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2016 Tesla Model X Long-Term Road Test - Introduction
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2016 Tesla Model X Long-Term Road Test - Introduction
Edmunds.com has purchased a 2016 Tesla Model X Signature P90D to test over the course of 12 months and at least 20,000 miles. We will be testing its range, energy consumption, interior, comfort, performance, cargo capacity, audio and technology, along with documenting any maintenance or repairs that are needed.
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Predictions: Most of the journalist will fall in love with the 0-60 in 3 seconds. The issues will go away because of that. They'll lose only $10k in trade in since they will still be rare next year. Rear doors will not work right 80% of the time ( open too shirt) and there will be 3 problems that will need to get fixed (which Tesla will do well).
"The entry-level 70D starts at $81,200 and includes a 70-kWh battery that's good for 220 miles of driving range, seating for five and a conventional suspension."
Are you saying the base model is a 5-seater ? Which version gets 7 seats ? Or this is a typo ?
Even if you don't have any mechanical issues with the doors, I still don't like them. Gull wings and scissors are fine for exotics, but really don't belong on a vehicle intended to be every day transportation. If Tesla wanted to be different they should have been the first to offer a sliding door on an SUV, that would add actual utility, not simply bling.
Sliders would be much more practical for tight garages than gull wings or even normal doors.
Is yours so affected?
What. This is the wrong car for penny pinchers for a multitude of reasons, but still, most of those items are standard or at least available on compacts and subcompacts these days. And when you put it into Ludicrous mode, remember to yell: LUDICROUS SPEED - GO!
Google Tesla Whompy Wheels
Meh!
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When Edmunds had its P85, the Supercharger network worked pretty well (I had a P85 at the same time). At least in California, the Superchargers are now pretty crowded and what used to be a 20-30 minute stop for a charge is now an hour or more in many places.
I have no plans to buy an X, or a Model 3, unless there is a serious improvement in Supercharger availability. We all know that the Model S/X P90D is very quick off the line. What is more interesting is how it functions as an every day vehicle, and in California, that means how long it takes to Supercharge and what the real life range is. I've found that on my P85D, the real range is about 200 miles, so I have to use Superchargers quite a bit when I'm driving around all day.
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Simply put while I do think Tesla is doing a good thing and there cars are very interesting for our two car family. There is a definite feeling of an Apple-est way of doing things. That is they tell you how great it is but in reality it is majority marketing. Musk made a big fuss about how the model 3 will be very safe. And Tesla also sell up how no one's died in a Model S yet. However, until they build their own crash facility and do upwards of 100 crashes a year like Volvo does. And like Volvo aces a new crash test with a chassis designed more than 10 years before the test by a public body (aka small offset crash). It is all talk.
And you bought what you bought, with your money, but if you are having to spend upwards of an hour of the waking hours of your day refueling your vehicle, maybe you purchased the wrong vehicle - ? Yes, you are saving money, but your time is worth money, too, and you might be better off spending $40 and five minutes every other day or every three days refueling an ICE vehicle, rather than $0 and an hour per day or every other day recharging your Tesla...I dunno. I you're driving a $100k+ car, your time has to be worth more than $20-$40 an hour. Just a thought...
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