Ironops
Well-known member
Had a model 3 long range for nearly a year, initially loved it, stupid acceleration, lots of silly toys and really enjoyed the semi self drive on the motorway - I do 15k miles a year.
Once I’d gotten used to it I just felt a bit meh, the charging is a pain if you want to do a long journey quickly.
Then someone ran into the side of me in a car park and while it was in the body shop I got given a C class Merc to drive by the insurance company. It felt like stepping back in time, it was awful, noisy, too many fiddly controls and I quickly wanted the Tesla bavk
Now I love it again and I’m not sure I could go back to driving an ICE. It’s currently costing me the same as a ICE to run or maybe only slightly cheaper but the driving experience is just soooo much better
And no I don’t get range anxiety but I only really do motorway journeys from London to Wales and the superchargers at membury and Sarn are fine, plus there is a electric rapid charger near where I with
Once I’d gotten used to it I just felt a bit meh, the charging is a pain if you want to do a long journey quickly.
Then someone ran into the side of me in a car park and while it was in the body shop I got given a C class Merc to drive by the insurance company. It felt like stepping back in time, it was awful, noisy, too many fiddly controls and I quickly wanted the Tesla bavk
Now I love it again and I’m not sure I could go back to driving an ICE. It’s currently costing me the same as a ICE to run or maybe only slightly cheaper but the driving experience is just soooo much better
And no I don’t get range anxiety but I only really do motorway journeys from London to Wales and the superchargers at membury and Sarn are fine, plus there is a electric rapid charger near where I with