Oh that's the "Old" model 3

[jason66]

So I'm visiting family in country SA and mum heard a couple of guys say "oh look, that's the Tesla model 3, but it's the old model". How very dare you! . I think my 2020 Model 3 performance still looks pretty spiffy! Wonder if it's time for the chrome delete to make it look like it's newer Chinese cousin

 

[jamesgo]

Just reply with yep, its the faster old model

 

[MarcinS]

Just reply with yep, its the faster old model

Did the M3P get slower? I thought it was just the SR+ / “Model 3”.

 

[jamesgo]

 

[paulp]

So I'm visiting family in country SA and mum heard a couple of guys say "oh look, that's the Tesla model 3, but it's the old model". How very dare you! . I think my 2020 Model 3 performance still looks pretty spiffy! Wonder if it's time for the chrome delete to make it look like it's newer Chinese cousin

I wonder how they describe their petrol car if model 3 is considered old?

 

[karlos22]

Don’t take it the wrong way. I say it to my wife when I see one, which is only to point out the very minor changes (chrome etc). Otherwise she’d have no idea.

 

[Flatbat]

When I first saw the chrome delete I sort of liked it. But since then my enthusiasm for it has waned. Now I am very happy to retain the Chrome.

 

[karlos22]

When I first saw the chrome delete I sort of liked it. But since then my enthusiasm for it has waned. Now I am very happy to retain the Chrome.

Looks good on the white, but I prefer the chrome on the other colours.

 

[bay74]

I have chrome trim also, and I like it. To me black plastic trim looks cheap, maybe because my other car, ‘74 VW Type 2, is the last year they made them with chrome before moving to cheap-looking blank plastic handles and such. But of course the ‘74 has real chrome plating not the modern shiny plastic.

 

[Parramaniac]

It’s truly an individual thing. I wasn’t attracted to the model 3 with chrome till the black came in, then the look started to peak my interest into the car and well…. The rest is history now.

 

[Watts_Up]

It’s truly an individual thing. I wasn’t attracted to the model 3 with chrome till the black came in, then the look started to peak my interest into the car and well…. The rest is history now.

I prefer the silver painted rims, really don't like the black rim, because any curb rash get noticeable like one mile away !!!

 

[Kevsaccount]

Uncanny, I said almost word for word the same thing to my girlfriend the other day while looking at a M3 parked near us, except that there was no negativity in my statement. When I personally said it, the meaning behind the words was actually more like "that's the car we are getting, but slightly different" to set expectation more than a criticism of either model. Perhaps the person who said it meant it this way too? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Candleflame]

they are the same, the pirellis just have less traction...

 

[Culfy]

This was before the firmware update. I want to see them run this test again.

 

[Culfy]

So I'm visiting family in country SA and mum heard a couple of guys say "oh look, that's the Tesla model 3, but it's the old model". How very dare you! . I think my 2020 Model 3 performance still looks pretty spiffy! Wonder if it's time for the chrome delete to make it look like it's newer Chinese cousin

And the 2022 version will make them all the old one, since it has new motors. It is what it is. They all look good, but they are different as they develop. It's a fact of life when buying technology.

 

[ausevdriver]

but I prefer the chrome on the other colours.

Definitely in the dark, on a Blue Model 3, there's been a few times I'd have liked a nice shiny chrome handle to aim for rather than flat nothingness.