As they come from the factory, MYP vs MYLR AB, the initial boost is all you really get with the MYP and the higher top speed. Adding Martian wheels to the MYP, just further drives up the price. At the end of the day, I didn't buy the MY as a sport car type platform. If I wanted quicker acceleration, the M3 is a better platform to start with.
If you look at the 1/4 mile trap speeds across the M3, M3P, MYP and MYLRAB, all trap about 114 in the 1/4 mile. So where is all the extra HP going? It sure isn't showing up in the trap speed like you think it might. Even a guy who took out the seats, frunk, on lightweight wheels, etc. is still only trapping under 115 mph.
This all goes back to a post I had months ago when I put a deposit on the MYP initially. Then with a lot of research, sifting through the data, it all just coming back to the MYP is only a bit quicker at launch and shortly thereafter. It is like it quickly gets to 60 and then really tapers off. Based on the graphs I did earlier when testing the MYP, the peak acceleration is visibly stronger but it really flattens out. Which resulted in me writing a post months ago about my thought that maybe Tesla was artificially limiting the MYP performance. There was no real edge that I could find when driving it compared to the info I had on the LR AB version. Obviously I couldn't test one of these at Tesla but the info I found on the web validated my theory. So when I got mine, the first thing I did after adding the AB was to run a bunch of runs to baseline it.
In the 30-70 mph range, my boosted 7 seater was doing it in about 3.1-3.12 seconds. The 7 seater weighs more than the 5 seater too. My times were right in line with what the magazines got for the MYP and a little bit better than some of the runs I personally saw on the MYPs I drove. Most of my runs were at about 70% SoC. See here for the C&D test. Add the 30-50 and 50-70 test to make it comparable to my 30-70 test. For them it was 3.2 if you add them up. FYI - there MYP went 12.1 at 113. Look at
@Gor-Gor post upstream for his boosted LR. He was only off a tenth of a second and had a better trap speed.
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If the MYP ticks all your boxes, then buy it. If. you still want a really quick car, the boosted LR is a great option and just gives up a little tiny bit in performance and saves a lot of cash. With the difference shrinking between the two, may make more sense if that last tenth matters for you. It also tells me the MYP isn't selling near as well as the MY LR as Tesla hasn't raised the price in a really long time compared to the MY LR. For some they can get it quicker so maybe that is important too.