[1] I’d prefer to invest most of the money and have a cheaper second hand car, and if I had enough spare that $35k was pocket change, I’d be more interested in a tiny aircraft or a small liveaboard boat.
If that was the case you'd probably only be buying a Model 3 out of curiosity rather than as your main, every day car. Most people aren't in that position, and will be buying a Model 3 because they think it's the best car for their money. They'll be a lot less willing to accept defects.
Is "I don't own a car" the new "I don't own a TV" virtue signalling?
Seriously, you are offering up your opinion on a product you admittedly have no knowledge of,and no interest in owning.
That said, although I don’t own a car, I didn’t actually say that in my previous post. I’m lucky that where I live, I don’t need to. That situation is likely to change, and I have no intention to build an identity of, or make a virtue out of, either having or not having a car. If that seems contradictory, consider it virtue signaling “flexibility”.
Do you not believe in the existence of true dialectics?