sticking with OP's original question, my answer is: Yes i will, given that replacement is needed within 3-4 years. once we get to 2018-2020 or so, when other competitors are in the market, im hoping im not still stuck with a single brand.
currently it is the best car that suits my needs/ desires, handsdown. but i still have a lot of first world issues with it, a lot of which are littered in different threads in this forum, including the quality of local service to how much tesla tries to be an iphone with wheels (door interiors bulging out like hell... and they're empty on the inside.) - having a wide ass-car and not being able to use summon, the general build quality being so sketchy (my car creaks a little here and there all over the interior, i just ignore them) but i've tried out a few different people's cars and their creaks and gaps can be atrocious. the rear seats are more like assisted squatting than sitting since it's so low to the floor - i didn't realise how bad it was until i walked past a Mini demo show and went to sit in the back - the difference is night and day.
BMW i3 has the idea to leave 'holes' in the battery floor to act as rear passenger footwell (keeping the middle where you have the trans axle in conventional ICE cars). this is one of those little things that if tesla doesn't pick up on, i'm sure other EV makers will and hopefully we have more decent choices, instead of tesla being the only one.
i do follow tesla's philosophy a lot tho, uprooting the ICE car industry, the energy consumption and storage, car insurance and pace of AI development (for autopilot), all of which are amazing and i wish to be part of it. it's just that i hope taking part doesn't necessarily equate this one brand, and putting up with the particularly rough edges that tesla has
currently it is the best car that suits my needs/ desires, handsdown. but i still have a lot of first world issues with it, a lot of which are littered in different threads in this forum, including the quality of local service to how much tesla tries to be an iphone with wheels (door interiors bulging out like hell... and they're empty on the inside.) - having a wide ass-car and not being able to use summon, the general build quality being so sketchy (my car creaks a little here and there all over the interior, i just ignore them) but i've tried out a few different people's cars and their creaks and gaps can be atrocious. the rear seats are more like assisted squatting than sitting since it's so low to the floor - i didn't realise how bad it was until i walked past a Mini demo show and went to sit in the back - the difference is night and day.
BMW i3 has the idea to leave 'holes' in the battery floor to act as rear passenger footwell (keeping the middle where you have the trans axle in conventional ICE cars). this is one of those little things that if tesla doesn't pick up on, i'm sure other EV makers will and hopefully we have more decent choices, instead of tesla being the only one.
i do follow tesla's philosophy a lot tho, uprooting the ICE car industry, the energy consumption and storage, car insurance and pace of AI development (for autopilot), all of which are amazing and i wish to be part of it. it's just that i hope taking part doesn't necessarily equate this one brand, and putting up with the particularly rough edges that tesla has