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Is Model X better than most BMW / Mercedes SUV?

Discussion in 'Model X' started by JetFalcon, Mar 1, 2021 at 5:57 PM.

  1. Richbot

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    #21 Richbot, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:27 AM
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    Model Y's seating position ruins the whole car for me - you go back and forth between a 3 and a Y and it just feels wrong around a corner. Still a great car in a vacuum, but, there it is, that's why the world has so much variety. I'm seriously lower in my X on Low than the drivers I see bopping around in Y's. It's a more carlike driving position in the X IMO. With commensurately worse 2nd-row footroom, Model Y's footroom is business jet-like

    Totally. The German 3-rows 3rd row is a penalty box for adults, for sure, and not as comfy for kids either, though the seat slide/tilt feature is easier on X7/GLS/Q7 beecause (at least on X7/GLS) wheelbase is longer so the rear wheelwell doesn't inhibit egress, and the mechanism wasn't the german company's very first crack at a tilt/fold seat...but once you're back there, footroom sucks and headroom, while good, isn't great. And the cargo well behind the 3rd row is a game changer, minivans have it usually, but not the SUV's that use that space to make sure the thing doesn't fall apart towing 7000+lb like they're all rated for.

    I'm comfy at 5'11" behind the (non-pedestal, but still roomy footroom) 2nd row if it's slid forward, can even cross my legs if 2nd row isn't reclined too much, can sit in the 2nd row comfortably behind myself in the driver's seat even if 2nd row is slid forward. The packaging efficiency allowed by the skateboard design is something you really have to climb around in to apprecaite, and I hate it when cars are bigger outside than they need to be.

    Where I think the Germans (South Carolinians?) have Tesla licked is build quality, Extra Interior Space and Captain of Industry Ride Height for Extra Luxury, and the little ergonomic and storage things that make cars easier to live with. Also, heat that doesn't chop your range in half. heh.
     
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  2. Darmie

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    That's funny. I think the Model Y we have is classified as SUV but it just looks like a bigger Model 3 to me.
     
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    I could care less about Waze, even though I was die hard Wazer before Tesla. I sometimes check and compare, and there is little if any difference. If it's a longer drive so what, the drive even in traffic in this starship, was stellar.
     
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  4. elguapo

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    It depends on where you live, I guess. Tesla routinely leads me to the longest route or an inaccurate route. So much so, that I had to just stop using it. I’d take almost any nav OTHER than Tesla’s native nav at this point.
     
  5. JetFalcon

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    My dad never considers buying anything used. But he also gets anal about dings / scratches if he buys new. So I thought why not buy used and have the dings / scratches priced in so getting one more ding wouldn't make a difference.

    I have considered the idea of buying a used BMW i8, there are alot of them for around $60k for 2015-17 models. I driven one and it's a much more pleasant ride than the Huracan, which I also driven, and much cheaper.
     
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    I haven’t found a car yet that has better nav than Waze. ‍♂️
     
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    The question is absolutely about your perspective of what is important. If your priority is technology and EV. It isn't even a discussion. If your priority is interior luxury and fit and finish, then honestly, you should have stayed with an ICE vehicle.
     
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