It was a Model Y, and driving it completely dissuaded me from ever wanting a Tesla. At least in the copy I was driving, everything felt cheap. Rattles everywhere, piece of plastic had to be snapped back into place, it was lacking features I’d expect in an $60k vehicle, etc. I realize that it’s a rental car and might be seeing more use or misuse than normal, but doesn’t bode well for long term ownership.
Past that, though, Tesla made a horrendous design decision to hide everything in the menus of the screen. The most basic tasks that every car built in the last 80 years would have at your fingertips required me to hunt around. It’s a big distraction to hit two or three buttons on screen just to fiddle with an annoying digital slider to adjust the airflow. It might fit their definition of “futuristic” but it’s a case study in very bad UX.
Driving the damn thing was obviously fun, but I don’t think it’s fair to not include Tesla as still in beta mode. Based on my anecdotal experience they still have a long way to go to perfecting the car part of their car. Time will tell how well all of the 3s and Ys rolling off the assembly line will actually hold up.