The split 5 spoke wheel works great with the other elements of the car. I hope that is the stock/base wheel. I am good with that exact car.Man that is sexy as shhhheeet. Prius my ass.
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Yeah, looks like HDR photography artifact. Not a good idea for moving subjects.
I've said this before... initially when I first saw the interior I was like WTF was that....
But now I'm in total love with it. It's awesome.
I'm sorry - but that's freaking badass and unlike anything else on the road... IN A GOOD WAY.
Exactly! I feel the same way. This is just taking the Model S design concept to the next level. Simplicity is beauty.
Fred Thompson
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I would like the next design level to have a superior HUD with the ability to fold the screen under the dash where it can be hidden. The sceen would become more of a backup or used all the time because of personal preference.
It's going to be a close call if they offer that brushed silver, but I think I'll go with white, with black wheels and blacked out chrome.
Not my favourite angle for the car but still loving it. Stamping of the rear quarter especially around the forward section of the rear wheel-arch looks a bit suspect, but maybe that's a camera articfact.
Notice the rough-cut sticker over the rear quarter glass? I wonder what that could possibly be hiding...
More white Model 3 shots from another 280 sighting • r/teslamotors
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(Old) Picture of the prototype from comments at Electrek, might be interesting for people with kids.
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(Old) Picture of the prototype from comments at Electrek, might be interesting for people with kids.
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More white Model 3 shots from another 280 sighting • r/teslamotors
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Interesting picture of prototype from comments at Electrek, might be interesting for people with kids.
Yep, 2mm thicker door handles on the white, versus the original silver. If I had any more money to invest in Tesla, this would be the time. But I don't.
The better touch points will help Net Promoter scores. That change, right there, was worth 100 million a year in contribution dollars.
Another good design decision.
I've warmed up to the idea of a minimalist dash although I think it will take a very very long time to convince my friends that it is not just a tablet hanging on a dash mount bought on ebay
Much more worrying however is the thought that Tesla don't (won't) bother about the panel vibrating.
Fundamental theories of vibration will tell you no matter how rigidly it is fixed, a floating panel will vibrate considerably more with a greater tendency to resonate than one secured from all sides.
Unlike the nose which most by now agree has changed, I don't think we are certain of any changes in the rear. I think I'm seeing some in the rear bumper/diffuser area at times, and subtle changes in the trunk opening have been speculated, but it is also possible nothing has changed in the rear.
The nose has definitely changed, though.
Not everyone has to say nice things about the car all the time. But it sure seems like you have absolutely nothing nice to say, which is fine, but is does beg the question, "Why do you even bother coming here if all you're going to do is complain about how much you don't like the car?"
Really, if you hate it that much then you need to let it go. The vast majority of what you're complaining about is purely subjective and there are plenty of others who really like the exact things you keep going on about. You don't like it, we get that, but you don't need to keep letting us know, at every opportunity, how much you don't like it.
I've warmed up to the idea of a minimalist dash although I think it will take a very very long time to convince my friends that it is not just a tablet hanging on a dash mount bought on ebay
I like the minimalist dash, i prefer it over the Model S/X if i have to be honest. Much better then going in the other direction. How about this one f.e
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I for one like that he does. It helps keep things balanced. Forums such as these usually have far more positive voices than negative voices on future products anyway. Some critical posters helps even out the conversation - @eisbock does it in a polite manner and that's good.
If you go back the history of @eisbock, his is clearly a reflection of disappointment in the evolution of Model 3, yet it started out completely differently - while his writing style has remained consistently the same (e.g. Model 3 Unveiling - March 31st!). He may write a little from the negative starting points, but not in any way consistently against Model 3, that's simply his tone/style. And those opinions are subjective but still just as useful data points when discussing buyer sentiment and changes thereof as the positive ones are...
If it bugs you that some are not thrilled about what they see on Model 3, the more they see it, then perhaps that tells something about Model 3 as well.
Besides, asking someone to "let go" of Model 3 two months prior to reveal seems like bad advice to me. A lot of us are on the sidelines, sure starting make up our minds, but still waiting sensibly to see what the end-result is before deciding for good.
You can make the interior simple or minimalist without cheaping out. Look at the new XC60 -- only a handful of buttons. Tell me that doesn't look 100x more polished than the straight lines that the model 3 has EVERYWHERE. It just looks like Tesla ran out of budget half way through designing the car.
I've said this before... initially when I first saw the interior I was like WTF was that....
But now I'm in total love with it. It's awesome.
I'm sorry - but that's freaking badass and unlike anything else on the road... IN A GOOD WAY.
This photo shows something I had not seen before (but perhaps has already been commented on somewhere in the more than 2,000 posts in this thread): in the front bumper directly in front of the headlight is a small round cutout. What is that? Removable piece for the tow eye bolt? No matter what it is, this white 3 looks fantastic!
I would assume exactly that. Certainly on many other cars it looks like that.
It is too low and one-sided (?) to be a headlight washer...
Okay, I'll say it. That interior is definitely NOT 100x more polished than Model 3. It is, however, at least 100x busier than Model 3's interior and I think that is much to the detriment of the XC60.
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It looks like they got finished designing the dash, then said, "Wait a minute. We've still got lots of bells, whistles, buttons, and dials leftover." Then, they went back and crammed it all in, wherever it would fit. They even added what looks like a centrally located, dash-mounted tweeter that you get to stare at the whole time you're driving. Now that's brilliance, that is!
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melindav
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agree - but would add to me it's overall theme seems just "ordinary". The only thing that jumps out as unique are the vertical oversized air vents (but not in a good way) and the weird tweeter you pointed out.
cdub
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You can make the interior simple or minimalist without cheaping out. Look at the new XC60 -- only a handful of buttons. Tell me that doesn't look 100x more polished than the straight lines that the model 3 has EVERYWHERE. It just looks like Tesla ran out of budget half way through designing the car.
Well there's always something for somebody right? Because personally... that interior to me is very unappealing to say the least. Air vents are huge - there's a strange circle thing on the dash.. screen is TINY.
agree to disagree then. To me, the only thing in the interior of the M3 that looks like they spent ANY amount of time on is the seats. there is zero detail in the rest of the interior. You can convince yourself it is simplistic or minimalistic. I call it not trying.
T34ME
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That's the access hole for the handcrank should your batteries die - crank it to get the electric motor running. Back to the Future!
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