AlanSqB
Dog Chauffeur
People over a certain age drove for many years without backup cameras so it's still not a first instinct thing for them. Of course I would have no idea about that
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In that picture he is not backing up. He is talking to/with the photographer that at that moment is positioned behind the car.why is he not using backup camera( i assume there is a backup camera as in Model S) or rear view mirror ... funny way to back up intoa handicapped spot
watch video.....pretty unorthodox back up IMHO... my model S was my first car with a backup camera .... never thought I would need it but the rear view is so bad I use it even when driving ...I guess it remains to be seen how therear view is on M3In that picture he is not backing up. He is talking to/with the photographer that at that moment is positioned behind the car.
It's wishful thinking and the author seems to have convinced himself he's seeing and hearing things that others don't. At least those who see humanoid faces on the lunar or Martian surface can be excused because they're seeing an optical illusion. In this case, the driver was clearly opening/closing the door with his hand.Teslarati seems to think the Model 3 may have self presenting doors. Seems excessively hopeful...
Hey, I'm one of those people over a certain age and I do place my right arm over the passenger seat back and rotate my head and torso so I can look directly out the rear window when backing into a space. I'll have to retrain myself to rely on the rear-view camera when I get my Model 3.People over a certain age drove for many years without backup cameras so it's still not a first instinct thing for them. Of course I would have no idea about that
Or not. Self presenting door handles so you don't have to move your arms, doors that open themselves so you don't have to go to any effort whatsoever, backup cameras so you don't need to turn around to look, cars that even drive themselves with One Big Screen so you don't ever need to get out your Little Screen at every red light to text how much closer to home you are. It's all headed for a bad end.Hey, I'm one of those people over a certain age and I do place my right arm over the passenger seat back and rotate my head and torso so I can look directly out the rear window when backing into a space. I'll have to retrain myself to rely on the rear-view camera when I get my Model 3.
I have watched it several times. The only unorthodox about that backing up as I can see is that the driver pays that much attention towards the photographer that tells/directs him where to back up to. But back to the point, the "back up" part is well after the door is closed.watch video.....pretty unorthodox back up IMHO...
Quick someone squiggle yellow lines all over this to show that the nose changed.
again another person who wants the 3 to be an s but 2+x less price..lol..really?Car looks disproportionately high (a lot of space between the tires and fenders). More amplified being that this is a smaller, narrower car with an already tall cockpit area. Assuming air suspension is not yet available and this is a coil spring car. I hope they'll reconsider the current height setting and narrow the wheel/fender gap up to be more in line with the Model S (and most other cars). Otherwise I'm forced to wait for whenever the Air Suspension becomes available as this is something that would drive me nuts.
people expect a model s car at 1/2 or less price in the model 3? why? That would be lame of tesla to do that...for model s sales i mean.
When I read the initial reply and explanation, I changed my opinion. I am a realist & not quite sure why the reply had to start out with "you've got to be kidding" rather than just asking if I was aware of the cost / change involved in what I said I was hoping for.
Well, your comments didn't appear in a vacuum. People have been saying that they hope for a hatchback since before the initial reveal. Once that reveal happened it became clear that this was going to be a sedan with a trunk. Despite this, people have continued asking and hoping and speculating about a hatchback. After 15 solid months of it being absolutely certain that there is not going to be a hatchback and that the design of the car does not allow for it, I think some folks are just a little exhausted at going over it again, and kind of incredulous that this is still a thing.
Did he order it through the "production process" using the online configurator, dealt with his OA, DS, etc? Is he going to be servicing it at a a local service center to experience the production process? He ought to experience the full production experience, not just the VIN number and license plate (since there doesn't appear to be a place to put the front plate on).Well, if the car came off the production assembly line, has a production VIN, Elon pays for the car himself as a customer, and he registers the car at DMV for "regular" license plates, I guess it qualifies as a production car.
But did he use the referral code?Everyone pays list price. So everyone is a "customer".
That is my understanding as well.
Elon did not get a "free" Model 3, or even a discounted Model 3. He will pay what everyone else pays.
FF claimed their prototype was the quickest 0-60 production car during the last CES. They also just laid claim to having the fastest time for a Pike's Peak run in a production EV, again in a prototype. So, if the FF91 prototype can lay claim to being "production", then certainly the first Model 3 off the production line is more than justified in being called a production car. Oh, BTW, that FF91 will likely never go into production now that the company has decided to halt construction of their Nevada factory and go into "user-ship personal mobility" instead. Meanwhile, we'll see ~30 more Model 3s join SN1 in a couple of weeks as production cars, and ramping up in the following months to the hundreds and then thousands.If FF or any other manufacturer was to deliver the first and only production car to their founder and CEO, nobody would say that the "car is in production".