I agree and I think the FWD are brilliant and come in extremely handy in a multitude of situations. This is especially the case for me who has 2 kids in car seats, in both of our 2nd row seats. If you are not sure about the falcon wings, feel that it takes too long to open, draws too much attention, or it is just a plain gimmick then you probably are not utilizing it for what it was intended for.
Kids, car seats and ease of access to the third row.
Elon has 5 kids, he complained about all of the negatives of his then Audi Q7 at the initial reveal event in Feb 2012.
With kids utilizing the the 2nd and/or third row on a daily basis (7 days a week and dozens of times per day) you quickly understand that the rear doors alone make this car the best in the world in what it was designed originally to do. Tow kids and families, eliminating the concerns that standard doors created for people who access the 3rd row daily or use car seats daily.
Somewhere between 2012 and today some of those initially perceptions became lost. Is this really an SUV? Why can't it haul more than an S? Why don't the seats fold, ect ect, but the doors stayed as they were always designed for a purpose.
Now if the doors continue to be buggy and detect false obstacles and do not perform as advertised then yes we all have to eat our doors and wish we stayed with standard doors, but if I don't trust that Elon will get it right, who am I going to trust...Hillary? Donald?
Full disclosure:
I just made an appointment (have to wait until mid July for it!) to have one of my FWDoors looked at.
About 20-30% of the time upon closing, it stops just short and says obstacle detected when there is non.
But I still don't want to go without these doors because how useful they are for me, my wife and the kiddos who utilize them.
