So the D vs Rear wheel continues.
When I test drove the 75D and "punched it" to pass some Semi's on the I-5 I didn't notice any whine. Mind you, my current daily is a tuned Honda Accord with a Greddy Exhaust, so there are very few vehicles that are quieter than mine on a daily commute. I'll miss the nice throaty growl of my ICE but I won't miss it for long after getting my Model S. The Model S I drove was literally stealth mode compared to what I drive now.
I requested to see if the dealer has any rear wheel vehicles that I can do a comparison drive with. I will keep my ears on the noise.
Use the money to get the upgraded sound system. The LH system will not make up for the lack of the subwoofer.
As for the Upgraded sound, it seems like they added a front tweet sound bar to the vehicle (maybe) and a sub, but other than that I don't know that the mids are any different from standard, and those mids from what I've seen on some YouTube upgrades seem like pretty nominal speakers. You'd think on a $2500 upgrade you'd get nice kevlar cones with huge magnets behind them. If I go with LH aftermarket I'll wait until they release part 2 so I can get the sub as well. TBH, it's a car and not a home theater room, so I'm not going to go overboard on the sound when what I might be playing won't be lossless content. I might just chose to get an NVX B.O.O.S.T. to add base to the stock system and call it a day. When I listened to the Premium Sound in the showroom it didn't impress, kind of muddy in the middle and highs were not bright enough. The Harmon Kardon system in my CLS was amazing, Premium Sound option fell well short of that and that's why in my opinion they are not a value add-on.
Premium Package: Is still a great value. Bio Defense (High-end HEPA filtration) for allergies and 2 carbon air filters for bad air quality and funky smells; Automatic rear lift gate - a must for people with kids and have to lug stuff around constantly; LED daytime running lights; LED Fog lights; Quick connection Phone Dock; Leather arm rests and steering wheel with leather seating. That all adds up to the best VALUE add to a base Telsa build.
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If there's one thing wrong I could criticize Elon for on his approach to selling a car, is that he upholds the notion of up-selling on options with the Premium Package. Get people in the door with the most basic build to highlight the lowest price you could have the car at if you're will to compromise, but then offer a package that almost no one skips out on so that it tacks on at least $3000 to the price, and since some of these sub-options are tied, it means more like $5500-48,500 if you want full advantage of it (e.g. Leather wrapped steering wheel, arm rests and ventilated seating). I'll get off my soapbox and digression, but I will say if he wanted to say "hey this is the BEST car for the money" and the customer just wants to chose colors, performance and maybe some cosmetic features, he could have included the Premium package. Remember when power windows were an option in most cases in the 90s? Anyway, if I only had one option to chose this is the one I probably won't do without.
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