Man who's owned a Tesla Model 3 RWD for a week shares the 8 bits of reality he's learnt from driving it
Published on Jun 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Jun 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Mason Jones
This man had owned a Tesla Model 3 RWD for a week, and he’d learned eight things in that time.
Ollie, the host of YouTube channel Tesla Unlocked, wanted to give his viewers a thorough overview of the car.
All in all, he had positive feelings on the car, but that didn’t mean there couldn’t be room for improvement, right?
He listed out five things he love about the Model 3 and three things that he wasn’t a fan of.
The five things this YouTuber liked about the Tesla Model 3 RWD
“I absolutely love this car. It’s absolutely brilliant and it’s an absolute bargain,” Ollie said.
“I’m really struggling to find things that I don’t like about this car, but in today’s video, I’m going to be doing the top five things that I love and the top five things that I don’t love…”
Admittedly, he was only able to think of three things he didn’t like about the car – which says a lot, right?
Range Anxiety? What’s that?
Wherever you turn online, there’s somebody expressing range anxiety concerns about EVs.
It’s such a cited concern that it’s almost become something of a cliche within the EV-gas car debate.
But in Ollie’s mind, there was no need for any stress, thanks to the Model 3’s voice-activated navigation maps.
Not only did this feature map out routes seamlessly, but it included precise charging stops and gave out battery percentage projections.
“It just makes it just absolutely brilliant and incredibly easy,” Ollie said.
“And it’s really completely removed all my stress and worries in terms of like range anxiety.”
Ollie really liked the Stealth Gray color
At this point in time, he is currently on the standard no-cost paint option, but he admitted that he would have paid extra for it.
Describing it as ‘absolutely beautiful’, he noted that under sunlight, it had a blue tint to it.
How did the Tesla Model 3 driving compare to an Audi A1 S Line?
His previous car had been an Audi A1 S Line, so how did the Model 3 compare in terms of driving?
He found it incredibly smooth, likening it to a Rolls-Royce.
Thanks to the standard rear-wheel-drive suspension, he found that the EV managed bumps in the road gracefully.
The Intuitive User Interface got a shoutout too
While he was giving out praise, he gave a mention to the central touchscreen and app.
He drew comparisons to an iPhone or an iPad.
“If you compare the screen and the infotainment system to any other car that’s currently on the market, personally I feel like it completely puts it to shame,” he concluded.
No keys? No problem for Ollie
Using his phone as a key has proven to be a huge plus for Ollie.
“Just having the phone as my key in my pocket, I’m literally just walking up to the car, it unlocks, I get in, and you know, the phone can stay in my pocket, foot on the brake, into drive, and I’m off,” he said.
“When my phone reaches a specific distance away from the car, it locks the car automatically. So, that is just absolutely incredible as well and very, very useful.”
On the flip side, these are three things he wasn’t such a fan of with the Tesla Model 3
But the Model 3 wasn’t perfect, so Ollie decided to highlight some of the features that left him wanting.
He admitted that some of these were nitpicking, but decided to raise them anyway.
The Charging Pad settings don’t always save
The first problem he flagged up was that the wireless charging pad settings don’t always save.
“I don’t like is that the phone charging pad… when I’m in the car and I want to put my phone on there, I don’t always want to charge it,” he said.
Even though there’s the option to turn the charging pad off, he noted that this doesn’t save as a preference on the driver profile.
As a result, he finds himself resetting it a lot.
The Auto Shift was giving him some trouble too
While noting that the Auto Shift worked around 95 percent of the time, Ollie noticed that it felt like a ‘bit of a gimmick’ on tight maneuvers, like three-point turns.
He ultimately felt like he preferred swiping the screen between Drive and Reverse.
He wasn’t a big fan of the automatic windscreen wipers
When it came to the automatic windscreen wipers, Ollie didn’t mince his words.
“They are they are terrible. They are absolutely terrible,” he lamented.
“On this car, I think it does it by the vision on the cameras at the front. But, it just gets it wrong every single time.”
And given that he lives in the famously rainy UK, it’s important to him that his windshield wipers are up to scratch.
His ultimate verdict on the Tesla Model 3 RWD
Overall, Ollie had a favorable view of the car.
“I absolutely love this car,” he said.
“It’s absolutely brilliant and it’s an absolute bargain. I’m really struggling to find things that I don’t like about this car.”
James May, of Top Gear fame, can’t be said to have been as complimentary.
Ben joined Supercar Blondie in February 2025 after being published by international organizations including LADbible, The Sun, the New York Post, and the Daily Mail. He covers supercars, rare and collectible vehicles, aviation, luxury assets, and the fascinating people behind them. His reporting has explored everything from seven-figure supercars and historic Ferrari collections to unusual aircraft adventures and extraordinary automotive discoveries from around the world. Ben has also gained first-hand insight into vehicle craftsmanship and customization, including visiting specialist workshops to see bespoke vehicles up close.
