Bullet points.
- Agree that the new refresh is not a perfect car, there is no perfect car nor manufacturing company.
- Instead there are pros and cons for every aspect of the experience.
- Definitely a large aspect of clickbait from Edmunds although they do offer praise for the car as well.
- Change is hard, and some people have a harder time adapting to change, others have less desire to adapt to change. In tech, lots of changes are made for aesthetics or future thinking, and everyone complains at first (remember the headphone jack?).
- Change with the steering doesn't just mean FSD bullish, also consider progressive steering, something I would be happy to adapt to... a lot of people will probably hate it at first.
- The model 3 is one of the easiest cars to drive. My mother in law who can barely speak English had no problems adapting to the UI, getting into the details to open the glovebox, yes, another story but once she got it she understood. But also in so many ways the user experience is so simple, if you can work an iPad, you can do most of what you need to with the 3. Again, goes back to pros and cons.
- I'm excited for the yoke, and ordered the new LR X and it was a big reason. I'm willing to adapt and understand at times it will be less ergonomic in certain aspects of driving. I'm on the side of wanting to replace my current steering wheel to the yoke on our older X if possible so that both of our Xs feel the same as well as the cybertruck when that comes (apocalypse and weekend trailer vehicle).
- No car is for everyone, nice thing is if you don't prefer this you always have the option of sticking with a 2020 model S or considering all the other great options out there.