Hey AN. Yeah, the interior at first bothered me on the dozens of visits to the UT Mall as I thought it wasn’t nearly as luxurious as other $100k+ cars. However, I have REALLY come to appreciate the minimalistic design. I went with the black leather, the Obeche matte finish wood on the dash and the upgraded leather dash. It really looks beautiful.
The only thing that I think they need to change/add are these things to make them standard in future versions which I think they probably will:
– No lighted vanity mirrors. There ARE lights near them but they really need to add lights automatically when you open them.
– CENTER CONSOLE should come with any $100k car. Having to pay upwards of $1,000 to add a center console isn’t fair to me. My wife loves it as she can put her purse there and I’ve spoken to other owners where their wives also love it. But it’s not practical and they need some storage room. That will come out this fall and I’m told it will be $700 to $1,000 so that will be another grand down the drain.
– They need to add some storage on the side of the doors as there are none.
– They didn’t have any rear cup holders. They have come up with some solution to add them but I had to pay $150 (just ordered them as they just came out this week) and they don’t look that great but oh the joys of being an early adopter.
– The third row rear seating doesn’t have ANY AC vents back there. The area is only for kids but it’s hard to believe they didn’t put any air vents back there. Fortunately San Diego doesn’t get too hot besides a few weeks a year. I bought some after market battery operated fans that fit back in the back and that along with getting it dark tinted to 15 works really well. But they really need to fix that for future versions.
Everything else I’m really happy with. I upgraded to the Premium sound which cost $2,500 more but the sound quality is really good. Better than my upgraded Audi Q7 with Bang Olufsen speakers. I mainly upgraded so I could listen to Sirius as I listen to Bloomberg, CNBC along with some other financial stations while I’m in the car.
But the car drives like a dream and I’m sure that future generations will be amazing. Battery technology will keep improving. Depending on how things go, I’ll probably order a Model X next year. But I’m NOT the type that can order a car without test driving it.
But I was having lunch today with another Model S owner from the Tesla forum and he saw one at the Headquarters and he told me it was AMAZING!
