SK360
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That's not camber wear. He needs to have his toe checked. And you can certainly swap for smaller wheels, just not the OEM tesla wheels
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Help Me Tesla Peers! Contemplating Trading/Selling 10 Day Old Model 3 AWD for Performance
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That's not camber wear. He needs to have his toe checked. And you can certainly swap for smaller wheels, just not the OEM tesla wheels
5_+JqckQttqck
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Please talk me out of this crazy idea...
I've been losing sleep over this dumb issue.
Bought the White Pearl LR AWD with 19 inch sports10 days ago, has about 600 miles on it. Love the car but a part of me is calling for the performance.
Haven't driven the Performance b/c I'm afraid I'll be too hooked.
Tesla offered a 45K for trade in, I paid 55K
Waiting for a quote from Carvana but thinking i'm going to be hosed either way.
I know i know i should've just bought it from the start. Please talk me out of this...
I dont want to live with regret but the financial difference...
ARGH
Can't you just ask Tesla nicely to unlock the P- with some cold hard $?
Glamisduner
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Well that might explain some of the upset AMG owners who wanted to stoplight race lol. I think your right in general, but other times I people do seem to know.
Look at it this way, even if you fork out for the P3+ in another year or two there will be one that is even faster. How much are you willing to spend to ride the top of the curve? That's like always trying to have the fastest computer or newest phone. If you're rich maybe it's OK, but for the rest of us it's not real sensible.
So you want to trade the car for the next model up? You gain 1 sec 0-60 time. 20 inch tires are more expensive, ride harder. Bigger brakes, really only improve stopping on the track not on the street. Track mode, how much you going to use it?Please talk me out of this crazy idea...
I've been losing sleep over this dumb issue.
Bought the White Pearl LR AWD with 19 inch sports10 days ago, has about 600 miles on it. Love the car but a part of me is calling for the performance.
Haven't driven the Performance b/c I'm afraid I'll be too hooked.
Tesla offered a 45K for trade in, I paid 55K
Waiting for a quote from Carvana but thinking i'm going to be hosed either way.
I know i know i should've just bought it from the start. Please talk me out of this...
I dont want to live with regret but the financial difference...
ARGH
Your 10K hit turns into a 20K hit just on the car. You only get the tax rebate on 1 car.
I think it’s pretty clear that this is 100% dependent on the OP’s finances. There are some people with enough money that it wouldn’t even make sense to spend this much time thinking about it.
Something I find keeps getting muddied up on TMC is that the M3P is just faster with red brakes and skinny tires. Those “cosmetic” changes - sport suspension, much stickier tires and less sidewalk flex actually change how the car drives. People talk about downsides being range loss, more road feel and less resistance to plunging into potholes. I mean yeah, hello - it’s a sports car.
Something I find keeps getting muddied up on TMC is that the M3P is just faster with red brakes and skinny tires. Those “cosmetic” changes - sport suspension, much stickier tires and less sidewalk flex actually change how the car drives. People talk about downsides being range loss, more road feel and less resistance to plunging into potholes. I mean yeah, hello - it’s a sports car.
Dan203
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yerEVan
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[QUOTE="dmurphy, post: 3980631, member: 92108"
"Me see hot car. Me want hot car. Me find hot car on eBay. Me buy hot car."[/QUOTE]
Is captain caveman looking for a Model 3?
"Me see hot car. Me want hot car. Me find hot car on eBay. Me buy hot car."[/QUOTE]
Is captain caveman looking for a Model 3?
I was on the same boat as you before I bought a Tesla. What I ended up doing was waiting a year and then bought the P3D. Since you already bought the AWD model, sit down and to a thorough financial analysis to see what the true cost of trading up will be - this should include tax credits, state tax on the new car, insurance, etc. Then compare that against how bad you may want the P3D. The difficult part is that you have to come up with a monetary value to your desire to upgrade to the P3D to compare. And as you know, that value will fluctuate over time. The last thing to remember, which is what tipped me over the fence to get the P3D is... can you live with the AWD knowing you had an opportunity to possibly own a P3D. The P3D is overkill for ALL daily driving. But if you plan on tracking the car, it is the way to go. I bought it to track once or twice a year.Please talk me out of this crazy idea...
I've been losing sleep over this dumb issue.
Bought the White Pearl LR AWD with 19 inch sports10 days ago, has about 600 miles on it. Love the car but a part of me is calling for the performance.
Haven't driven the Performance b/c I'm afraid I'll be too hooked.
Tesla offered a 45K for trade in, I paid 55K
Waiting for a quote from Carvana but thinking i'm going to be hosed either way.
I know i know i should've just bought it from the start. Please talk me out of this...
I dont want to live with regret but the financial difference...
ARGH
Oh, one more thing, if you are seriously considering owning a P3D, you must test drive it. Even it the test drive will favor your less expensive option of possibly owning one. Now if the car is totally out of your range, then you know the answer to your question.
Dan203
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I have zero plans to track mine. I just want to take off really, really, fast from stop lights.
Is captain caveman looking for a Model 3?[/QUOTE]
I think he's more of a Model X kinda guy.... the Teen Angels operate out of a shaggin' wagon, after all ...
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yerEVan
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If you're dragging other cars away from stop lights it's a diminishing sport as most of the German and muscle car owners have found out they can't even beat a D or often even a LR RWD so they've quit the game with Teslas.
groovidad
Living the Dream!
Brother, you’re right! You’re going to get “hosed”, trade-in OR private sale. Then you’re going to start over, losing even more in the new purchase, all for ~1 sec of launch speed??? Keep your 3 for at least a year THEN revisit your need for a “P”. Note: I ran against a friend with a P and we basically were side by side with him a half car length ahead in the 1/4. You’re not missing out.Please talk me out of this crazy idea...
I've been losing sleep over this dumb issue.
Bought the White Pearl LR AWD with 19 inch sports10 days ago, has about 600 miles on it. Love the car but a part of me is calling for the performance.
Haven't driven the Performance b/c I'm afraid I'll be too hooked.
Tesla offered a 45K for trade in, I paid 55K
Waiting for a quote from Carvana but thinking i'm going to be hosed either way.
I know i know i should've just bought it from the start. Please talk me out of this...
I dont want to live with regret but the financial difference...
ARGH
Why hasn't he taken it in for a wheel alignment? At 8k his tread's completely worn away, and the inner tread block is down to the cords. Looks possibly under inflated as the shadow on the center tread block is the deepest, and the problem is likely toe as opposed to camber, since there's no camber adjustment.
If you haven't noticed, there's a millithread titled For AWD owners wanting a P3D-. It's a little sad but totally cute seeing AWD owners on their hands and knees begging for more juice through the power of petitions and Twitter DDoS attacks. Because of this I'm under the impression that one can't be TOTALLY happy with the AWD.
Just do it!
Just do it!
groovidad
Living the Dream!
What you’re leaving out is the “financial loss” the OP will realize for what? You know the answer.
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