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by sjm-yc-acct 2673 days ago
In all seriousness, and hopefully more constructively--there really is a lot to like about the Tesla Model 3. We have been looking for a new car for a while, and we did consider the Model 3. I just wish they had retained some more of the instrumentation/controls like the speedometer in front of the driver.

I've been thinking about this more tonight and in a way, the clean minimalistic interior design of the Model 3 is more like the Protege and the "old" Camry than other modern cars. Obviously, the Tesla also has the advantage over these cars of not having a tail-pipe.
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natch 2666 days ago
The speedometer is pretty close to in front of the driver. Nnot exactly in front, I understand that.

Keep in mind there’s a lot of misinformation out there. For example people have wrongly complained that turning on the wipers requires a bunch of interaction with menus on the screen and such. Not really. Usually they are on auto. If you really want to force an immediate wipe, there’s a dedicated hardware button for it right where you’d expect. Just an example. I could say more about it but... I’m replying to a six day old comment and maybe you already know this stuff.

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natch 2673 days ago
Maybe you could do some Rasberry Pi projects to add the dials you want. One guy on reddit wanted to add an audio box to do fake engine noises. Cringe, but to each their own.
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