The 3 and Y standard 'free' colour is now...

The 3 and Y standard 'free' colour is now...

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James6112

4,441 posts

29 months

Saturday 22nd July 2023
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Is the LR RWD worth the 4k odd premium over same SR (assuming they are identical in other respects) ?
Horses for courses I guess.
385 v 305 on the WLTP
So 4k for 80 miles, 20% extra distance in reality..

SR in blue is tempting me!

annodomini2

6,870 posts

252 months

Saturday 22nd July 2023
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James6112 said:
Is the LR RWD worth the 4k odd premium over same SR (assuming they are identical in other respects) ?
Horses for courses I guess.
385 v 305 on the WLTP
So 4k for 80 miles, 20% extra distance in reality..

SR in blue is tempting me!
Will you use it in everyday driving?

Is it something you're going to use frequently throughout the year? e.g. 300+ mile drive once a month or once every 2 weeks.

If not, then unlikely.

Heres Johnny

7,243 posts

125 months

Saturday 22nd July 2023
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James6112 said:
Is the LR RWD worth the 4k odd premium over same SR (assuming they are identical in other respects) ?
Horses for courses I guess.
385 v 305 on the WLTP
So 4k for 80 miles, 20% extra distance in reality..

SR in blue is tempting me!
The LR is recommended to only be charged to 80% (they used to say 90% but the latest software update has changed that) whereas the SR is a different battery that can be charged to 100% happily. So day to day they're more or less the same, the LR only really having the advantage on the odd day you decide to go beyond the recommended limit (which is fine so long as its not a daily thing). The LR will probably supercharge faster to 300 miles as thats a lower % than on the SR

Worth 4k? Probably not really unless you know you'll dip into the extra 20% regularily..

James6112

4,441 posts

29 months

Saturday 22nd July 2023
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Thanks for the above, interesting

annodomini2

6,870 posts

252 months

Sunday 23rd July 2023
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Heres Johnny said:
James6112 said:
Is the LR RWD worth the 4k odd premium over same SR (assuming they are identical in other respects) ?
Horses for courses I guess.
385 v 305 on the WLTP
So 4k for 80 miles, 20% extra distance in reality..

SR in blue is tempting me!
The LR is recommended to only be charged to 80% (they used to say 90% but the latest software update has changed that) whereas the SR is a different battery that can be charged to 100% happily. So day to day they're more or less the same, the LR only really having the advantage on the odd day you decide to go beyond the recommended limit (which is fine so long as its not a daily thing). The LR will probably supercharge faster to 300 miles as thats a lower % than on the SR

Worth 4k? Probably not really unless you know you'll dip into the extra 20% regularily..
It still says 90%.

You can charge an LR to 100%, just don't leave it there for a sustained period of time.

e.g. if you're doing a trip of 250+miles, charge to 100% the night before.

If on a daily you're doing 25miles, charge when it is convenient for you, aim to keep it above 20%.

Don't charge it to 100% and not drive the car for 2 weeks.

Heres Johnny

7,243 posts

125 months

Sunday 23rd July 2023
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annodomini2 said:
It still says 90%.

You can charge an LR to 100%, just don't leave it there for a sustained period of time.

e.g. if you're doing a trip of 250+miles, charge to 100% the night before.

If on a daily you're doing 25miles, charge when it is convenient for you, aim to keep it above 20%.

Don't charge it to 100% and not drive the car for 2 weeks.
Not on all models, some are now saying 80%. Try googling it.



Edited by Heres Johnny on Sunday 23 July 19:27

TheDeuce

21,873 posts

67 months

Sunday 23rd July 2023
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They should change the default colour - the number of white company lease Tesla's on the road is very dull!

It's also not great at defeating the 'white goods' criticism when 90% of the mass produced cars are all literally identical spec and, specifically, white.

Mixing it up makes sense I think.

AyBee

10,546 posts

203 months

Monday 24th July 2023
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TheDeuce said:
They should change the default colour - the number of white company lease Tesla's on the road is very dull!

It's also not great at defeating the 'white goods' criticism when 90% of the mass produced cars are all literally identical spec and, specifically, white.

Mixing it up makes sense I think.
The only problem is the backlash from those who paid for whatever the free colour was just before they make the switch. I'm not sure whether white goods is supposed to be a criticism, but doing everything that's needed isn't a bad thing in my book (and yes, mine's white).

Heres Johnny

7,243 posts

125 months

Tuesday 25th July 2023
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AyBee said:
The only problem is the backlash from those who paid for whatever the free colour was just before they make the switch. I'm not sure whether white goods is supposed to be a criticism, but doing everything that's needed isn't a bad thing in my book (and yes, mine's white).
I don't think they really care about backlash, knocking several grand off the list price, offrering free supercharging for a year and discounting inventory has been the track record recently