Model 3 Performance/Ludicrous Waiting Room

[androowinn]

the white interior does look good BUT I am not sure about the interior white doors. It looks like a suede material and how dirty will they get? Will they be easy to clean?

It's white leather for the doors on the white interior. Black interior gets black suede-like alcantara.

 

[androowinn]

New EDD for gray/white configuration in VA. May 30-June 13

 

[Gasaraki]

It really appears that they are only making white seat cars in this first batch. Pretty soon they will start making cars with the black seats and I believe that will happen before the end of the month.

Once they start making cars with black seats I wonder if they will pause making the white seat cars? Maybe they will exhaust their white seat stock and have to wait to get more?

It will be interesting to see if the people with white seat orders who don’t have VINs yet suddenly see their orders delayed indefinitely?

I say this because some people are considering changing to white seats to get their car faster. You may end up delaying your car considerably if you do that now. Just something to think about.

New white seat orders are already getting placed in the back of the line (August). I wouldn't change anything now if you have the black seats unless you don't mind waiting.

 

[Jree]

Remember the posts where people thought it was going to get 260 miles? I was like, shut the front trunk. Why would the range drop that much.

If this is your first M3P you'll be disappointed. Real range will be much closer to 260 miles unless you drive that car like a Prius

 

[Gasaraki]

Calculator says 123mph in the 1/4, with 4200 pounds (driver+curb) would need about 600hp.

It's only about 4080 pounds

 

[TulsaCoker]

Does anyone know how many production lines Tesla has for the 3? I remember back in 18' they opened up a second line in a tent for the 3.

 

[StealthedLuda]

Just got an EDD update as well.

• Before: May 30 - June 27.
• Now: June 18 - June 30.
• Red/black, Central Florida, 4/23 @ ~1:30 PM order. No VIN as yet.

A much tighter window despite getting pushed back a bit. Still going to check the app 13 times a day.

I’m Boca Raton and i had the same exact “before” date and now my window is June 17-30. Seems we might be same batch sent if this holds.

 

[Gasaraki]

Just got kicked from May 22 - June 19th to July 1 - August 5th.

What was your config?

 

[RBBJ]

The guy with the first delivery posted his 0-140. I could be wrong but the 0-60 looks slower than 3 seconds.

Because I had nothing better to do at work, I compared that video's acceleration/highway passing times to this 2023 Model 3 Performance quarter mile run at a drag strip. Used a frame counter to get "exact" measurements between the two.

22 M3P 60-70: 0.817s
24 M3P 60-70: 0.733s

22 M3P 60-80: 1.800s
24 M3P 60-80: 1.600s

22 M3P 60-90: 3.117s
24 M3P 60-90: 2.633s

22 M3P 60-100: 4.717s
24 M3P 60-100: 3.933s

22 M3P 70-80: 1.000s
24 M3P 70-80: 0.833s

22 M3P 70-90: 2.300s
24 M3P 70-90: 1.900s

22 M3P 70-100: 3.900s
24 M3P 70-100: 3.200s

"Exact" in quotes since the videos are only accurate within ~17 ms / ~34 ms as the 2023 is in 60 FPS and the 2024 is in 30 FPS. The 2023 is also on a drag strip in presumably optimal conditions (SoC unknown but likely high given the 3.32s 0-60) while the 2024 was ran on what looks to be a random interstate.

 

[jose3030]

New 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance gets 303 miles EPA rating

 

[BlurryEcho]

This rollout has been such a cruel joke…

 

[jose3030]

Sorry for that post, it looks like it was already announced yesterday.

 

[AJ Henderson]

I don't dare touch anything like that because my date for May 25 - June 22 hasn't moved for weeks. Not about to mess that up playing around and accidentally changing config or something.

Have you checked today? I had the same and it moved this morning.

 

[eric135i]

What's the explanation for the tint causing the glass roof to crack?

Sg/black, still no vin, but my EDD tightened from May 25-June 22 to May 29-June 12.

Ordered 45 minutes after live.

same colors & date changes here. 49 mins after launch. in NJ

 

[AJ Henderson]

If this is your first M3P you'll be disappointed. Real range will be much closer to 260 miles unless you drive that car like a Prius

Maybe, but new EPA range estimates are a lot closer than the old ones. They all dropped by 30 miles or so at the beginning of the year and for my MYP anyway, the 24 number was pretty close to accurate.

 

[Gasaraki]

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Thats a perfectly reasonable assumption, yet, I have been here on TMC since late 2018, and have never seen any real indication that orders of Tesla follow any sort of First in First Out / "I got in line first" methodology. Geographical proximity? Sure. I have seen people who ordered a vehicle 6-7 weeks before someone else, who live in the same general region, talk about their orders and getting vins at roughly the same time.

Will be interesting to see if this tracker data ends up showing something different, but I dont think so. I think that when people really dig into it and start getting vins, people are going to find that its not really going to matter much if someone in Denver ordered 10 minutes after ordering became available, and someone else ordered two weeks later, if both of those people have similar orders (like both having black interior, or both having white interior) they are going to end up getting vins and their cars at roughly the same time.

Yeah, it's never FIFO. The cars are done in batch of different configurations and locations. It used to be that end of quarter months were always US cars and the overseas cars were built the month before. Now that the US doesn't built cars for Europe, I think they still build cars based on configuration. If you're lucky to purchase at the month that they are building your config you can get a car in like 3 weeks. Mine was like that. I purchased in June and got it 3 weeks later.

However obviously the volume has changed a lot for Tesla so there will be differences from 2020.

 

[Raub]

What was your config?

Gray/white

 

[jose3030]

I received the same "Do not message" from my SA this morning as well. Received a follow up that it was in error. Prompted me to message him to see why my delivery just got pushed a month... crickets. SG/B in CA ordered 4/23 at 9:18 am pst.

Well, he DID say "do not message"

 

[Raptor911]

Just saw that my exterior and interior color was changed on the tracking sheet. Prob due to someone sorting it so you may want to check your line.

 

[ColdFyre22]

No, I didn’t. I just opened the door and tried out the new seats. It was parked outside, next to a white Model X.

What did you think of the seats? What color combo is it?