Recent content by eisbock

I personally love the feel of a stiff, robust turn signal stalk. Most newer cars have soft, squishy, jelly stalks that glide silently in and out of position and you can barely tell if you're actuating them. The old cars had satisfying actuation feel and sound much like pumping the forend of a...

We've already beaten the lack of gauge cluster thing to death, but what I think people will never get used to or like over time are indicator lights on the central screen. How many times have you accidentally popped on your high beams when turning and realized right away because a bright blue...

That's actually pretty cool. I may just be "that guy" who drives around with his parking lights on.

dat ass is so fat

I knew I had a render to back this statement up, but I couldn't find it. Of course it's on the OG renders Tesla sent out with a reservation! I think this looks way more snazzy, but not too snazzy that I would prefer it over S/X. Maybe these will be the DRLs on the Y?

I agree. Model 3's daytime runners look like the DRLs when the technology first started to be popularized, i.e. a boring shape whose sole purpose is to illuminate in the day time. In recent years, automakers have become more adventurous with the styling of their DRLs. No longer do they exist...

Regarding the phone, not looking reduces accuracy, but consider that the phone is a relatively small device that fits in your hand the same way every time. When you move your body, the phone stays in the same spot relative to your body. You know how far your thumb can reach and muscle memory...

Does it concern anybody else that it took the guy multiple tries to touch icons on the touch screen? Hell, one time, he hit it like three times and the employee had to take over and attempt to hit it a couple times before it finally worked. And this is while the car is not moving. How difficult...

Same feeling over here. Kinda disappointed so far, but I guess Tesla is still beta testing their cars if they're being shipped incomplete, so who knows what's to come. Maybe after a few years when Tesla has fixed all the stuff with the Model 3 that people have problems with and are actually...

I actually laughed when he revealed that the software either doesn't work at all or that it doesn't work in the way people were hoping after expressing concerns over all controls being done through one central screen. "But you can just use the buttons to select and control things!" Nope.

I agree. Most stuff looks better in real life. I see some images of Model 3 that look really good, and others that are kinda horrid. Problem is, I don't see many pictures of the S that look bad. Maybe unflattering, but never bad like some 3 pics. As for angles, I'm under the impression that if...

Both Motortrend shots with presumably similar camera settings at pretty much the same angle. Professional photos with well-adjusted, realistic focal lengths. Which car looks better? Obviously the S, since you can't possibly have your budget car compete in looks to your premium car, but let's dig...

Lol. The front of Tesla's cars is not what makes them aerodynamic. The size of the front however, does help. Model 3's stubby front is far more important than whether it's flat or round, although round is slightly more aerodynamic. This is the same reason Model X has the same Cd compared to...

lmao I'm basing my opinion on the picture showing the two cars side by side that everybody else in this thread is commenting on. If you measure from the ground to the hood, then divide that by the distance between the hood and the top of the glass, that number would be smaller on the Model 3. At...

I don't dislike the designs, but I do think they're out of place when looking at the rest of the car. I have also heard the "push air to the sides" theory, and it's not true. The most aerodynamic shape is a teardrop with a rounded front. Tesla has not found a more aerodynamic shape than...