Honestly, it's not really build quality and range that are my primary complaints about my Model 3. It's windshield wipers, phantom braking, and awful voice recognition. Those are the ones that annoy me most.
Also the heated steering wheel is like a binary switch, the vinyl is cheap and slippery (really noticeable on the steering wheel), road noise is loud, seats are just meh, phone-based access sometimes spotty, have to reboot once a week because music streaming hangs, and the headlights are an older matrix technology that has a mediocre pattern without even supporting the actual intended functionality of a matrix headlight.
But those are relatively minor in the grand scheme. Lots of cars have little annoyances like that. On balance I'm satisfied with the purchase, but I think it's unlikely that I'll buy another if there's an alternative. My next EV won't be a compromise, it'll have the performance -and- a nice interior with good seats.
Have you checked out any other of the EVs? I hear similar complaints about the interior quality (material, reboots, road noise, hatch stops not properly aligned causing weird ear pain [1] etc...) of the Tesla's The headlight information is new to me. I started to look at the Rivian R1S and compare it to a Model Y. Its ~40% more expensive but seems better finish, not sure about the range of the R1S but the charging network seems less than ideal if you can't do it at home overnight. They keep dropping the price of the Model Y and its still eligible at the moment for the 7500 tax credit. Makes it around $44k Telsa's seem to be about a 40,000 car so maybe worth it?
Also the heated steering wheel is like a binary switch, the vinyl is cheap and slippery (really noticeable on the steering wheel), road noise is loud, seats are just meh, phone-based access sometimes spotty, have to reboot once a week because music streaming hangs, and the headlights are an older matrix technology that has a mediocre pattern without even supporting the actual intended functionality of a matrix headlight.
But those are relatively minor in the grand scheme. Lots of cars have little annoyances like that. On balance I'm satisfied with the purchase, but I think it's unlikely that I'll buy another if there's an alternative. My next EV won't be a compromise, it'll have the performance -and- a nice interior with good seats.