So I've only put a few hundred Ks on it, but a few more comments:
It seems to use about 10% less energy on my usual routes in representative traffic. Combined with the big battery I'm looking forward to a lot more range.
The build quality is MUCH better- some of the joints between chrome window edgings on my last Tesla were terrible when I picked it up, and only got moderately better when they tried to fix it. Not this one- all the chrome bits line up beautifully.
There are several things missing- the B-pillar camera wires are silent, and the gentle bashing of the parcel shelf against its frame is gone. Paint seem perfect( I'm no expert). There are NO rattles at the moment, it just seems a better quality product now.
It's so fast I can't bear to launch it. And that's in "normal" Ludicrous mode. Pickup at 50km/h is extravagant. Reminds me of my P85DL, after the Ludicrous upgrade- I find it much more driveable with this amount of pickup and , maybe more importantly, this throttle mapping. I drive slowly/gently most of the time (avg about 173Wh/km on the P90D). Will launch it when my son is around and we find somewhere deserted. You'll probably hear the language a mile away.
The suspension is a big step forward. Either mode is more comfortable / better damped and controlled than the old air suspension and yet the car sits flatter on the road in corners. Choosing Sport makes this 2.x ton behemoth nearly chuckable. I threw it through some corners (30km/hr twisties) last night and I'm really happy. Could have gone much faster but my skills are the limiting factor, not the car.So much better than the land-barge it used to feel like. I don't think I'll take it out of Sport- fully comfortable (even on Sydney roads) in that mode. The difference between the two new modes is only mild/moderate, not massive.
The car now feels more like, say, a BMW M5 in corners than the older model. Not AS good, but close enough to tempt BMW owners to come across to EVs MUCH more than the old car.
A few other small differences
- the edges of the big screen are trimmed in a graphite colour instead of silver- less glare when the sun angle is wrong.
- the supplied three pin charger is different- has some adaptors for different plugs (not just three pin plugs), and seems to charge the car a little slower off a GPO (8km/hr)
- there is much more lumbar support in the seats
- the seats are bigger and less supportive (for my size) laterally (I'm pretty scrawny)
-the main noise is still tyre noise. It is much quieter, though- I notice that playing music at 3 or so on the volume seems loud. Maybe the sound system is different but I think the background noise is quieter so I play the music more quietly.
-the front blinkers and DRLs look different-will maybe take some photos but they look a little classier
-the steering wheel (!) and all seats are heated. Not sure there is any winter left, but I like the option to warm the passengers without using the silly resistive heater.
-can't be 100% sure, but I am pretty confident that regen is stronger- very easy to stay off the brake pedal.
-obviously HW3 and MCU2 make the screen more responsive.
It ain't perfect-
-the dashboard trim has lifted a few millimetres off the fascia adjacent to the big screen.
-the headrest seems not to be adjustable?
-lumbar support is not adjustable
-front motor whine is definitely louder below 20km/h, especially on a trailing "throttle". Doesn't worry me.
-not sure if I like the steering wheel material. Feels a bit plasticky, and makes a rubbing noise when it rubs your hand it turning! Trivial but different. And I think it's still leather?
-alcantera dash trim is gone (still on the A-pillar)
-carpet gets thinner with every new one I buy!
I would pay another 10K for luxury / richness of materials.
Of course the sunroof and ventilated seats were a known loss- I miss them only a little now, wait til summer, I guess
The cabin now seems better built, but even more austere. It gives me the impression that they are making it more cheaply but more reliably and better designed / thought-out / mature.
Of note- it only draws 50kW off the Superchargers at St Leonards...
Bottom line- Tesla continues to make better cars, this is obvs the best yet.
