Is the Model 3 a deathtrap? No way. That crash demo that compared it to a Volvo was really compelling.
Will the Model 3 be fun to drive? Absolutely. More fun, I think, than a Model S which is, despite all its power and acceleration, a very big, and very heavy car.
I like the Model 3's spare interior, too. What I don't like is a control scheme that not only invites inattention, but requires it. I see that as a form over function exercise where the trappings of a fully autonomous car are used in a car meant to use today's roads. "You won't care" and "It's like a taxi" is true only when a critical mass of traffic is also autonomous, or if you truly do not care (the "Blue" comment above). Meanwhile, I do care and I don't think owning a taxi is all that cool. OK. Maybe a Checker is cool.
Slapping fins on 50's cars didn't turn them into jets. It just made them sort of look like jets. Slapping a single master screen to control almost everything doesn't turn the Model 3 into a fully autonomous car, or a computer. It just makes it sort of look like an autonomous car, and a computer.
So that's why I think you have Aston Martin/Audi on the outside, and People Mover on the inside. Hence, that schizophrenia.
Robin