Model Y, now

In pictures, it looks more attractive to me than the 3.
Maybe the higher price is to prevent some canniblization

 

I'm still surprised at no dash. I live by my HUD and can't imagine having the speedometer that far out of my field of view.

The Y is more interesting than the 3 but still has the ugly nose and is still way too expensive. Maybe in 5-10 more years they'll get closer to competitive parity price-wise. $58,500 for the way I'd want it, and I'd only pay $35,000 for that.

 

Still not a fan of the glass roof, (sigh)

 

shocker

 

No, I certainly will when the right car comes along. But I don’t like sun roofs or the sun, period.

 

Looked at one in person, but haven't driven one since you basically can't unless you buy one.

Looks even worse in person than in the pictures.

 

To each his own

 

Me neither. After having one, I was going to go out of my way to get a Prius without one but then I bought a Prime that doesn't offer one.

The glass roof would have to be more-or-less opaque (maybe 5% transmittance) for me to tolerate it.

 

I was talking about the center tablet that has the "dash" on it, not the look of the car.

 

Ah

 

I don’t either, but I’ve found I love the glass roofin the 3.

 

I drive a center screen Prius and I think it took me two weeks to get used to it. Of more concern to me are the lack of tactile knobs and buttons for the commonly used functions like HVAC, defrost, wiper speed, cruise control. Those are things I use without really thinking, without stabbing at a screen while trying not to take my eyes and concentration off the road and traffic. Another thing I never understood is the need for motorized steering wheel up/down in/out, glove box door opening and charge port door opening. Why the cost, weight and complexity for things that aren't used that often?

I want a higher seat and the Y seemingly fills that need. The X is just excess to my wants and current needs. But, by the time one is available and tested by others, I'll have probably gotten another Hybrid with known tech, local dealer and service, universally understood controls (I couldn't let my wife drive any Tesla, she doesn't do new interfaces, she would be the first to tell you) and about $15k lower price.

 

Steering wheel: There are some families that multiple people use the car on a regular basis. You can have profiles for each driver and the steering wheel will automatically go to the right place for that driver.
Glove box: It is locked in valet mode and maybe other modes, not sure.
Charge port door: Used all the time.

 

That's a contradiction.

I often enjoy driving a car manually, and do so every day. But I don't speed. HUD enables me to do that without taking my eyes off the road.

 

I had a "sun roof" once long ago and never wanted one again. The model 3 roof is completely different. You forget it is there. Then you look up.
Nice!

Mike