It has always been said from the beginning AFAIK that the Signature would have VERY limited options. Or to put it another way loaded because they wanted to have as few possibilites of variation as possible for the start of the production line. They will be adding more as time goes by. I think they even said after Signature runs they will be adding one paint color a month or something like that. The idea is start slowly and work up to more complicated.
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Putting Everything into Perspective
- Thread starter Todd Burch
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The 21" wheels have worse performance in all scenarios (or even typical scenarios) than the 19" wheels? Can you provide some supporting references for that? I'll forward them along to my Tesla rep.
mnx
2018 M3P
I had the same understanding. In fact, I was already resigned to an expectation that I would have to get the rear seats. I'm glad they chose to make that an option, so I don't have to.
"Every scenario" just plain wrong. They do have performance advantages. Under hard cornering the narrower tires will roll over less, so they are more stable under hard cornering. They may also have better rolling resistance.
The main disadvantages are poorer wear and greater possibility of damage to the rims.
My main concern. I had low profiles (just 18" wheels) on my old GLI and was always effing up wheels on trips into NYC or Philly. Same on my R8 (that has 19" wheels). Whenever I go to NY or any city now I just take the Q5, has huge sidewalls to deal with crappy roads.
NigelM
Recovering Member
Try driving the Roadster for a while.....you VERY quickly get used to watching out for potholes and high kerbs. Good news is that it becomes habit, to the point where my wife wondered what I was doing swerving around a high drain cover in her SUV.
I agree that it would be wiser to announce the performance car as $84,900. Won't participate in speculating on the reasons for that. "When in doubt, always assume stupidity over malevolence." In any case, if someone orders a car as expensive as a Model S performance based on that pricing sheet and later finds out that it costs $5000 more - no sorry. Remember, the sport package in the Roadster costs $25k to shave off 0.2 sec in the 0-60 time. With Model S Performance, you shave off a whopping 1.2 sec for just $15k - a real bargain for anyone who values performance!
Mycroft
Life happens
Personally, I think it was to make the prices match up. $49k, $59k, $69k, $79k+$5k,$89k,$99k
Well, the last two got a discount before pricing finalized. :smile:
Well, the last two got a discount before pricing finalized. :smile:
