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Firstly I'm biased, I think I've fallen in love with the car.
It's the first car I've ever felt the urge to give a name
So from this point forward I will call her "Rita" in honour of the Alton Towers attraction she reminds me of.
Rita has impressed such a wide demographic I'm surprised.
- My 15 year old son loves it because Will-I-Am has one
- My mum loves it because it's big and comfy
- My petrol head work colleagues love it because it is goes like stink
- My premium brand snob (Merc, Porsche) co directors love it because it really does feel upmarket
- My geek mates love it because it is just the height of geek.
- I love it for all of the above
Driving around Rita truly does feel like all other cars on the road are old fashioned. Ok she may be a big old girl, and my model is definitely built for comfort, not for speed, but she's got enough go in her to keep me entertained.
She is lacking a few things we come to take for granted, sunglasses holder and grab handles but tbh these I can forgive. Sure at this money in say a Merc, you might also get radar cruise control, or emergency braking, but having never owned a car with these things it's not something I miss.
I didn't order Rita with fog lights, so wasn't expecting the cornering lights, which was a nice surprise.
I also didn't order dual chargers, but the system info screen on "Visual Tesla" app say it is installed, so again a bonus. Saying that I haven't tried any charge points with >11Kw, so I don't know if it is software capped.
Rita does have a strange quirk with the floor, which I've only just picked up on. As the "floor pan" is much thicker than the simple pressed steel of a normal car. The floor inside is higher up than you'd expect.
The rear bumper undertray is actually a diffuser. Which would make sense as the whole underside is flat (a bit like my Elise)
Other random thoughts / discoveries about Rita
Finally for the record: I'm not called Bob, and I don't know anyone called Sue.
It's the first car I've ever felt the urge to give a name
Rita has impressed such a wide demographic I'm surprised.
- My 15 year old son loves it because Will-I-Am has one
- My mum loves it because it's big and comfy
- My petrol head work colleagues love it because it is goes like stink
- My premium brand snob (Merc, Porsche) co directors love it because it really does feel upmarket
- My geek mates love it because it is just the height of geek.
- I love it for all of the above
Driving around Rita truly does feel like all other cars on the road are old fashioned. Ok she may be a big old girl, and my model is definitely built for comfort, not for speed, but she's got enough go in her to keep me entertained.
She is lacking a few things we come to take for granted, sunglasses holder and grab handles but tbh these I can forgive. Sure at this money in say a Merc, you might also get radar cruise control, or emergency braking, but having never owned a car with these things it's not something I miss.
I didn't order Rita with fog lights, so wasn't expecting the cornering lights, which was a nice surprise.
I also didn't order dual chargers, but the system info screen on "Visual Tesla" app say it is installed, so again a bonus. Saying that I haven't tried any charge points with >11Kw, so I don't know if it is software capped.
Rita does have a strange quirk with the floor, which I've only just picked up on. As the "floor pan" is much thicker than the simple pressed steel of a normal car. The floor inside is higher up than you'd expect.
The rear bumper undertray is actually a diffuser. Which would make sense as the whole underside is flat (a bit like my Elise)
Other random thoughts / discoveries about Rita
- The front seats have a handy pocket in front of the seat base.
- The non-premium audio still goes up to 11.
- The frunk is fun, but without any handles for shutting it, it's a fingerprint magnet, so I doubt I'll be using it much. But then the boot is so big, not really a great need.
- The LED Interior lights are a nice touch, and just the right shade of whitish blue.
- I don't have a pano roof, so the cream interior really does make the cabin feel airy. The seatbelts are not colour coordinated to the trim though.
- The courtesy / puddle lights in the handles really do work well.
- I keep going to put the imaginary centre shift into P every time I stop.
- I keep trying to take the imaginary key out of the ignition
Finally for the record: I'm not called Bob, and I don't know anyone called Sue.