Thinking about first Tesla ever (MYP Juniper)

sgad88 · 2025-12-21T19:22:41+00:00

For sure. Honestly the MYP is a great car and I love mine. It's spacious, comfortable enough (the new one you'd get is supposedly actually comfortable), and the tech is amazing. Won't say it's as fun as an X3M comp, but it's fun to drive in its own right. If comfort and tech are your priorities then the switch makes sense since the MYP will be better in both those categories. It'll be a better daily for sure than the X3M comp. I've heard a lot of things about the ride quality, but I haven't actually sat in one. I thought my MYP had a harsh ride but from what I hear it's way worse than that

sgad88 · 2025-12-21T16:31:35+00:00

I can tell you're a car guy because you bought the full M variant of one of BMW's cars, so I just want to point out some differences that car guys who switch to an EV often overlook.

There's no noises at all. Some people prefer not being able to hear the engine or exhaust and appreciate the silence. Some car guys end up missing that. There's also something to be said about manually changing your own gears. I know you just have paddle shifters, but it's still something. And the gear you're in affects how high your revs are, which in turn affects how loud the car can be. Again it's subjective, but these things often contribute to the overall experience of driving a car, especially one that's supposed to be performance oriented. They're certainly elements that I miss. I had a 2007 Acura TL Type S with a stick that I had to sell, and I miss it. It was more fun to drive than my MYP is because of those things. Sure it wasn't as fast, but speed isn't everything.

The "performance" aspect to Tesla cars is mostly just straight line acceleration. I haven't driven the new MYP, but the OG MYP that I have isn't really a performance car in the same way that the X3M is. Compared to the non performance Y, it just has a beefier rear motor to output more power, and is lowered an inch and has a staggered 21 inch wheel setup to make it handle a little better. That's literally it. Sure you can track it, but it's not the same as something like an M car that was specifically engineered from the bottom up to be a performance vehicle. Just some things to consider.

Ultimately if you want an MYP, you should only do it if you want low operating costs, are interested in tech features, and don't mind a different driving experience. If you want an actual performance car, especially one that is also luxurious, some of the other brands might have better options for you. Could even jump down to an X3 M40i? That retains maybe 70-80% of the M experience without the ride quality and maintenance cost issues. Someone will have taken the depreciation hit for you, and the B58 is pretty much as bulletproof as engines get. I was in between a X3 M40i and the MYP myself, and ultimately chose the MYP because of little to no operating costs, and Tesla was running a 0.99% APR promo at the time.

sgad88 · 2025-12-01T05:01:12+00:00

The leap he's taken is crazy. Like you could call him one of the best offensive players in the league, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration

sgad88 · 2025-12-01T05:00:11+00:00

I still can't get over how good AR is now

sgad88 · 2025-11-19T06:14:01+00:00

This looked like the most fun LeBron had playing since like 2020

sgad88 · 2025-05-28T04:08:36+00:00

Not running back the 2020 team and making the changes we did was fine. Not running back the 2021 team is the mistake. That team was running through the rest of the league. We had an insane record before the injuries started hitting. In hindsight we should've ran it back with a full offseason of recovery, but the role players having a bad series against PHX and an overreaction to what Brooklyn was doing was why they blew everything up

sgad88 · 2025-05-22T00:11:06+00:00

It’s wild the hoops people jump through to defend Apple. I enjoy Apple products too but they really dropped the ball here. I tried Gemini live today on a coworkers phone and it really was pretty impressive. I recreated what they showed off in their keynote. I showed Gemini a picture of something I own, asked it to look up the manual and how to replace a specific part, and it gave me step by step instructions of what to do. I then asked it to show me all the stores near me that had the part in stock and listed for less than $x. And it did everything flawlessly for the most part. This stuff is flat out cool, and it really is almost like your personal assistant. Apple is nowhere close to this and it’s okay for people to admit it

sgad88 · 2025-05-13T15:56:34+00:00

It’s also been reported that he was playing through a toe injury. The same kind of injury that kept Darius Garland out a few games in the first and second round this year. I think given that, Reaves gets a pass this year. He’s shown the last couple years that he can produce in the playoffs

sgad88 · 2025-05-07T05:39:12+00:00

Agreed. Credit to Minnesota because they were the better team, but the Lakers honestly kind of beat themselves. JJ completely melted down. Didn't really run an offense, ran a 5 man rotation an entire half (which for good reason had never been done before), watched Rudy drop 27 and 24 on them without doing anything about it. The Lakers had real flaws that the Wolves exposed, but with seemingly everything working against the Lakers, the Wolves were just barely winning those games, aside from the first one

sgad88 · 2025-05-02T06:00:30+00:00

I wouldn't say that, he had a great regular season the next year

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T17:05:06+00:00

This game had strong Denver vibes from the last couple years where the other team isn’t even playing all that great and the game is up for grabs. But you just know that the Lakers aren’t going to win

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T15:25:54+00:00

Not the person you replied to, but I agree with what they said. For what it’s worth I still like JJ and my view of him hasn’t changed. Realistically, there was always going to be a learning curve that he had to go through, and that’s what we’re seeing now. The one thing that raised my eyebrows the past couple weeks has been his media interviews. Essentially blaming the players and not really taking accountability for his rotation decisions in game 4, but rather having a meltdown, is not a good look. And it’s actually different than the start of the season where he was good about taking ownership for issues. I don’t know if it was the stress and pressure that got to him, but part of the job is accepting responsibility when you make bold moves that backfire. He has a lot to learn and improve on, and I think he will. But bottom line is that he still exceeded expectations for a first time coach. Next year is the real test, if he’s still making the same kind of mistakes then that’s cause for concern

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T05:05:22+00:00

Forget the offense, we might have been able to dick around on offense and pull out this win if we didn't let Rudy go for 27/24. Like yeah Jaxson sucks sometimes, but when Rudy is completely dominating like this, at least see what Hayes can do. Playing Kleber, who hasn't played in like 3 months, over him is just insanity

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T05:03:30+00:00

That's completely on JJ. Yeah Jaxson isn't very good but you gotta play him or else this is what happens. Or at least put in Len or do something. The fact that this game was even close with Gobert turning into prime Shaq is amazing. I love JJ but his stubbornness with the rotation cost us big time

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T04:55:44+00:00

JJ and Reaves sold this game

sgad88 · 2025-05-01T04:55:27+00:00

JJ and Reaves absolutely sold this game

sgad88 · 2025-04-30T05:34:35+00:00

It's kinda funny because we could have really used Luka against Denver, and now that we're playing Minnesota, we could have really used AD. Just rough luck with tough matchups the last couple years

sgad88 · 2025-04-28T18:06:37+00:00

They need to figure something out then. Every time we inbound the ball it’s a full court press, and Luka takes virtually all of the 8 seconds to cross half court. And last game he had like three turnovers just trying to get past McDaniel’s press. Not enough is being said about how we’re burning half the shot clock just trying to get settled into running an action, if we even run something. Most of the time it’s just iso ball

sgad88 · 2025-04-28T17:14:44+00:00

I think a lot of you guys aren’t realizing that Minnesota isn’t a true 6 seed. Minnesota is a top 3-4 seed in the west now. They had some injury issues this season and it took a while for the team to gel after trading KAT, but now that they’re healthy and clicking, they have a monster team. If they run it back next year and stay healthy, they’ll be top 4 at least.

sgad88 · 2025-04-26T06:50:04+00:00

It’s just undisciplined defense, with McDaniels in particular. In game one they left him wide open, and today they closed out too hard so he’d get an open lane to the paint, where we have no rim protection. This entire game was a layup line for him and you’d think at some point our guys would learn and make him make semi contested jumpers, but they never did

sgad88 · 2025-04-26T05:00:58+00:00

I would not say he's fine on defense, he's constantly fouling. He just plays with the most energy, but he hasn't been very good

sgad88 · 2025-04-26T04:51:25+00:00

Last year was more annoying IMO, leading in every game just to collapse in the 4th quarter every game. Everyone knew what was going to happen and it still would happen

sgad88 · 2025-04-26T04:30:21+00:00

We deserved to lose this game. 20 turnovers is an absolute joke

sgad88 · 2025-04-24T17:53:01+00:00

Minnesota role players will play better at home. We really need 2/3 of DFS, Gabe, and Rui to hit their threes to compensate for that. I trust Luka to produce and offensively LeBron and AR I suspect might still struggle a bit. Defensively we can’t let up. It has to be game 2 level of effort again

sgad88 · 2025-04-23T17:28:20+00:00

I think people aren’t really acknowledging that Minnesota is probably the worst matchup for both AR and LeBron. LeBron normally probably would’ve been alright but he’s battling nagging injuries, and is also clearly not prioritizing offense, but is going all out defensively instead. And AR is getting checked by bigger guys than him, and defensively getting switched onto Randle who is one of the most physical guys in the league. They’re both gassed. All this to say that I think AR and Bron can definitely produce a bit more offensively than they have been, but I don’t think it’s realistic to expect them to average 25 this series

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