Yeah, you're in the category of consumer that tends to be more data-based than emotion-based. As you can tell some people in this forum don't see things the way you do hah.
Anyway, a few other thoughts about that whole "why don't they make EVs look like ICE" thing. The whole 2 box (SUVs) and 3 box (Sedan) car shapes are basically throwbacks to days gone by where cars were built on ladder frames and had to be modular to form around a seated occupant. The reason you don't really want EVs to look like ICE cars is that they don't really have to.
Tesla actually made the concession to make their cars look ICE-ish just to be familiar to the masses. An EV could get more range and do better for max-efficiency if it simply looked more like a tear-drop. There were lots of failed EVs and weird ideas that never panned out. The tear-drop shape is simply offputting to many buyers because they want innovative, but not "weird":
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The Model 3 does benefit from some things by being 100% EV though... for example the driver's sightlines are very good since the hood tapers down (no engine!) instead of blocking the view. Contrast this with a Volvo XC40 EV where you're basically just ... in a Volvo XC40. So the car ends up having all the packaging restrictions as if it had a big motor in front.
Some people like familiar, but some people like different. Which is great for everybody since there are lots of cars to choose from
I find this viewpoint pretty interesting. I also find that depending on how these questions are asked, they can look like information gathering, or look like someone is trying to defer to "the internet" to make a decision for them.
Consider these two statements:
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1. Whats up everyone!. I have no idea of what color M3 to buy! Suggest what color I should buy, and why. Thanks!
2. Hello everyone, I have a question for the community. I really like black cars, but am concerned the tesla paint may not hold up the way I want. Can anyone give me their experiences living with tesla black paint?
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I see these two things VERY differently.
The first one, I am like, internally "WTF how is someone supposed to just suggest a random car color to this person? Are they just going to buy the color that people recommend the most? No right? This is obviously just to get discussion going here, because it has no real purpose or meaning whatsoever.
The second one I am like "this person has a specific question that they want input from people who have the product / color, this makes perfect sense."
Everyone sees forums as something for different purposes. Some see them as places they can argue with others, some see them as places to get help, and some see them as a way they can get answers without doing any research on their own.
I am all for gathering information, so get that, and sort of reject (on a personal level anyway) notions that there is no value in gathering data from others. However, I (on a personal level, anyway), reject things like "what color should I buy?" "Should I cancel my order? " or stuff like that.