New Model 3 Performance news

[Jules22]

This does look pretty damn nice though! (Sorry Sriracha I wasn't admiring her front end)

 

[Zoltrix77]

Hmmm! I LOVE regen braking and one pedal driving. Our MYLR is 10 months old and there isn't a skerrik of brake dust on any of the wheels. Our old Benz had silver mag wheels and after a couple of weeks driving they were black on the inside and just dirty on the outside.

I get that some people like 1 pedal driving, but I am talking about this from a "pure drivers" point of view. And having blended brakes has ZERO to do with using more friction brakes and creating brake dust, if you put all of the regen onto the brake pedal, you still get full regen until it can't do no more, then you get friction brakes, just like in 1 pedal mopde , when its not going to de-accelerate fast enough, you move to the brake pedal.

This isn't a either or argument, I am advocating for choice.

Jules22 said:

Agree, there's no way I'd want to go back to two pedal or any kind of stupid blended system. One pedal is easy, if you want 'blended' you can always use the brake pedal.

Well that's not even possible with the Tesla firmware, and if it was, you wouldn't get regen when pressing the brake pedal and therefore lose efficiency. Seriously, I don't get why we can't have choice. I guess 30 years of driving performance cars and owning two Tesla's doesn't yet give me enough cachet to have a valid opinion, I'll correct myself.... everything Tesla decides is perfect, can do no wrong.

 

[Quickst]

This does look pretty damn nice

I saw an UltraRed parked next to the iconic Mazda Red. I think the UltraRed is better

 

[Zoltrix77]

I saw an UltraRed parked next to the iconic Mazda Red. I think the UltraRed is better

I agree its definitely better.... except for this bit.

 

[Jules22]

I saw an UltraRed parked next to the iconic Mazda Red. I think the UltraRed is better

Yeah I just sold a red Mazda. It's close but ultra red is a bit deeper, more layers to it.

 

[Hairyman]

That UltraRed looks fantastic in the sun. I would really love to be able to get the Midnight Cherry with a white interior.

 

[dronus]

That UltraRed looks fantastic in the sun. I would really love to be able to get the Midnight Cherry with a white interior.

I’d go white with a midnight cherry interior just to be different

 

[jaykaye]

I ordered the red with white seats M3P.... I'm having second thoughts. I love the red right now, but I hope I keep liking it. Ive never owned a red car before.
I really like the silver and its also a safer colour.

 

[Quickst]

ultra red is a bit deeper, more layers to it.

I wonder what the layers are and how many. Rocketman says "up to" 13 layers for the MCR but no one has confirmed for UR

I suspect UR is less as RocketMan says only Gigaberlin is capable of MCR, suggesting that it's more complex and has the production line that can do many layers.

 

[alyuan]

+1. Red with white seats.

 

[cafz]

I ordered the red with white seats M3P.... I'm having second thoughts. I love the red right now, but I hope I keep liking it. Ive never owned a red car before.
I really like the silver and its also a safer colour.

#teamred advises you to hold firm.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

I ordered the red with white seats M3P.... I'm having second thoughts. I love the red right now, but I hope I keep liking it. Ive never owned a red car before.
I really like the silver and its also a safer colour.

I've ordered the same.

I am more worried ahout the seats, my current 3 has white seats and they still look brand new (even after 4 years), however they do not have vents so it has been a little worried.

 

[jaykaye]

I've ordered the same.

I am more worried ahout the seats, my current 3 has white seats and they still look brand new (even after 4 years), however they do not have vents so it has been a little worried.

Thats a good point regarding the perforated seats...

 

[dronus]

I've ordered the same.

I am more worried ahout the seats, my current 3 has white seats and they still look brand new (even after 4 years), however they do not have vents so it has been a little worried.

From what ive read, and it might be still too early to have a definitive answer, the perforated white seats have been fine in regards to cleaning and pubes etc. Not my cup of tea, but keep us in the loop when you get the car!

 

[Sam Chuang]

It weird that there is such a big difference in range in M3P vs M3LR. According to the WLTP range on tesla website

Model 3 P 528km vs Model 3 LR 629km (16% less range)
Model Y P 514km vs Model Y LR 533km (3.5% less in range)

Maybe the new rear motor is lower on efficiency and focus on power. The all use the same battery pack.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

It weird that there is such a big difference in range in M3P vs M3LR. According to the WLTP range on tesla website

Model 3 P 528km vs Model 3 LR 629km (16% less range)
Model Y P 514km vs Model Y LR 533km (3.5% less in range)

Maybe the new rear motor is lower on efficiency and focus on power. The all use the same battery pack.

Maybe the LG battery (Shanghai produced Ps) vs the Panasonic (USA produced Ps) in the old Model 3P?

I know the LG has less power output vs the Panasonic....maybe it is also slightly smaller...

 

[Sweed269]

You need some lift off throttle regen for throttle steering and balancing weight transfer.