My 22’ M3P feels slow……

The neighbor's grass is always greener

Tires

Calling any M3P slow is pretty wild to me, these cars are nearing supercar territory in terms of speed.

You get used to it

Assuming yours isn’t in chill mode for driving? If not, probably just bias.

Just like any drug, always chasing that dragon.

I know that snap off the line you are talking about, same car here drove a 2020 long range awd and the earlier cars do seem to hit harder off the line

Couple things… 1. Is yours set to Sport (or whatever the highest acceleration setting is, I forget what it’s called on the Model 3)? 2. How are your tires? My guess is that if your _Performance_ Model 3 feels slower than a Long Range with Acceleration Boost, it’s either your acceleration setting, your tires wearing out, or it’s placebo. I recall some test that was done and at higher speeds (>60 mph), the Performance and LR + AB performed identically. But your M3P should absolutely feel faster. My money is that yours is on the middle acceleration setting (there’s Chill, Standard, and Sport or something like that) or your tires are worn out, causing slippage.

Are you sure yours only "feels slower" because it has better suspension thus rides more stable at higher speeds? A lot of what makes a car "feel fast" is when things start to feel a bit squirrelly. 25MPH in a car feels like a crawl, 25MPH on a skateboard feels like you're a pebble away from death at any moment.

Wheels and tires make a difference. Comparison is the thief of joy,just enjoy your ride!

I knew this would happen to me on my 2024 M3P (I also own a 2023 BMW S1000RR). I just try to keep it in chill mode which tricks my brain into thinking it’s pedestrian and then only hit insane like 10% of the time. That’s all I got

Nothing moves faster than money in YOUR bank account!

Check your acceleration settings. Are you running it in chill mode?

😂😂😂

Dual motor? Sometimes mine doesnt feel as fast. Like if it's cold or the battery is low. But even when it's warm and fully charged, it's not always the same. I have acceleration boost too.

Do you have any supporting data besides “it feels faster” ?

Whyd you clap it out with drug dealer tint and temu parts?

Thats why I thought my old shitbox "00s swift" was so much fun to drive Its small and goes vroem 60 feels like 100

I went from a rwd to a long range dual motor to a performance and the performance is much, much quicker and more nimble, no questions. Not sure what you're experiencing.

Guess you'll need a Model S Plaid to scratch the itch.

Or below 60% soc or if it’s cold outside it also limits the power massively

Go drive a ICE vehicle and you'll see it's probably in your mind.

It's just because it's a different car from your perspective. I bet if he drove your car it would feel faster to him.

Honestly the pull from 70 mph isn’t all that exciting to me either in my 24 M3P. I have a slow track car that has 300 hp that revs and it feels way more exciting than the m3p after 60 mph despite it being much much slower in the 60-130. It’s like we need to get a plaid to feel that higher speed acceleration but I really don’t want a 5k lb car for handling purposes

you really get used to it. I have a plaid and I don't feel it 'too fast'

Elaborate

I have a 2025 m3p and my wife has a 2025 standard or long range. Previously I had a 2021 m3p and she had a 2022 standard model y. In our old cars there wasn’t much comparison. But now, I think I’m a bit annoyed at the fact that I don’t think there’s a nearly $30,000 difference. She has nearly the same car for much less

It’s true. It feels exactly like my bike from 0-60, but even a 20-60 just doesn’t feel fast at all. After 60 it’s basically just a car lol

Did you two have the same battery percentage? A lower % will impact performance

Is one RWD and the other Dual Motor?

the tint is fine and looks amazing, completes the look

Exactly!! My 22M3P feels like it hesitates for a bit (I’m assuming TC)

I got new tires on my long range with acceleration boost. I can tell it feels slower now. Hankook evo vs my new cross climate 2.

Since when is blacking out a windshield considered good? Looks like a Nissan altima

I find it always surprising. In my 3rd year of ownership now, so much power to spare, so (daily) drivable.

Stock 20s wheels are heavy and that is why long range with acceleration boost is faster in some cases. Downsize it 18 inch and keep charge level to 90% when you need full performance.

Gotcha thanks for clearing that up for me!

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This, for the price you get 80% Ferrari in terms of speed. Cant be beat.

That's due to the huge baggage Elon added to your car. Mine feels like betrayal too.

Drug dealer tint?😭that’s gotta be racist. But nah 20% Ceramic tint gets the job done……now the Temu front lip🤷🏾‍♂️

Only you are mentioning race, 20% windshield is insane

If this is the case the traction image will flash up on launch but I can say that even with 285 Ps4S tyres front and rear and on a glued track you can still hear spin at 20mph

Mine just has chill or sport

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks that lmao

You have to understand, my other ride is a literal teleportation device

I’m starting to think that’s the reason. At higher speeds his car definitely feels a bit squirrelly, like you said, which can make it seem quicker than it really is.

Both Dual motors mine being the Performance Trim

😂

Will do! Thanks for the information 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾

Get a '24 M3P and you'll think they're both slow.

altima vibes lmfao, blacking out the windshield is the only thing i don't approve it, not just tacky but also kills visibility and a cop magnet

What size rims/tires did you run on your M3P? Definitely looking to upgrade from stock Pzeros

Gotcha, my S has three (Chill, Standard, Insane), but now that you mention it I remember my old Model 3 Long Range only having Chill and Standard, with Standard being replaced by Sport when I got Acceleration Boost. Is yours Performance or Long Range + Acceleration Boost? Not sure which model year(s) this applies to, but Tesla's [online owner's manual](https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-8EAFF5D8-7209-45ED-A7E0-508FFA60C530.html) lists Chill, Standard, and Insane as acceleration modes for Performance models. My guess is that OP's is set to Standard if it's not a tire wear and tear issue or placebo.

Used M3 performances for like $20-30k are on par price wise with like a new Honda civic but have super car acceleration and are cheaper to run long term. They’re such bargains for what you get compared to what you could get used even 10 years ago.

20s. For summers I have Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S and my winters are Pirelli sottozeros. There's stretches in spring and fall where it's not warm enough for the summers to be happy but not cold enough to justify the winters.

Recently spent some time with a Refreshed model S long range and I think that’s what ruined the M3P for me lol.

That's really the only issue, I think side tints look good. Windshield is straight altima energy

I’m leaning towards a refreshed model S long range( Plaid is a bit too expensive). Would you take a refreshed S over the ‘24 M3P?

Not for speed. The Model S feels much heavier than the refreshed performance. The S option is great for longest range, but it's slow and floaty in turns compared to the highland 3.

My car is pretty much always in Sport. As for my tires, they’ve only got about 5k miles left, so upgrading them would probably make a difference. I also spent two months driving a refreshed Model S, and honestly… that completely ruined my acceleration expectations for these cars lol.

Mine is a 2020 performance, the highland had insane mode

Drive a manual.

Wife*

Geo Metro vibes. Hair on fire, going to die, look down and you’re going 45 downhill baby.

Had a loaner (2025) last week for 3 days and boy it felt way smoother than my 22 LR.

It just seems natural and nimble after a while. Like any car should perform. I will never be downgrading performance voluntarily. I could even want more, but I do not wish to step up to the cost and air suspension vulnerability of a model S. That said, the 2019 M3 could definitively have more comfort instead of the pure go-cart feel it has. I have been thinking of upgrading, but the new enforced "features" make it a no-go: enforced beep if just over the speed limit, enforced noise at low speeds and backing up, and no possibility to set regeneration to low in the winter half year to save the brake disks from salt. It would be a downgrade.

I feel you lol. I test drove a Plaid before getting a Model S Long Range in 2023. I couldn't justify (what was then) $20,000 more just to shave \~1 second off my 0-60 time. The Model S LR does 0-60 in 3.1 seconds which is already obscenely fast.

Haha I actually test drove the new M3 last week, and that enforced beep drove me to insanity. There are quite some roads here that show as 50 km/h zones but **are** 80km/h zones, annoyed the heck out of me, and due to (EU) laws it's forbidden to turn off and every single new car has it, noooo... That being said the new M3P is a **huge** step up from the old M3P, at least in my opinion. While the 2019 M3P is a budget beast now, the new M3P is still a LOT of value for a 55k car.

Guessing because shittier tires so car is limiting more power to not slip? Excuse my ignorance.

It’s 20% ceramic tint, so visibility’s solid. And in Texas, you already know this heat isn’t playing around

Actually there was a Carwow video from a few years ago where the Matt Watson tested the M3P vs the dual motor and the dual motor was faster than the M3P at higher speeds. https://youtu.be/6c9SCKOtVJY?si=zC9o1QPZsgGGaCC5

Or, sitting in the passenger seat.

Green wife?

Those beeps can be turned off with an automation from the s3xy commander.

The only solution is to forever buy increasingly older cars 😪 The EU is basically making cars undrivable. Even if speed limits were correct (and reasonable here in Norway, that is another topic), you have to stay 5-10 km/h under to never drift 1 km/h over and get that extreme annoyance. And some people obviously do -- I have never experienced as many extreme snail drivers as I do nowadays.

The CC2 are more grippy. Not as harsh when i slam on the acceleration from a dead stop. I miss it but these are better in rain/snow.

I'll look into that, cheers

Yeah I maintain my happiness by not sitting in a Model S. It's a brutal reminder that the Model 3 is poverty spec.

Oh yeah, it's dangerous. Lane assist is also enforced here, there are quite some small farm roads near my place where 2 cars drive on roads were only one fits, so you have to steer into the bank to pass eachother. Gotta love your car just yeeting you straight back to the middle of the road :D But yeah, 100km/h road, someone driving 90km/h, overtake them and hit 105 km/h.. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. Arghhhhhh.

But more grip would equal faster no?

It’s snowy af where I’m at. I dropped my regular AWD down to chill. Feels so slow but I popped it into standard and it felt like a new car again. If ya ever need that feeling again. Spend a week in the lowest setting haha

I can't speak about the Performance models as I'm just a lowly SR+ peasant, but I demo drove a couple newer Model 3's back in 2021 and 2023 when I thought about upgrading and the RWD variants felt slower than mine for some reason. However, that changed when I recently demo drove a 2025 RWD. For being the slowest Tesla, it was noticeably quicker than my 2019.

You’re not driving it hard enough

If it's a 2019 M3LR with AB, there's a chance his car is a stealth M3P. For a short period of time on 2019, Tesla sold M3Ps with small wheels.

I switched from a 2022 M3LR to a 2014 Prius for the past 8 months. I think I have forgotten what speed feels like.

I’ve launched my 2021 M3P with under 40% soc and it still pulls really hard and impressed me.

Comparison is the thief of joy. My 22LR with acceleration boost felt slow after I bought 23 m3p. My 23 m3p feels slow after buying a 25 m3p. Going from 20’s to 18’s did feel a little quicker across the board so that is a little bit. Buy a DRAGY and run them both 0-60 and find out for sure.

The stiffer and better suspension is going to feel more stable in all kinds of ways that stock Teslas won't. You have less back to front dip when you brake, less front to back dip when you hard accellerate, and WAAAAY less body roll when cornering (although EV's already corner insanely well in general because the battery along the bottom makes your center of gravity basically right between the wheels instead of riding over them.) All of that combined could explain why the lesser car "feels" faster, if your brain associates instability with speed.

Don’t get me wrong it’s still impresses me but I think the refreshed model S is just what ruined the performance for me lol

20 percent is still pretty dark and especially at night good luck. 75 percent is legal i believe

500 pounds of temu and larger wheels will do that to you... 20 inch on a small sedan wtf

I'm used to it but whenever I'm racing ppl out of the bloom it always reminds me how fast it is, unless ofc I'm against a hellcat or m5, I don't even try lol

LOL 😭😭😭😭😭 still a fire car but yeah I just can't make that switch back

Old 2019 has Panasonic batteries, if remember correctly it’s slightly quicker 0-30 but 0-60 is similar (for same Models) One way to be sure: test it with a device like Dragy, or dragrace your friend Edit: in EU it’s Panasonic vs LG chem batteries (panasonic has sone advantages)

🤣 Yea, that's a dangerous thing to do.

I'd venture to say that yours is probably still better but have better isolation and suspension, and that tends to give you the feeling of slower. Think like riding a Tacoma and driving at 70 mph.

Can you elaborate more on this? I have a LR+AB too and I’ll need tires within the next year. I figured more grip would equate to better launch

No. M3P, especially your year, is quicker than a long range with AB (coming from someone with a ‘23 LR with AB).

It would be interesting to see metrics on this. I have a ‘22 LR with acceleration boost and they seem pretty similar to me. I wonder if new tires would make a difference. Maybe get some expert opinions on what would give you the best launch. Both cars run 11s but you should definitely be at least almost 1/2 second faster. I feel you though, chasing the dragon so to speak. This car has me looking at plaids now. Where tf does it end lol

If i recall, wasn’t the m3 lr with acceleration boost a tad quicker off the line? I remember seeing some reviewers comparing them

It’s the LFP pack in the 22/23/24 SR variants that brings the 0-60 to 5.8 seconds. Older RWD and LR RWD had high 4/low 5s 0-60, which came back with the 24 LR RWD refresh.

‘22 LFP enters the chat…

Is Chill mode on? lol

Was it at least a Plaid S? I would hope an M3P could hang with a regular S

How come tho, wouldn’t the M3P have more HP? I’d assume the Long Range models are lighter giving them an edge?

It was a refresh long range (no plaid) and it absolutely walks a model 3 performance after 60mph…….cant even imagine what a plaid would do to my M3P lol

That’s my wife’s car, which she lets me drive. I still find my MYP very fun, but it’s a workhorse with the towhitch.

Got my 22 M3P middle of summer this year. Had low miles (27k). I wanted a car that I could drive around town like a go kart, after driving my 22 Toyota Corolla for my daily commuite. This thing is quick. Quick off the line. Quick coming around the corner and roars to triple digits in a blink. BUT... after like 2 months, the initial sensation of speed fades. Don't get me wrong. It's fast. Certainly too fast if you're heavy footed like me.

It fucks your world up trying to drive an ice again

You don’t know slow until you’re in 07’ Impala

If they were summer tires but the rolling resistance on these are not for performance.

I suppose its more grippy but really not for performance. These are much better in rain/snow but from a dead stop feel slower. The hankooks would allow the car to have a more instant torque feeling.

Wild. Website shows current LR S with top speed 130 and 0-60 of 3.1. Your 3 should meet or beat both of those. But there’s no published metric for punch above 60.

Turn off the obstacle awareness setting in the car that might help

If you think that’s slow good luck going back to ICE car, I’m sitting in a “luxury car” with a V6 and I’m having to remember I can’t turn with narrow gaps anymore, this car will get me hit if I try to make some of the gaps I did in the Tessy

That Top speed can’t be right… I have video/picture proof showing that model S going well over 140mph ( in Mexico obviously)

I complain a lot about my 2022 M3P, speed is never a complaint.

Slow towards heaven...

Alien ?

You mean 80% Laferrari… even the model y performance mops the floor with most Ferraris ever built

The (previous gen) m3P really falls off after 60. I barely hit 11.7 @118-120 in the 1/4 mile, whereas the "base" model s LR hits 10.8s @135+, even though they have similar 0-60s. Not sure why the Tesla website currently limits the S to 130, they've been at 149-162 for the last few years and nothing's changed afaik. Also there is a standard metric for punch above 60, the 60-130. From some general searching, previous gen m3Ps run in the high 12s to low 13s, the LR runs in the high 9s. For reference the new M3P runs low to mid 9s and the plaid is in the 4s 🤯

You would not notice rolling resistance different on acceleration.

What an ignorant thing to say.

Go kart feeling in this heavy EV? Forget about it. You need low weight for that.

Well either way the CC2 is not as quick as Hankook ION.

Make sure your dynamics isn’t set to “Chill” mode. I noticed my Model S somehow got set that way and I would never change that setting.

There's a simple solution for that: [https://www.enhauto.com/pages/commander](https://www.enhauto.com/pages/commander) One of its many functions is to do away with the super annoying speed beep permanently and automatically on every drive. A life saver for me!

I'm not sure you know the definition of ignorant.

Im lost dude. I've driven several LR with the boost and none of them are quite as nutty as my m3p. Tires maybe? The car will hold back if it doesn't feel enough traction

Quiet the opposite, you're calling a M3 a "poverty" spec car. Such an out of touch thing to say.

I don’t have a performance and I constantly drive in chill or I make myself and my passengers sick 🤮

Bro - my MS P85D is in service and Tesla loaned me a brand new plaid. 1.99 0-60 is faster than anything your brain is comprehending lol. Bastards really trying to pull a fast one on me giving me this immaculate machine while they upgrade my dinosaur!

A lot of people use exaggeration for sarcasm/humor, highly doubt he actually thinks a nearly $50k car is poverty lol But, I understand what he's saying - I have M3 and a MS and I like the M3 dramatically less after driving an S. They're way nicer in all ways, makes the 3 feel like a compact/budget car, it's strange but it's 100% true

I’m thinking tires as well, what’s your setup on your M3P

Trust me the way I drive, I definitely appreciate the M3P instant torque lol

What does that help with?

U right😹🫱🏿‍🫲🏾

I dont even have a performance minded set up. They're 235/40/R19 all around Kumho majesty 9 Solus ta91ev They're all seasons so I bet with a wider summer tire on lighter wheels it could make a difference. I do notice that I feel a bit more punch when I have it in track mode with stability and traction off. But im no pro so idk lol

Obstacle Aware Acceleration is a Tesla feature that limits acceleration at low speeds when an obstacle is detected, such as a car or building. It uses forward-facing radar and ultrasonic sensors to help prevent sudden, unintended acceleration and can reduce impact damage in certain situations. The feature is intended as a safety assist, not a replacement for driver control, and can be enabled or disabled in the Autopilot settings. I noticed it helped when trying to accelerate quickly from a stop or waiting a light. I too said my car started to feel slow and this was recommended to me.

"Quiet the opposite" lol, lmao

Thanks! I’ll put this to the test and see

Well still smack a cat from a dig, after like 80-100 is when you let off tho lmao

Lower grip is a different thing though, and have negative effect on acceleration for sure.

Girl version of Wemby aka wet bananas?

Oh hey, we have the same front lip! Very nice

Leave it in chill mode for a month, then you’ll rediscover the hit

One thing I noticed is that it seems model 3’s with accel boost have crazy throttle response where as the M3P is more linear and that gives the guttural feeling of being faster when in reality it’s not faster.

from he jump it shouldnt feel slow whatsoever, however, from a roll it could very well be slower due to the tires. There are many videos showing the LR with boost slowly pulls on a stock performance

I have a m3p and my dad says this about his ms plaid, says it’s slow and he’s bored now lol

Wow. Try not to sit in any actually nice cars then lol it’ll ruin your happiness even more

I’ve never had a chance to directly compare. But I Have a 2020 M3 Dual Motor w Accel Boost and it is crazy snappy off the line and for the first 3-5 sec. Then it quickly levels out. And I notice the suspension isn’t optimized (read mushy) for the motor performance. So i’d assume then Performance model has more sustained acceleration and has an obviously superior suspension for cornering and loading up and braking?

Why? I have a 2016 model S p100d, and 2020 m3p and m3p is definitely pov spec. Husband has an X and it also makes m3p look pov spec.

My M3P has been slow since that “Chill” mode warning light showed up.

Perhaps he needs to take this car onto the tail of the dragon and see what the M3P can do in the twisties.

Exactly. The S feels like a European car with how refined it is, the 3 feels like you are getting into a ford economy car in comparison.

I have a 21 model 3 performance and recently just purchased a 23 model y performance. The reason why I brought the model y performance was because I thought it would drive almost exactly like the model 3 we have. I was disappointed that it felt a bit boaty and not as responsive off the line compared to our model 3. I test drove the juniper model y rwd and it felt way faster off the line compared to my model y performance. I definitely knew there was something wrong with mine. I randomly done a software update on the car and now the car drive very similar to my model 3 performance and the 0-20mph pick up as waaaay faster and responsive now. Also, make sure “Obstacle awareness acceleration” is disabled in your car as that can interfere with initial acceleration. Hope this helps

Your 20” wheels have very little to do with taking corners at higher speeds. Your tires make the biggest difference in skidpad performance, with suspension in second place. You could put PS4 tires on the 18” LR wheels and get basically the same skidpad performance. The 20” wheels are very heavy and are definitely hurting your acceleration. Basically every Tesla I see at AutoX has switched to 18 or 19” wheels.

Unfortunately probably an issue with your car. Yours should feel faster in every circumstance outside of specific high speed pulls. Maybe try Tesla service? Battery health test?

If he's bored, he should take it to the track or something. Or buy a new one 😂

It’s a 2025, I think he’s just bored cause every 2 years or so he gets a new one 😭😂

The Model 3 is a budget compact EV, so it better be worse all around compared to the S. If I'm paying 2-3x more than a Model 3, I better have the features and performance to match.

Yeah ofc, I'm talking about only on highway. It's actually soooooooo funny when a c300 or 5 series is gassing it pulling up on the highway behind me at 100, and I causally put my foot to the pedal and he can't pass me even tho I was cruising at 60 while he was behind me at 100.

Ayyy, bingo! I'm that person. Best bet, imo, is to just lease and get the good ol' consumerism feeling when trading in the "old" for the new

My 24 performance feels slow to, but nobody has ever beaten me off the line so far except 1 Lamborghini, it's so weird when I first got it I was scared to floor it because it was just so crazy to me but now I floor it all the time every day and it just feels mehhhh I want to upgrade to a plaid

Why is Gamora?

My 2023 M3P has Chill, Sport and Race Track with Race Track being fastest.

They are not slow. Cornering in the M3P is shit tho. Understeer is dangerous. My 2020 Honda civic SI cornered better

It… is… a car

Smaller wheels means more torque that’s what you are feeling probably. Larger wheels means better top speed

It is slow it doesn’t have an engine.

Get the 18” on yours. Best combo.

I had the same problem. Turn off Obstacle Avoidance. That is what is causing that initial pause off the line.

Uhh.. not a 22 m3p lol maybe a 24-25 model is what you are thinking of? In that case yes it does

He means poverty spec in comparison to a faster model s. You feel like you are in a downgrade because it’s the cheapest p car available. Not in literal terms like you are poor for getting a “mere” m3p

> How come tho, wouldn’t the M3P have more HP? I’d assume the Long Range models are lighter giving them an edge? I also own a 2019 M3 LR AWD with Acceleration Boost and it's 0-60 time is rated at 3.7 secs. I got a dragy and I still have yet to test it but those numbers feel about right. The 2019 LR AWD and a 2022 M3P are basically the same weight. I think yours is actually slightly less by a few pounds. At any rate, your M3P should feel significantly faster off the line as it's 0-60 is pegged at 3.1 secs.

Exactly!

Yeah, I bought my wife a Model X for her and the new baby. I inherited the 3 for daily duties. It’s a great car but it’s no S/X. If it had a hatch like the S, I’d be fine. That one thing bothers me because loading things is more of a chore and that brace in the trunk! That’s the one thing that may push me to get into a Model S long term. The bad thing, I really enjoy the size of the Model 3. I’ll grab it over the Model X to drive around because it’s more fun.

The 2019 probably comes from the suspension. Tesla switched to softer suspension for 2021+ model years. I have a 2022 model 3 LR and when I drive my mom’s 2019 that suspension is as hard as a rock. Also quick tip if you want to get off the line quicker turn on slip start. I did a lot of testing with that. And it was always quicker 0-60 with that turned on.

Acceleration boost definitely makes those snappy off the line

Drive on chill mode for a week. Then switch back to sport. It'll feel like you got a new car again. And you'll save some battery while using chill for a week. Win/win.

I did that last month…what a freakin blast!

I wish it also would disable the extremely annoying PING every time I activate or deactivate TACC. That is a pain in the ass, and it was introduced years after I bought the car – retroactively destroyed...

From a dig? Sure, from anything quicker than a brisk walk, any “sports car” will keep up with it. A vb wrx had no issues keeping up with my m3p on the highway the other day.

Drive on chill for a month and then go back. You’ll realize even on chill you are faster than most cars on the road.

M3P best car I’ve ever owned or driven. In terms of ratio of performance vs cost….no comparison. I have a ‘23 and am planning on replacing it with another M3P in a few years.

120hp motorcycle feels like a rocket ship for a month and then feel like a 250cc… the curse of power

Do what I did — get a used Model X Plaid to go alongside the M3P. The Plaid (even in the X) is so unusably fast for a daily driver that it weirdly humbles you. Flooring it for more than two seconds on any public road is risking your license. I never thought I would ever think a car could be “too fast” — especially not a heavy 6 seater crossover on “small” 20’s and friggin’ all-season tires. I love it but it weirdly makes me appreciate driving my much “slower” ‘18 M3P sometimes. Perspectives on fast change when your family Mom-mobile can pull high 9 seconds in the quarter.

totally agree. I don't know if my car just can always detect some kind of obstacle, somewhere, or what. but a while back I felt my 22M3LR was feeling much more sluggish than it used to and that Tesla had changed pedal mapping or something in a software update to improve range figures but I turned off obstacle aware acceleration and it was fixed I just try to look out for obstacles myself just like in every other car

I’ll definitely give this a try🫱🏿‍🫲🏾

Where is this body kit from? Need DA info lol

Yeah love dogging cars that think they’re fast, imagine getting gapped by a car that gets 120 MPGe. You’d be surprised how slow some of these terrible mpg sport cars can be

What is your other vehicle?

Enhance Auto people are great, you can make a suggestion to them to bring support for what you like to get. If it is technically possible they might do it.

Is that true on the SOC fact? I always wondered why my car felt "faster" after an almost full charge. Also does washing your car make it faster because it DEF feels like it hahaha

Yes lower SOC does impact the max power, no joke

I shared up above but it’s a 2023 BMW S1000RR M

Yup those are pretty damn fast haha!

What setting is your dynamics set to. Chill, standard,sport. Makes a huge difference

Lmaooo tell me about it, I drive pedal to the floor in every car I've owned and I used to get like 10 or 11mpg and now I don't feel bad about it, cause I can just charge at home at cheap rates

Who is Gamora?

> Do what I did — get a used Model X Plaid What year did you get and what did you pay? I've been thinking about going this route myself. Seems like most 2022 Plaids start around the $50k range with 50k-ish mileage. I've been looking at the 2020-21 Performance X models and the Plaid 2022.

I did tsportline 18s and the car felt immediately quicker and more efficient. 23 M3P.

We got a clean ‘22 blue with cream interior with 22k miles (no FSD) for $55k from a third party dealer. My wife traded in her gas car and brought the price down into the 40s. Honestly it’s weird to say this since all my cars have been small-ish sports sedans and I swore I’d never daily an SUV, but the X is now my favorite Tesla followed by the M3P. It handles canyon roads way better than you’d think even on the 20s with all season Hankook EV SUV tires, and it hides its weight well. Plus the auto doors are a cool feature, the falcon doors are a game changer with a toddler, and it’s quickly turned into our primary vehicle. The M3P obviously has better handling and it’s more nimble in city environments, but the X still surprises me with how well it maneuvers - especially with the UP rear sway bar upgrade. My only gripe is the brakes. Never understood what the auto journalist meant by Tesla brakes being bad with the M3P. I’ve got a MPP brake brace on the M3P and it sheds speed immediately with even a light touch of the pedal. The X Plaid has a squishy brake pedal in comparison and you don’t start to feel braking until about a quarter of the way in. And that’s even after I installed UP steel brake lines with Castrol SRF fluid. And unfortunately, MPP doesn’t make a brake brace for it. The brakes definitely work on the X when you need them, they just don’t inspire confidence especially with the 1020 hp and how quickly it accelerates. My next upgrade is definitely going to be a big brake kit, which I don’t mind paying for since we got the thing so damn cheap compared to new lol.

I live in Asheville so I’m over there all the time. What a blast. Got “stuck” behind a Porsche club last time I was out there.

Which master do you serve?

My 24’ MYP feels slow too. Drove a highland M3P and it didn’t feel that different to me. It’s faster but I didn’t notice it at all. Looking into MSP especially since they are dropping like flies on the used market.

Really only got a front lip on 😹

Chill mode activated :)

Interesting. Thanks for the detailed X ownership experience! Did you by chance test drive a 2020 Model X Performance?

Viagra will help with the lil guy

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Bro why everyone saying that😹 it’s just a lil 3 piece front lip

Sure thing! And nope — we rented a ‘22 X Plaid from Turo on vacation to test it out and then bought ours a few months later. Only other version I’ve tested is when we got a ‘25 X base loaner with HW4 and FSD from Tesla after tearing down the Plaid and sending it in for some warranty work. It was the first time I felt impressed with FSD, so I get why HW4 equipped Teslas cost more used if FSD is your jam. But I’ll also say that the only noticeable difference between the ‘25 base and our Plaid is the power. Just bringing that up because I think the 2020-21 Performance and 2025 base are rated for the same 0-60. Hate to admit it, but the base still felt plenty powerful enough for me while the Plaid is literally like bringing a tactical nuke squirrel hunting. I’d personally find a ‘22 refresh with warranty left.

That must be a tuned wrx - my stock fk8 type r cannot keep up with my highland m3P 60-130

Swap out for some 18’s made to clear your brakes and I’ll bet you’ll love it again.

Wheels play a huge role.

Wheel size makes a difference that draggy will show but not sure if you’d feel the small difference

You get used to the Plaid too, and they’re ridiculous at all speeds.

I have a 2020 model y performance and smoke a Lamborghini Urus 3 stop lights in a row 2 nights ago lol. Felt so good