Thanks so much for sharing. Your empirical experience aligns with my gut reaction regarding going with either the Plaid or LR. When I originally looked at the specs, Tesla was quoting (and still is) 670HP in the LR. That amount of HP coupled with all the instant on torque made me pretty sure that it would make for a very fun street car even if not as quick as the Plaid. I have a lot of hyper quick motorcycles and I can't tell you how rarely I can really exercise their potential on the street and the Plaid would be the same. I'd rather drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.
The times you quoted for Draggy on the LR, was that with our without rollout? Tesla is claiming 3.1 without rollout. Which if compared to how you they measured the M3P and the Plaid, should put it about 2.8-2.9 or so w/rollout. I've posted Motortrend's 2019 quickest AWD sports cars below (pretty similar to R&T's list). The LR fits in with some very quick and expensive supercars quite nicely. Not bad for a 4 door sedan. I think the LR is far and away the best bang for the buck of the Tesla lineup. WIth the money I saved by not buying a Plaid, it paid for our Model Y LR. I can tell you I'll use the capabilities of the MY far more than I would the extra acceleration of the Plaid. Still respect the Plaid a lot but the LR is an awesome street car for the $$$. Diminishing returns always show up at some point.
Quickest AWD Sports Cars 0-60 MPH
- 2019 Jaguar XE SV Project 8: 3.2 seconds
- 2017 Acura NSX: 3.1 seconds
- 2017 Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS: 3.0 seconds
- 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition: 2.7 seconds
- 2005 Bugatti Veyron 16.4: 2.7 seconds
- 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus: 2.6 seconds
- 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante: 2.6 seconds
- 2019 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ: 2.5 seconds
- 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S: 2.5 seconds
- 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: 2.4 seconds