First time EV buyer torn between a Model 3 LR and Model Y Performance — help me not overthink this 😅

FSD is amazing - wake up. Once you drive the performance everything else is too slow.

Even on a 2022 hw3 chip?

Get the new model y performance and never look back

I feel like you’re only comparing the processor. The model Y rides higher and is a hatchback. Do you like being as low to the ground as the 3? That would probably be the biggest deciding factor. The atom isn’t that bad, even FSD isn’t that bad with it. Neither car you’re looking at will have HW4, so you’re going to have fomo no matter what. If you get HW4, you’ll just want HW5.

People here will overwhelmingly push you towards fsd and hw4. For the wants you listed I think the model 3 is a no brainer. Cheaper, better driving, better battery. If you don't need the space of the y, there's no good reason to choose it over the 3 imo.

The M3LR and MYP are a little more different than you seem to realize. My opinion anytime someone asks LR or Performance is get the performance 100%. You’re getting a Tesla. Idk, to me the extra 30-40 miles isn’t worth it. I’d rather floor it and feel that extra power. If you’re charging daily like you should be, I don’t understand why you would get the LR tbh. But YMMV (literally lol )

Also follow up comment, I just bought a 2023 MYP with HW4 for 31k OTD. That HW4 upgrade is worth saving up a couple more thousand imo. Beware of the chip in the windshield. They are expensive as hell to replace. At least where I am. Spend some time in teslas preowned store. You can get a great deal there with a little patience and preparation. I know you’re giving it a lot of thought but you almost can’t go wrong. For me, I was dead set on HW4 despite not using FSD often. Just knowing the HW will be supported with software as we moving into more automation to me was huge.

Also follow up comment, I just bought a 2023 MYP with HW4 for 31k OTD. That HW4 upgrade is worth saving up a couple more thousand imo. Beware of the chip in the windshield. They are expensive as hell to replace. At least where I am. Spend some time in teslas preowned store. You can get a great deal there with a little patience and preparation. I know you’re giving it a lot of thought but you almost can’t go wrong. For me, I was dead set on HW4 despite not using FSD often. Just knowing the HW will be supported with software as we moving into more automation to me was huge.

My only real issue with the performance is the negative camber on the rear tires. I can't be buying new tires every 2 years.

Quote insurance before buying.  Tesla performance models tend to have significantly higher insurance costs.

Why do you think you need acceleration boost or the performance model?

It's ok.  We have a performance from that year and we still got phantom breaking issues occasionally.  People here claim it's because of hw3 My personal argument is which do you like getting in and out of?  I hate driving a 3 :D

I swapped my rims for a square 19" setup so I could rotate them.  Doing well at 30K miles

Can you ask them to run a battery health test on the y? It looks like battery health might be at 80 percent or in that range which isn’t great (but not horrible either at 4 years) For reference mine is about 92% after 2 years and 40k miles on my Y.

Carvana just offered me $32k for my ‘23 MYP, I think used Tesla prices are inching back up!

Replacement cost for the MYP battery pack is almost twice the cost of the LR battery pack (faster discharge rates, I think).

That's good for me then lol. I will be picking up my MYP with 40k miles and HW4 + tow package. OTD was $31,700. Sounds like I did pretty good if Carvana offered you more than I paid. Sweet.

Not really a concern of mine. The batteries have proven to last plenty of miles. Plus there’s the warranty.

That’s awesome now that I’m out of the market 😂

Model Y LR. There ya go.

Personally as a somewhat heavy FSD user in waves, I don't trust the people who hammer on positively about FSD.  It has some solid points, but it has issues and when you least suspect it, it'll do something real stupid.  Worry about the car you want to drive and work up to FSD eventually.   I cannot stress enough not to jump into the car over FSD and if your price range is HW3 cars, don't bother making the stretch to HW4 unless FSD is the only reason you're buying a Tesla.  In other words I am well versed in FSD and to put it politely have had very mixed experiences with it.  Where you live has a lot to do with its behavior.   If you don't live in a big city with a lot of utilization it will not be consistent.

HW4 Autopilot phantom brakes constantly too.

$25k more than the cars being mentioned.  Not realistic.   Should just tell them to buy two cars while you're at it.