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Front end looks great, and that blue is beautiful! Not a fan of the dashboard, or the view from the rear. The rear is very X-like and that's too bad. Oh well, hoping to cash in my reservation as soon as they open up to the public.
From an aesthetics standpoint, I truly cannot argue. However, I drove 500 miles yesterday in my X at highway speeds and averaged 299Wh/mi. Efficiency could be stellar on the 3 with the right aerodynamics.
Wow, that seems really high (efficiency.... low Wh/mi number) for an X. Impressive. Is that typical, or were conditions ideal?
Does anybody know what ideal Wh/mi numbers are for the current S?
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I blacked out the picture of the white one... I LOVE the S and X with this color scheme (many call it a stormtrooper), so thinking it might be my choice.
"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
JSkrehot
Member
I live in the East Bay, wife and I have never had front plates on our cars for 14 years now and have never once been pulled over.These new pics of the blue RC are reminding me that front license plates are going to ruin the look of the front of this beautiful car (as they do for most nice cars, IMO).
So yeah...if any CHP officers are on this board and see my future Model 3 without a front plate, please don't pull me over and give me a fix-it ticket.
I like it, although I would want bigger rims with that combo.
I blacked out the picture of the white one... I LOVE the S and X with this color scheme (many call it a stormtrooper), so thinking it might be my choice.
"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
What color interior would you go for? I'm a fan of white exterior / black interior... but that's on cars that don't offer a white interior, so I might be tempted to go white on white
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I'd probably go white on white, but I haven't seen that combo. I love the white interior on the S/X, but I've only seen it on other colors.
EDIT: Here they are in white with black rims, and I love it!
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alseTrick
Active Member
I am not trying to prove or disprove anything. That picture with its lines was not even my image.
I am just documenting / reporting what my eyes are telling me.
It is possible my eyes are wrong, but I just can't see the old nose as the same as the new. The new looks much less duckfaced to me - it looks lower, wider, more-Porsche-like than the old prototype one.
My point is the same. Those lines are unreliable and can't be used to determine a change.
JSkrehot
Member
JoaoD
Tech Enthusiast
It's definitely a Model 3.
This is what the Model X looks like, different tails lights and chrome bar.
Bangor Bob
Member
Interesting comparison shot with a Prius (from here). You can tell that it still appears quite a bit wider.
alseTrick
Active Member
How have i never seen this before?
I thought this center unit seemed pretty solid during the reveal. I hope they don't change it much. I'd probably opt for a wood accent version (not the wood on the blue car's dash!).
EDIT: Ah, ok. Saw the new cupholder picture. Nothing unusual.
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Foxhound199
Member
I've definitely been in the interior skeptics camp, but it's starting to come together for me a bit. I hadn't noticed the way the column has to dip down away from the driver to even meet up with the dash. That's kind of hard to wrap my head around when I'm used to a column that actually angles up and away from me, and then on top of that there's an instrument cluster, and on top of that there's more dash to shield the instrument cluster, and then you see the road. Hard to tell until I sit in it, but I could see how this design could achieve a feeling of the steering wheel floating in place, and being able to see clearly through and around it without a dash or column in the way. Maybe this is the spaceship feeling he referred to, and not something you can fully appreciate from anywhere but the driver's seat.
Exactly!
It feels like a spaceship because it doesn't have all the clutter, air vents and other sundry crap that modern car designers feel the need to fill the car with. One place to look for all your instruments, rather than some bits here, some bits there etc.
JoaoD
Tech Enthusiast
I also love the Model 3 diffuser illusion
I blacked out the picture of the white one... I LOVE the S and X with this color scheme (many call it a stormtrooper), so thinking it might be my choice.
"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
JSkrehot
Member
Definitely agree with you and others now that I look more closely. Ror whatever reason the pic from behind really made it look a bit taller from behind. Before all of the release candidates came out, I wanted Pearl White, now thinking Silver looks the best.It's definitely a Model 3.
This is what the Model X looks like, different tails lights and chrome bar.
Does anybody know what size wheels are on the Prius? Trying to decide if the 3 wheels here are 17" or 18". They look kind of small on the 3, but way bigger than the Prius wheelsInteresting comparison shot with a Prius (from here). You can tell that it still appears quite a bit wider.
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