Here's the answer - band-aid it is: https://shop.tesla.com/us/en/produc...l-3-glass-roof-sunshade.html?sku=1135832-00-AGRA said:Is there any indication the Model 3 offers a built-in sliding sunshade, or will people be dependent on some sort of cheap afterthought band-aid of a sunshade as has happened in the past?
If it's anything like the glass roof (the "panoramic roof") on our Model S, then we'll be quite satisfied as is. We love that our pano roof lets in light and makes the cabin feel more open. We've driven the Model S across the Mojave Desert and up the Owens Valley in 110F / 43C temperatures with the sun blazing, and no complaints from anyone.SageBrush said:GRA: the glass is tinted to block most of the IR and enough of the visible light to make it comfortable for most without anything further.
Which is beside the point for those who want/need a sunshade, which Tesla recognizes by offering one (and presumably the other part eventually), but doesn't speak to my point. If you're going to offer a sunshade to those people, why make it so rinky-dink when far better designs which are more in keeping with the car's design aesthetic and price tag are available?SageBrush said:GRA: the glass is tinted to block most of the IR and enough of the visible light to make it comfortable for most without anything further.
My understanding is that it has the regular, non-dynamic CC.garygid said:Without the AP option, does the Model 3 have any form of Cruise Control at all?
Because they find they do not "need" it, and the rinky-dink part sits unused.GRA said:Which is beside the point for those who want/need a sunshade, which Tesla recognizes by offering one (and presumably the other part eventually), but doesn't speak to my point. If you're going to offer a sunshade to those people, why make it so rinky-dink when far better designs which are more in keeping with the car's design aesthetic and price tag are available?SageBrush said:GRA: the glass is tinted to block most of the IR and enough of the visible light to make it comfortable for most without anything further.
Seems like it would work the other way, for a rinky-dink afterthought - most people would only choose to buy it after finding they need it, whereas a retracting sunshade would most likely be built-into the car. It's not as if Tesla doens't bundle unwanted options with desired ones: having to pay $5k for A/P just to get ACC being a case in point.SageBrush said:Because they find they do not "need" it, and the rinky-dink part sits unused.GRA said:Which is beside the point for those who want/need a sunshade, which Tesla recognizes by offering one (and presumably the other part eventually), but doesn't speak to my point. If you're going to offer a sunshade to those people, why make it so rinky-dink when far better designs which are more in keeping with the car's design aesthetic and price tag are available?SageBrush said:GRA: the glass is tinted to block most of the IR and enough of the visible light to make it comfortable for most without anything further.
Much better that way than to invest the R&D required for a spiffy part that is expensive and then rarely bought and even less often used.
That makes it much worse -- force everybody to pay for a part that few care about.GRA said:Seems like it would work the other way, for a rinky-dink afterthought - most people would only choose to buy it after finding they need it, whereas a retracting sunshade would most likely be built-into the car. It's not as if Tesla doens't bundle unwanted options with desired ones: having to pay $5k for A/P just to get ACC being a case in point.SageBrush said:Because they find they do not "need" it, and the rinky-dink part sits unused.GRA said:Which is beside the point for those who want/need a sunshade, which Tesla recognizes by offering one (and presumably the other part eventually), but doesn't speak to my point. If you're going to offer a sunshade to those people, why make it so rinky-dink when far better designs which are more in keeping with the car's design aesthetic and price tag are available?
Much better that way than to invest the R&D required for a spiffy part that is expensive and then rarely bought and even less often used.
Sure it's worse assuming that it can't be added afterwards, but that's exactly what every automaker (including Tesla) does, to boost their profit margin. The ideal would be to offer it and every other option a la carte.SageBrush said:That makes it much worse -- force everybody to pay for a part that few care about.GRA said:Seems like it would work the other way, for a rinky-dink afterthought - most people would only choose to buy it after finding they need it, whereas a retracting sunshade would most likely be built-into the car. It's not as if Tesla doens't bundle unwanted options with desired ones: having to pay $5k for A/P just to get ACC being a case in point.SageBrush said:Because they find they do not "need" it, and the rinky-dink part sits unused.
Much better that way than to invest the R&D required for a spiffy part that is expensive and then rarely bought and even less often used.
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