Tesla Model 3 Performance review from a petrol head? I'm not sold lol..
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ธ.ค. 2022
- In this video you join me with my first experience in an electric car, I had a good idea of what the outcome was going to be but join me for the likes & dislikes of the Tesla Model 3 performance edition
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Grown man says fast doesn't mean fun while giggling too himself because the car was accelerating with no lag
The acceleration is very impressive, I’ve never accelerated in anything like it especially with the far from ideal road temperature/ conditions - no denying it’s fun for a few straight line pulls 👍
Would I want to do it again and again though? No is the honest answer sadly, the rush of chasing a red line and hearing a V8 sing to 8,600rpm is what truly excites me but I also understand it’s not for everyone 👍
@@stoneautomotiveNgl this is the most grownup response I've heard from a petrolhead. Usually it's along the lines of "You must be a woman or have a small dick to drive an ev" so for that, i salute you good sir.
Understandable response....but....to say the Tesla isn't fun in the twisties is madness. I let go of my highly tuned e93 335i a few years ago and bought a Model S. The ONLY thing I missed was the sound of the twin turbos. I don't miss being underneath it a couple times a year. I don't miss the gas bill every month. I also don't miss the money flying out of my wallet. I save a few hundred a month on the Tesla all things considered. I'm a car guy, and I can't ever see my garage Tesla-less again. The Model 3 performance on a track is serious fun and makes my twin turbo BMW with all the M3 suspension bits seem sluggish....in a silent kinda way!
3.1 sec 0-60, 11.5 sec 1/4 mile, 162 mph top speed, handles great, Near zero maintenance besides tires. I drive 30 miles a day round trip to work and it costs me $1.50 to charge it at home every night. Youll need a car that costs a LOT more to beat one on the street and it still wont have the convenience features the Tesla has. Driving anything else including my 650whp corvette feels archaic now.
Maybe it’s because I’m more of a Motorsport guy than a “car guy” but I think the model 3 performance is pretty great. Sure it’s a bit expensive and I’d probably buy either the base or long range versions but it’s still pretty good for a daily driver.
I personally hate doing oil changes. I’ve never done an exhaust modification out of desire for more sound. The only thing I enjoy is driving against a clock or opponent.
I own a 2021 MX5 with big wheels/sticky tires and 95% of its life is spent locked in a storage garage. It comes out for performance driving events and that’s it.
If I were to own ur E46 & E92 M3, they’d be gutted, caged and have sticky tires. They’d probably be loud too. But the idea of having a loud temperamental S65 E92 as a daily driver just doesn’t appeal.
The way I see it. EV for the daily. And Internal Combustion for circuit , rally and off-road. Although the things you can do with EV’s on hill climb and other short duration events are pretty amazing.
I can completely see your point and they do work for many in the EV scene 👍
I have an M3P. Absolutely love it… and I particularly like the fact it costs me about 2p per mile to run it for essentially super car performance
I completely see the appeal for many, the comments have shown me how much the world really is moving away from noisy petrol engines.. guess I’ll be on my own with V8’s and straight six’s 😅 new generation of car enthusiast!
Whilst the 2p per mile is cheap looking at how much my mums has dropped in value in 6 months with Tesla slashing the new price hasn’t exactly been “cheap” motoring
The performance model 2019-2020 used goes for 40k with only like 40,000 miles. Pretty incredible deal for a 3.2 sec 0-60 & 300 mile electric car.
i just bought one with 30k miles for £31k its awesome
@@jamiegreen6306 Congrats. I bought one 3 days ago as well. £33550 with 24900 miles Red outside and White inside with black wheels 20 plate :)
yeah, I picked up a 2020 with 25k miles from Tesla a couple months ago with EAP and extended warranty for $40,100 and don't even drive my slow ass Porsche anymore 😅
Used 2019 model 3 performance are as low as £20k now😊
Amazing, people seemingly don't understand is (IMO) the Tesla is about balance. Driver talks about no support in the seats, stirring to soft, no noise etc., etc.... You have a Daily Driver, with enough comfort for your family and friends and speeds that zips past most high end cars, if not definitely off the line your leaving them behind! Not to mentioned the cost saved in not buying the high end car!
The INSTANT acceleration at any given time to get anywhere you need to be in and out of traffic, NEVER get old! I don't need a engine sound! Its a nice change not to have it like when you ride in a luxury car big sedan and you don't want engine noise! Great to listen to music or talk with passenger/s or be in tuned with what you "Hear" now going on around you beside an engine. I'm at peace and I have LR3 zipping past just about everything except an M4 I believe it was that kept up! LOL! I'll take that!
My model 3 performance arrives in a couple of weeks, replacing the MB C450 I've enjoyed for many years. I imagine I will miss the engine noise and vibration. But times change and we change with them, most often for the better.
Let’s hope so! The government told us 10 years ago diesel was the best thing since sliced bread which is certainly not the case now 😅
Man it looks so good in that spec - goodbye ice age
yeah, usually helps to stop when let off the throttle 🤣
I recently picked up a Model 3 Performance and my Porsche is now collecting dust 🤫
Stone Automotive offers free adoption for lonely abandoned Porsches, drop me a message and I’ll put it back in a happy home 👀😅
Do you ever "floor it"?
The cars are perfect for what they’re meant to do… commute. They’re not race cars, too heavy, brakes are shit for track use, a lot of people do take them to race tracks, more power to them. They’re marketed as quick/fast because people have a warped sense of what a car is supposed to be. We don’t need a screaming inefficient V8 to drive 20 miles back & forth for work or to get groceries.
It’s an amazing car, if it’s used how it’s meant, enough get up & go to merge on highways or pass the timid nervous drivers hogging the roads & they’re safe . Can’t compare it to a purpose built 17mpg M3, we just can’t do this. Not fair lol drive it for a week straight & I guarantee you’ll start to love & appreciate it & what it offers.
I would have to say for me my M3P is by far the best vehicle I’ve owned. I’ve owned sports cars and trucks in my fleet of vehicles. This Tesla is just on another level. Fun to experience 😊 fast,quite,badass
We took the jump about six months ago for our family daily. Chopped in my wife's Mazda MPS for a BMW i3s, and I love it for the job it does. As a daily driver it is comfortable, quiet, the acceleration is entertaining, the interior is stunning too. However it is devoid of emotion.
Costs wise it is around the equivalent of a 100mpg car, it is saving us around over £200/mo on fuel after charging costs. The advantage of being able to charge overnight at home and have a full 'tank' in the morning is ace.
Like horses, people don't use them for work anymore, just as entertainment. ICE will go the same way I think, becoming a toy not a tool.
Just like my parents the car suits there needs perfectly so I understand the reason for them making the change like yourself 👍
Let’s hope we can keep enjoying petrol engines, I would have an electric car for daily duties but not for the purchase cost currently
@@stoneautomotive we did the sums and the savings on fuel and tax covered about 2/3 of a loan for the car, although we got the loan before interest rates went bonkers!
I think that as enthusiasts, we will be catered for with fuel one way or another. Synthetics will become more available and I think that even dinosaur juice will not vanish.
To each their own.
I use my Model 3 Performance as a daily and it’s great for that. Perfect blend of performance and practicality.
I still have my Evo 9 for weekends and what not. But find myself driving the Tesla a lot more.
It’s nice being able to blast around without attracting too much attention or having a cop chase you down telling you they heard your exhaust a mile + away…lol
Also, most people I know who purchased an EV didn’t do it for the Green aspect or whatever. I don’t really care about any of that.
I get that, same way some love turbo and others love naturally aspirated etc, Evo 9 is a cool car, you would see me look back at that if it drove past 👌
I bought my m3p for the reasons you found it fun no ecomental nonsense it's a fast car like petrol and diesel just another propulsion engine.
Sold. My 435i for a model 3 and no regrets, only thing I miss is the noise on the 5% of the year when I want to thrash a car but day to day its miles better
That’s fair enough, the 435i isn’t exactly an all out drivers car anyway so can understand enjoying the Tesla 👍
@@stoneautomotive 😂 😂 😂
dude its not track day monster but just a daily commute car, probably one of the best cars for this job and with recent price reduction might even THE BEST
I just got a model 3 performance coming from an E63 and I do miss the noise but I tell you what the savings on petrol are insane! And the acceleration is something else! For me they both have the pros and cons but you just gotta go with what you prefer and suits you. I honestly think the Model 3 has sold me on electric cars.
An EV is no substitute for a combustion engined Sports car but as a mode of transportation the Tesla is absolutely fantastic.
Yes, a Tesla seems alien to begin with but you get used to it very quickly. You soon realise that for 90% of the driving most of us do, the Tesla is the better car.
I had a smashing time in one!...
I also think the track mode allows you to change the bias to rear wheel drive only.
It is the car that can do everything though, all it lacks is a soul, and driving long distances in a single go. For the money I think it's good value when you compare it to every M, RS or AMG model. You have a super quick car, technology focus with autopilot and remote controlability etc and with a relatively new application of drive (electric) that creates a whole new driving dimension; in the same way it's a different experience having front rear and AWD. Variety is the spice of life. Unfortunately for the petrolhead though, electric is going to come out on top and be the only option realistically projected for the future (until it's demonised as you say)
You must always remember, not as fast as a bike though 😉
@@stoneautomotiveModel S plaid: hold my beer 🍻
@@mhsohel47 yea I don’t think @tesla will lend me one after the above video 😅
In a few years noise will mean slow...
Sadly so with the next generation of drivers I’m sure 😢 meeting up with friends for breakfast drives and automotive cafes to discuss your builds will be a thing of the past with electric cars.. driving will no longer be a passion just like having your own personal driver with auto pilot
Tell that to the 7 second fwd civics ….Ice is far from dead.
Take it around some well-paved curvy roads - you'll understand its 'character' then. It's amazing on corners even with poor tires.
Put on your favourite music to replace the sound of a rumbling v8
It didn’t feel great at all on twisty roads to me - firm and over weight 🤷♂️
@@stoneautomotive fair
Agree with you on this video 100%! Great video again 🔥🤙🏽
Definitely agree with your assessment! Like you, I’m probably too accustomed to the S54 and S65 (and the S55 for that matter) at this point to appreciate electric cars from a Petrolhead perspective. Honestly, even my 1986 BMW with the M20 gives me more thrills (over time) than the EVs do for the few moments of crazy acceleration. I think the folks who like Hellcats or do drag racing might like them more because it fits their use-case. But EVs don’t work for the track/B-Road crowd.
Whatchu talking bout Willis? Ev's punch out of corners like nothing you've seen before. I enjoyed my old e325i as well but with hard suspension and light wheels, these things are incredible.
@@cheecho121 we’re on the same page with respect to all out acceleration. The distinction I’m talking about is the corner dynamics, road feel, aural experience, weight, and overall connection to the driving experience. I think Hyundai is doing incredible work with their upcoming EVs to focus in on the driving experience (other than speed) but at the moment I haven’t been impressed with electric cars in that aspect.
I run an EV6 daily, had a 3 LR before and drove a 3 P today for the first time. Insanely fast, needs better seats. I still take my Exige out if I want fun tbh. As a daily EV is relaxing and effortless, my Exige is pure adrenalin and oneness with the car and it makes me buzz.
That’s a good balance to have with it as a daily and a weekend toy with the Exige 😎 agree it’s perfect for running around in the Tesla, just not something I would ever just “go for a drive in”
Ps. Owning an Exige V6 was very much on the list at one stage, cool cars 👍
It has way more than 500 BHP. Ev6 GT has 575 and is slower than a M3P.
Byron Nyland has recorded 610 BHP (455 kW)
The figures were from online, surprised to hear that as the “bum dyno” would say 500bhp is about right as acceleration tales of rapidly after 60mph and beyond
@@stoneautomotive that’s mostly gearing
For Daily driving I have a Model 3 Performance and for Weekend fun rides in the Swiss alps I'll take my Lotus Elise. Perfect combo to me
Good combination! The Elise is an awesome little car 👌
Was really close to join Lotus ownership around 2 years ago
Love how you contradict yourself in every aspect. No sound, no fun….proceeds to giggle. No fun after 30 minutes?
I can’t deny the novelty of the acceleration at all, as mentioned it’s similar to a roller coaster ride.. which is great fun once every few years
@@stoneautomotive Thanks for the reply :) I feel like you're trying to not sell it to yourself, but secretly loved it! I completely agree about the seat not going down enough btw. :)
As a motorcycle petrolhead myself in love with V-twins, I understand your points. For us, electrification is even worse as you cannot fast-charge a battery. It is meerly enough for a 1-hour trip before you have to plug for 7 hours... Motorcycling for please will likely die.
Agree, I don’t think the future of motorcycles is great sadly
Got my used performance model 3 for only $18K. There is no greater value to performance than this car atm.
On the environment front:
The amount of gas you don't burn with this FAR outweighs whatever pollution is caused in making one. Also the batteries are 99% recyclable. Even if the whole grid was powered by coal, it would still be better to use an EV since coal plants are more efficient at making energy vs. internal combustion engines
It’s the fastest of the cheaper model lol get a model s plaid …. Makes that model 3 performance fell like a touyta Prius lol
Plaid costs double so not really a good comparison.
Fuel smell, changing oils,smoke.. sound 🥴 that's nasty stuff and we are evolved humans beings 😃 that's why we need to pass over combustion 😉
Fuel smell, changing oil, smoke & the sound - you’ve just listed all the things a petrol head loves 😅
I still don’t think electric cars are the future with the carbon foot print on producing & disposing of them but I’m sure this will evolve with time 👍
It is enough to walk on a street full of cars to realize what should change 😉 I wish you all the best 🥂
@@stoneautomotiveExactly, it’s just something that non car enthusiasts don’t understand.
i couldnt agree more with everything you said on this video but its that noise you miss giving that fun factor experience nothing still beats that s54 noise 😍
You experienced S65 👀
@@stoneautomotive yes mate i cant argue with the s65 either 😍👌 my mates also got the s85 now that is on another level 😎👌
I drove one today, I wasn't impressed, boring, left feeling sick like i had been to a fun fair
as you said the problem is these things are about the worst vehicles for the environment its possible for us to make and fuel,, i mean where is all that electricity coming from not to mention the mining scars and human rights violations acquiring the minerals to make the batteries, and then there is the little elephant in the room of the amount of electric vehicles exploding in a shower of flames recently,, a bit like covid the general population believe the main stream media too easily instead of asking questions
Clearly you are uneducated in terms of electric vehicles. Spewing the same lies as the media. Do some research before you comment.
@@erwindevera1656 do enlighten me
These cars man are just far too steep and shit. The government in the UK we are just always being lied to. These EVs are dangerous and a menace to future society
nice rant totally agree about the electric cars im not really feeling them great clip mate
18:30 🤣🤣 Not sold on them either, look bland and boring.
Don't worry my man, these cars will never survive anyway, in 10y we wont talk about these anymore. So many reasons they can not sustain. Happy holidays my man.
Yep! Happy holidays to you too 😎
You're joking right 😃😂 in fiew years you will see how fossil car's disappear...old technology dosen't make sense anymore + ev's are just in the beginning.. wireless charging, driving with one pedal.. regeneration brakes, suspension..etc i wish you all the best 🍻😀 but cars on fuel we don't need them 👍
@@bestofalllife sure buddy, have seen recent electric bills, how are people gonna load up there car living in the city, what if everybody has an ev and want to load their car, not possible because the circuit cant take it. Changing the whole infrastucture for ev cars, yep not happening because it's too expensive, them supposedly being good for the envirement? Yeah sure, untill the battery's or the whole car is written off, at the factory's they do this they have to buy a new bulldozer every 6 months because the acid from the battery's just eat them, bulldozers thats running on fuel btw ;-) I can give you 10 reasons more why they wont last if you want. Ev's are just a gimmick to fill the pockets of the politicians and already rich people and thats it. Enjoy these souless, emotionless and retarded cars while you can, soon it will all be over. Petrol, may cng or some other gas and/or hydrogen cars will be the future, not ev's. Wake up call buddy.
@@bestofalllife gas cars will never lose their importance, especially in places where an electric is impractical