AC Bill
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My niece took me for a spin in her new Tesla Model 3 Performance with dual drive, (4wd). I have to say that in spite of my pre-conceived, somewhat negative thoughts on Tesla's in general, this thing rocked.
I'm not a fan of not having a dashboard, or any switches, or control knobs, instead relying completely on a touch screen. I could visualize somebody driving into a ditch while trying to find the correct display mode, so you can see your speed display. Then again, the car probably would prevent that with all of it's sensors, and automatic safety features. You can even tell the car what the maximum speed it is allowed, so who needs a speedo. Yes, tell it what you want it to do, for pretty well anything. You can even have it make farting sounds when the turn signal is flashing. I bet kids will love this. It had me laughing. Apparently this Tesla feature has been around for a few years now, but it was all new to me..
The one thing that really blew me away was the acceleration. Now she's a good driver, and has always loved the long pedal, so she wasn't hesitant to let er rip....It went from a dead stop to 60 mph in about 200 feet and less than 4 seconds. You really got pushed back in the seat.. And all so quietly, which seemed so weird.
I'm not a fan of not having a dashboard, or any switches, or control knobs, instead relying completely on a touch screen. I could visualize somebody driving into a ditch while trying to find the correct display mode, so you can see your speed display. Then again, the car probably would prevent that with all of it's sensors, and automatic safety features. You can even tell the car what the maximum speed it is allowed, so who needs a speedo. Yes, tell it what you want it to do, for pretty well anything. You can even have it make farting sounds when the turn signal is flashing. I bet kids will love this. It had me laughing. Apparently this Tesla feature has been around for a few years now, but it was all new to me..
The one thing that really blew me away was the acceleration. Now she's a good driver, and has always loved the long pedal, so she wasn't hesitant to let er rip....It went from a dead stop to 60 mph in about 200 feet and less than 4 seconds. You really got pushed back in the seat.. And all so quietly, which seemed so weird.
