Cannot express how good those ventilated seats are on a hot day. I’ve switched preference from a Y to a 3 purely on this. The biggest gap in BYD to Tesla is the software. Tesla is a generation ahead of everyone in the software. Driving a BYD after a Tesla feels like going back to a Nokia after using an iPhone. The interior is nicer but the software lets it down imo.

we are currently looking at getting a second EV for the family and the superchargers are still the thing that no one has and to me is the main selling point, they just always work

No need to go back to a boiling hot car - you can set it in "dog mode", or just use the app to tell the car to cool down the interior when you are ready to return to it.

Thanks for the review. Provides another useful perspective though the fact that i generally share similar car and drving preferences to yours helps in judging suitability.

Regarding no apple carplay: Personally I wouldn't want it obliterating the standard display, however iphone integration is excellent - you can play music from your phone, initiate phone calls using voice commands (the car will access your phone contact list), and dictate text messages using the car's voice recognition.

This video should have way more views!

Awesome car....thanks so much for review

Thank you for the comprehensive review. I have a M3 on order here in the UK 🇬🇧 in Ultra Red. I just wish we had your weather to make it ‘sing’ 😂😂😂. Transitioning from BMW 330e … should be interesting 🧐

Regarding glovebox: design is for it to be a secure storage space for owner(s). There's no physical button. Can only open when car is being driven by authorised user (e.g. not a valet). No need to use the screen to open the glovebox - just use the voice command "open glovebox"!

It’s all about the software, which other brands can’t beat. Tesla is the iPhone of phones

The drive controls are also added as a backup to the plastic area where the hazard lights are. You Got to press the plastic bit then the drive reverse and neutral show up. I guess this was added in case the infotainment failed.

You can actually set the car to maintain an interior temperature of your choice.

Have a Seal Premium on order but though I’d better test drive a Tesla 3 which did today, a red one the same as in this video. It’s like stepping into the future to say the least. Very taken with the performance, hard to see needing any more power than this. The OPD is great, the gear selector is ok, parking brake straightforward. Like the way the screen comes on when you use the indicators. The frunk is very big, the trunk decent. The screen in the back seat looks great as does the back seat area. Liked the pull down armrest but at 6’ question the legroom and space in the Tesla, it’s almost like it need a long wheelbase version. The back seat of the seal is superior. Makes you wonder if someone will come up with an accessory rear screen for the seal. Lifting the bonnet with the gas struts, the quality in this area feels high. The car is very sporty to drive, any gap or any need to beat another car off the mark is in no doubt. Yes the steering is direct. I wish there was a better range of colours, dusting the test drive the LKA assist made no noise, the sound system has a nice tone. As someone completely new to Tesla a 2 or 3 day rental might be the go. It’s dearer than the Seal but a very sharp drive. If the upcoming model 2 is like this, wowee. Glad I took the test drive.

2:00 Blind spot indicator "on both sides" is not a feature specific to the Highland Model 3. The blind spot indicator that flashes on the right and left speaker is what's new.

Tesla just sent an OTA update allowing for native Apple Music and Apple Podcast use through the touchscreen on the car. Insofar as the instrument cluster…having driven cars with one my whole life (driving for about 25 years now), this is only a problem if you don’t own a Tesla. In other words, it’s fine. I suppose it is entirely subjective. However, having made the transition to Tesla cars about a year ago, my experience has been that I now prefer the Tesla method, without a bustling busy center of information right in front of the driver. Going back to other cars that do have an instrument cluster is too much, unnecessary, and they always seem to lack a read-time 360 view of surrounding cars, the most recent speed limit sign, and a blind spot camera when indicating. The Tesla approach is simply better. Usually the thought of change is what is difficult, not the change itself. The result of the change, at least for me, is that it is much better.

You didn't mention hepa filter at all? Didn't show how the ventilated seats work at all? Just said they are more breathable?

Those new 1995 Honda prelude front lights costs less than half of the old ones….

This is such a nice car to drive, strongly recommend trying it!

Deal breaker for me with no headsup display, proper blind spot monitoring, who looks at the center screen when you are looking at your mirrors. Not against the touch screens but the icons are so small when you are moving fast, its a danger you are trying to fiddle on the screen to skip a song. A family member has Tesla Y, so harsh on the bumps.

Apparently they're being delivered in 2 weeks, super excited.

They need to add some black and a faux grill to break up some of that wide fully painted front bumper! So much paint to get rock chips

Sounds unusual but i am tossing up between this, cupra formentor full spec or civic type r.. similar price point but thoughts?

The model 3 is lighter than equivalent bmw not heavier 😂

This or the BYD Seal Performance? I prefer the Seal, had a test drive of the Performance and fell in love with it.

Got RWD on order, Jan to Mar delivery.

Lol @ sport steering being so heavy it's useless....obviously you are used to very light setting powered steering. Always driven my M3P on sport steering and it's often not heavy enough - with the very high ratio rack and high acceleration, without some serious steering weight you actually can't keep the car on line when on high throttle as just the weight of your arms under acceleration will tend to make you pull the steering a bit (resulting in a lot of movement on a tesla rack), without the steering weight cranked up. This is particularly the case when cornering under hard throttle as the rack becomes even more sensitive when off centre.

Why do we need a binnacle? There is no oil pressure,engine revs, or temperatures to monitor. And, how often do we really look at our speed. Most of us just go with the flow of traffic.

Auto pilot in a Tesla vehicle is exactly the longest two auto pilot in an aircraft. Aircraft auto pilot does not do everything for the pilot. The pilot still has to takeoff and land the plane while in the air it maintains altitude and heading. It is the same in the car. Auto pilot lane and Speed as well as distance from nearby vehicles. Auto pilot is the Correct name for the functionality of the teachers in the car.

Does it have a heated steering wheel?

I live in Scandinavia, here we have many months with snow and ice and salt My tesla 3 model year 2019 I have learned the hard way is not made for this climate hope this new model 3 has solved these problems to take some things the handles freeze so I can't get into the car regardless of whether I use the app to heat the car 2 hours before I go the few times this helps then another phenomenon occurs when i open the door and the window won't go down due to ice and i get in the car and close the door then the window explodes because the window hasn't gone down when there is a lot of snow on the car and I open the rear hatch, most of the snow falls straight into the trunk when it rains the same thing happens the hatch is not water tight and it is not fun to have the hatch filled with water these are just some of the problems i have with my tesla 3 here's a video that pretty well shows what I'm talking about kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbmhY9hmxJbRmIE.htmlsi=wOkFTrbGs-t-RSLC the next video shows that the Tesla model 3 and Y have no rust protection whatsoever from the factory this is really bad kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7ianbaQ3r-WgZs.htmlsi=mZfm1zE3zqcxZp4D Tesla is lousy when it comes to the body no rust protection they mix materials that generate galvanic currents that eat up the metal in the car if you own your Tesla for 1-2 years it works but I would never buy a used Tesla the rust protection is so bad that a 3-year-old car used in Scandinavia already has such rust damage that it fails the car inspection here, Tesla must learn from the established car brands how to make a car body that does not rust apart after a few years this part should be much easier than FSD etc. for this, all icu car manufacturers have the knowledge, it's just for Tesa to copy their method unless Tesla improves the quality of their cars and by that I mean the body, paint, mechanical, then many Tesla owners will be quite disappointed when they sell their 3 year old Tesla which is full of rust and paint damage kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZpgjKmZu7ipqWw.htmlsi=a2ktLXohIQuqtQ2y unless you live in Miami or Dubai or some other place that doesn't have snow or rain in these cities no rust or rain protection is needed

Almost every Model 3 review I watched turns a blind eye to missing parking sensors. Driving a car on a wide street is easy. Try parking and maneuvering...

I agree tesla model 3 new is the best wait it to come to the model y

the fact that the 2024 model 3 in the states does not get any tax credit is such a bummer... all 2023 models are sold out and that puts the 2024 model 3 at a much higher price tag (almost 45k usd for the lomg range version).. funny thing is the Model Y comes to about 41k since it qualifies for the 7500 usd tax rebate

Why are hard plastics a problem for parts of the car you never touch?

As a reviewer and obvious Apple user you still need to include Android Auto as a missing feature like all other reviewer's do

I have the current model3. What is indicating?

Hi, soft suspension is not always ideal suspension, that's why premium models have adaptive suspension which adjusts according to road conditions. Also missing turn signal stalks is a proof Tesla cars are not tested by end users ever and no user feedback is taken seriously, last but not least this car was supposed to be 30k USD, here in Bulgaria it starts at roughly 50k USD, 2 supercharges in the whole country and nearest service center & official Tesla is in Turkey or Romania so well good for Tesla for you well thanks for your money!

“Affordable” 60-70k is affordable for the average person these days? What has this world become.

I’ve watched endless reviews that suggest the Highland is a a truly significant “upgrade;’ from the previous model. This review does much the same. My car is a late August 2023 build Shanghai Model 3 long range. I’ve added roof liners that work a treat to protect from the hot sun. The last Model 3 is lovely, and has stalks, and no it’s not “unpolished”, it’s comfortable, drives smoothly and so well, the seats are super comfortable and software upgrades keep coming to improve every aspect of the car and its handling. The new Model 3 is lovely, but I’m sick of reviewers using their own personal likes and dislikes to qualify how good cars are. What we like is an individual choice. The tyres on my car are excellent, the handling is brilliant, the suspension is calm, albeit firm, but aids handling beautifully. NO, the new car hasn’t “improved out of sight”, it’s an incremental improvement, but guess what, software updates gave my car a blind spot camera, 3d reversing and guess what, I have sonic sensors in my front and rear bumpers, yes the new car has so many small but wonderful incremental improvements, each software update provides similar updates for mine. You reviewer guys simply don’t get the fact Tesla’s are all wonderful cars, and cars of any brand are an absolutely personal choice.

FYI - my Model 3 weighs less than a Camry.

Nice, love the simplicity ( as always) 😊 Not for me though, too much depreciation. Think it’s a great car for rich baby boomers with spare $$$. Great car for zipping around town.

Leaves all others for dead - NAC port, no rust, tech miles ahead, no Dealer service rip orfs blah blah blah - as usual media desperate for negatives (great car but!!!) Pathetic......

Good vid

Apart from the lack of stalks (which is a no go for the land of the roundabouts, i.e. the UK). The other unmentioned issue with the new model (and the very last of the previous model) is the lack of any real world functioning parking sensors. No parking sensors on this 2024 Model 3...relies on tesla vision, which just does not work at all, its utter crap and if you try to rely on that to park your car you will hit something guaranteed (also doesn't work at all at night when raining)

The Polestar 2 is not similarly priced, it’s significantly more expensive for 2024. Starts at least $5k more than M3 RWD. Other than that the reviewer thinks the Tesla is a “lovely” car 😂

You media can still manage to find (paid) innuendo negatives on Tesla - no mention of dealer service gouging, no NAC charge ports and rust on/in the opposition's offerings.......?????

The highland front headlights makes it look like a Honda from 1990s. Old headlights much better

Are they much heavier than their ICE equivalents? What are the numbers? I don’t think there is much difference…

It’s not questionable if it’s full self driving or not. 😝👎🏻

Shame on you for not mentioning that FSD is currently in beta.

No heads up display No 360 degree Radar protection No centre Dash Everything Controlled thru the centre screen Small wheel's No bids eye view camera What's going On is Tesla going backwards

8??? Whack. The 2024 Renault Megane E-Tech gets a higher rating? You guys have lost all credibility.

Like old front lights better

Imo new M3 looks like a prius. Last design was much sportier. Now, it has the same look as a non sporty car, trying to be sporty.

Great car, but needs indicator stalks and physical gear shifters. Don't know why they still don't have a HUD either.

50K budget get BYD Seal Dynamic, 60K budget BYD Seal Premium, 60K stretch Model 3, 70K budget get Model 3. Thats buying with your head, but people really only buy with their heart

None of these. EV6, thank you.

Bought the Seal 🦭

A good video. Yes the Tesla bumper-to-bumper 4 years/80,000km warranty is well below Australian average and also not in line with Australian Consumer Law (ACL). It needs to go to at least 5 years/100,00km , not 4 year/80,000km. The 8 year / 160,000km battery/motor warranty is OK for most people. With revolutionary progress in BEV space I expect this Model 3 in 8 years will be worthless anyhow. The new BEV on sale in 2032 will make the 2024 Model 3 look like a toy. Consumers need to be aware of this. Dont bet on any resale value when buying a new car in 2024. Not BEV, not ICE.

Seal and Polestar both have souls. This is a robot

BYD seal is better and cheaper

There seem to be an awful lot of excuses being made for various minor and not-so-minor quibbles with this car. Is there some (good) reason why Tesla gets the benefit of the doubt every time? Disclosure: I’m in the market for an EV and am going to take my time looking carefully at a range of options. I absolutely can’t stand Elon Musk and do not trust him or his products one single inch. So far, my research indicates that BYD is an outstanding brand offering great value for money at different price points. But there is definitely some buried anti-China animosity in *some* reviews, unfortunately.

Hmmmm.. is it just me or has the car become a bit boring compared to the Seal and Polestar?

Still notable for what it doesn't have. Can a drivers binnacle or head up display be too hard for Tesla? ..and I wouldn't purchase a car in OZ with a glass roof without a blind. Ugly rims....and interior is a sea of grey grey and more grey.