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Originally Posted by raptor5244
I own both. The M3P is quick from a dig up until about 60mph, after that torque falls off fast. Like you mentioned the interior is boring, seats don't hold you in place, no HUD, no gauges, etc. It has open diffs with lots of software nanny control that you can't really disable. No drive modes, no magnetic ride suspension. All the money went into the powertrain and battery. The rest of the car is pretty basic.
The other thing that folks don't realize at first is how much power you lose as your state of charge drops. The performance numbers you see are when the car is at 85% charged or higher, which is only for a brief period because you are only supposed to charge to 90% max unless taking a trip. As your SoC drops you will lose power. If memory serves, the difference in power between 90% charge and 60% charge was over 50hp and .5 sec in times. Once you get down to 30% you take an even bigger hit.
The Model 3 makes for a great daily driver and it is cool in many ways but it doesn't scratch the itch the same way so I went a picked up a 2021 ZL1 before they stop making them. There is a charm to the Camaro, the high belt-line, exhaust note, aggressive styling, supercharger whine, the way it rips through the shifts and just pulls and pulls. The Camaro handling is also much sharper. The Camaro feels special, the Tesla can't do that for me. It has more of an appliance type feel and you just know that the whole industry is headed in this direction leaving fewer and fewer enthusiast cars available.
Maybe GM will find a way to make a desirable performance EV. GM will need to find ways to make the car exciting for enthusiasts. When you lose the sound, lack of driving engagement without a manual or at least some paddles, it gets boring pretty quick.
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This is a great post, and offers great perspective! Funny that you mention Magnetic ride control as this is the only mechanical option I would plan to add to that 1SS outside of the A10. I really like ICE, step-geared automatics and the feedback from a well engineered car or truck but I think I might be able to adapt pretty well to an EV with lots of HP. Range wouldn't really concern me even on my 3 to 4 times yearly 400 mile one way trips. I could plug in at the end location and hit a supercharger once in the middle without too much trouble.
The only thing I would question is that I've seen some information that pegs the departure point from full power more at 75 percent than 85 percent, which would be a big distinction. Road and Track was also able to clock the same 0-60 both at 75 percent and 100 percent in their tests although this was a then top-spec Model S.
Inside EV in the article below puts the loss at a very significant 64 HP but says that the decline starts at 75 so they compare 75 to 45 percent.
https://insideevs.com/news/381551/vi...ance-soc-dyno/
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...gets-depleted/