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So I agree with folks when they say it's not good to compare the insight to a telsa....they are both in different leagues in my eyes. If I could afford a pure electric run, or a plug-in - maybe I would have gotten it. But because it was about 10k over my price range, I went with a hybrid.
Now my old boss owns a Telsa 3 (he had a Nissan Leaf before it) and I've been in a couple times. Lovely car and drives pretty nicely. He doesn't have to autopilot features because he didn't want to pay another 5k for them. Seems like thats a cheap thing Telsa did, since the car is capable of it. As an engineer the one thing that struck me about the Telsa was how different it was. You have to learn how to open the door, since its flush with the body. It's a whole different car you need to learn. So of course, I asked my old boss if he read the manual - to which he said no. So I read the Telsa 3 manual and found out an interesting thing...beyond the plethora of camera on the car pointing outwards...there is a camera pointing inwards that the manual states (will be used at a future time). So basically, Telsa could spy on your while your driving if they wanted to. I didn't drive it myself so can't comment on driving one...but it did seem cool. I didn't like the lack of gauges in front of you though.
My insight is my first hybrid. I actually lost a lot of features by going with the EX from my old car. I had a Ford Focus Titanium. I gave up leather seats, dual climate control, and sunroom. But I did that because I wanted bigger trunk space and better gas mileage...because thats why I'm getting a hybrid.
In short...I would expect a Telsa 3 to be better than an insight...because it costs a lot more than one. A fair comparison for the insight would be a the Prius or Ioniq.
Now my old boss owns a Telsa 3 (he had a Nissan Leaf before it) and I've been in a couple times. Lovely car and drives pretty nicely. He doesn't have to autopilot features because he didn't want to pay another 5k for them. Seems like thats a cheap thing Telsa did, since the car is capable of it. As an engineer the one thing that struck me about the Telsa was how different it was. You have to learn how to open the door, since its flush with the body. It's a whole different car you need to learn. So of course, I asked my old boss if he read the manual - to which he said no. So I read the Telsa 3 manual and found out an interesting thing...beyond the plethora of camera on the car pointing outwards...there is a camera pointing inwards that the manual states (will be used at a future time). So basically, Telsa could spy on your while your driving if they wanted to. I didn't drive it myself so can't comment on driving one...but it did seem cool. I didn't like the lack of gauges in front of you though.
My insight is my first hybrid. I actually lost a lot of features by going with the EX from my old car. I had a Ford Focus Titanium. I gave up leather seats, dual climate control, and sunroom. But I did that because I wanted bigger trunk space and better gas mileage...because thats why I'm getting a hybrid.
In short...I would expect a Telsa 3 to be better than an insight...because it costs a lot more than one. A fair comparison for the insight would be a the Prius or Ioniq.