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On the fence
- Thread starter berman2921
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Mine is MSM, and has a handful of tiny chips out of the paint on the driver's rocker panel (gotta love that instant torque
). Wherever the paint has chipped, there's a *white spot* because the base coat is white. I'm not disputing that the durability is the same between colors, but certainly those chips in the paint would be almost invisible on a white M3. I like the white, it looks classy. If I were to order again today, I'd probably choose white (stays cleaner too).
Okay, I'm confused, but what's a "front parking camera"? You can't look out the windshield in front of you? The low hood makes the view forward really good.
I replaced a BMW 330xi with the Model 3, and my insurance is approx. the same at Liberty Mutual.
S&B's M3
Member
I have to agree. In addition to your visual ability, the Tesla will give you an approximate distance in inches from whatever is in front of you on the display. That said, my Tesla charger is mounted on the back wall of my garage in front of the Tesla, so I have a 14" convex mirror attached to a shelving unit angled downward so I can pull in and get close enough to the charger without hitting the shelving unit and be able to plug the Tesla in to charge. On those days when no charging is required, I eyeball the distance to allow enough toom to walk around the back of the Tesla to get into the house (when the garage door is closed).
Front camera helps in tight commercial parking garages. Parallel parking in tight spaces. Avoiding those concrete stoppers in parking lots. I think this is only relevant for people who live in certain cities.
Ormond
Endless Peacock
I use my front camera all the time in my Subaru while parking to see the painted lines in the lot or parking stops. I also like the rear cross traffic warning and rear automatic braking and traditionally blind spot warnings. However, I’m still adding a Tesla to the garage.
That's exactly what the front camera is for and why I would like to have it. The same goes for "the rear cross traffic warning and rear automatic braking and traditional blind spot warnings". I'm also getting Tesla regardless my reservations
TomT
Technical Maven
The problem is that, for many, the adjustment range on the mirrors is insufficient to allow them to be set far enough out to reach that correct setting. I noticed this when I picked up the car and the technician came out to look and said, "yep, that is as far as they will go and you are right, it is not enough for some. Nothing we can do about it." I wound up getting the Suma mirrors to correct the issue. Bad design on Tesla's part. An yes, there are many features, safety and otherwise, that 30K cars routinely have that Tesla does not... I just chock it up to Elon arrogance...
bjrosen
Member
You have the wrong insurance company. I have Allstate, my insurance costs are reasonable and they didn't change much from my previous car.
You are probably right but, most likely, I'll still get M3 and drive it for few months. Hopefully, I will be able to get rid of it with minimum losses if I decide it's not for me. Also we recently moved to a new condo and got Tesla charger in our parking spots from the previous owner who had Model S
bjrosen
Member
My business partner drives BMWs, his car can pass anything except a repair shop. His repair bills are enormous, the last one was $9500 and that was from an independent mechanic, it would have been more at BMW. I've had my Model 3 for two years, so far I've rotated the tires twice, that's it, oh and BTW my last tire rotation was done by Tesla in my driveway . I've never had a car before that wasn't at the dealer repeatedly. You have a Tesla Wall Charger in your space, that means that you will never have to go to a gas station again, or take your car for an oil change. That's a lot of time out of your life that you will get back.
You are absolutely right: I had a number of BMWs but never kept them beyond the warranty period
Audizine and Acurazine
I tend to not post here a bunch but I'm getting a bit more into it. Definitely prefer the experience of my Teslas over either my Acura or my Audi.
The Tesla situation in hit or miss to be honest. On one hand, very few parts to go wrong.
...on the other, cost to repair in case of an accident or hail is outlandish. The few Tesla body shops or their contractors seem to require insane rates. USAA and my body shop (who I like, but were using a third party hail repair company) could not come to an agreement on the price. The adjuster literally called me and said "your body shop isn't being fair". I left USAA over that call. If you don't want to pay to fix the car, don't insure it.
I have heard bad things about State Farm, but if I'm honest there is a certified Tesla shop in Austin who works with State Farm and I'm honestly tired of having to be some sort of middle man because adults can't figure things out.
That was a huge tangent. Hopefully costs to repair goes down a bit as body shops start being able to work on cars, but who knows?
That sounds like a good setup for charging.
Note that in the past, when people changed their new car order, different wheel size, tow hook addition, etc… They got the current price (higher) and postponed their delivery date, sometimes by months.
Good luck!
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