Great pics!
What year/type of Civic do you drive? Trying to get a feel for how much bigger the 3 is than a Civic sedan, and our ILX.
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What year/type of Civic do you drive? Trying to get a feel for how much bigger the 3 is than a Civic sedan, and our ILX.
Bokonon
Title-customizing Member
Great write-up... thanks for sharing your pictures and observations! As a current e-Golf driver who will be replacing it with a Model 3, I greatly appreciate the insight. Yeah, I'm going to miss the Golf's tight turning radius, but I have no problem exchanging that for all the other features.
Out of curiousity, how does regen strength compare with the e-Golf's various regen levels (D1, D2, D3/B)? And is it about the same as your Model X? (I'm assuming the owner had regen set to Standard, unless you happened to have noticed that it was set to Low...?)
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
In whispering nature show host voice...."look, it's the rare and elusive Model 3 in its natural habit. quiet, we do not want to startle it...the menacing hulking beast in the background might move in for the kill, spewing it's poisonous toxins, in hopes to subdue the beautiful creature..."
e-FTW
New electron smell
It was set to standard. Seemed natural so similar to whatever the Model X does, it did not stand out as different. I am not going to miss having to set it to B each time I get into the eGolf, I don't really use any of the others so I would say its comparable to B which seems the most natural to me.
T-Will
Member
We have a 2005 Civic Coupe and 2013 CRV.
Here are the actual measurements compared to the m3:
LENGTH
m3: 184.8"
Civic: 175.4" (+9.4")
CRV: 178.3" (+6.5")
WIDTH
m3: 76.1"/72.8" (with mirrors folded)
Civic: 66.7" (+9.4"/+6.1")
CRV: 71.6" (+4.5"/+1.2")
CARGO VOLUME
m3: 14 cu. ft.
Civic: 12.9 cu. ft.
AustinPowers
Total Smeghead
My god that's a huge panel gap on the frunk!
I'm cancelling my reservation...
AustinPowers
Total Smeghead
The fact that your speedometer is now no longer behind the streering wheel but on the screen next to me at first seemed like I need to get used to it for a little, but somehow nothing about it seems wrong. And now that I am back in our VW eGolf and Tesla Model X, and I realize I lift up in the seat to peak past my hands or a steering wheel spoke to see something on that legacy display, I realize that tesla got it right. And I am looking forward to my eGolf being replaced with the Model 3 and me not having to do that any more
Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about.
What do you mean by
"I lift up in the seat to peak past my hands or a steering wheel spoke to see something on that legacy display"
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What position is your seat in (or how "tall" are you) for you to not be able to see what is on your display?
I don't know any car where even part of the display would be obscured by the steering wheel as a whole or even parts thereof. How is that at all possible???
kingjamez
Member
It's super possible in almost all cars.....Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about.
What do you mean by
"I lift up in the seat to peak past my hands or a steering wheel spoke to see something on that legacy display"
?
What position is your seat in (or how "tall" are you) for you to not be able to see what is on your display?
I don't know any car where even part of the display would be obscured by the steering wheel as a whole or even parts thereof. How is that at all possible???
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
Happens more than you think.Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about.
What do you mean by
"I lift up in the seat to peak past my hands or a steering wheel spoke to see something on that legacy display"
?
What position is your seat in (or how "tall" are you) for you to not be able to see what is on your display?
I don't know any car where even part of the display would be obscured by the steering wheel as a whole or even parts thereof. How is that at all possible???
Thanks for sharing your pictures and impressions! I can't wait to see my first Model 3 in person.
Quick clarification so it doesn't get confused. The Model 3 is 82.2" wide (76.1" with mirrors folded) per Tesla's press kit and the Model 3 page. The numbers you provided were incorrectly provided by Tesla early on.
Press Kit | Tesla
Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about.
What do you mean by
"I lift up in the seat to peak past my hands or a steering wheel spoke to see something on that legacy display"
?
What position is your seat in (or how "tall" are you) for you to not be able to see what is on your display?
I don't know any car where even part of the display would be obscured by the steering wheel as a whole or even parts thereof. How is that at all possible???
Normally in a car the steering wheel has to be set at just the right height to see the complete instrument cluster through it. I can't be bothered repositioning the steering wheel in my wife's car each time I drive it, so I always have to duck my head slightly to see the speed.
DrivingRockies
Closed
I went to the fremont factory last weekend and saw ~6 model 3's. Definitely different seat structures to the S and X. Material wise I would think they're the same.
Jeez, and here I thought that the wood trim was going to be a hand hewn full 3x6 structural beam of open pore mahogany.
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