I largely agree with the OP, my experience of other brands have not been exemplary to the level popular opinion would suggest and nothing I have read on these forums suggests that the common faults of Tesla’s are not also common to many other cars.
I have had soft paint on a merc bonnet and different textures of paint on plastic, steel and aluminium surfaces on the same car, and in common parlance for this forum it was “within specification”.
My personal opinion is that the Model 3 is a (relatively) cheap car for a BEV with the technical specification it has, if you really want a technical equivalent to a M3P you need a Taycan Turbo with lots of packs on it, yes it has more appeal arguably and higher quality (although I concur with OP comments regarding Porsche which will still apply here) but it’s literally double the money. The lesser Audi equivalent is still a 60% uplift, as is any ICE car like a C63 or M4 which are the LR / M3P real competition. The vast majority of BEV’s are 20% cheaper for significantly less specification and many don’t offer the benefits of a dedicated electric platform yet.
Recent videos of newly delivered MIC M3Ps to Australia shows equal panel gaps which look perfectly fine to me, even the boot lids appear to be flush to the roof rails now so all is good. The new interior particularly with the MIC door cards is a quality place to be, I expected to hate it as I had heard bad things and I just didn’t, in fact quite the opposite.
The association of the company with its CEO is a bit of an annoyance as it the whole fanboy aspect. I think most people are more negative than normal specifically because someone who defends the product could be branded as such.
With particular regards to the forum I find it a friendly and helpful place. Yes there is some negativity but the level of info is great when you dig a little deeper. I also feel @Mr Miserable is worth a particular mention here as I have not seen anyone equally as dedicated on any other forum I have visited.
I have had soft paint on a merc bonnet and different textures of paint on plastic, steel and aluminium surfaces on the same car, and in common parlance for this forum it was “within specification”.
My personal opinion is that the Model 3 is a (relatively) cheap car for a BEV with the technical specification it has, if you really want a technical equivalent to a M3P you need a Taycan Turbo with lots of packs on it, yes it has more appeal arguably and higher quality (although I concur with OP comments regarding Porsche which will still apply here) but it’s literally double the money. The lesser Audi equivalent is still a 60% uplift, as is any ICE car like a C63 or M4 which are the LR / M3P real competition. The vast majority of BEV’s are 20% cheaper for significantly less specification and many don’t offer the benefits of a dedicated electric platform yet.
Recent videos of newly delivered MIC M3Ps to Australia shows equal panel gaps which look perfectly fine to me, even the boot lids appear to be flush to the roof rails now so all is good. The new interior particularly with the MIC door cards is a quality place to be, I expected to hate it as I had heard bad things and I just didn’t, in fact quite the opposite.
The association of the company with its CEO is a bit of an annoyance as it the whole fanboy aspect. I think most people are more negative than normal specifically because someone who defends the product could be branded as such.
With particular regards to the forum I find it a friendly and helpful place. Yes there is some negativity but the level of info is great when you dig a little deeper. I also feel @Mr Miserable is worth a particular mention here as I have not seen anyone equally as dedicated on any other forum I have visited.
