So I finally have a comparison “sort of”. I took delivery today of my MYP. I like many others switched from the MYLR. When I test drove the teslas, I actually test drove a M3LR and the MYLR. When I drove the 3, I loved the way it drove and handled “smooth and sporty”. For some reason when I drove the MYLR, it definitely felt different (just smooth) and almost disappointing that it didnt have that same “sporty” feel but for practical reasons, we still had to go with the Y because we often take our grandchildren or friends when going places.
so taking delivery today felt weird. I literally walked in, examined the car, gave them the check, did a couple of clicks on the app and that was it. As I walked out, I felt I was missing something. No stack of papers, and I kept checking my pockets thinking something was off. I checked again with my normal internal thought process, “keys, wallet, phone?”. oh wait, there’s no keys that’s what’s wrong.
Now back to the comparison. I have to say, once I started driving my MYP, I started to have the same sensation when I drove the 3 that was missing in a nutshell, with the MYP, you now get both feelings of smooth and sporty. Don’t get me wrong, I was feeling the bumps more but on most of the Florida roads, it felt pretty good. I will say however that if I lived in the north, I would prefer the MYLR or at least the MYP with smaller wheels/thicker tires.
As for range, from my brief driving different speeds and looking at the projected range and Wh/mile, I would guess on a flat Florida road the range looks like this… 50-55 mph will give you 300+ mile range, 60 will give you about 280 miles, 70 will give you about 240, and 80 might be something like 200-220 miles. These are just estimates so I wouldn’t really know until I took it on a long trip at steady speed.