Is it worth $9k to get 90 miles more? Is there other differences? Does not seem so and seems pricey. My fear is this price may drop.
Are most people getting SR or LR? It's like I want the car now bad so LR but $9k is a lot.
Yes, it is worth $9K to get 90 miles more. Put another way, it is not worth $9K less to be saddled with 90 miles less.
Further, I routinely endure a 40%-50% range penalty during a week of urban short trips. So half of 300 is 150 and that's doable for a week of not going anywhere. But half of 200 is 100 and that's not doable. Your mileage, pun intended, may vary.
Yes, I still get all of 284 miles (down from 294 miles after a yearish and 32Kish miles) when on the open road.
I look forward to the day when there's a Tesla pickup truck with a 600-mile range. Since living between 20% and 80% means 60% of 600 or 360 miles, half of which (if cold/hilly/rainy/ and /or fast) being 180 miles. Rarely if not traveling will I drive more than 180 miles in a day, and it would be nice to be able to do that within the optimal range, pun again intended, of the battery without having to stop to charge whilst out and about. Or aboot, if one is north of the border.
Also please note that when the base model emerges, by default the "premium" package will be not part of the mix. Then again, there's AP to consider for another $5K (the E in EAP remaining notable silent to date). So... 35K becomes 40K plus some color other than black plus fed doc/dest fee and voila, up to 43K just like that. There are (much) cheaper options for a 200-mile car. It's a bummer that the extra $9K pushes the tally to the low 50Ks, but what else is there at present? Nothing. Nothing that you can reliably charge once outside of town.
I suspect that the base model is going to eat Nissan's and GM's lunch for urban and 2nd cars unless and until a charging network actually exists that can rival the current Supercharger network. Pretty maps and promises aside.