Tesla's Model 3 sedan gets over 325,000 reservations

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30. I get you.

I know the mindset you are from (mine is MG, rather than Triumph, based. Same illness, different strain.)

However, we (you and I) are far from the average consumer. When I get outside my psuedo-gearhead circle of friends, I enter a world where people want a car to take them from A to B with out intruding on their experience. A tuneful exhaust note, nimble suspension, peaky engine are all BAD things.

Now, I know that sounds crazy to us (you and I), but I see it all the time. Car makers advertise how their interior and ride isolate passengers from the outside world, to the point they can't hear the sirens of emergency vehicles. That's what people WANT. Boggles my mind, but it's a fact on the ground that should not be ignored.

However, they are still consumers. And one thing consumers like is something they can show off to other consumers. These early adopters are frothing at the mouth for the weeks or months they and they alone will have the new Tesla in their garage. Oh sure, similarly priced new BMWs may have better performance numbers, may be more convenient for long trips, and may not have the new car design teething problems this new Tesla is likely to have. But these buyers won't care. They'll have shiny road bling, at least for a little while, and that is well worth committing the money they would eventually pay anyway early.

Me, personally, I loved the Tesla Roadster. Monetarily it was not in the cards for that moment in time. I still think lustfully about it though.