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Mid Range Model 3. What trim is it?
- Thread starter borijess3
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The mid-range no longer exists so would only be relevant if you were shopping for a used car.
Had a premium interior and in between battery pack size, was RWD only (larger battery than SR, smaller than the one used on the long range cars)
I would use same recommendations as the SR+ if you currently own one and are thinking of replacing tires/wheels.
Had a premium interior and in between battery pack size, was RWD only (larger battery than SR, smaller than the one used on the long range cars)
I would use same recommendations as the SR+ if you currently own one and are thinking of replacing tires/wheels.
Mid-range is a Long range RWD car with fewer cells in the battery pack.
Some misinformation going on here. Based on what I've been told by telsa employees, the mid range has same battery pack as SR and SR+. It has the same features (fog lamps, premium interior, etc.) as long range rear wheel drive just with SR+ pack with software unlock to 260 mile range.
I believe this is incorrect. My understanding was the MR was an LR pack with fewer cells. The SR+ pack wasn't available when the MR was released. Also, the SR+ pack does not have any locked capacity, so there is nothing to unlock in order to give it 264 miles of rated range like the MR has.
As for wheels and tires - they're the same as everything else except for the P3D+, which has 20" wheels.
Funny the post that mentions misinformation is the one that provides it
Mid range car came out before the SR+ battery pack existed
ralph142
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What they told me when I bought mine, end of first quarter 2019, was that it was the rwd lr, but with a smaller battery pack so they could offer a less expensive car. Effectively replaced by the Sr and Sr plus, which have different packs than the mr.
The MR is "Full Premium Interior" - same as the LR RWD/AWD. As others have mentioned, it was a way to get a less expensive model out ~6 months earlier than the SR/SR+ by not changing anything on the production lines and just not populating all of the cells in the LR pack. Even at the time they knew it was temporary as even then Elon referred to it as a LEMuR (Limited Edition Mid Range).
I believe TODAY, if you had to take your MR in for a battery replacement, you would get a software-locked LR battery.
When I purchased (Jan 2019) it was $44k without autopilot. You have to also remember during the time they offered the MR, they did not offer the LR RWD. So the only options at the time were the MR at $44k or the LR AWD at something like $50k.
What a difference two months made. When I bought my car in March 2019 the MR had dropped to $40K, and the LR RWD was reintroduced for $43K. And sales were slow so they upgraded me to 19” wheels on my LR RWD for free.
travis1906
Member
For tires and wheels, probably doesn’t make a difference. I just purchased a wheel/tire set and used “Base” as my trim and nstead of LR RWD or LR AWD. Probably doesn’t make a difference, as the width/size is the same.
travis1906
Member
Yeah. Thanks for making me relive that
I *wanted* the LR RWD... but due to pre-mature death of wife’s car, we had to buy in Jan 2019
interesting, can you pay to get it unlocked? If something happened to my battery pack and it had to be replaced (under warranty of course) I won't mind paying up to $5k to have a LR RWD car. I actually wanted the LR RWD car but when I bought my Mid-Range, that trim wasn't available.
I don't know. I would be willing to pay for the upgrade as well because, same as you, I wanted LR RWD and it was not offered.
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