My god I dislike Alex Roy. This is a guy that made a name for himself doing speed runs cross country putting many innocent people at risk. Somehow he has bootstrapped that into having “the first serious review” of the model 3? Yeah right.<p>Aside from that, many people have done better reviews of the model 3 in print and on YouTube. Doug DeMuro had a good one which I watched recently.
Having a 15 inch touch screen set off to the right as your main user interface in a _car_ is insane. This is taking the stupidity of touch-only volume controls to the next level.<p>I don't care how good the autopilot is, if I can't control everything essential via tactile based controls while keeping my eyes on the road, your design has failed.
Interesting that he mentions the Model T - wonder how the prices compares with a Model 3 when adjusted for inflation?<p>Edit: 1913 Model T runabout was $525 (taking the listed price 10 years after Ford’s inception as Tesla is now a similar age).<p>Adjusted for inflation that is now approx $13,840 according to <a href="https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl" rel="nofollow">https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl</a><p>So at least 3 x cheaper than the $35,000-55,000 price of a Model 3.<p>(Disclaimer: calculated from bed during 4am insomnia)
This is a horrible review. First he claims his competitors are whores (his words, not mine) but then doesn't back up his review with any actual information. Just look at this review of the navigation system:<p>"Navigation/GPS: Wonderful. In conjunction with Tesla's excellent voice control, it's a revelation. Other manufacturers should weep."<p>That's it. That's the whole review. It doesn't tell us anything about <i>why</i> it's a revelation or <i>why</i> other manufacturers should weep.
_sigh_ Several suspicious paragraphs spent claiming that they have no dog in the TSLA race, followed by yet another fanboy review.<p>The car had outside air blowing on your leg? Dude, if I bought a Kia with that issue I would promptly return it.<p>It's so weird how he claims things are perfect then overexplains why flaws are not-really-flaws.<p>Keep waiting if you want a real objective review.