Given that seat time, would you please comment on your general level of comfort now that the honeymoon has worn off? Seat comfort, ride comfort? In the absolute and relative to other high end cars you've owned. I loved by BMW 750. Was always super comfortable on long trips and agile as a daily driver. I do not love my wife's X. Seats a tad narrow for my large frame... The test-sits I've done in Plaids cause me to be hopeful as the seats appear super comfortable relative to the pre-refresh X we have and other pre-refresh S's I've had as loaners.
I find the seats in the re-fresh's to be greatly improved over pre-refresh. There's currently a Y in our household too, which I find those seats to be be better than the pre-refresh S. But the refresh being the best by a margin.
Overall comfort, I really like it. As far as comparable cars the most recent years would include a 2018 E63, a '15 S63, a 2020 G550, 2 full size Range Rovers, and a bunch of sports cars in all that. But I won't count them since they are generally less comfortable than the vehicles I just mentioned.
To me, the Model S is more comfortable than all of the cars I listed, although not as fancy and not as high level of fit and finish. I believe the pre-refresh is more comfortable and then the refresh created a bigger margin compared to the last one. One big aspect of this for me is the quietness of Tesla's in general. I'm noise sensitive in general and I find the inherent quietness very effective in raising comfort and minimizing fatigue.
The overall comfort of seats, materials, positioning of arm rests, and feel of the touch points is very, very good. This is all very subjective though, so I don't know how anyone else would feel. They all work very, very well for me. Makes me wonder if I'm a similar build to Elon, LOL.
One huge comfort aspect to me is AP (I have FSD but it's not a factor here). I have sciatica issues and AP allows me to me my legs around and not be stationary for too long. I can drive my S for weeks and not aggravate it. Drive my Bronco (or any other non-AP car) for a few days and I'm in pain. This alone will keep me in a Tesla until other companies further their autonomous driving, particularly with the amount of miles I'm currently traveling.
And then the yoke. I find it to be very comfortable, I like the feel and the materials, although I know there has been some wear issues for some. I do not have them. I like how it opens up the dashboard. I find these add to the overall comfort of the vehicle. I still hate the horn and mostly dislike the turn signals, but I've adjusted to them and they are mostly a non-issue.
Also, I may be crazy here, but I've had good experiences with Tesla's compared to the cars I listed above when considering quality. My S63 was in the shop for a month with the motor out replacing the turbo's (at the exact same time my 991 Turbo had a rod through the case (now that's animal
@lolachampcar )), the RR's were electronic cesspools, and the G550 was just plain noisy (wind noise). The E63 was fine.
All of this to say, I've had some nice vehicles, I'm fortunate enough to be able to drive pretty much what I prefer, and I'm sticking with Tesla for the foreseeable future.