We're now 2 weeks in with our Model X LR+, and I find it a pretty interesting comparison vs. our Model 3 LR AWD...
Obviously both cars have many similarities, but there's some very notable differences. Some things I like better about the X, and some - surprisingly - about the 3.
In the X column are the usual suspects:
- Air suspension rocks!
- FWD also rock.
- Tons of space.
- Monopod seats are amazing.
- The interior is quite better materials; The figured ash wood especially is just scrumptious.
- The size is enormous; very deceiving from outside. We're not missing our Enclave one bit.
- The LR+ "Rev G" battery is fantastic; plenty of range, and almost-as-fast-as-Model-3 Supercharging too!
Where things get interesting, however, are the things that I like better about the 3:
- The acceleration. Both are listed 0-60 @ 4.4s on the Tesla website, but the 3 is much, much more "violent" off the line. The acceleration just feels much quicker; almost as if the X hesitates for a hair before spooling up.
- Single pedal driving is way better in the 3. It has less rollout, grips better and holds the car much better. I always feel like the X takes a lot longer to come to a stop. Regen braking isn't as strong in the X. (And yes before you ask - I checked the settings to make sure it wasn't on Low Regen.)
- I don't like the Autopilot control in the X. It's cleaner in the 3 - double tap down on the shifter to engage, lift to disengage. The major problem with this is that muscle memory kicks in and sometimes I click up on the shift stalk in the X. That puts the damn thing in neutral! Wish I could use that as a disengage mechanism. Going to get me in trouble one day. Bouncing between the two cars confuses the muscle memory something fierce.
- The nav display. I wish the X would zoom in when approaching a turn on the main display; I get that it's on the instrument panel, but the entire map should zoom in like it does on the 3. I miss that.
- The rear AC doesn't cool as well as I think it should.
- The AC compressor is so much louder on the X; in fact if I sit in the driveway with just the A/C on, it almost "rumbles" like a gas engine. Very loud.
- Clearly the audio system wasn't done by the same guys who did the Model 3. The 3 is insanely great. The X is just very good.
Don't get me wrong - we ADORE our Model X; but it was interesting seeing how the technology has evolved with the 3... wish they would "backport" some of the tech back to the flagship.
So - those of you who also drive a 3/Y and an X... what do you think? Any other comparisons?
edit: Dang nabbit! I meant to put this in the main Model X forum, not the Driving Dynamics sub. Mea culpa, but now I can't move or delete it.
Obviously both cars have many similarities, but there's some very notable differences. Some things I like better about the X, and some - surprisingly - about the 3.
In the X column are the usual suspects:
- Air suspension rocks!
- FWD also rock.
- Tons of space.
- Monopod seats are amazing.
- The interior is quite better materials; The figured ash wood especially is just scrumptious.
- The size is enormous; very deceiving from outside. We're not missing our Enclave one bit.
- The LR+ "Rev G" battery is fantastic; plenty of range, and almost-as-fast-as-Model-3 Supercharging too!
Where things get interesting, however, are the things that I like better about the 3:
- The acceleration. Both are listed 0-60 @ 4.4s on the Tesla website, but the 3 is much, much more "violent" off the line. The acceleration just feels much quicker; almost as if the X hesitates for a hair before spooling up.
- Single pedal driving is way better in the 3. It has less rollout, grips better and holds the car much better. I always feel like the X takes a lot longer to come to a stop. Regen braking isn't as strong in the X. (And yes before you ask - I checked the settings to make sure it wasn't on Low Regen.)
- I don't like the Autopilot control in the X. It's cleaner in the 3 - double tap down on the shifter to engage, lift to disengage. The major problem with this is that muscle memory kicks in and sometimes I click up on the shift stalk in the X. That puts the damn thing in neutral! Wish I could use that as a disengage mechanism. Going to get me in trouble one day. Bouncing between the two cars confuses the muscle memory something fierce.
- The nav display. I wish the X would zoom in when approaching a turn on the main display; I get that it's on the instrument panel, but the entire map should zoom in like it does on the 3. I miss that.
- The rear AC doesn't cool as well as I think it should.
- The AC compressor is so much louder on the X; in fact if I sit in the driveway with just the A/C on, it almost "rumbles" like a gas engine. Very loud.
- Clearly the audio system wasn't done by the same guys who did the Model 3. The 3 is insanely great. The X is just very good.
Don't get me wrong - we ADORE our Model X; but it was interesting seeing how the technology has evolved with the 3... wish they would "backport" some of the tech back to the flagship.
So - those of you who also drive a 3/Y and an X... what do you think? Any other comparisons?
edit: Dang nabbit! I meant to put this in the main Model X forum, not the Driving Dynamics sub. Mea culpa, but now I can't move or delete it.