There’s just no way to prepare yourself for how hideous the thing is when you see it up close. I’m all for electric cars, and you drive what you drive, but the dingy metal and stupid shape makes it look like the bastard love child of the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz and a Transformer made by somebody who had used several fine vintages of methamphetamine that day. And people pay what, almost 200K, for this monstrosity?
Really they are awful in photos but there’s no way to really tell how ugly that thing is up close.
There are a lot around here and even the black wrap looks awful in my opinion.
I lothe Musk and all his idiocy and politics etc. so even if I was given one I would sell it or destroy it. I refuse to have something like that.
With that said I do think the original intent of the design if they had actually made it work would have made the ugly mess worth it for a trade off. It was supposed to be a single exoskeleton that doubled as both panels and the frame and saved weight, space, manufacturing simplicity, and provided for letting you get the benefit of stainless steel. I doubt it would have been any better at towing but at least steel has a better failure mode than aluminum for that use.
However instead of reduced weight it is a crazy increase in weight with that for external panels instead of being a frame. Such a total mess that I have no clue why anyone buys them as they are exclusively downsides compared to options like the Ford Lightning etc. which still have a lot of trade offs due to the electric range issues when towing but at least it is expected and fundamental to the tech. Not the push of some idiot that wants us living in a cyberpunk dystopia.