Your experience sounds similar to mine. Picked up our midnight gray 3LR yesterday afternoon. Gaps are really good on this car, for sure better than they were on my '19 P3D. Definitely not as fast, but it's no slouch. Doesn't have that "holy *sugar*!" punch that the P3D did. But maybe I'll pony up for the speed upgrade when I need to liven it up a bit. It's more my wife's car than mine, though, have to remember that. She never did like the punch of the P3D when she was a passenger.
Those TPMS sensors you saw on eBay, I ordered them yesterday. Already shipped, they arrive on Monday. Which is good, it snowed this morning (but just a bit, and no more for this week), so I want to get my winter wheels & tires installed. Thanks for the info on Discount Tire, now I know what to expect
. I'll probably just have them swap the sensors, and I'll do the actual wheel swap at home. Too bad I gave away my pack of jack point pucks to the guy I sold the P3D to, at least they're pretty cheap.
I can't decide what I'm going to do with the tires that came with the car. I'm a bit biased based on previous experience. I think as it is the 19s look small on the Model 3, I thought the stock 20's were much better sized. But they ride a lot harsher and the P3D really paid for it in efficiency. My wife isn't a performance driver, so I should avoid making this car into what I want it to be, instead of what she wants it to be
. But the aero covers are so ugly... I might just have to suck it up and get a set of good 19 wheels & summer tires as a compromise. First world problems.
The only quibble I have with this car is that it's a bit twitchy on the freeway. The steering is very direct, and the tires (and maybe alignment) seem to be conspiring for just a touch of tramlining. Might have it realigned with slightly more toe-in to make highway cruising more comfortable. Comfort mode steering helps... but it makes it sloppy at low speeds. Would like it to be more speed sensitive, so it could be tighter around town and more forgiving at 75mph.