For AWD owners wanting a P3D-
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phantasms
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0-62 in 3.46 is niiiice.
Anyone not in completely crappy or freezing weather with a VBOX or dragy?
thor_2019
Member
Third one I dropped my phone and had to restart may have pulled up on the 1/4 mile
thor_2019
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thebigbobowski
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You’re making it very difficult to NOT buy it.
MagnusMako
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So I was going to do 1/4 mile on the toll road but there was too many cars (I prefer next to none) and oddly enough 1 car pulled over by a state trooper and right as I was coming up on a cross road another tropper doing a U turn under the toll road. Nope lol.
With that said, I managed to drive to another spot and atleast get an 1/8th mile reading. Came in at [email protected] mph with 78% SoC. All in all, well worth it to me. Face gets a little flush and I can feel it pulling hard from the low, middle and even high end. While it's not quite a P (which I actually haven't driven yet, though I've driven a P90D) I'm pretty satisfied. It's a) much cheaper than what you'd have to put down to get the same increases in an ICE car, way more convenient, no maintenance of your 'mods' and best of all - the car is still under warranty. I'm betting this car does high 11's in the 1/4 mile now. Will know when I get a better chance to test out.
With that said, I managed to drive to another spot and atleast get an 1/8th mile reading. Came in at [email protected] mph with 78% SoC. All in all, well worth it to me. Face gets a little flush and I can feel it pulling hard from the low, middle and even high end. While it's not quite a P (which I actually haven't driven yet, though I've driven a P90D) I'm pretty satisfied. It's a) much cheaper than what you'd have to put down to get the same increases in an ICE car, way more convenient, no maintenance of your 'mods' and best of all - the car is still under warranty. I'm betting this car does high 11's in the 1/4 mile now. Will know when I get a better chance to test out.
Knightshade
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The 1/4 mile time is awful- result of wet/cold roads or did you let up at the end?
Post 5% AWDs have been putting down like 12.2-12.3 times at ~188 kph
I'd expect with this 2k unlock they'd be hitting 11.8-11.9? (though probably not much higher trap speeds given the AWD and P were already quite close there)
jebinc
M3 LR AWD w/FSD and white premium interior
Well, I decided to join the short list. I couldn’t believe how fast Tesla took my money... I clicked on the buy button and no credit card info needed, no confirm or “are you sure,” just done and money gone. How long does it take for the update to show up?
update is immediate
Check your car acceleration settings will change standard to now sport
jebinc
M3 LR AWD w/FSD and white premium interior
Don’t I have to wait for an update/download notification on my app? Guess not! Thanks!
Well, since you only live once, as life is not a dress rehearsal, I said to myself, “self, WTF... go for it... Merry Christmas to me....”
I bought it too -- a little hard to test because it's 34 deg F here and lightly snowing -- I went to the supercharger to warm her up. Daaaaamnnn, is she ever fast now. I agree with the term 'violent'. I don't notice a big difference on take off, but 40-70 mph it's like a rocket giving me tunnel vision again.
There's a turn onto a hill after coming home from the store I take, and in the past she always hit the apex at around 70mph. This time it was 85mph+ !!
There's a turn onto a hill after coming home from the store I take, and in the past she always hit the apex at around 70mph. This time it was 85mph+ !!
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boriszima
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So the debate about 980 vs 990 still lives, right @Knightshade ? Since this did not bring AWD to P-AWD? Which also now makes P3D- the Best Buy. Why buy AWD and pay 2K and still not be close to stealth?
not that anyone cares, but I am passing on this because this does not bring model 3 LR AWD to be as quick as model 3 performance
ps: I used many different abbreviations above to describe just 3 variations of Model 3.
not that anyone cares, but I am passing on this because this does not bring model 3 LR AWD to be as quick as model 3 performance
ps: I used many different abbreviations above to describe just 3 variations of Model 3.
I will be interested to see power numbers from someone who can dyno or pull data through the canbus.
I'm curious, if you are passing on this, then what is your solution? Drive a slower car because you don't feel this is close to performance? What is your upgrade path to getting performance speed? Honest questions, I'm not trying to be snarky.
justaute
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On reddit, people were complaining about P3D- is only $2k more for a much better performance. The issue here isn't choosing between a LR AWD and P3D-. If one already owns a LR AWD, especially from earlier production, there are no other reasonable options. I thought about selling my LR AWD to get a P3D- -- would take a bath.
Knightshade
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Depends which part you're asking about.
Some of it was facts people refused to accept as facts... (that a 980 is a 980 no matter which model it came in for example-proven by the fact the 980 is a part that doesn't require a VIN to purchase a replacement of- something that'd be impossible if there were "special" 980s) and some remains speculation.... (like what, exactly, the difference is between 980 and 990).
We can be pretty sure though the 990 can't offer the same performance in total as the 980 (otherwise they'd use them in Ps too since they have to be cheaper to make than 980s)... so they're instead selling an upgrade both 990 and 980 can handle.
So as I said most likely reason we got what we did here is they didn't want to have to deal with whatever that 980/990 difference is and have 2 different offerings depending when your AWD was built.
The P3D-, in 2019 form, was always the best buy.
In 2018 form you could argue that a bit more given it was as much as $6000 more, not $2000, compared to the AWD.
May I remind us that the title of this thread is "AWD owners wanting a P3D". Yeah, for people who *don't already own a Model 3*, the choice is simple to get a P3D-.
As I wrote many pages back, when I bought my AWD in June I had no idea about the P3D-. When I learned about them shortly after, I seriously looked into selling my 2 month old car, and contacted two auto-brokers, looked into loan rates (they had gone up considerably), etc. I would have lost around $10k or more to move from the AWD to the P3D-.
As I wrote many pages back, when I bought my AWD in June I had no idea about the P3D-. When I learned about them shortly after, I seriously looked into selling my 2 month old car, and contacted two auto-brokers, looked into loan rates (they had gone up considerably), etc. I would have lost around $10k or more to move from the AWD to the P3D-.
thor_2019
Member
Sigh, I let up after the 1/8 ding from the app thinking it was the 1/4, what a dumbass.
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