Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
The use of Autopilot mixed with mobile woodworking would make this a wild ride!Sawdust to go;;;;
I will only say if you see complaints about seats and stains, the white seat posts greatly outnumber complaints from black seat owners.
For exteriors, I feel the opposite. White looks nicer than black most of the time. Nothing looks better than a CLEAN black car, but the reality is, they only stay clean for a couple days. When white caes get dirty, they just look like a different shade of white. (Had many black and white cars... now I leam towards silvers)
Some degree of confirmation bias from this anecdotal (at best) info. In my personal experience, the white shows long term wear FAR less than black or tan Tesla seats. Like, dramatically different.
Our cars that had black interior with 70-90k miles on the odo looked like they had 70-90k on the odo due to how it emphasis wear and tear. My P100D w/about 80k on the odo looks new. Like, seriously new. There is absolutely no sign of wear or tear and I happen to know that they owner before me was a doctor with a family and pets and didn't take any heroic efforts to protect his car.
I also recall seeing something when the ultra white vegan first came out that was a pretty scientific test run that favored the ultra white to the other color options for durability. To me, that seems crazy because they should bet he same other than the color. The test was done in a very scientific manner and the results were pretty conclusive though. Personally, I didn't go this route due to this or any other tests I read other than to show that they were as durable as the other color options at a minimum.
I don't carry wipes with me, never have and never will.The posts I see about white seats from people who love them typically say something like:
I wanted to buy them but saw comments like these, and also knew for a fact that I was NOT going to want to look at blue jean dye transfer, or worry about whether baby wipes would get it off, or carry around baby wipes in the console, etc.
Im not saying that people are doing anything unusual or out of pocket or something, just that I know I am too lazy to do that stuff, or would get annoyed seeing blue jeans transfer and kind a stressing out if it would come out or not.
So, I got the black seats, and my black seats still look brand new after 5 years in my model 3.
I think the white seats look better, though. Not that the black looks bad, but the its very "normal" looking, while the bright white seats are pretty uniquely Tesla as @Ostrichsak said.
I think they are fairly easy to take care of, from what I read here, and most threads on stains from jeans are likely from people who wear higher end jeans, or brand new jeans just after their first couple of washes that are not pre faded.
I think you may be reading this denim transfer on white interior as being far worse than it is. I may take a wipe to the seats once or twice a year at most. It's not like you have to clean the seat every time you sit down in it wearing jeans. It really is a non-issue and far better than having a black seat that shows wear and tear after normal usage that you can't do anything about at all.
In fact, the YouTube videos I've seen showing how to use baby wipes to easily wipe off denim transfer use painters tape to demonstrate a before/after. Even when they're "bad" it's not super noticeable. This is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned much like range anxiety for those who have never owned an EV. Once you own one, you realize that all of those "reports" are greatly exaggerated and you'd never go back knowing what you know now.
Besides, I'd rather have something that offers a better user experience for the duration. My wife often wears short shorts in the summer months. Being able to leave the windows down for a minute or two while we get out for whatever reason and then get back in w/o melting the skin off of your legs from the scorching hot seats is priceless. Anything to keep my wife from feeling like she can't wear those short shorts that look so good on her.
Not to mention (while this is subjective) I much prefer the look of the white interior to any other color Tesla offers now. It's one of the things that people comment on the most whenever they first get in if they're never been in a Tesla too due to how unique it is.