Don't know if anyone has ever noticed, but I just had to comment...
I took my MS in for service and they gave me a rental car to use, a MB C300 4Matic. The MB is a nice car, although is is certainly no Tesla. I immediately noticed when I got in the car how busy the cockpit was. Seemed to be numerous gadgetry, knobs, shift paddles, and control points. Outside of the dash, it has a single information panel that looks like an externally mounted iPad mini that is controlled by various clicks, pushes, and turns of a hand module in the center of the console. While the controls are handy from a reach and normal positioning standpoint, there is a lot of fiddling to do to get things done, and it doesn't seem very intuitive. Just a busy place to be. Not hating on the MB, it is a nice car, but I immediately recognized just how simplistic and intuitive the Tesla MS is to operate and drive. Oh, and I felt a bit awkward when I had to pull into a gas station to fill it up...haven't done that in a while! Very much appreciating my decision to own a Tesla.
I took my MS in for service and they gave me a rental car to use, a MB C300 4Matic. The MB is a nice car, although is is certainly no Tesla. I immediately noticed when I got in the car how busy the cockpit was. Seemed to be numerous gadgetry, knobs, shift paddles, and control points. Outside of the dash, it has a single information panel that looks like an externally mounted iPad mini that is controlled by various clicks, pushes, and turns of a hand module in the center of the console. While the controls are handy from a reach and normal positioning standpoint, there is a lot of fiddling to do to get things done, and it doesn't seem very intuitive. Just a busy place to be. Not hating on the MB, it is a nice car, but I immediately recognized just how simplistic and intuitive the Tesla MS is to operate and drive. Oh, and I felt a bit awkward when I had to pull into a gas station to fill it up...haven't done that in a while! Very much appreciating my decision to own a Tesla.