Higher mileage Model 3's chime in

[austinmichaeld]

I just crossed 40k miles with my M3, besides only charging to 270 miles @100%, I have no complaints and no issues, but I drive a lot and will probably hit 50k miles in the next six months or so. I am curious if those of you coming up on or cresting the limited warranty mark for your M3's are sticking with them or considering owning it out of the warranty period to be risky. The present charge capacity isn't ideal and ive exhausted all the pack balancing tricks known to man and still @ 270. which honestly is just a number and the car performs great otherwise. Thoughts?

 

[moonfresh]

Got 58k on my M3 LR RWD. Charges to 305-307 miles. Would of had 80k by now if not for Covid. Plan on driving it till the wheels fall off...like my 2005 Prius with 456k (still going). What model do you have?

 

[TM3blu]

Could it be the... way you drive? My June 2018 build LR RWD w/18" wheels, wo/aero caps, crossed 40K earlier this month. I 100% charge to 316 miles both at home and at superchargers. (For road trips only) I try to drive moderately in town and the speed limit on freeways.
BTY just back from a 4000 mile R/T Phoenix to Chicago. I'm hoping this will be my last car.

 

[EnrgyNDpndnce]

Over 81k miles on my 2018 AWD non-P and other than standard maintenance items I really haven’t had any issues. Have put 2 sets of tires on it (second set was just a few weeks ago) and just changed the 12V battery out today after getting the warning last night. I supercharge a lot because of business travel and still get 290 miles on a full charge so I’m not sure why you would only get 270 at this point. YMMV I suppose.

I’m planning to keep this car until I hit 200k miles then sell it and buy a Model Y or Cybertruck. The company for which I work provides me with a vehicle plan called FAVR (Fixed and Variable Reimbursement) and 200k miles is the upper limit for participation in the plan, otherwise I might consider driving this car even longer. My 21 year old daughter has expressed interest in buying my car when I sell it and I’d love for that to happen so we can keep our first Tesla in the family.

 

[Sneakerhead]

100% charge is @ 300-302 miles. 2018 LR RWD 18 no hubcaps, ps4 tires, speedy driver. 42k miles, only charge to 80-90% using fast charger @home.

 

[Matsayz]

100% charge is @ 300-302 miles. 2018 LR RWD 18 no hubcaps, ps4 tires, speedy driver. 42k miles, only charge to 80-90% using fast charger @home.

What's your mileage at? and what's your Wh/mi over that mileage? thanks

 

[OCR1]

We would expect to see a 5-10% variance between the 19” wheels and the 18” wheels with aero caps so the numbers being posted in this thread all sound about what I would expect at those mileage figures. 270 with 19” wheels after 40,000 miles is not all that bad. It would probably be around 290 if you switch to 18” wheels with Aeros.

 

[Arctic_White]

I just crossed 40k miles with my M3, besides only charging to 270 miles @100%, I have no complaints and no issues, but I drive a lot and will probably hit 50k miles in the next six months or so. I am curious if those of you coming up on or cresting the limited warranty mark for your M3's are sticking with them or considering owning it out of the warranty period to be risky. The present charge capacity isn't ideal and ive exhausted all the pack balancing tricks known to man and still @ 270. which honestly is just a number and the car performs great otherwise. Thoughts?

Just curious: do you normally charge at 90% at home? Or 80%? Or a different amount?

 

[XLR82XS]

Could it be the... way you drive? My June 2018 build LR RWD w/18" wheels, wo/aero caps, crossed 40K earlier this month. I 100% charge to 316 miles both at home and at superchargers. (For road trips only) I try to drive moderately in town and the speed limit on freeways.
BTY just back from a 4000 mile R/T Phoenix to Chicago. I'm hoping this will be my last car.

No. Recent update dropped my 90% SOC to 266-270. Others have stated this here as well. Before 2020.20.12 it was ~280 @ 90% and 310-320 @ 100%.

 

[XLR82XS]

Over 81k miles on my 2018 AWD non-P and other than standard maintenance items I really haven’t had any issues. Have put 2 sets of tires on it (second set was just a few weeks ago) and just changed the 12V battery out today after getting the warning last night. I supercharge a lot because of business travel and still get 290 miles on a full charge so I’m not sure why you would only get 270 at this point. YMMV I suppose.

I’m planning to keep this car until I hit 200k miles then sell it and buy a Model Y or Cybertruck. The company for which I work provides me with a vehicle plan called FAVR (Fixed and Variable Reimbursement) and 200k miles is the upper limit for participation in the plan, otherwise I might consider driving this car even longer. My 21 year old daughter has expressed interest in buying my car when I sell it and I’d love for that to happen so we can keep our first Tesla in the family.

Same here - planning 200K. No front suspension issues? My 2020 is plagued by the 'axle click' and light front end clunk and it's only 13K miles in.

 

[android04]

I have a March 2018 build LR RWD with 43,600 miles. I plan on keeping it maybe another 8-10 years. I don't really care about the warranty too much because I can do a lot of repairs by myself.

Only way I can see myself getting rid of the car before around 200k miles is if I total it, in which case a Cybertruck world replace it.

 

[privater]

My vin is 20xx, LR RWD with 33k miles, battery still holds 312mi.
Judged on trade in value from Carvana($34k), I plan to driving it till the battery fall off...

 

[run-the-joules]

I'm at like 38,000 or so. Will likely get rid of it right before end of warranty. Test drove a Model Y over the weekend, will probably get one of those I suppose. Improves a few things (with a couple of steps back, of course).

 

[SanteeMike]

50K on a 2018 M3P+. Charge to 100% every day. The display shows 305-307 on a full tank.

 

[madewith]

Got 58k on my M3 LR RWD. Charges to 305-307 miles. Would of had 80k by now if not for Covid. Plan on driving it till the wheels fall off...like my 2005 Prius with 456k (still going). What model do you have?

what do you charge your battery to usually?

 

[moonfresh]

what do you charge your battery to usually?

90%...just got the new software update. Let's see if I get some more miles.

 

[austinmichaeld]

i charge mine to 90% every other day, my wife and I share our wall charger. i drive it like i stole it every mile unless my kids are in the car with me.

 

[EnrgyNDpndnce]

Same here - planning 200K. No front suspension issues? My 2020 is plagued by the 'axle click' and light front end clunk and it's only 13K miles in.

No front suspension issues, no front end clunk. Didn’t even know that was a thing. Sorry you’re having that problem, I hope Tesla makes it right.

 

[Nate977p]

51k miles, Performance AWD Probably about 75% of charging is in Supercharger. Would be about 10-15k higher had COVID not hit.

Charges to 292 miles. Again large majority SC, daily to 90% when not SC.

Have bad many small issues and service appointments. 2 years later still fighting way bill issues.

But love the car.

Only major frustration is range. I wish they advertised it more realistically, but I knew I was never going to get rated. On a full 100% charge of 292, I average about 200-210 miles in summer, 170-190 in winter.

Had to drive 275 mile trip few weekends back. Left with 100% charge. Showed up early to destination with about 25% charge. SC to about 40%, just because I had a few min and SC was next to me. Drove arounddaround a bit and range was about 35%. Drove to SC 60 miles away, made it with 1 mile left.

That trip I was really disappointed. I knew I would need to stop once, but to have a car rated at 310 miles and have to stop twice to charge to go 275 miles (could have been once in fairness, but would have been a longer charge) and to have huge range anxiety with 1 mile left after driving 60 miles with 35% stated range when I left was a surprise and disappointing...

 

[Wennfred]

51k miles, Performance AWD Probably about 75% of charging is in Supercharger. Would be about 10-15k higher had COVID not hit.

Charges to 292 miles. Again large majority SC, daily to 90% when not SC.

Have bad many small issues and service appointments. 2 years later still fighting way bill issues.

But love the car.

Only major frustration is range. I wish they advertised it more realistically, but I knew I was never going to get rated. On a full 100% charge of 292, I average about 200-210 miles in summer, 170-190 in winter.

Had to drive 275 mile trip few weekends back. Left with 100% charge. Showed up early to destination with about 25% charge. SC to about 40%, just because I had a few min and SC was next to me. Drove arounddaround a bit and range was about 35%. Drove to SC 60 miles away, made it with 1 mile left.

That trip I was really disappointed. I knew I would need to stop once, but to have a car rated at 310 miles and have to stop twice to charge to go 275 miles (could have been once in fairness, but would have been a longer charge) and to have huge range anxiety with 1 mile left after driving 60 miles with 35% stated range when I left was a surprise and disappointing...

Hello Nate, what’s your average speeds on that last trip.

Fred