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omgwtfbyobbq
Active Member
I love it. So far it seems to be as durable as cloth and breath as well too, unlike vinyl/leather. It's fairly resistant to spills/stains/pet hair, which aren't strengths for cloth. The only downside for me is the extra cost and it being a little warmer than cloth in the summer, although it's still cooler than vinyl/leather. Granted, I like neoprene as a seat cover too, but yeah, vinyl it ain't.
I was really hoping the screen would have been placed on some manner of swivel, giving the driver the option of rotating it for portrait or landscape. The pictures I have seen strongly indicate this is not an option.
BluestarE3
Active Member
It has been stated and shown repeatedly and unequivocally for the past 15+ months that it will be a landscape display.
Correct, I have seen nothing to indicate otherwise. It just felt logical, desirable, and my personal hope was for that element to be a surprise plus at release. I realize it's one of the hot-button topics and you are likely tired of its mere mention. I knew it likely wouldn't be changed to an integrated portrait, but a swivel?- i just wanted to dream.
Looks like the back of the front seats have a hard plastic backing. Not a fan of that, as a taller guy my knees are always pressing against the back of the front seats, and with hard plastic covers it makes it quite painful after a while.
AlanSqB
Dog Chauffeur
BluestarE3
Active Member
If this is to be your car, wouldn't you be in the front seat behind the steering wheel?
MissAutobahn
Elon, please ramp up Berlin GF in plaid mode!
Backside of the screen
Steering wheel
Upper side of A-pillar
Piece of wall from the Fremont factory
Fremont blue sky
Dynastar
Member
As a parent of young children my only question is why all seat backs aren't hard plastic.
This is an honest question because I have never been an entry-luxury sedan buyer and had been relegated to Honda's and Toyota's. How can you tell that the interior, especially the rear seats, are above average and are at least part with those lower-end German vehicles?
So you can tell from the photos and not have to feel or touch them in person? I am not a troll but would love to learn how to distinguish above average from the rest.
Thank you.
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
So you are saying there still might be a chance?
(channeling my Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber)You aren't the only one. How difficult would it be to put an articulating arm on that "iPad on a stick" design?
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
It took some Google time but I finally tracked down that Softex is a polymer of urethane rather than vinyl.
That makes me like it so much more. NOT
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BluestarE3
Active Member
Sure, and there's still a chance the Model 3 will have an ICE instead of an electric drivetrain.So you are saying there still might be a chance?
When people say vinyl they generally mean PVC and it is pretty nasty stuff, especially when you put all the additives in it to keep it from having issues like cracking. Softex is a completely different polymer, made from polyurethanes as you said. Just because something else is also a synthetic polymer doesn't mean it's like vinyl though.
For example Alcantara, which everyone drools over these days it seems, is a polyester/polyurethane blend.
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