We went with tech and parking sensors but no pano, leather or rear seats. Thanks everyone for the help!
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Crazy to buy 85 with no options?
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Congats. As Long as no adults ride in the rear seats (or they are not too tall ones) you should be fine.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
Good choices, MassX. I'd gladly have taken parking sensors along with heated (and w/ memory) cloth seats if they had been available back when I ordered instead of leather.
Thanks again everyone...just realized it took me exactly 100 posts to place an order! I'm surprised by the late March date, thinking they must go all out for the end of the quarter.
I guess it's too late to comment on what options to buy...
I think you made a pretty good choice. 85 with tech and parking sensors is good (the parking sensors are for avoiding bumping the *front*, by the way -- I don't have them and I keep making my passenger get out and tell me where the car is).
Nothing wrong with the black; I don't think any paint color is easier to maintain than any other.
The only thing you might regret not getting is the winter weather package, but I can't be sure -- it wasn't available when I got my car, and I wish it had been.
You'll need to budget for snow tires, of course. They're expensive. :-( I had to replace one recently due to a blowout.
You can expect an absolute worst-case winter mileage of 500 wh/mi. You may wish to use this to estimate your future electricity costs. It's still cheaper than what you were paying for gasoline.
I think you made a pretty good choice. 85 with tech and parking sensors is good (the parking sensors are for avoiding bumping the *front*, by the way -- I don't have them and I keep making my passenger get out and tell me where the car is).
Nothing wrong with the black; I don't think any paint color is easier to maintain than any other.
The only thing you might regret not getting is the winter weather package, but I can't be sure -- it wasn't available when I got my car, and I wish it had been.
You'll need to budget for snow tires, of course. They're expensive. :-( I had to replace one recently due to a blowout.
You can expect an absolute worst-case winter mileage of 500 wh/mi. You may wish to use this to estimate your future electricity costs. It's still cheaper than what you were paying for gasoline.
David Rhee
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I think you made a great choice! The options you chose are great! My 2 cents - black is fine too with an Opticoat treatment. But grey is super nice looking.
I cannot understand why anyone who needs this car as a daily driver would consider the 60. Maybe if you're retired, or have a second car, but other than that, its not a viable option imho. I wish they offered a 100kWh version
It's definitely a viable option if it fits into your driving pattern for a daily driver. Might make longer trips for difficult but you said daily driver. Hopefully the wait for a P100+ AWD isn't too long.
For long time value dont take options choose mobility the 85 with the double speed chargers.
Its currently grey but we may change to white. I think there is a lot of contrast between the stock 19" rims and not enough contrast between the chrome and the grey metallic paint color. The 21's look great on the grey though. We like black, white, silver and grey which most say arent colors. I think we will stay away from black because of the "swirl" marks they are prone to. That leaves white and silver...white seems to be grabbing our eye and we love the look of the black pano on white. These decisions are a lot more difficult then I thought they were going to be!
Color is a very personal choice and subjective of course but I love the Pearl white. It's really hard to go wrong with any of the colors.
The grey is very nice too especially with the carbon 21" rims (same with Pearl white for that matter). I love the contrast of dark wheels and white car as well. Good luck!
The grey is very nice too especially with the carbon 21" rims (same with Pearl white for that matter). I love the contrast of dark wheels and white car as well. Good luck!
SwedishAdvocate
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@MassX1317
Are you sure about not getting the Subzero Weather Package?
Are you sure about not getting the Subzero Weather Package?
Kids are in child seats for the foreseeable future, so no need for rear heated seats. Don't really see a need for the package, car is garage kept as well.
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