, manual, 2-door, and rwd, but functional that can fit 3 people in the back. What I want is a like a Cutlass or Fairlane, but that class of mids to full size rwd coupe doesn't exist except in luxury cars and most aren't even manual.
I wanted the new Model 3 Performance so bad, but I needed the storage space of the Model Y. Looks like an amazing car!
MYP?
You'll never go back.
Cool perspective on EV vs ICE. Just get what fit your need and not worry about what everyone else opinion.
Got a Model Y last month. I had the free 30 day trial of the FSD and it worked but it just didn't drive mostly fast enough how I do. It's great tech though. What I really love (esp on Road Trips) is the Autosteer. Plus if I put on my signal it will automatically change into the lane for me (if its safe) which is cool. The Model 3 is really nice but the Y was just more practical for me and the family having the extra space. A lot of fun driving this vehicle. BTW when in FSD/Autosteer and it starts nagging you for some steering wheel feedback you can just move up/down any one of the scroll wheels just even one click and you're good.
_it just didn't drive mostly fast enough how I do._
If you turn off auto speed offset, you can set the top speed anywhere you like, up to 85 MPH, using the right scroll wheel. Then it's between you and LE what you can get away with.
Interesting. My trial has expired and for now I'm going to wait. I wish there was a monthly rate in which I could try the $2000 acceleration boost for just the 30 days.
No physical buttons with no feedback is a really bad UX choice.
You should sync up with @DirtyTesla. They live out in the same state.
I’ve owned gas cars most of my driving life and have now owned a Tesla for over 7 years and 117k miles. I take a road trip all the time in my Tesla and love it. The charging stops are not bad because it matches my driving habits of wanting to stop every few hours. I don’t enjoy cannonball run style road trips. The car is often ready to go before I am. But unlike almost all haters, EV owners actually know both sides. And Tesla owners stick with Tesla.
"Do you live in Florida, where it's always warm, and you can charge at your house, and you drive 20 feet to work every day?"
✔Lives in Florida
✔Charges at home
❌Drives 20 feet to work every day
You almost had me for a second there. It's *at least* 30 feet to work for me, but I don't drive in my house so I have to walk the entire distance. Still, I love my 2019 Model 3 (Standard).
I don't believe that. No geezer in Florida has an actual "job!"
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck Define "geezer." I'm a 41-year-old software dev.
I took delivery of my model 3 performance a couple of weeks ago ironically I ordered mine the very first day It was available as well.
I can understand wanting to track the car. But be very careful the brakes are not up to it. I'm loving the car for a daily driver it is stupid quick and very comfortable and nearly silent. But fair warning for track use in the brakes are not up to it. It took me less than a minute to get the brakes smoking hot. Granted as a younger man I used to race a bit so I may push harder than the average Joe but they're simply not up to truly spirited driving if you're going to track it you're going to need to either do very short spurts or you're going to need a big brake kit and possibly some ducting to get air to them.
Another thing I replaced the 20-in wheels with 18-inch wheels from t-sport line to provide me a little bit more protection in the event of a pothole or on a track getting a rumble strip or a curb.
Apologies for any spelling or grammar errors I'm using voice
well i tried to comment but my pc crashed before i decided to go gasoline good tesla bad....so i wall say a friend of mine who owns 7+ bars and is a multimillionaire (and one of the first tesla buyers) told me "tesla bed, go gasoline, even kia is more relatable."