Because of MMGW and 9/11 I decided to stop using FF as much as I could and I slowly started giving up all of my toys. If it were not for those two things I would have a Ferrari 355 or a E60 M5 right now instead of the P3-. I sold my M3, and Harley and traded them in for solar panels and Chevy Volts. I could not justify the price of a Roadster 1, P85 or a P100D when they came out but used prices were getting very close. Track Mode in the P3 pushed me over and I sold a Volt to get (by several times) the most expensive car I have ever bought. Finally, the Holy Grail everything car. The quickest (almost), the most efficient, 5 passenger in comfort, 300mi + supercharging, self driving when you want it Track Mode when you don’t car. Track Mode made this car and the limit on it should be the driver. No other car geofences it’s performance features. When C&C videos are overrun by PM3s jumping curbs and hitting trees we can talk, but as loaded guns go, the PM3 is still the safest by far. I doubt I could ride with Perry very far but I think he is safer in a P3 than whatever his second choice car is. Not granting TM to P3-, get off it.
Errr if you read all 99 pages you will see that *I* have no problem with track mode for P- or even for AWD. Why not share the love?
Offering reasons why Tesla wouldn’t do it is separate from my own opinions of wanting to see Tesla taking care of all owners.
Likely reason is the firmware is not tuned for anything except for 3P+. They gain nothing throwing it out there for any dick, jane, harry and
@Perry to treat Laguna Niguel like Laguna Seca running on wheels, tires, suspensions and brakes that go on a
3MR.
There's one thing I remember now which wasn't mentioned much if at all in this epic thread.
3P+ has a top speed of 155 MPH.
3P- has a top speed of 145 MPH.
No matter what you did with the 3P-, it was always going to have 145 MPH top end limit.
What if you never hit 155? What's the point of 3P+?
The point is that a difference like that should tell you that Tesla has separate firmware for the + versus -.
That is actually the leading indicator that one needed to pay the 5000 "tax" and "hidden taxes" of 20 inch winter/all-season tires post purchase. The risk is zero of 3P+ missing out on anything applicable to 2018 Model 3s. The risk is greater than zero that 3P- will miss out on something.
I note "2018" because who knows - a 2019 3P might have things a 2018 can not or will not have. Welcome to Tesla ownership.
Tesla did not communicate their road map clearly but they were not legally obligated to.
They are not legally obligated to retrofit 3P-, and they are not legally obligated to offer rebates or credits post purchase.
Will Tesla provide goodwill relief? I hope so
. Though if they do, it's not going to happen until 2019 at the earliest.