The first time I got into a Tesla S, the first thing I noticed was how unpolished were the finishes everywhere. You can see uneven gaps in the door panels, in the console, in the floor. There are many unfinished plastic pieces that seem to be cut rough and added like that to the car. Everything feels like it's made out of cheap plastic. Not even remotely close to the finishes of a German sedan, and inferior to the finishes of an everyday American Sedan like the Chevy Cruise.

I'm sure that the car is structurally sound but it was mind boggling how cheap it felt. It was almost like the interior of super low-end model for emerging markets, but with a large touch screen in the middle.

I watched the whole thing...wow that gap, how can that even come off the lot? It must be withing the Tesla tolerance level, which is scary.

Also the back seat isn't roomier, the dad had his legs spread and said it's just as roomy...I think using a touch screen to move the vents would annoy me very quickly. My family car is a Honda Odyssey and it annoys me that the fan speed on the AC is via the touch screen.

What could a technology company bring? Intentionally broken software? When I buy a coffee maker it has one job: make coffee. When I buy a car I want it to move me over the road. Sure there's software but it's a lot of embedded/DSP/controll stuff. Tesla can do a lot more of the value-add/infotainment crap but most people don't like that.