Reflecting back, the fact that Tim has gotten flack from Tesla fanatics over the years is truly inconceivable. While many automotive journalists rely on hyperbolic bullshit, Tim instead deals in thoughtful criticism and constructive praise.
Very fair assessment, Tim. We never had the consistent phantom braking or the leaking frunk issues you did, but the rest is spot on. That ride quality grated on me for the few years we owned ours.
When we bought ours, I never really had an issue with Musk. However, when we decided to sell, his lack of self-control and frankly terrible personality had progressed to the point that selling the car was an easy choice. It’s a shame.
Loving the Ioniq 5 and the MME GT Premium. I consider them both upgrades from the MY.
I’ve debated repeatedly about changing out my model 3 for something else given the Elon antics. Very curious what the electric SUV is as we are going to be in the market for one very soon.
Uhhh, yeeaah….. Musk is trying to get the planet away from oil to sustainable energy, which absolutely makes him a threat to your sponsors.
Meanwhile, Mercedes Benz, VW, Porsche, FORD , IBM, & BMW were directly involved with the Nazis eradication of Jews
And since you are Pointing fingers here, you might as well mention Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Riken, Nissan, & Fujitsu direct involvement in Japanese killing Americans. None of these companies made reparations for killing the friends of your grandparents.
Oh, did I strike a nerve? You poor babies, just bury your head back in the sand and try not to think about it.
It is odd to inject a psych evaluation into a car review, projection? Musk isn't who I want to babysit my kids but it's hard to ignore his positive mark on the world. Twitter for us adulting is just noise.
I had to double check what year this article was written, because I got a Model Y Long Range yesterday for around $43k. Once I got to the part where you say you do not want to be financially associated with Elon Musk in any way, in an article about a car, not Elon Musk, I also have to say that completely taints every point you made. You remind me of many an Apple hater I've helped for 34 years in my IT career who simply could not admit when an Apple product was better. Except your overall article seems fair, there's obvious bias here.
Few people use these cars to tow anything. You don't have to "buy" FSD any more. These are really options for people who would as soon as throw their cash into a fire as use it to buy this car (and I mean "buy", not lease).
The ride quality on the Model Y. Wow, I think the only other thing I've ever heard so many Tesla owners and non-owners whine about is the FSD. Maybe it's because my other cars are a 2019 4Runner and a 2020 Wrangler Sport, but I think the Model Y ride quality is great without being spongy. Speaking of FSD, I've used it a few times and did not trust it. I've never had it "stomp" on the brakes. I have had my past Tesla Model 3 stomp on the brakes to prevent me from rear ending another car when I was driving. Which I was thankful for. That's about it. As I've told other people who were very concerned about FSD when they found out I had a Tesla, you don't have to use it. I enjoy driving my Tesla's (previous from 2020-2023 and this one) too much to turn over the driving to the computer. That's it.
An excellent piece.
Reflecting back, the fact that Tim has gotten flack from Tesla fanatics over the years is truly inconceivable. While many automotive journalists rely on hyperbolic bullshit, Tim instead deals in thoughtful criticism and constructive praise.
Very fair assessment, Tim. We never had the consistent phantom braking or the leaking frunk issues you did, but the rest is spot on. That ride quality grated on me for the few years we owned ours.
When we bought ours, I never really had an issue with Musk. However, when we decided to sell, his lack of self-control and frankly terrible personality had progressed to the point that selling the car was an easy choice. It’s a shame.
Loving the Ioniq 5 and the MME GT Premium. I consider them both upgrades from the MY.
I’ve debated repeatedly about changing out my model 3 for something else given the Elon antics. Very curious what the electric SUV is as we are going to be in the market for one very soon.
Thoughtful and fair. Thanks for sharing.
Uhhh, yeeaah….. Musk is trying to get the planet away from oil to sustainable energy, which absolutely makes him a threat to your sponsors.
Meanwhile, Mercedes Benz, VW, Porsche, FORD , IBM, & BMW were directly involved with the Nazis eradication of Jews
And since you are Pointing fingers here, you might as well mention Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Riken, Nissan, & Fujitsu direct involvement in Japanese killing Americans. None of these companies made reparations for killing the friends of your grandparents.
Oh, did I strike a nerve? You poor babies, just bury your head back in the sand and try not to think about it.
It is odd to inject a psych evaluation into a car review, projection? Musk isn't who I want to babysit my kids but it's hard to ignore his positive mark on the world. Twitter for us adulting is just noise.
I had to double check what year this article was written, because I got a Model Y Long Range yesterday for around $43k. Once I got to the part where you say you do not want to be financially associated with Elon Musk in any way, in an article about a car, not Elon Musk, I also have to say that completely taints every point you made. You remind me of many an Apple hater I've helped for 34 years in my IT career who simply could not admit when an Apple product was better. Except your overall article seems fair, there's obvious bias here.
Few people use these cars to tow anything. You don't have to "buy" FSD any more. These are really options for people who would as soon as throw their cash into a fire as use it to buy this car (and I mean "buy", not lease).
The ride quality on the Model Y. Wow, I think the only other thing I've ever heard so many Tesla owners and non-owners whine about is the FSD. Maybe it's because my other cars are a 2019 4Runner and a 2020 Wrangler Sport, but I think the Model Y ride quality is great without being spongy. Speaking of FSD, I've used it a few times and did not trust it. I've never had it "stomp" on the brakes. I have had my past Tesla Model 3 stomp on the brakes to prevent me from rear ending another car when I was driving. Which I was thankful for. That's about it. As I've told other people who were very concerned about FSD when they found out I had a Tesla, you don't have to use it. I enjoy driving my Tesla's (previous from 2020-2023 and this one) too much to turn over the driving to the computer. That's it.