fair enough, you seem to have made up your mind already

I don't need to test drive a Tesla to inspect panel gaps. Every time I see one on the road, I look at the panel gaps, and every single time I see misalignment. They're so bad you can spot them from several car lengths away.

It's not acceptable for a luxury car company to get the basics so wrong.

rarson

i don’t mean buying the car, i mean going to a tesla store and taking a car for a test ride to see the car in action for yourself.

all tesla stores offer free test drives, and it would allow you to form a more nuanced position on the pros and cons of tesla’s cars.

you can inspect all the panel gaps up close, see the new features tesla offers, etc…

tech

The Apple car apparently still exists, could debut in 2028 with reduced autonomy

I would never entertain buying a vehicle that maintains a data connection to the company that made it. Tesla has the ability to turn off features like Supercharging via OTA updates on a whim, and they've done exactly that. That's a non-starter for me. I want to own the things I buy, not rent them.