I don’t blame you. If it was a choice between a Model X, EQS, E-Tron or iX, I’d pick the iX. Have you thought about waiting for the EX90?

Is this any different from any other reservation for a car that is sold via a dealer network vs. direct to consumer? Also, I can pull up the fine print on virtually anything I sign up for and find that it doesn’t entitle me to anything. Hardly groundbreaking news.

I’ve seen several iXs in my area, and each time I’m shocked that this is what someone would pick. However, it is apparently extremely nice to drive, and what other choices are there really if you’re looking for a luxury EV SUV? The Mercedes EQS is almost worse because the exterior is as bland as the interior is…

The 3 is definitely the most normal of all the cars, notwithstanding some of the annoying things like the lack of an instrument cluster, and its silly door handles. The 3 also benefits from lower expectations because of its price point. It’s pretty good value and therefore the compromises don’t seem so onerous.

Same here, although mostly I walked to school with my brother. On the very few times I did get a ride to school when I was a bit older and we lived in a more urban area, we sometimes had to help push start the various pieces of junk my parents drove, which in turn I was embarrassed to be seen in so I’d rather have…

The only place I’ve seen more exotica is in the Belgravia / Mayfair / Knightsbridge / South Kensington areas of London. I was there last week, and it’s crazy to see streets with multiple Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, etc. just parked on the street. Often these cars will have wheels with curb rash,…

Got it, that makes sense. Also worth it to eliminate the chance of future sunroof leaks.

Are you sure the roof will save you 70 lbs? The factory carbon roof saves 4 kg (8.8 lbs) on the 992. It’s a cosmetic option, not a significant weight saver.

I don’t use it. I use Apple CarPlay when I need to use navigation. However, the car provides the one-way street warning regardless of whether a destination is set in the built-in nav system or not. It does the same with traffic cameras.

I’m obviously not excusing the people discussed in this article for their lack of common sense, but there is plenty of crappy GPS-linked stuff out there. My 2022 car loudly warns me every day that I’m driving the wrong way down a one-way street, a street that was converted from one-way to two-way five years ago.

At the valet desk at Bal Harbour Shops, I saw a guy push his way to the front, present his ticket and loudly announce “mine’s the Ferrari.” The withering look from the valet guy was pretty great. For anyone not familiar, the valet lot at Bal Harbour is typically packed with every kind of exotic car, and this guy ended…

I’m not suggesting that the trucks should drive faster.

From the Teslarati report on the same test:

How to drive a manual transmission. It’s very helpful in understanding how to control a car, aside from the enthusiast angle. I also think it makes drivers more careful / thoughtful, since it’s not as simple as just jumping in and mashing the gas pedal.

Agree with all this. It’s just a shame that the editors here are happy to celebrate any anti-capitalist cause de jour, but don’t apply the same (or any) scrutiny to anything related to China. Their heads must explode when it comes to Tesla, since they hate Musk and Tesla with a passion, yet don’t spend much time on…

Yes, but China has the added factor of utilizing slave labour, imprisoning or executing dissidents, running concentration camps and not even making a pretence of giving two sh*ts about democracy and human rights in general. For some reason, there is always a flavour of cheerleading for China in the articles on this…

The plastics look hard and cheap, particularly in that shot of the rear console. Given that this vehicle looks so bland, and is basically just a more expensive long wheelbase Toyota Highlander, and doesn’t even appear to be that different inside than a Toyota, why not just get a Highlander?

I think the two I drove were 2022 (one a Hertz rental, the other an Avis one). I did a quick Google search and it seems that Tesla introduced a new “comfort suspension” setup for 2023, presumably because of customer feedback. My teenager daughter never usually notices this kind of stuff, but in the Ys we rented, she…

I’m not a fan of Tesla’s cars, but what you’re describing is perhaps the smartest thing they do. BMW will release a 3-series for a seven-year model run, with a “life cycle improvement” at about the halfway point. Then they’ll introduce a brand new 3 series. Many of the changes they make seem designed to appeal to…

It was the long range rather than the performance, but I have heard that Tesla improved the suspension for the most recent model years. In the two Ys I’ve driven, it was some of the worst suspension damping I’ve ever experienced, to the extent that it would be a complete dealbreaker for me to own one.