After digesting all your numbers, for the most part, my wants/needs pretty much align with yours. I would swap Apple Carplay and Interior, either way I would easily choose the ID.4.
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A Scientific Approach to Choosing Between Tesla Model Y SR and VW ID.4
After another test drive with the SR Model Y I am totally confused relative to what car to choose. I thus tried a scientific approach using the paired comparison method, which is basically breaking down the problem into many comparisons between just two characteristics, where I only have to decide which of the two characteristics is more relevant to me. I came up with the following list of characteristics:
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I only included characteristics that were not identical between the two cars. I also gave a score ranging between -2 (Tesla much better) and 2 (VW much better) as shown above. This is obviously my personal view of how the characteristics compare, and others may come up with other items. This is the result after doing all 136 paired comparisons:
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In the chart above, a score of 80% means that in 80% of the comparisons I chose that item as more important to me. You can see that I most care about ride comfort, price, efficiency, built quality and Apple Carplay. I do not care about the frunk at all, and service close by and the free charging are also not important to me. If I calculate an average of the Characteristic Scores (1st figure) using the paired comparison factors as weights (2nd figure) I get a weighted average of 0.68, i.e., in favor of the VW (and also higher than the raw average of 0.24). This would suggest that I (in a non-gut-feeling way) favor the ID.4. The graph below shows how individual characteristics contributed to this final score:
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Big drivers for the Tesla were efficiency, acceleration and app functionality (which VW could improve in the future), while big drivers for the VW were ride comfort, price, Apple Carplay, Built Quality and the better glass roof. If I kicked out price, the VW would still come out on top. I am hoping VW will add stealth mode, dash cam, one pedal driving and a better app in the future. If the ID.4 had this already, it would be the clear favorite.
Hope I did not confuse everyone...
I only included characteristics that were not identical between the two cars. I also gave a score ranging between -2 (Tesla much better) and 2 (VW much better) as shown above. This is obviously my personal view of how the characteristics compare, and others may come up with other items. This is the result after doing all 136 paired comparisons:
In the chart above, a score of 80% means that in 80% of the comparisons I chose that item as more important to me. You can see that I most care about ride comfort, price, efficiency, built quality and Apple Carplay. I do not care about the frunk at all, and service close by and the free charging are also not important to me. If I calculate an average of the Characteristic Scores (1st figure) using the paired comparison factors as weights (2nd figure) I get a weighted average of 0.68, i.e., in favor of the VW (and also higher than the raw average of 0.24). This would suggest that I (in a non-gut-feeling way) favor the ID.4. The graph below shows how individual characteristics contributed to this final score:
Big drivers for the Tesla were efficiency, acceleration and app functionality (which VW could improve in the future), while big drivers for the VW were ride comfort, price, Apple Carplay, Built Quality and the better glass roof. If I kicked out price, the VW would still come out on top. I am hoping VW will add stealth mode, dash cam, one pedal driving and a better app in the future. If the ID.4 had this already, it would be the clear favorite.
Hope I did not confuse everyone...
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I'm in Frederick, MD and my dealer said they will have two black 1st Ed. available for sale. They have a demo model in which I've driven (they aren't selling that one) and then the two that aren't spoken for yet and my blue one. Those three will hopefully be in this week. It's Fitzgerald VW in Frederick. Ask for John Lee. Feel free to drop my name. Maybe I'll get some free floor mats or something
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My white glacier reservation is in port already. I’m a little sour my dealer sold both their demo models already. One was glacier white, and I didn’t find out they were both sold until I was on my way to test drive. I was really pissed, to wait all this time and then they sell the demos.I'm in Frederick, MD and my dealer said they will have two black 1st Ed. available for sale. They have a demo model in which I've driven (they aren't selling that one) and then the two that aren't spoken for yet and my blue one. Those three will hopefully be in this week. It's Fitzgerald VW in Frederick. Ask for John Lee. Feel free to drop my name. Maybe I'll get some free floor mats or something
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