Urgh...my new car

[texas_star_TM3]

yes - Tesla Model 3 interior quality isn't fully on par with HIGHER-TRIM Mercedes / Audi / BMW and Lexus... but then again... where can I buy a 300+ mile rated all-wheel drive Mercedes / Audi / BMW / Lexus EV doing 0-60 in ~4.2 seconds for under $50k ? anyone? Hint: the BMW i4 base will - very likely - cost several $k more than a Model 3 AWD. I guess those $10k buy you nicer leather seats...

 

[Redbrick]

Many Tesla owners remind me of BMW motorcycle owners (I own both) so ridiculous and picky to the point of ridiculous mi i. Just a general statement not in reference to the OP. This paranoia caused me when I got my car to go over every inch with a fine tooth comb, I have never ever done that with a single vehicle and when I just did the same thing on my Honda and Nissan for fun, I found many issues with it. Sometimes we are just ridiculous, it is a machine built by cheap labor, did my car have Minor issues yes, at this point I will never buy anything except a Tesla, between the tech, power, and the entire experience there is nothing like it.

I agree with everything you said except being a loyal tesla customer...tesla need competition, and I can't wait till other players come into this market. So far, it seems Kona electric was the closest in terms of cost, range, and automation.

 

[Redbrick]

can you provide photos? the 2 attached ones look completely normal. where can you even see "welds" ? "metal connections" ?

Those are just awesome admiration shoots to see the weird stuff... look at the door sheet metal panel commections...looks like they used pliers...its crazy..

 

[Redbrick]

This guy (OP) is better than Munro, who actually disassembled the Teslas and said that the welds are very good.

I would submit that there are many others here who are better than him.. I'm just a regular dude. He is interesting though...

 

[Redbrick]

yes - Tesla Model 3 interior quality isn't fully on par with HIGHER-TRIM Mercedes / Audi / BMW and Lexus... but then again... where can I buy a 300+ mile rated all-wheel drive Mercedes / Audi / BMW / Lexus EV doing 0-60 in ~4.2 seconds for under $50k ? anyone? Hint: the BMW i4 base will - very likely - cost several $k more than a Model 3 AWD. I guess those $10k buy you nicer leather seats...

you're correct...valid points ...that did occur to me, and those points won me over other brands.

 

[Redbrick]

I picked up my SR+ yesterday, there were panel gaps, broken plastic clips and scratches on mine. I also looked at the door metal folds and thought they were kind of poor. I noted the issues I have with my sales and deliver assistants today so we’ll see how far that goes. While there’s no major issues, it would be nice to have them corrected but I half expect that this is how it is with Tesla right now and accepted it, if they fix it, great, if not, I’ll drive it and move on in a couple of years regardless.

oh man..that sucks. Mine was good overall...just a few interior dirty finger prints and a misaligned hood, and some other issues...but like you..I sorta expected that. I hope to keep this car for 20 years..Do you think it will make it? My previous cars stuck around for ~10-15yrs.