Driving The High Alpine Road In My Model 3 Performance

[@N0k4N]

Dude in the Jeep had no right to honk imho. Probably was some bitter old grandpa who's mad at the world. Wouldn't worry about it.

[@MisterFench]

@@N0k4N cheers! That's what I kind of figured as well 🤷‍♂️🙂

[@benjimc1]

You could see from his line usage he saw you coming beforehand and didn't want you to pass, ego crap

[@kingmiro]

@@benjimc1 petrol head ego.

[@krisb2038]

Great ride. Love the video but really hope you will never miss a motorcycle hidden behind the a pilar when cutting left corners.

[@MisterFench]

​@@krisb2038 Hi Kris, I appreciate the concern, and I share the same. A few others have also mentioned it. Rest assured: Looking out the side windows provide a much better visibility than you're able to see from the gopro pointed at the windshield. I do drive with great attention and would never drive in a manner that would potentially endanger other road participants (or myself for that sake). Meaning, whenever I would cut into the other lane, I would always be 100% sure that there was no risk of oncoming traffic - watching the roads continuesly out the windows going down.Thank you for watching though, and commenting, and loving the video - Appreciate it ;-) Cheers

[@jonfrench7133]

I think the calming voice is part of the appeal and personally love the trip that i’ve yet to dare to do. Keep the content coming

[@MarkN67]

My view as a Class 1 driver, you could see ahead, road was clear and you could safely overtake without causing the other driver to change speed or direction - which you did.

[@MisterFench]

👍👍🙏

[@IntercityExpress16305]

Bro you need to do more of these trips... It was amazing. 🙏🏻😀

[@MisterFench]

Love these as well! Just did one today, which will get uploaded in a couple of weeks. Another 700 km, testing winter performance/efficiency and visited a real epic place!

[@Azsmodaen]

@@MisterFench thats great, I am looking forward to it. These trips are amazing and pleasure to watch.

[@Inktomei]

That guy in the SUV had no right to honk at you. You did the pass with clear line of sight and did it safely.

[@alexandru_18]

Great video Fench! Next year Transfagarasan would be a great option for a mountain road. Love the channel!

[@MisterFench]

@alexandru_18 cheers my friend! 🙏🙏 Eastern Europe has so much to offer! Will 100% be going there. Albania has amazing nature too, since we're talking about EE.

[@RCTanksTrucks247]

Love your video's mate. Really enjoyed the whole series. Those roads look amazing. Watching from Sydney, Australia

[@MisterFench]

Really glad to hear that! Cheers! Would love to drive through Australia, but I'm not quite sure that's manageable with electric, unless I perhaps mount 20 solar panels on the roof ;-)

[@pritvader8]

This is the kind of environment I love to ride and drive in. A late friend introduced me to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in 2018. I’ve been enjoying my 2022 Model 3 Performance for nearly 3 years and have done multiple trips to Europe, mostly driving on Alpine and Pyrenees mountain roads. You’ve inspired me to continue my Tesla journey and I look forward to collecting the exact same spec M3P as yours in 2 weeks. Sadly it’ll be a right hand drive 😉

[@MisterFench]

Absolutely! Same here. The alps really are something special to drive. It also makes it a lot of fun in an EV when you you're recuperating all the way down ;) Going to try finding some more epic roads in the future of this channel. Happy to hear I inspired you to do the same. Great choice of spec ;-) Cheers

[@frankbecker9880]

Glad you had such a sunny day. Weather makes or breaks it. I took my new M3P to Timmelsjoch. The Alps have soooo many awesome roads. It’s heaven.

[@MisterFench]

Absolutely! It would have been a very different kind of day had it been as foggy as the day started out! Would have ruined the trip to be honest 🙂

[@MrHabohabo]

Great content! Keep it up!

[@forceawakenn]

beautiful scenery

[@MrMolchester]

That was a great overtake

[@ThupiCeylons]

If you decide to plan a group trip to the Alpine, i would be up for it 🤩 It’s an experience i would love to have in my Model 3 Performance as well. I am located in denmark 😊

[@MisterFench]

Would be cool for sure! I'll try and see what kind of interest there is for it when we get to next year and then see if we can maybe plan a collective trip including hotels/dinners at a good price if we go a bunch! Charging may be a bit messy as a group but oh well :)

[@Esann.]

Yeah, I'm up for it too ! I'll receive my Model 3 Performance in the end of the month. Can't wait to test it on roads like this. I'm from Switzerland btw

[@ThupiCeylons]

@@MisterFench Sounds great 👍 I’ll keep an eye out for any news about it. Regarding charging, depending on the amount of participants, an option could be to split into group and offset the timing 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@alon24288]

your videos are the most fun to watch ever!!! perfect in every aspect!!! thank you 🙏

[@MisterFench]

Cheers! Very much appreciated 🙏

[@mhsohel47]

What a view. Do this type of trip. Amazing

[@age4638]

Nothing wrong with that overtake!

[@zeitgeist888]

Beautiful scenery. I have zero issue with the overtakes as long as they were indicated and clear of the other drivers being passed with clear sightlines for oncoming traffic which they looked like in the video. I have always been of the mindset that speed is an asset in passing regardless of the speed limits posted as it reduces time exposed to oncoming traffic and needing to cut back in front of the vehicle being passed. The quicker the better. The car seems amazing as are the views and I really liked the music type and level in the video. Please share more in the future.

[@MisterFench]

Thank you my friend, it seems we are in agreement with each other regarding passing other vehicles. 🙏 And yes, I of course made sure that there was a clear line of sight for any potential oncoming traffic, which is why I waited a few minutes until I made the moves, on both cars. Luckily these roads provide great visibility coming from the top, driving down - the first pass was easily done just by going the speed limit and entering the corner a bit faster than he would do. The other drive already seemed to have a problem with me as I was approaching, as he turned into the other lane every corner, seemingly to stop me from overtaking him, for whatever reason. Oh well, I guess we can't make friends with everyone 🙏🙂

[@TomClaessens]

Nice trip report. Your calming voice somewhat reminds me of the London Watch Collector who also had a model 3 if I recall correctly, for running errands and get to the Patek store. Which brings me to compliment you on the Milgauss, not seen very often but I consider it one of the most beautiful watches out there. Nothing wrong with the overtake by the way. That driver must be jealous or frustrated.

[@MisterFench]

Hi Tom, appreciate your comment! I actually also used to watch LWC 🙂 The Milgauss is very under appreciated, So it's always nice to see when people recognize it, and compliment on it. Cheers!

[@gopithanganesathas6714]

I would definitely join you from the UK on that trip! Road looks dreamy

[@Mkvkuv]

love these vlogs. awesome work

[@roadsky8051]

Love these trips, especially in the low season! Heading to Austria next January, I hope to have the time to have a blast. I did a couple of trips to the south of Spain (Granada area) from The Netherlands, compared to the Alps the roads over there are even more quiet and the road surface is fantastic, too bad it's twice as far as the Alps for me.

[@MisterFench]

Very glad to hear that. Yes, I love travelling in low season :-) I hope to try and explore a lot of Europe in the coming years (for this channel), Spain is definitely on the list too. And so is the Netherlands :) The Alps are somethign else though, visually I mean. Just stunning.

[@jonathancarter3521]

Keep up the great videos! Really enjoying your style and story telling 🙌

[@burli81]

Best road in the whole world. Love it!

[@MisterFench]

💯🙏

[@stavrosdrakopoulos9479]

Perfect video. Your channel is going to explode.

[@eldergaming438]

always looking forward for you vid

[@victorseal9047]

Nothing wrong with the overtaking. Maybe he was honking in appreciation of a beautiful car. 😮 😅

[@MisterFench]

@victorseal9047 haha, yes that's of course also a possibility 😂

[@remotaurog]

Beautiful scenery ,nice driving,some day in my m3LR highland,gotta do my own country first,Ireland.

[@MisterFench]

@remotaurog Ireland offers some fantastic scenery too! 👌

[@remotaurog]

@@MisterFench yeah we even got the most beautiful airport in the world.

[@Jeddin]

That was a very polite over take. He doesn’t own both lanes of the road and you were in no way impacting his driving.

[@luihofbauer]

Absolutely amazing how beautiful these roads are in the off-season. The world needs more creators like you and not another car tester. Your content is inspiring and the offer of a rideshare sounds very tempting. Now I just need an EV 😋

[@MisterFench]

🙂🙂 Thank you for the kind words! It's very appreciated!🙏

[@trashmail8]

Amazing video once again. If I had to select an ICE powered car, I'd probably go for an Aston Martin DB9 with some V-12 goodness. :) Or a BMW M5 E-39 V8.... ok, ok.. a Lexus LFA would also stir up the emotions. ;) But the joy of electric.. the easy of having your own electric magic carpet that also goes downhill safely, without burning disc brakes.. Love it!

[@MisterFench]

Cheers my friend! Aston Martin's are such amazing sounding cars! Would be a dream. I always had a thing for the , I believe they're called E60's M5, the ones with a V10. Amazing. Electric is fun though, that's impossible to argue against. The effortless power that's always there is really something else. Especially in higher speeds, that's just a dream.

[@daveanderson244]

Drone footage looks awesome! Not bad for a 7 year old drone. I love my M3P, but would also love to have a roaring engine too. Yet, I can only afford one performance car :( and the benefits of daily driving an EV are too good to switch back currently. I would love to go to the Austrian Alps! Wow, so beautiful!

[@MCSMIK]

I want to do this too now after watching. What’s the time defined as “end of season exactly”? Definitely would love to go when it’s quiet like this

[@DL-wf1gs]

Yeah, when?

[@MisterFench]

End of season for me, was literally the last day that they had the roads open. Would have been closed the next day. I of course made sure to check that before departing, on grossglockner.at - I was there on the 9th of November. I figure they close it a short while before snow/ice starts to become an issue, which from a safety perspective makes a lot sense, as the roads are pretty crazy and narrow at places.

[@torstenpierro9279]

Love your videos, What's your story... perfect English on a German YT channel... in a car I am looking into. (Alpine trip brilliant!)

[@MisterFench]

Cheers Torsten! I don't know if I would classify my channel as a German YT channel? Is it showing up in German KZbin as being German content? Anyways, thanks a lot, I appreciate it. Can only recommend the M3P!

[@JensKubieziel]

You can look at the overtaking process in different ways. Firstly, you could ask yourself whether it was objectively dangerous. From what you can see in the video, you can see 250--300 meters away. Then comes the next bend. If a car comes from the other direction, can you both brake in time? The stopping distance, the sum of braking and reaction distance, is about 100 m for you. If we assume the same for the other vehicle, you could both brake in time and there would still be about 50 m of space between you. From that point of view, it was probably not dangerous. The other person is driving very carefully in the scenes in the video and may have a different perception of risk. This means that they may have thought that your overtaking was risky and therefore honked their horn. Before that, the vehicle kept cutting the corner. It is also possible that they did not want to let you pass and were expressing their anger by honking. Ultimately, there is no point in worrying about it. It's better to enjoy the wonderful view.

[@MisterFench]

Hey Jens, I appreciate you taking the time to write your input in such detail. Firstly, I just want to say, that if I had only been able to view 250-300 meters ahead, then I probably wouldn't have made the pass there. I really did wait until the most suitable places to pass, where I could see way ahead of the road. While difficult to see in the video, looking out of the side windows, going down this pass, it was possible to see the road(s) ahead of the 250-300 metres which are visible in the video. The main reason I accelerated much harder in the second pass, was that I kind of knew this guy didn't want me to pass him. It was clear by his swerving into both lanes going through corners. If you look at the first pass I did, I didn't even speed, I just carefully cruised by at 70 kph, out-braking him in the corner. I would have done the same for the second car, but I think it was clear that he didn't want someone in a 'sporty' looking car, overtake him in his big truck. That was my impression at least. I appreciate you sharing your view, and it's also very possible you are right that he simply thought the pass was too risky. You are right about the view too ;-) Cheers! Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@jonfrench7133]

One thing i could do with help on, is where in the UK can you get the 3d mats with the carpet overlays, absolutely love that as hate the utilitarian look of the normal rubber mats

[@MisterFench]

@jonfrench7133 sure! I made a video about these maps earlier, I got them from a company called Yeslak, as far as I've seen, they are the only ones making them like this. They also made a discount code for my viewers being "FENCH25" for 25 percent off, in case you want some for yourself 🙏

[@parsifal102]

Spectacular video, great editing and entertainment! Could you let us know what equipment you use - camera, mic, drone?

[@MisterFench]

Thank you tons! Yes of course. I'm using an old Gopro 8, the First DJI Mavic Mini they made (I believe released in 2017) and then just my smartphone. That's all :-) I do wish to upgrade to some better equipment though, in particularly the drone and gopro.

[@Nickel03]

Wirklich sehr schöne Gegend 🥰 Ich würde zu gerne auch mal über den Großglockner fahren aber das schaft mein Auto wahrscheinlich nicht mehr😂 Wann warst du da? Mach auf jeden fall weiter so, immer wieder schön anzusehen 👍👍

[@MisterFench]

Vielen Dank! Den Großglockner zu befahren ist ein absoluter Traum, vor allem, wenn man es mag, in den Bergen zu fahren. Ein älteres Auto macht die Reise nur noch interessanter. :p Ich war vor ein paar Wochen dort - am letzten Tag, an dem der Pass noch offen war. Nochmals vielen Dank! :)

[@kWhperkm]

Excellent, Finch! I haven't watched the video yet, but I'll definitely enjoy it when I do. When did you record it? Grossglockner is now closed until the beginning of May. I'm planning to head to St. Moritz or Zermatt soon, most likely St. Moritz, so I'm currently figuring out the best route-whether to go through Austria or Italy (if I go through Italy, there are also the options of the Tirano route or the Chiavenna route). I need to prepare carefully since I'm traveling with a 50kWh Stellantis vehicle that doesn't even have battery preheating. But your video is truly inspiring, such a beautiful landscape!

[@MisterFench]

Much appreciated! I just did this trip a few weeks ago, it was the last day the Grossglockner was opened, so I just made it in time 🙂 St. Moritz/Zermatt is on my list too. Beautiful places as well and the road down there just as good. 50kWh means a lot of charging stops, but totally doable. If it's an LFP battery you can also go from 100-0% without concern of damaging the batteries, so effectively it means a battery probably similar to someone driving 80-20% with a 75kWh. Great trip! Cheers!

[@kWhperkm]

@@MisterFench Thnx! St. Moritz has Tesla SUC and Ionity, so that’s not an issue, only the climb to get there might be, but I don’t think it will pose a problem. I’ll check the road conditions as I get closer to St. Moritz so I can adjust the route if necessary. For now, I’m planning to take the well known Bernina Pass, but I can switch to the Maloja Pass, if needed. NMC battery, Opel Mokka, so this will truly be an expedition. 😄

[@hallodidldu]

3:30 I’d disagree meanwhile strongly. A few years back i rode my (classic) motorcycle through Switzerland with all its beautiful passes. At once, i stopped to enjoy my „Brotzeit“ in the Beaty of the nature and suddenly recognized the incredible noise of all the motorbikes and cars. Really disgusting. Since then, i always memorize this noise pollution when i go for a road trip. So, clearly: no, I do not enjoy a V8 sound anymore. The more silent the better. Simple stress relief for nature. Great video anyhow 👍

[@MisterFench]

I would also agree with your point here. I don't find anything charming about noise pollution of a bunch of motorcycles, or cars for that matter, disturbing the peace, others are enjoying. However, on an empty road, without bothering anyone, I could definitely enjoy it for myself. Again, if it's a disturbance to others, there's nothing cool about it, I fully agree with you there. Thanks for watching 🙂🙏

[@life-with-beck]

It looks amaIng! Congrats and keep up the good work! I also have a smaller channel focused on Tesla accessories and roadtrips but it didn’t ramp up that fast. May I know what camera are you using for in car POV driving?

[@MisterFench]

@@life-with-beck thank you so much! 🙏 yes, of course, I use a GoPro 8 black for the Pov driving shots 👍

[@DL-wf1gs]

What camera you used and how to grip?😊

[@MisterFench]

Hey; I just use an old GoPro 8 🙂

[@alkafikhan4694]

Can you please share your charging experience & details route plan? I am from Bodensee area & was looking for such a trip with M3LR.

[@MisterFench]

Yes! Of course, coming up in the next video! 🙂

[@Glorlox]

i really wanna know what that drone is its got such great quality

[@MisterFench]

@@Glorlox DJI Mini from 2017 (or when it was first released, under the name Mavic mini) 🙂

[@Glorlox]

@@MisterFench hey cool mabye i'll buy one for myself

[@williamliifv]

Wow, once again a fantastic video. Those views looks amazing. Where in Austria is this? Would be fun to organise some future travel down there in an EV. By the way 80kmh looks blistering fast on those roads, must have been really fun to drive there!

[@MisterFench]

Truly spectacular trip. The specific address for some of the places I filmed is: "Seidlwinkl 56, 5672 Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße, Austria" And yes, 80kmh felt very fast coming in hot to a hairpin turn :)

[@williamliifv]

@@MisterFench Ah I see, I thought you were going to Obersalzberg and was heading for the eagles nest. The surroundings looks kinda similiar. No idea if thats even close to where you were, but would have been cool to see that as well. Was it recently you did this trip or was it by the end of the summer? Kind of expected to see some snow. By the way, was it any problems to find Tesla chargers around those amazing roads?

[@MisterFench]

@@williamliifv To be honest, I'm not familiar with the area at all, haha. I'm sure there are many other spectacular places to discover - which I definitely will. This was a very random unplanned trip, well, unplanned in the sense of I had a couple days available and then I just headed out :-) This was recorded a couple of weeks prior to uploading, so end of fall! Tesla chargers were only around Salzburg, but plenty of other options for 3rd party chargers - PLENTY! There should be no concern driving electric down in that area :)

[@callsaul8835]

Ferrari 458 Speciale oder 458 Speciale Aperta, those are the only cars I would change my M3P for to drive on these roads. But the Tesla makes much more fun to drive, because you can instantly speed up after every corner. So 60k for the Tesla and 400-800k for the Ferrari...should be easy.

[@MisterFench]

100%. There's a KZbin video of someone straightpiping a 458, driving through the tunnels of Monaco. Absolutely amazing.

[@dvenohy1]

He was just saying hello 😂

[@E39520IA]

Was this the Grossglockner pass?

[@MisterFench]

@@E39520IA yes exactly 👍🙂

[@wister121]

I never missed a v8 sound in my car i love the quietness. Drove the ioniq 5n and hated the sound

[@MisterFench]

@wister121 I haven't yet tried the 5N, would love to see if all the sounds feel more silly than pleasant, which I suppose there's a high likelyhood of it doing 🙂

[@kingmiro]

6:28 I find this very dangerous, driving to the left where you don't see the incoming traffic and you are on their lane.... At least it looks like this.

[@MisterFench]

@kingmiro hey Miro, I can appreciate it may look that way, however driving down the pass, you have excellent overview looking out left/right, which allows you to clearly see FAR ahead if the road has oncoming traffic. Of course the Gopro only shows the view ahead, making difficult to see out the windows and down the mountain. I drive very attentive, always 👍

[@MrGraversen]

Amazing video, thank you. I'm interested in - maybe - getting the Model 3 Performance next year. How do you find the ride on long drives on the highway? Too firm or good enough in "Standard" setting?

[@MisterFench]

Thank you! 🙏 Personally I have no problem at all with sitting in this car for 12+ hours, which I did during this trip - multiple days in a row. Seats are great in my opinion, I don't find them being too firm - even if some car reviewers say they are. In fact, I didn't notice any significant difference in comfort, when I drove 2 hours in the LR and then immediately hopped back into this car for 2 hours afterwards. I did feel the wheels being bigger/wider, but comfort wise, no I really can't say there's a big difference (that is, in my experience, for my buttocks 🙂).

[@MrGraversen]

@ That’s cool, thanks for the response! Previous Teslas had a bit of a problem with too stiff/bumpy suspensions, so I was wondering if that’s better now, and it seems so from your experience!

[@MisterFench]

@@MrGraversen You're very welcome! As to the earlier issues, I can't say much to that. I suppose either they fixed it, or they didn't 😅 We drove to Monaco from Frankfurt in a 21' Model 3 LR a couple of years ago and we also had zero issues in terms of comfort - besides the seating position, for adults, in the back - but unless you're driving a Long Wheel Base luxury sedan, then you're probably going to have that issue in almost every car.

[@HotHatchTV]

Interested in driving there myself. Would you make it an EV only event? I have a M3P also, but prefer to do it with my RS3. Not a V8, but the 5 cylinder sounds nice too 😊

[@MisterFench]

Open to anyone that wishes of course! I wouldn't mind listening to that, they sound amazing! 🙂

[@kingmiro]

Nope, I don't miss the sound any more and I had lots of cars with sport exhaust...

[@chriscreasey007]

If you decide to plan a group trip I would be well up for it. I'm based in Cambridge in the UK but used to live in Erlangen Germany. I have a model 3 Performance although the older version at the moment.

[@MisterFench]

Fantastic, Chris. I'm making a note of how many people seem to have an interest in such a trip and then we'll see next year what the options are! Cheers!

[@fratello2434]

You tried so hard to blur the license plate, but you can see it in the preview of the video) nice road and view!❤

[@MisterFench]

It was a late night hah😂 Cheers my friend🙏😉

[@torentmonkey]

the guy with the ford honking had 0 reason

[@addonev]

Nice Milgauss!

[@Code_Bits]

What model watch are you wearing?

[@MisterFench]

In this episode, as well as most I suppose, I'm wearing a Milgauss

[@chob_22]

do you have winter tires on the 20 inch wheels?

[@MisterFench]

@chob_22 I was still on summer tires when this was recorded 😬 Besides the one hour with below freezing degrees, all days had 7+ degrees as per weather forecast, otherwise I also wouldn't have gone 🙂 I'm getting the 19" winter tires from Tesla though, will make a short video about them 👍

[@yarrik8580]

Any chance someone could post google maps mark of where this road is? Would love to take my Model 3 out here at some point, although a long way from UK.

[@MisterFench]

In my follow up video I'm going to go through the all the stops and places/routes I went through, if you're too eager to wait, then search for "Zell am See" in Austria and then follow the road heading south, called the 107. That's the Alpine Road. The direct address to some of the places I filmed would be 'Seidlwinkl 56, 5672 Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße, Austria'

[@Spidey17271]

Amazing videos! I subscribed last night. Would love to know how you installed that knob, looks hella cool. Does it void your car warranty tho?

[@MisterFench]

Hey there! Much appreciated to hear :-) The knob is very easy to install, took me about 10-15 minutes in total. As per Enhance regarding warranty: According to the official Tesla Vehicle Limited Warranty document, the warranty of the vehicle as a whole is not voided when installing 3rd party accessories. Only if there is an issue with a specific part of the vehicle (broken part or something not working as expected), proved to be caused directly or indirectly by the 3rd party accessory, this part has a limited warranty and Tesla might charge you for replacing it or diagnosing the car. For now, Tesla is OK with 3rd party accessories and doesn't state anywhere that the warranty of the vehicle is voided entirely because the 3rd part accessory was installed. We have clients that went to Tesla Service with the buttons and just removed the OBD Commander and placed it on the passenger seat without any issues or warrant limitation as a result. We always recommend removing everything from the car (making it stock again) prior going to Tesla service in order to avoid all possible issues with the staff and/or wrong interpretations of the global Tesla policy.

[@drrai1974]

the FIRST like

[@daveanderson244]

I might have to dispute that :)

[@Yannister]

The guy honking you was just weird, you overtook good, signaled it, passed quickly, in a straight road (the guy not even following the lines in the first place shouldn't be doing that as well...)

[@ReinnerJutjup]

Easy overtake

[@Them340dguy]

I have had a brilliant idea. Why don’t they invent let’s say a liquid of some sort. That you put in your car at say a liquid dispenser type station. Takes about 5-7 minutes and then you get 4 times the range? Now that would change the mobility game. Wait…….

[@MisterFench]

Good in theory but I don't see it working in practice 👍

[@Them340dguy]

@ you are right, back to the drawing board with that.

[@horvathr95]

It must be a blast to rip it through tunnels 😂

[@MisterFench]

@horvathr95 the windnoise was amazing 😇😅

[@Csirkefoga]

Some context for that pickup honking at You: 1. It's a (most likely diesel) pickup in a rural setting. As conservative as they get; he/she probably hates everything electric. 2. Austrians have an extreme respect for rules but they also frown on anyone not respecting the rules. I guess they were doing the speed limit so who TF are You for passing them? It's very frustrating but general experience in Austria. At one point one of the cars I was going to pass moved in my way, in a most dangerous way. Just to block me from passing him...

[@MisterFench]

@Csirkefoga this makes perfect sense! Yes, he was swirving into lanes when taking the corners, otherwise I would have passed him sooner. Had to wait for a straight line first and then of course he also accelerated himself, even if it was probably clear I was going to, or wanted to pass. 🙏

[@matthewbellamy486]

Great video. I’ve had my MY LR Dual Motor a couple of years now and have often wondered whether to take it from the UK to the Alps. I’ve wanted to do this ever since watching this kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajEnWZmhtpma7Msi=QFoIWnVW_4IZ-E6l . Be warned though, if you watch it you may feel the need to go and buy an old Porsche (I did). But for everyday use, the Tesla wins hands down.

[@MisterFench]

Cheers Matthew! That's actually funny, because me deciding to head down there was also because I watched a Porsche video driving there 😂 Not that video, but one very similar. 🙂

First :)

[@terencehonda]

That was a typical psychopath who thinks its an insult if somebody overtakes him. I fear especialy in German speaking countries like Austria, Germany and Switzerland (i'm Swiss) this behavior is very common and unfortunately the numbers of those idiots are growing!

[@MisterFench]

Yes that's what I also thought. I could kind of already sense it prior to overtaking him, when he started swerving lanes in the corners. I think it was to keep me from starting my pass too soon, probably only did so in efforts to deteriorate me of even trying. I try not to let these guys bother me too much, they're usually just unhappy with something in their own life. I hope they find happiness 🙏.

[@Achillias]

Why don't you just rent electric cars? That shouldn't be difficult. Instead of waiting on manufacturers contacting you for there cars. Which is based most of the times.

[@MisterFench]

@Achillias in theory a possibilty, and it sounds very easy :-) however, I live a couple hundred kilometers away from any rental station that has the cars available that I would be interesting in testing against my Model 3. I would like to test on the same stretches. I already have results from here, as to match the conditions as closely as possible. Usually, more special cars come with a limited amount of km included, which I would go above just from the trips back and forth. Due to limited time constraints as per family life with a 1 year old, it's very difficult to find time to shoot, which also means I'd ideally have a car for a couple of days, at least. Weather is another concern, I don't want to test during rain or whatever, as the results would then not be comparable. Making fjnding a time to rent one, where I'm available yet another challenge. Perhaps the more pressing matter: renting a higher end EV is maybe around 300 eur per day, for a couple of days, plus extra miles and all the hassle + time, to shoot a video that KZbin pays me 15 to 20 dollars per uploaded video for, is unfortunately not feasible at this point 🫤🙂 Sure, there are small cheaper EVs that doesn't cost as much, but I would want to have somrthing thats also somewhat comparable with the M3P, to make the video interesting for my viewers 👍

[@zyn29z]

Dude why is it only your voice can we atleast hear some motor whine or at least wind noise very dull listening to a voice over on a car review

[@MisterFench]

This was not a car review :-) Audio is only recorded through an old GoPro so it's not very pleasing listening to I'm afraid. Cheers 🙏