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Congratulations on your new car!

You mentioned an initial negativity toward Tesla earlier in the thread, before your test drive.  I feel the same way... and it's nothing about the car itself (although I find the styling quite bland), it's the general vibe of the owners that I find grating.  The closest comparison I can think of is Apple people. They're not just brand loyalists or brand enthusiasts, they're brand evangelists. They have some quality that I can only compare to genuine actual religious zealots, the kind who will knock on your door or stop you in the street to share their testimony. It doesn't just grate, it makes creates actual antipathy for me.

I would by just about any other kind of cell phone before I considered an Apple.  And I would likewise look at every other brand of EV before I went to Tesla. I would have to convince myself of the merits of Tesla relative to other brands. Even then I would probably be desperately seeking just about any reason to purchase some other brand before the Tesla.  I fully concede this is an irrational bias on my part. "The Tesla may be the better vehicle in every measurable sense, but I like the styling of this Mustang Mach E, and also it has  better cup-holders."

Congratulations to you, not just on your new car, but also on putting aside your biases to arrive at objectively the best decision for you.

(I am just desperately hoping that other brands step up their game before I'm in the market for an EV.)

 -k

I'm an Apple owner and I resent this comparison!  We are not brand evangelists who gush about our products the way Tesla owners do.  Many of us are just living our lives and not in any need to switch to a new platform.  For some strange reason there is a reason hate on for iPhones.  I mean, I'm not a Samsung user, but I don't despise it and spend energy on bashing it.  I know several people who seem to have a weird obsession about iPhones and convincing everyone that their phone is better.  Whatever.  They are more evangelist in their negative feelings than any iPhone user I know seems to be about their positive feelings. 

I'm a little embarrassed to do this, but I ended up cancelling the Tesla order and losing my $100 deposit.  I chickened out.  It's not the brand, or the Tesla culture (haha we should start a thread).  I actually ended up meeting a Tesla owner who was living proof of all the negative things I'd read about Tesla online.  He loves his car and how it drives but he even said the build is not as quality as some other EV's.  I feel a bit foolish, but that test drive was so amazing, but I should've given myself a few days to come off the high of it before making such a big purchase.

My search continues after all.