No, as I didn't have reason to suspect it ... because as I previously stated, I am not a performance driver. I never "floor it" ... much less floor it while timing it. The car has sufficient power that I never have had a real-world driving need to do so. But whether or not I used the capability, in my opinion, is a somewhat irrelevant fact in respect to the concerns I was attempting to get across in this posting. I.e., i don't believe it is relevant whether I use it ... to an evaluation of whether Tesla's conduct in this situation is reasonable, acceptable, or possibly needs some work.
This also doesn't take away from the fact that a future owner of the vehicle might have ascribed greater value to the car ... value that might ultimately benefit me when it came time to sell.
The primary reason why I cared about the removal is the WAY in which it was done (with zero communication, after a long period of original ownership) ... and the apprehension that scenario induced that such a thing could happen again, to another like me ... or even to me about some other feature that I do actually use. If I can help folks, by learning from my own experience (& mistakes, if necessary), then I view that as a worthy/responsible thing for me to do.
The badging doesn't give me pride one way or another. I am not one to "feel important" because I am fortunate enough to own a higher-performance machine. I merely want it to be accurate in order to mitigate future confusion for anyone who encounters the vehicle. Hence the reason why I subsequently scheduled a service appt to come out and correct it (i.e., remove the performance badge).
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