[Evans, Marv]

We bought my wife a Model Y, which we took posession of toward the end of last October. She loves the damn car more than me. Of course I'm decently old and have been driving lots of different cars for around 63 years, and to me it's sort of a digital wonder. Over all, we really like the car. Basically we bought it for me to avoid maintenance associated with a "normal" car, she needed a new car, and we should be able to power the thing almost completely from our excess generation with our solar panels. It's a fairly comfortable car, has a good amount of storage space, the fit & finish was OK as far as I could see. I'd read quite a bit on that so looked for things I was aware of. You won't get one for $50K. We paid about $58.5K for ours and got a $1K credit for her being an educator, plus another $2K from the "Clean Vehicle Rebate Program" - which we haven't received yet. So the car should run around $55.5K if there isn't anything we can get back from the IRS. It's true the seats are comfortable, vision is OK, except the outside mirrors could be larger, and an untold number of things (which my wife knows about & I don't) are automatic. The one negative as far as I'm concerned is the ride. It rides like a rock. The car weighs 4,400 lbs. and the tires are inflated to between 40 & 45 lbs. It's OK on good road surfaces, but a little annoying on rougher stretches. It is a good fit for us in this time frame and situation. Acceleration is great, but I haven't tested that out fully. I'm not overly interested in that but for passing, it's instant.