JOEV1
*****joe
I am not surprized about the Tesla-Bashing on this forum. More or less between the lines. Simply because as the saying goes "where is much light... is much shadow"
As soon as the Model S came out, the German Motoring Magazines were full of negative comments. But it gotten less and less, because the number of sales had actually increased. The real "slap in the face" came when almost 1/2 million reservation in just a month were made for the Model 3. It caused a stir in Germany. The Big Car companies still have emergerncy meetings, still fire strategist and designers etc. because they could not believe that all of their designs and new models and features had missed the market. For the first time they had to accept that the customer wanted something else. And Tesla gave the answer.
I remember the rediculing comments about Tesla which came out in the early years. But that is over. Considering the car You can now pick up after only 4 or 5 Years of development, only very few to no recalls were made. OK, ok the Drive Unit was an issue, simply because there is no other component anywhere in any car which has the power density as in a Tesla: A Motor barely the size of a football delivering 500 HP
But as soon as the 4WD was out hardly any failures reported, simply because the power ist being split up on F and R axles (IMO).
Just for the record: I had ZERO problems on my Roadster (5 Years) and ZERO problems on my Model S (1 and 1/2 years)
As soon as the Model S came out, the German Motoring Magazines were full of negative comments. But it gotten less and less, because the number of sales had actually increased. The real "slap in the face" came when almost 1/2 million reservation in just a month were made for the Model 3. It caused a stir in Germany. The Big Car companies still have emergerncy meetings, still fire strategist and designers etc. because they could not believe that all of their designs and new models and features had missed the market. For the first time they had to accept that the customer wanted something else. And Tesla gave the answer.
I remember the rediculing comments about Tesla which came out in the early years. But that is over. Considering the car You can now pick up after only 4 or 5 Years of development, only very few to no recalls were made. OK, ok the Drive Unit was an issue, simply because there is no other component anywhere in any car which has the power density as in a Tesla: A Motor barely the size of a football delivering 500 HP
But as soon as the 4WD was out hardly any failures reported, simply because the power ist being split up on F and R axles (IMO).
Just for the record: I had ZERO problems on my Roadster (5 Years) and ZERO problems on my Model S (1 and 1/2 years)
