Went on business travel to CA this month and decided to try driving a Tesla to see what it was like. Big mistake… coming home to my civic is painful. Coworkers told me a lot of my gripes like lack of buttons wear off after a month or so. I was already all in on electric for when my car eventually died but god, idk how long I will be able to stay ICE. Anyone else have similar experiences on test drives?
An acquintance let me drive his Model 3 LR about in the summer of 2021. I drive a LNG operated ICE with a 6 speed stickshift and think about that M3 a lot. Mostly the power and the ease of driving linger in my mind. About two weeks ago I took a 2022 Hyundai Kona EV to a test drive and found out that what I miss is the EV driveline. The Kona has about 1/3 of power compared to the M3 but it was completely irrelevant. Now driving the ICE is even more frustrating. The ICE is paid and sadly we can not afford new car payments now.
But man, I want an ev some day!