New Model 3 Performance news

[Hairyman]

I didn’t mind the regen setup in my A3-etron.

The car would coast when you took your foot off the accelerator pedal.

When you put your foot on the brake it would apply regen up to (I think) about 75kW and after that the friction brakes would engage to give the deceleration you wanted above max regen.

Coasting saves the round trip energy losses to and from the battery. You can coast with a Tesla, but keeping the accelerator just right is something I find a bit awkward.

I suppose the trade-off is losing one pedal driving, which I quite like.

 

[muddie]

I just ordered one. Blue with black interior to replace my current car as outlined in my signature below.

 

[Hairyman]

I just ordered one. Blue with black interior to replace my current car as outlined in my signature below.

Please let us know how they compare from a finish/handling/ride comfort point of view. TIA

 

[fobo]

Looks great. I was half tempted until I got the trade in value on my 2022 LR, they offered 41K. I paid 80K just under 2 years ago

 

[brianman]

I was under the impression that track mode (in the previous M3P) let you turn regen down/off already.

Yup.

 

[Flatbat]

I just ordered one. Blue with black interior to replace my current car as outlined in my signature below.

Did your order show up in your Tesla acc? I ordered one on Wednesday as well. Got an order # and was charged the $400 but I cannot see it in my Tesla acc, even though I included my existing email and contact details in the order.

 

[Zoltrix77]

I didn’t mind the regen setup in my A3-etron.

The car would coast when you took your foot off the accelerator pedal.

When you put your foot on the brake it would apply regen up to (I think) about 75kW and after that the friction brakes would engage to give the deceleration you wanted above max regen.

Coasting saves the round trip energy losses to and from the battery. You can coast with a Tesla, but keeping the accelerator just right is something I find a bit awkward.

I suppose the trade-off is losing one pedal driving, which I quite like.

Totally agree with you, if people like one pedal driving, that's awesome. But its not the be all and end all. As I have said in my previous post, I think its simply a matter of engineering blended brakes to work well with good pedal feel is very difficult. Coasting does feel nice in the right circumstances.

 

[muddie]

Did your order show up in your Tesla acc? I ordered one on Wednesday as well. Got an order # and was charged the $400 but I cannot see it in my Tesla acc, even though I included my existing email and contact details in the order.

Yes. Mine shows up in my account. On the web and in the app.

 

[Flatbat]

Cheers thanks will chase it up with Tesla.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Should have posted here:

Model 3 Performance (2024)
So decided to go red this time, sticking with white seats, may change my mind on seat colour.

On another note
I have a 2020 Model 3 Perfromance (blue with white seats) with 36,000km's on it in perfect condition...seats look like new including drivers seat, never thrashed, paint has had PPF from new....basically looks like new.

 

[louco73]

@EcoCloudIT , What made you go with red this time? I am considering blue with white interior for the next one.

 

[louco73]

I had to take the kids to a new sporting venue today and the speed bumps in the car park made my car bottom out on a couple of them. That got me thinking about the new M3P being lowered a further 1 cm and the parking issues (the gutter edge or the parking blocks), steep driveways, speed bumps, etc. I barely clear the parking blocks as it is.

Did anyone lower their M3P? How has it been with respect to the above issues?

 

[brianman]

I had to take the kids to a new sporting venue today and the speed bumps in the car park made my car bottom out on a couple of them. That got me thinking about the new M3P being lowered a further 1 cm and the parking issues (the gutter edge or the parking blocks), steep driveways, speed bumps, etc. I barely clear the parking blocks as it is.

Did anyone lower their M3P? How has it been with respect to the above issues?

Yeah, I had mine 2018 lowered a bit. Originally it wouldn't clear my driveway so I had them raise it back a bit. Now the back mudflaps scrape on my driveway but at least the battery doesn't.

Based on measurement today, the 2024 is at least 1.5 cm higher than my lowered 2018 so I should be good on the driveway.

With my lowered 2018, most speedbumps I'm ok though some I need to take at an angle. Some "steep" driveway entrances in shopping malls I simply never go in.

 

[brianman]

@louco73
Not perfectly measured but hopefully useful.

The blue car is the 2024 M3(H)P from Bellevue Square storeand the gap shows it's approx 4.3 inches.
The red line is my lowered 2018 M3P at ~3.5 inches.

 

[Wagits]

The paganella has docked in pt Kembla, next stop Melbourne on the 1st may

 

[Quickst]

1st may

Not rolling off until 2May

Dont have any hard data, but the number of Roll on Roll off vessels berthing seems to have dropped off. I recall the terminal schedules were quite full last year.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

@EcoCloudIT , What made you go with red this time? I am considering blue with white interior for the next one.

I'd like the black "bits" to pop and I think they only pop on white, blue and red....white is too common and I already have blue....just wanted a change.....if I had red now I would go blue next

 

[EcoCloudIT]

I had to take the kids to a new sporting venue today and the speed bumps in the car park made my car bottom out on a couple of them. That got me thinking about the new M3P being lowered a further 1 cm and the parking issues (the gutter edge or the parking blocks), steep driveways, speed bumps, etc. I barely clear the parking blocks as it is.

Did anyone lower their M3P? How has it been with respect to the above issues?

I have my current blue 3 performance on adjustable coil over springs which are sitting about 1.5cm's lower than stock performance...I've had no issues. I first had the car down to 10.5cm ground clearance...that was a worry all the time so I raised it and now it's in my opinion perfect.

 

[Power Hungry]

Totally agree with you, if people like one pedal driving, that's awesome. But its not the be all and end all. As I have said in my previous post, I think its simply a matter of engineering blended brakes to work well with good pedal feel is very difficult. Coasting does feel nice in the right circumstances.

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.

 

[Jules22]

I LOVE regen braking and one pedal driving.

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.