Electric Steve
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Ok. I did take it on the highway, but I might have been too excited by the driving to notice the noise.
There's no shortage of YT videos about fixing the wind noise on a Model 3, though.
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Tesla Y Pictures - Interior and Exterior
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There's no shortage of YT videos about fixing the wind noise on a Model 3, though.
Have some interest in that as well, as my wife has a weak leg due to a stroke. She could get into our BMW X3 so it likely isn't a problem, but good to know.
Yeah I've tried all of that, including filling outside gaps with rubber. Even Tesla Bjorn's 'professional' soundproofing didn't do much. There's just no replicating factory sound deadening. You would have pull the whole car apart to add materials, understand the sources and tame resonate frequencies, have perfect seals around the glass, etc. It's not magic, but it needs to be designed with the car. Anyways, sorry for taking the thread off-topic.
While I’d like a shelf option, I have to say that covers are a problem. Cars with visible cargo covers are statistically more likely to be broken into, especially when parked near retail stores/ malls. Even if there’s nothing under the cover, thieves will bust a car open just to look. An in-place cargo cover says you’re hiding something.
Electric Steve
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Ok. I mean, it's pretty clear that the 3/Y just isn't as luxurious as traditional vehicles in that price range.
Tesla's kind of lampshaded this by opting for a spartan interior, but it's not as soundproofed. So if you're used to nicer cars, I can see why it would be a dealbreaker. For me, not so much; my car's noisy at any speed.
The only thing I wonder about now is what the alternative would be for you. A Model X?
Yeah, I agree with that, though I love the minimalist interior otherwise.
There are a bunch of luxury EVs coming to market this year and next, but I'm particularly interested in the E-Tron SUV.
Electric Steve
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Well, it certainly looks nice, especially on the inside. But if I googled right, it's 5.5s from 0-60. That's not really in Tesla territory.
I had a white (metallic) S, I'm getting Blue Y. Personally I think the white looks better with the chrome trim / accents and darker colors with the chrome delete / black trim.
KRG21
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Oh well, I blast music on highway drives anyway. I can probably live with wind noise.
What DOES bother me are creaks/rattles around town...and my more expensive 2 year old Range Rover has plenty. I know that's hit or miss with Tesla...but I'm willing to take the risk.
What DOES bother me are creaks/rattles around town...and my more expensive 2 year old Range Rover has plenty. I know that's hit or miss with Tesla...but I'm willing to take the risk.
To those of you that are worried about being able to tow and get a hitch oh, Tasmania just released the following article which gives great indication that it will be a future upgrade: Tesla Model Y Trailer Mode For Future Update
squarepeg77
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Well it’s a societal difference then.
In the UK, hatch backs cars are more common than saloons and nearly all hatch backs have covers that are in place nearly all of the time.
Maybe we’ll get a cargo cover when the Model Y makes it here in 2022!
It will probably be just for the EU like the towing option currently available on the Model 3.
KRG21
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I've never heard of thieves breaking into a car just to look..so I cant speak to that. I will say I removed the cargo cover from my Velar and keep it in the garage. I find it's in the way more than it's useful, and I honestly never keep stuff in the back anyway. So maybe that part is a societal difference.
Electric Steve
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My $0.02.
It's like postcards. If everyone used them by default, then the few sealed envelopes would be targets for being torn open in case they have cash.
If cargo covers aren't used much because they limit available space and generally get in the way, then having them on (especially while parked near retailers) would make you a target for break-ins made in the hope that there's something being hidden.
One of the obvious reasons for a cargo cover, is for safety. It will secure the cargo in the back, and stop you from getting killed by something semi heavy flying through the air and hit you, in a head on crash. Either you need a cargo cover or a net seperating the back from the seating. Its common sense, and make the trunk far more usable. You can actually use the whole space, all the way to the roof.
Electric Steve
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I agree. That's why it should come with hooks to attach a net or cover or whatever else you like, without drilling.
what kind of heavy item would even get past the rear seats?
Wouldn't you purposefully load heavy items at the bottom versus at the top? Probably better to load stuff like that in plastic totes if it's that at risk of shifting and putting them near the bottom.
Not saying I wouldn't mind seeing some attachment points for a cargo net. Just trying to understand how I would get killed by storing stuff in the back of a Model Y.
KRG21
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Also, you have the under floor large storage space AND a front trunk to store things out of sight.
Electric Steve
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The storage spaces (2; there's also a smaller one in the Y) are concealment. The frunk locks.
