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Parents had a 3LR delivered yesterday so I compared it side by side to my 2021 3P making the following observations:
| 2022 Model 3 LR | 2021 Model 3 Performance |
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Paint | Flawless black, mild orange peel | Red with multiple minor flaws, fisheyes, polishing marks from factory and/or delivery prep, and mild orange peel |
Body panel alignment | Excellent, all gaps are reasonable, consistent, and all panels are well aligned. All doors close with minimal effort. Headlights overhang bumper by ~1mm. Trunk lid sits ~3mm above rear window. | Poor. Doors are slightly misaligned in every axis, relying on strikers for final alignment and requiring a firm slam to close. Headlights overhang bumper by ~10mm. Trunk lid sits ~4mm above rear window. Frunk gap noticeably inconsistent around perimeter and also misaligned vertically with bumper and fenders. Tesla had a local collision repair shop try to fix some of the issues. |
Window alignment | Flawless | Poor. Vertical gaps between panes differ by +/- 1/4" and are noticeably crooked |
Greenhouse | Flawless | Windshield, roof, and rear window are 3 different widths and only align along the driver's side gutter. Passenger side is badly misaligned. Vertical alignment and curvature match is marginal between panels. |
Interior | Black, flawless, wood is slightly darker and slightly rougher to the touch. | Black, some misaligned headliner panels and dirty handprints. C-pillar trim is so misaligned that it's visible thru the rear window. |
Exterior door handles | Slightly sunken in front, badly sunken in rear | Slightly sunken in front, more badly sunken in rear |
Side repeater glare | Bad | Worse |
Wheels | Ugly | Uglier |
This car had the Ryzen, 12V Lithium, and illuminated door pockets (unlike my 2021).
It did not have:
- Laminated rear windows
- Far side airbag
- Heated wipers
- Pedpro frunk hinge
- Passenger lumbar
I don't know about 2nd row restraint changes, foam trim, hairpin motor, battery type, or much else. Sorry can't comment on driving performance or sound system, etc.
But wow,
the Ryzen is freakin' night and day better than the Atom. It truly takes the whole UI from adequate to instant. Navigation is so fast, even cross country routes with lots of charging stops and stuff it's just bam! all plotted out almost before you've even finished telling it where you're headed. The sentry clip viewer comes up instantly and clips play instantly (scrubbing is still flawed but fast). The 2021 sentry viewer takes 15 seconds just to launch.
YouTube is fully loaded in 4 seconds on the 2022 compared to 24 seconds on my 2021. Videos play *instantly* and you can jump to any position instantly. I'd say YouTube on the 2022 is 50%
faster than my kickass gaming desktop, 150% faster than my iPhone 13, and 500% faster than the 2021. I compared the cars back to back on the same WiFi network, both without YouTube logins, and both after launching/closing/relaunching YouTube to equalize any caching and both were on V11, albeit slightly different versions.
I'm sure there'll be another 10 pages of people saying they don't use YouTube / it doesn't matter / he didn't test it right / whatever but the bottom line is that a 2022 Tesla has processor performance that is on par with a modern cell phone such that it could easily become your default choice when Googling/Yelping/Tiktoking/etc. from the car and that's a really big deal because this is the first time any car has ever offered anything like this.