How are you married guys hiding the $11K upgrade from the spouse? "Honey, I know it's $11K, but its really not after the tax credit"?
Hiding? She was the one who suggested it...
Anyway, on topic, I passed on the performance upgrades package for several reasons:
- I don't want those silly, enormous, heavy 20" wheels. They aren't worth the range hit, the NVH characteristics will be strongly unfavorable especially on the awful roads we have (if it's anything like 21" wheels on the S), and they aren't even any wider or forged. My preference is to run 18" Aero wheels on the street and I'll probably swap the stock MXM4 tires out for a set of Pilot Sport 4S tires (I'm curious about what the efficiency difference would be).
- I don't want or care about the stick-on spoiler or aluminum pedals
- I view the top speed increase as pointless, especially since the car is unlikely top 145mph even on the fastest road course out here
- Tesla was very unclear about the brakes at the time I ordered. While the upgraded brakes would be nice, I was disappointed when photos started circulating and people were told that the upgraded brakes don't fit inside the 18" wheels. If I remember correctly, BMW includes 360mm front rotors on the base model of the M3 with 18" wheels. Either way, the Model 3 will primarily be a street car, so just changing the pads and brake fluid would likely be adequate for a little bit of fun. If I want a track car, I can always buy another old Miata for less than this package costs.
- Lower suspension hadn't been confirmed when I ordered and, frankly, I don't trust Tesla to actually do anything meaningful on the suspension front. If I want improved suspension, I'll go aftermarket to save myself the trouble of the rest of the stuff in the package--the MPP adjustable set sounds pretty nice.
The only wildcard at this point is whether Tesla is going to have any special software tweaks/modes for the performance version and whether those will be restricted to the upgrades package or not.