Tesla Model 3 First Drive Review

Post by elmar » Sat, Jul 29, 2017, 1:47 PM UTC

hoorayimhelping wrote: post #114

_ph_ wrote: post #76

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Which is, as long as it doesn't cut important functionality away, for me very preferable to an interior style littered with screens and buttons and knobs. I think the Model 3 is even an improvement to the S there, you have a more minimalistic looking interior even, but they added important usability with proper door handles and pockets and the center console.

I got a 2017 Subaru Impreza with a touch screen interface. Terrible idea on a car. I'm constantly accidentally grazing the touch screen and changing things that I'm not sure of cause I'm watching the road. Too many buttons is awful, but a touchscreen is even worse. You need some kind of physical feeling when you're not looking at the screen and your brain isn't being tricked by the screen.

Post by SideburnsOfDoom » Sat, Jul 29, 2017, 1:56 PM UTC

laydn wrote: post #81

jimmcslim wrote: post #12

Is there a HUD or do I have to move my eyes to the centre console to check my speed? Seems like bad ergonomics to me... and whereas the road ahead is perhaps still in my peripheral vision when I check my speedo, its less so if I am glancing at the centre console (which maybe has a bunch of other distracting things on it as well?)

Center console indicators are quite common. One advantage is that, the indicators are never blocked when you are in a turn. With your traditional instrument cluster placement, the steering wheel blocks the indicators. Cars with instruments in the center dashboard: Mini Cooper: http://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/2010-mini-cooper-hardtop-2-do... Toyota Yaris: https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/306771/2009_...…

Post by falcolas » Sat, Jul 29, 2017, 1:57 PM UTC

martin_bech wrote: post #51

ardit33 wrote: post #31

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Touch screens are terrible to use while driving, especially for frequent operations (volume, change stations, climate control, hazard lights, wipers, etc). The current trend is to push more into these touch interfaces, but most car manufactures have still left some of the more important ones as physical buttons. For tesla the matter is not ergonomics, but simply cost.

Wipers are automatic, volume, stations and fan speed are on the steering wheel (aling with voice control at other setting. at least on my Model S)

Post by mikeash » Sat, Jul 29, 2017, 2:10 PM UTC

falcolas wrote: post #132

acomjean wrote: post #119

Rear wheel drive? For those of us in snowy places....

Agreed. Especially really torquie rear wheel drives, where the slightest bit too much pressure on the gas will send your rear end zooming around. I'm to the point where I only ever want to drive AWD vehicles in the winter. A safe and predictable commute is worth the slight markup.

Post by foobarge » Sat, Jul 29, 2017, 2:13 PM UTC

jessriedel wrote: post #124

foobarge wrote: post #118

Nice but still not what I need. I need a long range electric car whose interior I won't be afraid to damage from time to time. I need something that moves me, my family and my stuff (skis, bikes, windsurf + sails, mountaineering gears, etc..) to where I need to be, not something for showing-off and asserting status. The large screen in the middle of the car is a non complete non-starter - lots of the stuff I carry in…

> ...my stuff (skis, bikes, windsurf + sails, mountaineering gears, etc..) to where I need to be, not something for showing-off and asserting status. Not everyone shows off with fancy cars. Some people like to talk about their rugged athleticism and outdoor adventures.