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Ive has a model 3 rwd for a month now. I knew the highland was coming out. Got it at 38,030 which is a steal with the tax credit/gas savings compared to daily driving my jeep. Highland I hope is great, but currently I'd rather have a very well revised car and get the highland refresh when I convince my wife we don't need the Jeep.
I mean I'd rather have the last edition of a model than the first, there are sure to be issues with any new model (that's not only Teslas).It would make me a little bitter if the refreshed one was faster. Some are speculating 2.4 0-60
That was the throttle, not the steeringI thought that drive by wire had been around in autos for a while, and not necessarily just in high-end vehicles. I remember test driving a Passat about 12 years ago where the salesperson said that the car had drive by wire. Certainly the steering of that vehicle felt a bit unusual, and not in a good way: a bit 'dead' actually. Maybe I am mistaken though and what the Passat had was a bit different from what they are now referring to as 'drive by wire'.
I loved the E36 look, but since then I've not really been a huge fan. Could just be my age and what I liked in the 90s that's just nostalgic to me though.Aesthetically speaking I think the older M3 are pretty bad ass, the new one I HATE the grill. I also really like the looks of my M3P AND I am drawn to the simplicity and materials used in the interior. BMW's in the model 3's and 4's are loaded with plastic. I had driven only 3's, 4's and 5's for 20 plus years before my M3P and the interior just kept getting worse with the touch materials. Forget about the maintenance cost on them after 50-60k miles. I'm never looking back but as always, YMMV.
If you read this entire thread, you can learn a lot more. Yeah: there's a lot of crud and snippiness, but a LOT of possibilities have been discussed.I haven’t been keeping track with the refresh Model 3 news. Are there any improvements besides HW4? From what I have read it is basically a cost cutting update with a updated look. Same range, mcu, suspension, motors,etc… My guess is no new tech will be introduced, just an updated look?
Good point. I too wanted a mature platform, and current M3 RWD on the road since 2021 seemed like a good match.I'm in that group. I've had the car a year now and have been happy with it. But I would not have been happy to keep my old car another year, it needed to go. Even after Highland comes out I would have waited a year for issues to be worked out with the updates. So I would have needed to wait 2 years to get the new M3. Had to pull the trigger on the M3 RWD when I did, just the timing was the worse.
At some point I may upgrade to the Highland, or to another brand once they support the Tesla charger if I don't care for the Highland. We'll see.
My wife is waiting for the M2, but I don't think her ICE car will make it.
MY head hurts - name collision - Teslas have grills now? Oh - BMW M3 - phew!Aesthetically speaking I think the older M3 are pretty bad ass, the new one I HATE the grill.
MY head hurts - name collision - Teslas have grills now? Oh - BMW M3 - phew!
I still hate the fact that people here call a model 3 a 'M3" (cause it isnt), and you will not find me saying that. Its like calling another car a 911 or something.Yeah, I think that was foul playing saying "M3" on these forums but meaning a BMW. There's got to be a rule against that. Five yard penalty.
MY I feel is fair game because there is no other well known car name that it can be confused with. Things like M3P or M3LR also is fair game because it's not ambiguous. M3 alone is an issue because like in this case it can be confusing when speaking interchangeably with the BMW M3. I personally still call it Model 3 (although I don't correct people when they say M3 in the forums).I still hate the fact that people here call a model 3 a 'M3" (cause it isnt), and you will not find me saying that. Its like calling another car a 911 or something.
The foul here is everyone calling these cars "M3" or "MY" like there is a shortage of keyboard letters or something, lol. I realize that ship sailed here a long time ago, but, a model 3 can be a great car without people trying to shove another cars brand name onto it.
M3P can sometimes be ambiguous ever since CATL called one of its battery types M3P (which is rumored to be used in the Highland Model 3 standard range for an increase in capacity from 60kWh to 66kWh).MY I feel is fair game because there is no other well known car name that it can be confused with. Things like M3P or M3LR also is fair game because it's not ambiguous.
Nope. It usually takes 3 years for next significant refresh, even with Tesla. Tesla is just more keen to introduce smaller less risky incremental changes yearly, while conventional car makers wait for full 3 year cycle.But the next model will be out by then. Like I said earlier. The next big thing is always just 11 months away.
Pretty obvious your logic is flawed.Watching the inventory drop of the obsolete M3 when the new M3 coming soon. Who is actually buying these things?