Really it’s the whistles. Every 3 I’ve driven had highway speed whistles.

Both 2023 Ys I’ve driven are much quieter than any model 3 I’ve been in.

I rented a Model 3 from Hertz (so literally some of the worst examples of those cars you can find) and within two years I had purchased a Model Y. That wasn’t for sure though, the Tesla part was in doubt until I test drove some competition. If the Mach-e had been as fun to drive as the Y I would have gotten it instead.

If you just want a weirdly zippy totally practical commuter car then the Bolt EUV is a spectacular option. It doesn’t have “all the bells and whistles” but it’s cost competitive and really fun to drive.

I don’t mind the missing buttons, but that’s me.

I did keep my ICE though, because it’s still a great car (+fun to drive) and has a lot of specifically great use cases like leaving at the airport in my Oil Field part of the country, or picking up fast food that I don’t want to mess up the carpets on my new car just yet.