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The most cringe worthy moment for me was: "...and it can sit 5." CHEERS "YEAH!" WOOOOOOO

I think a lot of people in the audience had just spent 1000$ on a reservation and they needed to rationalise.

The cheering makes sense to me. There was a pretty reasonable fear that the 3 might be too compromised to be good. See the first generation Volt for example: reasonable sized car, supposedly well built and pretty cool, but only seats four. I strongly considered buying one until I discovered that tidbit.

Considering that the $1,000 is fully refundable with no fuss, I don't think there's much need for rationalization.

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