I can’t argue with that, at least in the US that’s always been a strength of their’s.

I initially held the view that range was irrelevant if it’s a massive battery but even on that score Tesla seemed to be ahead of the game for a long time on the efficiency (miles per kw). Not sure if the market has caught up as I’m not at that end of the food chain so speak.

I can understand why your next one will be electric as pretty much all the benefits you describe are benefits of an EV not a Tesla.

I drive an old beater of a leaf and have the same list

I reckon the Mazda badge is a good call as the tesla 3 has the vibe of a Mazda I think.

I rmemeber rocking up to guys place to buy a sofa and his mum was there, I said I really liked her Hyundai Coupe and she said it wasn’t one as she’d got different badges on it. Found it so funny that it was a nice looking car at the time but she clearly couldn’t cope with the idea of owning a Hyundai