Drives well and also drives me crazy
The car handles very well - smooth fast acceleration, crisp steering and pretty good at absorbing bumps. The interior is comfortable and feels upscale. There are lot of nice touches in the user interface - real buttons where you need them, not soft touchscreen buttons. The head up display is terrific.
So why only three stars? For one thing the car drive me nuts with its constant warnings to me, the driver. "Time for a coffee break" (after only 5 minutes of driving), "Keep your eyes on the road" (they are but I wear glasses and it can't seem to deal with that), and beeping at me in heavy traffic when there are cars nearby (I know but there's nothing I can do about that -- its rush hour). These are just a few of the many many warning messages the designers of this car see fit to throw at you. And each comes with an annoying beep that also distracts you from driving. And worse, there is no way to turn them off or make them less sensitive so they occur less often. I am also not thrilled with the driving range - I have the AWD SEL model, which is supposed to have a range of about 290 miles. On the highways I drive 65 - 70, and apparently that is too fast for this car. So I get a range more like 230 miles, and in winter only about 200. I do appreciate that I can charge at Tesla stations, but there is no easy way to tell which ones will work with my car and which ones won't; - apparently only the Tesla chargers that have the latest software update are compatible. But there is no easy way to tell that ahead of time. Making route planning an adventure you'd rather not have. Finally, my steering wheel has been judged defective by the dealer, but they have no idea when the needed parts will come in. It's been over 30 days and still no word. So I'm sorry, this car has too many issues for me to love it. I am at this point, tolerating it. Lest you think I'ma technophobe, I'm an engineer with a lot of love for science and technology (when it's done right.)
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