Tesla - nobody told me about the silliness!

[Itsallicanafford]

Took delivery of a Model 3 LR at the weekend having only spent 5 minutes a few years back sitting in a work colleagues car. Watched a fair few reviews online and nobody mentioned all fun stuff!

The kids found the fart thing pretty quickly which is great for them (being under 10), but how about the fact it can play Christmas music outside the car while transforming the vehicle into Santa and his reindeers on the screen. Or the inbuilt Karaoke feature, or all the arcade games. It can also turn the car into a boombox?

Best of all is playing 2 player driving game against my boy and being able to use the car steering wheel and pedals to control the arcade game!

Why does nobody mention this stuff?! I know this sort of thing is not everybody's cup of tea but IMO its great fun...

[Heres Johnny]

Probably because most adults tire of it fairly quickly.

[Driver101]

Will it not cause unnecessary wear and tear dry steering to play the game?

[WestyCarl]

Heres Johnny said:

Probably because most adults tire of it fairly quickly.

You can never tire of you car making goat noises....

[Itsallicanafford]

Driver101 said:

Will it not cause unnecessary wear and tear dry steering to play the game?

It disengages the actual car wheels…

You have to admit, thats pretty clever stuff

[Itsallicanafford]

Heres Johnny said:

Probably because most adults tire of it fairly quickly.

I have to admit, coming from a pretty staid Lexus, I’m all for playing the odd game of asteroids.

[Heres Johnny]

Itsallicanafford said:

It disengages the actual car wheels…

You have to admit, thats pretty clever stuff

Last time I tried it turned the wheels. Not clever at all

You can buy a game controller but who wants to sit in a car playing computer games on a screen smaller than any tv you’re likely to have at home?

[RobDickinson]

Heres Johnny said:

Probably because most adults tire of it fairly quickly.

I so wish this website had a block function.

[RobDickinson]

Itsallicanafford said:

Why does nobody mention this stuff?! I know this sort of thing is not everybody's cup of tea but IMO its great fun...

We do but people seem to not get it. Its just one of the things you'd miss is you switched back to a boring old traditional car.

[Heres Johnny]

RobDickinson said:

I so wish this website had a block function.

I wish the same -

You may get all excited about cup head and fart noises, personally I’d prefer if the car delivered some of the actual driving promises we’ve been fed for years and not phantom brake. Call me old fashioned thinking the first thing a car should do is act as a working car

[RobDickinson]

You must be so fun at parties

[Heres Johnny]

RobDickinson said:

You must be so fun at parties

More fun than you because I don’t wear a Tesla t-shirt, talk about Saint Musk and how you’re helping save the world.

Fancy dress party anyone?

Edited by Heres Johnny on Thursday 2nd December 20:48

[anonymous-user]

Who would want to sit in their car if they aren’t driving it?

Maybe if the M3 had a decent interior it’s be alright, but tbh the telly in the house is larger so I can’t see the appeal.

Might be fun for 2 minutes whilst you are charging I suppose.

[RobDickinson]

Imagine a situation, I know its a stretch, but if your car isnt at home?

[yellowjack]

Itsallicanafford said:

I have to admit, coming from a pretty staid Lexus, I’m all for playing the odd game of asteroids.

If you see your GP they could prescribe some cream for those...

[Heres Johnny]

If it wasn’t at home it means I’ve gone somewhere, why would I go somewhere to then sit in the car?

[anonymous-user]

Imagine a situation, I know it’s a stretch, where you stop worshiping St Musk for just 2 minutes at look at things objectively.

If you read my post, see above, I mentioned it’d be useful when charging, 3/10, must try harder.

[RobDickinson]

I'm astounded people have never had to wait anywhere in their car for any other reason than to charge it.

• not that careoke or farts or santa mode need that.

even at least 2 of the games can be played by a passenger during driving.

Edited by RobDickinson on Thursday 2nd December 21:02

[gangzoom]

Not sure about anyone else with kids but karaoke is simply fantastic for entertainment, not sure why no one else has done it before....



....and when your daughter demands to 'eat out' for dinner as a 'treat' why not keep it cheap, cheerful and chavtasic whilst blocking a SC spot with unnecessary charing

[SWoll]

RobDickinson said:

Itsallicanafford said:

Why does nobody mention this stuff?! I know this sort of thing is not everybody's cup of tea but IMO its great fun...

We do but people seem to not get it. Its just one of the things you'd miss is you switched back to a boring old traditional car.

Can't say I've noticed in the past month having done exactly that.

After the initial 'wow' at all of this stuff I barely used any of it in 2 years and 18k miles of ownership, and as HJ mentions above would have been happier had they focused on a few more useful features/functions that would have improved the daily use experience no end.

If you have young kids and spend a lot of time regularly sat waiting around whilst charging etc. I can see the value in it (assuming they don't already have their own tablets etc. anyway for whilst you are on the move) but for the vast majority of owners I'd suggest it's all rather wasted and only something you occasionally show off to friends/family for 5 minutes. That's certainly how it was for us anyway.