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Model P3D
It was dangerously too fast (just to easy to accidentally abuse, for me or my wife). So I kept it in Chill Mode.
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It was dangerously too fast (just to easy to accidentally abuse, for me or my wife). So I kept it in Chill Mode.
I have complete control over my foot and the acceleration curve. If I need to punch it, I can. If I need to floor it, I can do that, also.
On public roads, I absolutely never ever need to “floor it” on Model 3 Performance in Sport mode. Not ever on “normal driving”. That excludes showing off what it can do to friends and testing the car out. But for day to day driving it’s over the top.
“Flooring” an AWD Model 3 in Standard Mode or a Model X LR in Standard mode is the perfect limit of performance you need for “normal driving”.
Now if I need to race someone at every traffic light, or go to the race track that’s another matter. Some drivers think they need it constantly. I think it’s those folks that have driving skill issues that feel the constantly need access to full power.
I’m glad you have such perfect self control and perfect foot and never make mistakes like some us mere humans do.
Like I said, there is very good reason that the other Performance cars have more throttle curves. Even many ICE cars do. And based on some responses here, I’m not alone.
Tesla will eventually come around and “fix” it.
My last car was an e-golf and before that was a 450hp BMW. The P3D is much closer to the golf than the BMW in that the accelerator is extremely linear and easy to use compared to a similarly powerful sports car. This post is a little baffling in light of that, as it’s easy to drive the car slow. Moreover, the accelerator’s linear response makes the P3D perfect if you’re trying to rely on regenerative braking and not the brake pedal. My experience has been that this is the smoothest car I’ve ever driven if you use the accelerator well.
I agree that if you’re not smooth with the pedal then you’re going to have a bad time, but I drive the car in heels pretty much every day and what I’ve noticed is how good the feedback is and how easy it is to control throttle response on this car compared to other sports cars.
Not sure if trolling....
I constantly have to control the accelerator.. not sure what you are doing.
@Paddy3101
You can handle the pedal but not posting I guess.
I rarely ever punched it in sport into a turn. There is no place to do that except the track.
I guess some of your Performance cars must have been slow or something. I was quite hand full even going straight.
Model X has NOTHING to do with this, other than it’s Standard Performance curve is nearly identical to the AWD Model 3. About 4.4s 0-60. Faster than 95% of the cars on the road.
Why even have Chill mode? Are you saying only morons that don’t know how to drive would ever use it. Or why Model S isn’t always in Ludicrous mode? There are very good reasons for wanted to set a limit.
I agree you can get in trouble with a Yugo if you tried hard enough.
I feel that the M3 Performance drives much like how you would want a 'Perfect' normally aspirated, 450bhp sport saloon would react to the throttle. Instant, Linear and Predictable.
That linearity and predictability makes it so easy to drive, and accessible.
It makes it easy to make good progress, but at the same time, with it NOT feeling 'fast' or 'rushed' or 'on edge'.
Driving 'slow' and making 'fast progress' are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
I totally agree! Having owned a few sports sedans/saloons over the years I feel like the Model 3 is the perfect version for me. It’s incredibly quick with no turbo lag, no attention grabbing exhaust/engine noise, and no issues with traction putting the power down. It puts a smile on my face every time I drive it.
Good for you, Tell Elon to remove Chill and everything but Max Performance on all trims because nobody uses it. And they have no self control and shouldn’t own one if they feel they need anything but max 100% of the time.
I went with a LR AWD Model 3 for this reason honestly. I drove both a AWD and a P and the P just was a bit...too powerful? I mean I love speed and it's not like it was uncontrollable, but the AWD felt more like I could drive it like a normal car and could punch it and fly at the same time. It was the right balance that felt both comfortable and fun for normal driving. The P model was just a bit too touchy, but still lots of fun.
If they ever offered software unlocks of faster acceleration on the AWD (to make it a stealth P), I would love it they kept the current acceleration speed as a "normal" and just added a sport mode you could switch into.
But, and I NEVER thought I’d say this, when I dropped it off and picked up my AWD 3 it was somehow more enjoyable...and yes finally felt slow. It took a week or so to feel fast again. lol. The P3 is the better car all day of course, but I get what the OP is saying. The AWD does 0-100 in ~9.2ish.
all that being said, because I’m a human of errors, if they allow me to purchase a power upgrade I will for sure. lol