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Why Tesla doesn't have that swag appeal like a Benz or Porsche?
- Thread starter JetFalcon
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Tesla doesn't have a lot of 'heritage' behind it right now. MB has been making cars almost since the Beginning of Time. Their cars often present design elements that date back for decades, have great quality of materials, 'feel', and so on. Similar with Porsche - which also has the added panache of great racing history and high performance throughout their model offerings. Tesla is a new kid on the block. Give them 10-20 years, a few more new models and model iterations, and we'll see where they are. A racing program wouldn't hurt either. (Great start offering a Randy Pobst-tuned track mode in the Model 3. One of these days they also need to do a decent assault on the 'ring.)
Dan Detweiler
Active Member
Tell you what. You can buy a car based on how close it looks to a Formula 1 car. The rest of the world will buy a car based on what it can do for them in their day to day lives. Enjoy you gas guzzler.
Dan
sandange
sandange
This is why I love the after market accessories options.
This works for the real car enthusiast willing to put the time and the effort into it, not for those wanting a ready made off the shelf life style statement .
Like dressing a house up with choices of ceramics, cabinets, bathroom/light fixtures, etc.
You can adapt your car to represent your life style...
Change it to a luxury cabin trim and adjust ride options,
or option for a race car performance & appearance.
Everyone is different
This works for the real car enthusiast willing to put the time and the effort into it, not for those wanting a ready made off the shelf life style statement .
Like dressing a house up with choices of ceramics, cabinets, bathroom/light fixtures, etc.
You can adapt your car to represent your life style...
Change it to a luxury cabin trim and adjust ride options,
or option for a race car performance & appearance.
Everyone is different
My kids friends sure think it has "swag". I can't imagine another car that has more "WOW" appeal than the Tesla, especially among the under 30 crowd.
And this is what counts. The old farts will be gone much sooner.
Lasairfion
Member
And on a nice day, you can take the wheels off and cook deep pan pizzas for everyone.
Olle
Active Member
Educated people know that we don't get rich quick. These commercials are then per definition meant for the uneducated who aren't abreast with society in general and might not know what Tesla is.
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
Did you mean "Swagger?"
Swag is the by-products sold by rock bands on tour: T-Shirts, wallets with chains on them, you know, silly stuff for extra profit, sold adjacent to the REAL product.
Swag is the by-products sold by rock bands on tour: T-Shirts, wallets with chains on them, you know, silly stuff for extra profit, sold adjacent to the REAL product.
I own 2 teslas, an S and X for their daily practicality and a 911 for fun. I am ashamed though to admit I own a tesla when my friends ask me what I drive because tesla really is a horrible company.
Edit: Correction horribly RUN company.
Dan Detweiler
Active Member
Sorry you feel that way.
I own 2 teslas, an S and X for their daily practicality and a 911 for fun. I am ashamed though to admit I own a tesla when my friends ask me what I drive because tesla really is a horrible company.
Dan
⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️
Village Idiot
Horribly ran or just horribly dissected by the media? I guess I just haven’t been adversely affected by this horribly ran company yet. Jinx. Ah *sugar*.
I own 2 teslas, an S and X for their daily practicality and a 911 for fun. I am ashamed though to admit I own a tesla when my friends ask me what I drive because tesla really is a horrible company.
Edit: Correction horribly RUN company.
Several years ago when I bought my Model S Tesla's were cool because in my area anyway they were not seen all over the place. Today there are so many cheap Model 3's driving around that its no longer unique. If Tesla wants to get some of this coolness back they will have to make a separation from the Model 3's and the Model S in their next refresh. People don't want to spend $140k and have a similar looking $35k model 3 - They need to get back to also adding Badging also to separate the differences in vehicles.
gnuarm
Model X 100 with 72 amp chargers
Funny how you put that. I often stop to charge in Gaithersburg since they don't yet have chargers in Frederick, MD. There are 12 Supers and they are always nearly full if not full. I hardly ever see a model 3. They are pretty much all S and X models. More than one has had custom wrap or paint. I guess it's just that sort of neighborhood.
We have very few chargers around our area and they are always filled with Model 3's. Last weekend on my way back home I had to stop at a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike and get enough power to make it home. The 4 stalls were filled and I had to wait 25 minutes for a stall to open. When I got in the damn charger would only charge at 37kw.. Took a 30 minute charge to get me enough charge to get home. In the past I always had empty stalls and charging rates were much higher.
gnuarm
Model X 100 with 72 amp chargers
Do you understand how the Superchargers work? They are in pairs. The first car on a pair gets as much power as it requests. The second car on a pair gets what is left over from 144 kW (or a number around that). Once the first car charges significantly the charge rate will fall off and the second car will get more if it needs it. It is possible the other car on the pair had just pulled in when you pulled up and was still charging at 120 kW. But during the 30 minutes you charged the other car charge rate should have started to taper off allowing your charging rate to increase, although it wouldn't be near 120 kW until the other car was near 90%.
