Quoted from crwjumper:

Well I had my first accident recently. Wasn’t a bad accident, no airbags or injuries but due to the nature of the accident my 3 was totaled. It was a corner - to -corner strike of a Prius (also totaled) which bent the front end of my 3.
I had ordered my 3 on the first day that Tesla allowed orders. It took over 2 years to get it. Unfortunately the Performance version hadn’t been invented yet, so I got a long range single motor model.
Fast forward to now: The day of the accident I put down a $100 non-refundable deposit on a Performance model 3 - hoping that mine would be totaled. That was 2 months ago.
Since I’ve been working from home I haven’t needed to rent a car. I’ve just been borrowing Wifey’s car when needed. I hate having to wait so long to get my car, but it really is something special, and I waited over 2 years for my first one, so I can deal with it.
Tesla says that they are building it tomorrow and should be delivering it to me the first week of September.
I can’t friggin wait!
Also, I’m an early investor in Tesla stock - got 150 shares at ridiculously low cost. I’ve really enjoyed watching it rise past $2000 and am anxiously awaiting the 5 for one split at the end of this week. I can’t imagine that the price will stay low for very long after the split.
It’s going to be a fantastic September!
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Quoted from MrBally:

Of course now that I'm in Tesla shares, this comes out:
Consumer Interest in EVs and Self-Driving Cars Stuck in Neutral
https://www.autobeatonline.com/news/consumer-interest-in-evs-and-self-driving-cars-stuck-in-neutral

Quoted from Darscot:

I dunno if I would call the results awesome. It is so entertaining to watch the videos though. People are so excited to try and the whole time they know the car could kill them. The beta test is the worst testing environment I can imagine. Take a bunch of young people with virtually no professional driving or testing experience and pile them in a tesla with all the distractions of cell phones and trying to make content for social media and send them on the public streets. It really is the worst (and therefore amazing) reality TV. This is a massive step to far and a complete disregard for safety. The diabolical evil genius of Tesla just offloading all the liability to the Tesla hard core is impressive.

Quoted from Darscot:

I don't want to get into the semantics but it does not learn when its on the road. They use machine learning as part of the software development and as such will be training the "machine" with the data they recover. It is in no way a giant AI, they just use the fleet for data collection. I love my Tesla as much as the next guy but I know a marketing stunt when I see one. Spend 5 minutes on google and you can see the the dangerous state of the software. There is no way some influencer should be driving and trying to make videos while beta testing. This is not in a fit state for Joe average to be behind the wheel on public streets. You guys need to ease off the Kool-Aid a little.

Quoted from Darscot:

I can see this is one of those conversation that you are just going to ignore everything that doesn't align with your view.

Quoted from Darscot:

It was months ago they offered FSD for $2000 or $2000 off. I'm in Canada and the numbers are in US but you can google it and find out the exact numbers. I got suckered and payed $4000 or $5000 whatever it was early on when you bought it when you configured the car. I believed the whole if you buy it in advance we guarantee you the best price and it will only go up from here. Then near earnings they were like surprise you can buy FSD for the next few days for $2000 we need to spruce up the books a little. Everyone that bought early on, at the whole support us early and you get a great deal was like WTF. Tesla said, screw you we are not honoring what we said or the matching the price for you, but you are the chosen ones that get to beta test for free. That is the qualification to become an "expert driver" and be part of the beta. I'm not here to shit on them, I love my Tesla at the same time I'm not a cultist and I can be honest when they do stupid shit.
P.S. This is not just my opinion as spoken by the dude. Just the basic facts (as I said I don't remember the exact $ amount) that anyone that follows Tesla and is honest will corroborate.

Quoted from Darscot:

I don't feel I missed out on anything, I have my car and the configuration I agreed to and I love it. I am not some jaded owner that trying to hate on Tesla. It's a fact that random people are beta testing self driving technology on public streets with no over sight while creating social media content. It's my opinion that doing that is not awesome. It's dangerous, stupid and a step too far. I think it's very weird the length people will go to defend it. The first thing people did was try it at night in the rain, with downtown city traffic and pedestrians to see how "awesome" it was. I just can't help but think play stupid games...

Quoted from Richthofen:

I’m so glad all these other drivers of regular cars get to unwillingly participate in a “beta” test of car software that might get them killed. This is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen. The NHTSA has really dropped the ball by allowing these unreviewed over the air updates and beta tests on live roads.

Quoted from toyotaboy:

https://mashable.com/article/roborace-ram-wall-autonomous-driving/

Quoted from michiganpinball:

My Model 3 performance is just over 2 years old now. Have about 55K miles on it. So here is a mini review for those considering one.
So far so good. Only maintenance has been to add washer fluid. Still like the over the air updates (but I am sure some people won't enjoy the tech like I do).
Range is still 300 miles from a full charge so no issues there. I charge at home mostly so cost per mile is really low for me (about 1/3 the cost of gasoline in my case)
The "full self driving" still isn't. But looking back it works WAY better than when I first got the car. It may never really be self driving...time will tell...but I like what is there so far. Of course you can save quite a bit by simply not buying that option.
Been on a few 1000+ mile trips and find the charging network to be really good. It DOES add time to trips compared to gasing up - but not enough to make me go back to gas. Charging stops at super chargers are 20 to 30 minutes usually. However there are is still some places that you need to plan to get to. The upper peninsula of Michigan is one of them. They are building charging centers there - but they aren't done yet. You can drive anywhere on the US interstate system and not worry about it though. Just put your destination in and the NAV will tell you where to stop and charge. The charge stations are about every 100 miles on all the interstates.
In the cold of winter the range does go down considerably. Up to 1/3rd! So my 300 range becomes 200. Still plenty for my driving but the cold degradation is definitely a real thing. Since my car came out they have improved the efficiency of the cabin heater by go from a resistive heater (think toaster oven) to a heat pump that scavengers heat from the battery pack. But range will still be down in the winter for sure.
It really is hard to describe the experience to those who haven't tried it. I have taken lots of skeptical people for rides and then let them drive. Usually is a real eye opener. I have the performance model so experiencing that 11.5 quarter mile time is usually a big wake up call to skeptics who don't think electric cars can perform. But while the car will stay with just about ANY production car to 80mph after 80mph there are plenty of high performance (550+ hp) that can beat it. And at 4000 pounds my car is heavier than some true sorts cars that weigh less (although many gas cars are heavier than they should be also) so on a road course race track the lighter cars will beat it handily (of course they will also handily beat the heavier gas cars).
I won't be buying a gasoline powered vehicle again most likely. In a couple years the cost of EVs will be down and their range will be approaching 600 miles. The batteries are the expensive part. The rest of the car is much cheaper than an ICE. As battery prices fall the cost to build EVs will drop well below ICE cars. Not needing a transmission at all is an example of the savings. The shift is already occurring and most automakers are now racing to build EVs. ICE cars are improving of course but EVs are improving at a much faster rate. IMO the battle is over but certain people won't ever agree and they don't have to as ICE cars will be around for a long time.
Both sides of the debate cherry pick the data on the environmental effect of EVs. While I think they are a net positive that isn't the primary reason I got mine. I have grid tied solar at home so I am pretty sure that my environmental impact of driving my car is really low though.
YMMV

Quoted from BrewersArcade:

I’ve had my Model Y since March 2020 and put 15,000 miles on it with 3 kids. It’s holding up great and been an absolutely great car and I was pessimistic as this was my first Tesla. I did not wrap my car and paint has been great. It’s stored outdoors and I hand wash it every couple of weeks.
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Quoted from smokinhos:

Where they dumping the batteries when they aren't good anymore? How's the power grid when the Govt and tesla expect everyone to have an EV in their garage. Whats the true environmental footprint of these cars and true cost of ownership? Everyone seems to pretend that a 40k car for 10 yrs is not still 4k a year. That electricity is free, and that batteries from these cars just disappear after they aren't effective. That these cars are built by unicorns in space so no impact by the precious metal mining. Teslas aren't special anymore, every soccer mom and influencer has one. Not ready to jump on the EV band wagon.. but the rest of you can save the world one tesla at a time. Totally uninformed.