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I think it's funny that Maria blurred her license plate out in the thumbnail, but the video editors left it in the video.

Can we please get Maria opinion about the Tesla experience maybe after a year or so? I'd love to see that from the actual user perspective.

About the wipers - one can start to understand why they are so stupid, because for some brilliant reason they don't have a proper sensor, like all the other cars do.

Pretty sure the designers of the new turn signals were poach-hired from BMW.

So this is what rappers mean when they say car with with no keys

Btw you can pin the seat heating controls to the bottom bar by dragging from the apps menu when it's in customisation mode.

This was the most Canadian review ever. I heard "I'm sorrey" like 20 times. Nice job!

Please do a special episode on the LED headlight epidemic. SO BRIGHT. Roads aren'ts level, aiming them doesn't matter, they need to be less bright and less white.

The auto wipers is as crap on the old model 3 as well! Never use it as it’s totally unusable

No indicator stalk makes it useless in UK. We need to indicate leaving the roundabout and it is pretty dangerous having to look for indicator button every time .

what about long circuit

No matter how good a car is, I don't accept manufacturers imposing unbelievably stupid decisions on car controls in the name of progress. Just admit it's cost cutting in most cases or just poor decisions. And the worst part? Despite ALL of the negative feedback from consumers and journalists, more automakers follow. Is this some kind of joke?

Products requiring apps to work needs to stop.

You can customize the bottom bar of the main screen by pressing and holding on an icon. You can then drag-and-drop the heated seat button back into the bar.

For the auto trunk opening, I believe you need an iPhone with UWB. Also, remember that Tesla normally does not supply a charger cable (you can buy it at order time).

the engineer: what signal? who the f using turn signals??

The way Canadians say Sorry sound like my kid every time he breaks one of his electronics and I have to fix it.

Oh I 100% think that the lack of the turn signal stalk was an Elon decision. Anything to cut parts count and increase profit margin.

You can open the trunk by standing next to it while your phone is in your pocket. It's a setting you need to toggle on. You can also move the seat heating/cooling shortcuts down on the dock. (Source: I have a 24 M3LR and it works on mine)

- There is an option for a "normal", physical key (for opening/closing the car trunk, frunk, doors, windows) - You can simply rearrange the buttons at the bottom of the screen and put the seat heating there - I agree, the auto wipers are nowhere near perfect - Yes, the original options for static headlights are blinding for the others, but if you actually turn on the adaptive headlights then IMO they are better than other manufacturers' - The suspension is a new adaptive one, that is why it is soft for the potholes and stiff for cornering :)

Fun fact! You can pin some climate controls to the bottom hot bar by holding it down and moving it to the hot bar like an app on a phone.

Regarding the heated seats you can put the icon on the bottom bar an keep it there permanently.

A few things, you can add the seat heater icons to the bottom row, along with the defrost options for easy access. The auto-open boot requires an iPhone with UWB (presumably an Android equivalent soon) The headlights are hampered in North America by legislation. Here in Oceania and in Europe, the headlights have adaptive/matrix headlight capabilities where it turns off portions of the headlight to mask the oncoming car

Alex, the auto-trunk feature has to be turned on in the car’s settings before it will work. Also, you will want to make sure your phone has been setup as an enhanced key with the car (i.e., uses UWB). Both are required for the auto-trunk to work.

1:50 There is also a key fob that you can buy, though it is pretty expensive

How did drive that car though the Stargate to Chulak?

I had a chance a few month ago to check out BYD's Seal, Atto3, and Dolphin. The Seal is like a Mercedes, but EV. Very nice. Lots of room. The high end accelerates like a rocket. The Atto3 is like a smaller SUV. Higher clearance, bigger inside. Good performance. The Dolphin is similar to the Atto3, but smaller. Also very good acceleration. The large trunk has 3 levels (and I swear the bottom one is below ground level! ;) The high end Seal had a range of 690 km, the Atto3 was 490(?), and the high end Dolphin was 490. The prices were "affordable" as in 1/3rd a tesla. If they start importing to the US (and they are setting up a plant in Mexico to get around import restrictions), tesla is toast. Oh, and Warren Buffett is a big share holder, so the quality / future one can pretty much count on their business abilities.

I have one of the Highland Model 3 RWD in the UK. I absolutely love it and have found the buttons far easier to use and it stops the indicator stalk disco mode that I often contended with. Trying an older Model 3 with a stalk was far more difficult. I do agree with the auto wipers issue though. Not bad but not great. I have found it super smooth, quiet and efficient. The phone connection makes it so easy as no need to do anything other than have your phone with you. Walk up to door, open it, get in, close door and put foot on brake to start car. Automatically sets reverse and you go. The boot opening update works well again with phone in pocket it works well 3 beeps and it is opening. Also the latest updates to the headlights they are now blocking zones out and it works very well. I want you to test out the new self driving as it looks very impressive now on the latest software.

use the left scroll wheel to select the wipers, you dont have to use the touch screen.

I was early enough to see the bots

“I’m very Sooooooreeeee” 😂

This is so much better than that bathwater keyboard kit thing. Goodjob

Actually about the seat heating you can put custom buttons on the bottom row and there is an option to add left or right seat heating as a shortcut, and about the turn signals there is also an option to automatically disable your turn signal if you are switching lanes or turning (it can decide what you are doing based on your surroundings), and you can also disable that in the settings

turn signal thing is such a deal breaker for me I wouldn't take the car if you paid me to take it.

Just to add. In the new update it will automatically switch drive modes when you hit the brake and turn the steering wheel

Trying to hit the exact spot on a screen while on bumpy road is the most significant factor making me never considering cars without buttons for basic functions .

The wipers are bad, you are right. But to manually control the speed you DO NOT have to touch the screen. Once you press the button the steering wheel, you can use the scroll button the change the speed between off, auto, 1, 2, 3, 4.

6:54 Tesla got you there, the button bar is customizable. So np adding a button for heated seats 😅

I'm still missing the gear selector stalk behind the steering wheel, let alone a standard turn signal. Maybe the solution would be to glue a transparent dot to one of the buttons, or gouge one of them so there's a texture difference. Of course shouldn't be necessary, but still.

‘What other car can do that?’ - Literally setup a Gaming Minivan

6:58 it's totally posible by dragging those icons from the menu to the bottom bar. Then they will be there all the time C: kzfaq.infoNzFb_tVdTps

2019 Model 3 owner here. I appreciate the impartiality. The review brought up my two biggest criticisms - the completely fucking braindead automatic wipers (which is an issue on mine too), and the similarly braindead lack of indicator stalks. The latter's a dealbreaker.

Auto wiper adjustment can been done on the right dial/ball on the steering wheel. Set it up first. New update is pretty cool. Up and down once you hit the button or stalks in older version. It’s much easier than hitting it on the screen.

Small thing to correct, you can put heated seats on the toolbar, but it would be better if it‘s the default. (Atleast on my pre refresh model 3)

Seatheater shortcut is possible, auto wipers and matrix headlights are much better in the lastest update. After 3 weeks I don’t mind the lack of blinker stocks anymore

The headlights have the capability to aim around oncoming cars, but for some reason it's illegal in the US. Don't know about canada's laws.

Thank you for mentioning the headlights! I find even the daytime running lights to be blinding during the day. Especially on the Y

@8:45 hopefully you've just signalled before being in the intersection with your wheel cranked. Drive safe everyone!

This is a great example of reinventing the wheel or change for the sake of change. I get advancements for user convenience and theres a slight acclimation period, but these are just chasing some scifi fiction notion of technology rather than improving the user experience. I know id forget the key-card and guess im sol if my phone goes dead. The turn signals is a great example of "this sounds great out loud but should have been immediately rejected if it was ever actually tested."

6:13 I am 99% sure it uses Google maps as its base map layer.

Wonderful review as always. Game changer of a car, however addressing some of the "negative" comments made in the view for things he "wished were there", and some positive ones too: 1. Trunk Auto Open - It uses the cameras and you have to enable it in the car menu, works surprisingly well. 2. Climate Controls (heated/vent seats) - You can actually add them as quick widgets! In my Model 3H I've put: Seats Cool/heat(ing), Heated Steering Wheel, Windshield Defroster. 3. Climate Controls (quickly setting temps etc) - A fun UX action you can do is just swipe left/right on the temperature widget at the bottom to quickly change it, I dont even look at it when I do it as I drive since the swipe length scales perfectly every time and you can easily predict which temp it will be at after let's say a 5cm swipe (I do wish they added a haptic motor somewhere for this, maybe on the steering wheel to make use of the existing haptics of the thumb buttons?). 4. Switching Drive modes - I agree it's really shit, I hate it but it doesnt ruin the experience. I would rather have a stock or gear knob on the center console, screw it even haptic buttons would work if they were heavily textured or with a bump and not on the ceiling :))))). 5. Indicators (position) - both dumb and alright. Since the turning ratio for the wheel is crazy good (meaning a 90º rotation turns the wheels A LOT) I happen to spend most of the time in roundabouts with my finger on the exit indicator button with ease. When I use my combustion car I get annoyed that I have to release the wheel to indicate because of how comfy it is to just not move your hands. That being said, any tighter roundabout or turn and youre cooked - just give up and pray you can reach the button in time and it's the right one. You are encouraged to keep your hands on the wheel like a racing driver, it's the whole point, but do a full rotation and oh boy you best pray. 6. Indicators (auto turn off with rotation) - you can turn this off in the menus. For my driving it's useful, but it can be turned off. 7. Wipers (auto) - absolutely useless, they're shit and whoever decided to not user IR hardware should be fired. Let's use up nice resources of the ECU's Process Loop :). Or do as he said and click the haptic button, and use the scroll wheel (better but stupid still). 8. Lights - the dynamic high beams are really good if you're a driver and from experience they're not bad when you, as oncoming traffic, are within legal EU range. I'd rather not be blinded but it does not make it unsafe. If you're a EU spec cabover oncoming truck whose lights are at the same level as other cars but as a driver you're really high up, youre getting blinded there's no chance. Most highways in EU have railing or bushes which happen to cover the line of sight of the cameras and the truck lights and when the truck is near enough that night time image recognition kicks-in well you've already been flashed 10x by the trucker. 9. Speakers - hella good, agreed by many sound nerds to be one of the best factory speakers. Conclusion: it has downsides, upsides, lots of customization, really dumb things and is a wonderful car to drive.

As much as I would hate not having keys, the lack of them would greatly improve security. Those remote keys all seem to get hacked fairly quickly.

you know, the indicator buttons aren't that bad when you consider that tesla drivers usually don't indicate...

Let me make sure to spell it out for manufacturers. Stalks and buttons are like quick-launch links. Let me interface with the things I use most often with physical controls, that way, I can do it without looking. Lights, indicators, wipers, gear selector - buttons. Radio controls, and climate controls - do a long touch screen (prefer buttons) below the panel which can switch between and control those with hybrid up/down button controls.

I would love to see Alex put the driver's seat in the driving position for himself, then move to the back seat and see if he can fit behind himself. It's a handy test to see if four adults can ride in the car comfortably and it's way more handy than reading the manufacturers info about leg room or rear seat space

Good video, just to note that opposed to what was said, you can drag and drop the seat controls or extra AC controls to the bar to be always accessible, and the wipers do not need to be controlled from the screen, after touching the wiper button, the scroll wheel will change their speed controls

btw you can get some climate controls to stay at the bottom of the screen like the seat heaters, its in the app tray, you just have to hold and drag it i believe you can turn off the turn signal auto-stopping in the settings somewhere (still doesnt excuse the buttons)

I'm surprised that if Tesla (Elon) has such a weird need to run everything off apps and a screen UI, that they don't just have an API... it's not like they seem overly concerned about security. How about an open API so people can add their connected devices like I dunno... a aftermarket gearshift lever so they don't have to go through the dumb menus to go forward and backwards? Or a turn signal stalk...

Damn, thumbnail artists can afford Teslas now? LMG is super generous with their compensation

How the hell did they get away with the rear light housings going up with the trunk? US regulation for DECADES has demanded that your rear lights must stay fixed when the trunk opens as a legitimate safety precaution.

I would love it if you added in a EQ tuning section into the reviews. Use all your fancy equipment to test and set the stereo EQ to see how good it could be.

Honestly this car seems amazing if not for the turn signal stuff. It makes me think that maybe they took the steer wheel buttons from the cyber truck but forgetting that car is steering by wire, so you don’t have that awkward moments of trying to signal while doing hand over hand.

1. The trunk auto open only works on iphones right now 2. You can add up to 6 climate controls you like to the bottom to be visible at all times 3. You can use the wiper button then scroll on the right scroll wheel to change the wipe mode 4. The 0-60 speeds are slower than the older rwd model 3s

Nice to know I can stuff a body inside and have room for the shovel, boots, tarp and a case of beers.

16:30 RWD does not have a sub, just 7 speakers up front (3 in the dash, and 8" woofers and a tweeter in the doors) and just 2 speakers in the rear doors. It does sound pretty damn good though for a base system!

sounds like i should wait until there's a viable competitor or better model revision

The sad thing is the auto-wipers are 10x better than several months ago lol

@6:51 FYI menu bar is relatively customizable and you can add heated seat buttons to it.

Tesla literally uses Google Maps data lol

Gets pulled over by Officer.. why don’t you use your blinker. See sir my steering wheel is stuck all the way to the left, I don’t which button is the turn signal

You can put the heated seats in your "hot bar". When you open the apps (three dots) you'll see the climate stuff on top of the screen and apps on the bottom. Just drag and hold the heated seats to the bottom of the screen and you can place it right next to the climate.

The indicator is a deal breaker for me, I live in Ireland where I navigate multiple roundabouts every day. Here we indicate to enter and exit a roundabout which is just laughable in this model 3. Shame because in spite of so many issues I have with that company, their cars and especially their leadership, it’s still fantastic value for money and I was going to begrudgingly get one next year. The search continues.

I gotta say, not having keys in my pocket for the last 4 years has been amazing. With my phone in my pocket, just walk up to the car and get in and drive. Walk away, it locks. Eff having keys.

The camera work at 5:30 🤣

I believe there is no subwoofer in the rear wheel drive. However the bass is still pretty good.

screen-only UX continues to both be a usability catastrophe and a SAFETY HAZARD. I can't wait until they move past this.

I have one and yeah the car is great but... the two things I don't like is the turn signal buttons and that the poor car does everything with the cameras (blindspot monitoring, rain detection, and everything else) and is prone to get confused, altough have noticed that it gets better with each update... but still would like normal turn signal controls, normal rain detection and normal blindspot sensors would be great

Being able to indicate properly is one of the most important parts of driving... how the heck did that get past QA?

I would just make the steering wheel better looking, -put it back old classic stalks for managing signals and windshield wipers, -add a 360° view just for when you are parking, because the simplified view don't inspire me so much trust... - maybe add a head up display for speed, signals speed limits and directions - add the sexy knob (stock and fully integrated for managing climate, volume) and maybe a drive selector (you know just like bmw, a simple lever front, back neutral and park) instead of the cup holder, maybe you can make the cup holder slide on the front when you need it, i personally almost never drink in my car...

alex really liked to move his head in this one

Pretty sure the button stupidity was Elons idea 💡

Ik they’re never gonna change it since it’s much cheaper to leave it alone, but I really want to see something besides an empty cabin with a big tablet. Volume knobs / buttons, climate controls, drive mode selector… some sort of capacitive touch control center to keep the contemporary design in tact… idk

You guys should try FSD now, its vastly improved.

Why the hell did you not get the performance one to review?

I leased a 21 model 3 and recently traded it in for a 24. I liked the 21, but it still felt kinda cheap. The 24 is a car I'd buy out if the lease had the option, lol.

100% agree on the turn signal buttons. The momentary stalk was bad enough.

Hey Friend, the white seats are easier to keep clean than the black ones which pick up all sorts of white dust from skin, sunscreen, shoes, etc.

Bro you dont have to use the card if you use the app. It detects when you're close and unlocks/locks automatically

14:12 ugh so true. Even as a pedestrian, you get blinded on the side of the road

The white seats are super super easy to keep clean. Unscented baby wipes get them looking brand new.

whats up with holding the steering wheel at 5 to 6 o'clock in the corners??

8:50 - Tell us how you really feel, Alex.

welp, that turn signal thing is one way to ruin a car

Highland is not it's name... Lol ... I own one, it's great. Self driving is a lot better than past versions. Also last beta update allows you to not touch the wheel just need to keep your eyes on the road. I let it do some things but I takeover for some things. Lots of aftermarket parts can add extra screens, buttons, and drive selectors if wanted. Also the car will park it self and will anticipate the direction you want to drive so it makes sense.. you don't need to keep swiping it knows you need to reverse and will automatically have it selected. Also I like having the buttons for the turn signals. It's more of a muscle memory thing not an issue. Auto whipers is configurable so guessing you are just set weirdly. Yes you can configure it... It has a learning curve. The best thing about the Tesla was the buying experience. Clicked buy in an app and picked it up and drove off. No sales people to talk to... The only issue about the buying was that there was a bunch of finger prints and stickiness on things. Had to clean everything but at least I didn't need to talk to a sticky sales person. I tried to buy an ionic 6 and kept being batted and switched and waisted so much gas and money trying to buy that stupid Hyundai. So the buying experience is way better than any other car buying experience ever. I'm never buying another car manufacturer again it was just way too easy with Tesla. A lease is 323 a month on a lease. No brainer... Cheapest car to own for the features included hands down.

Anyone remember the Skoda 120 with it's front trunk that opens to the side?

As of today, Model 3’s starting price is $38,990 USD, However RWD (base model) trim does NOT qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Long Range AWD will qualify for the tax credit, making it $39,990 for 69 miles of additional EPA-rated range, 1.6 second faster 0-60 mph acceleration, and 17 speakers with dual subwoofers.

Alex: How did they get so much room in the trunk?? Tesla: You know if we leave out the spare tire we can call it a secret storage compartment and charge extra for it.

They should do a Main Home Screen for the car tablet where you can pin favourite functions and actions, and maybe have a second pane with a suggestion menu based on usage patterns

The point about the auto wipers so perfectly explains the problem with all these automations. If it doesn't do it in the way you want or as good as you then it just annoys the crap out of you.