McHoffa
CyberOwners
Agree with this one! I'm just not going to tint the back. I figure with the sides tinted it will give enough privacy/darkness inside.
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McHoffa
CyberOwners
Less inconvenience if you're next to the car as you don't have to look at it. Of course then having to set your wallet in the cup holder to start the car will be more inconvenient. I never take my wallet out in the car (I'd forget about it for sure).
Also more inconvenient if you're not right next to the car and need to unlock it for someone that is standing next to the car (like a kid that needs to grab something out of the trunk after you've already walked away)
Thomas Edison
Active Member
Isn't putting your wallet in the cup holder just as inconvenient as putting a key in the ignition in a regular car? (Less so because you don't have to turn it)
I do agree on the opening the trunk bit.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I haven't had a car that I had to put a key into the ignition for a while... I just have a fob in my pocket.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
you have to have the card above the cup holders to start the car, so either you take the card out of the wallet and set it there or you put the whole wallet there
Assuming you don’t press the brake pedal within 15 seconds of unlocking the door.
I'm probably just going to end up doing another layer of tint over it, but I'm not going dark anyway, probably just 70% 3M crystalline everywhere but the windshield. 99% doing it for thermal reasons.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I hadn't heard that. I thought the card had to be placed in the area above the cup holders (and why couldn't they have at least made a slot for it so it wouldn't slide around and be in the way of the cups? )
igotzzoom
Active Member
Like:
Styling
Performance
Range
Minimalist Interior
Dislike:
No SXM
No factory hitch (yet)
Not a liftback
Styling
Performance
Range
Minimalist Interior
Dislike:
No SXM
No factory hitch (yet)
Not a liftback
Yeah, each time you unlock the car with the card you have 15 seconds to press the brake pedal. Same with the center console - you don’t have to leave the card there, just press it there and then press the brake.
Pros
Only viable EV for long-distance travel for the next couple years
Smartphone key (still would like a traditional fob)
Performance and handling (will still keep an ICE with a manual gearshift as the fun car)
Don't Like
All the color options - will end up getting a wrap
Interior color - I hate black interiors, and white will not last as long as brown or grey
Touch screen for everything - this car is obviously designed for self driving capabilities we aren't going to hit for a couple years
Hard bundling of the premium options - would like all the PUP minus the glass roof
Steering wheel
Only viable EV for long-distance travel for the next couple years
Smartphone key (still would like a traditional fob)
Performance and handling (will still keep an ICE with a manual gearshift as the fun car)
Don't Like
All the color options - will end up getting a wrap
Interior color - I hate black interiors, and white will not last as long as brown or grey
Touch screen for everything - this car is obviously designed for self driving capabilities we aren't going to hit for a couple years
Hard bundling of the premium options - would like all the PUP minus the glass roof
Steering wheel
Pros
Will handle my daily commute (~180 miles)
The HVAC system at least from what I have seen of the vents looks cool.
Cons
No cooled seats will have to look at aftermarket options for this.
Missing a pedal not sure what I will do with my left foot now.
Not in my driveway yet
Undecided
No key fob although now that I normally carry a phone not much of a problem and the key card as backup might be nice. I didn't care for key fobs when they first came out because they were bulky but found the convenience nice.
Glass roof from everything I have read it shouldn't be a problem though.
Will handle my daily commute (~180 miles)
The HVAC system at least from what I have seen of the vents looks cool.
Cons
No cooled seats will have to look at aftermarket options for this.
Missing a pedal not sure what I will do with my left foot now.
Not in my driveway yet
Undecided
No key fob although now that I normally carry a phone not much of a problem and the key card as backup might be nice. I didn't care for key fobs when they first came out because they were bulky but found the convenience nice.
Glass roof from everything I have read it shouldn't be a problem though.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
BUT... you probably won't miss that since the entire cabin can be pre-cooled
I didn't think of that! I put on my parking brake in my driveway every single time I park it (it's on a slight incline and a runaway would mean flying across the street and down a steep mountainside into someone else's house). Not sure how necessary it is, but using the screen for that might get old. Maybe I need to change my driveway before I put new concrete in.
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
Assuming that it works like the S, pushing the park button sets the electric parking brake automatically. Nothing you need to do.
The car will have a foot rest panel for the left foot. Better than having an old-style parking brake pedal there (or headlight high beam switch — anyone remember those?). For nearly all of my ICE cars I had a clutch pedal there but one doesn't ever want to use a clutch pedal as a foot rest.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I am hoping pre-cooling is enough. However half way through my drive home I am typically leaning forward to have the AC blow on the seats for a few minutes trying to cool my back down. The Tesla may present some interesting options for cooled seats wonder if I can tap into the cold coolant loop or if it is even cold enough.
I meant the clutch pedal was missing. No shifting gears
Hopefully I will only mistake the brake pedal for the clutch a few times before I learn.
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
That doesn't necessarily mean that it is the primary way to engage the parking brake. On the S the touch screen can be used to release the parking brake; the car then shifts to neutral and can be towed. Might work the same way on the 3. I expect that we will know more when the 3 manual escapes into the wild.
DR61
Member
The button on end of right steering column stalk engages the parking brake when stopped.
The cup holders might be a deal breaker for me. In the original version they have separate holes and what I was hoping was spring loaded covers of some sort that pop up. Now we are left with no covers. I am not sure if I can live with this.
Yes it's a slow day at work today.
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