Sorry it's a long post but you don't have to read it if you don't want to lol. My wife and I were at a family party on Saturday and my cousin just purchased a new long range Model 3. He pulls up into the driveway and of course everyone was checking it out. We parked the Stinger in a separate parking lot next door so no one has really seen it. He asked if we wanted to take a ride and of course we said yes! I got into the passengers
seat after 20 seconds or so of trying to figure out how to open the door lol and my wife jumped into the back. Off we went.
First things first...that thing is FASSSSSST! We pulled outta the driveway and he punched it and my head SLAMMED into the head rest lol. I knew it would be fast but this was crazy and it's not even NEAR the fastest Tesla! I couldn't believe it. I consider the Stinger a pretty quick car but this thing is on a whole other level. Not surprising I know but the speed of this thing kinda shook me a little bit to the point I thought should I have bought one of these instead? He kept saying how it will destroy 99 percent of cars on the road and how its "by farrrr the best car value for under 50K ". That being said, I slept on it and came to the conclusion I wouldn't buy one and I'll tell you why.
First off, the center mounted tablet controls everything. Zero buttons. No cockpit feel whatsoever. I personally want a tactile driving experience as well as a exhilarating one. Sorry but I enjoy clicky buttons and having little lights on the dash that blink and beep and the little click the
air vents make when I open/close them and having a frickin tachometer lol. Little things I would miss with an electric.
By far the biggest reason I wouldn't buy one is one of the reasons people love the car and thats the lack of engine sound. One of the things I absolutely love about driving my Stinger is the hearing the engine. I barely listen to music anymore because I love the sounds that eminate from this car. The upshifts, downshifts, gurgles when decelerating(Borla exhaust), the intakes (
Injen short ram) sucking in all available air, the turbos spooling up, the blow off valves...All of it! None of this with the Tesla. Good thing it has autonomous driving because I'd fall asleep driving that thing. No wonder people have been seen sleeping while the Tesla takes them down the highway lol. But Its fast!
After the ride was over, my cousin decided to park the Tesla in the same parking lot that we were in. It was dark at this point and the Stinger was the only car in the lot. He turned in and his lights hit this beautiful, shiny Hichroma red four door hatchback with
Stinger script on the back and he said "Whoa! Is that yours??" I replied yeah we got it around 4 months ago....he says nothing. Just idled slowly past staring at her (rear 3/4 view..you know the one) Still nothing..staring. Gets outta the car and goes to the front of the Stinger to check the
badge(Black chrome
Loden K
badge with
Stinger script on the grill)...still not a word. Steps back a few feet staring at the front...one word quietly comes out from under his breath..."wow". Thats it. I have a feeling the look of the Stinger shook him as much as the speed of the Tesla shook me. To each his own and the Tesla is a nice, fast car...but not for me.
Wash
Is there a competition from these automakers to see who can build the most expensive ugly azz car?! 
I'm sorry, I make jokes. But the S is so much better looking to me. How do they go from the S looks to the bugly 3 looks? 
