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Originally Posted by wdc330i
If you buy the Model Y, you have a choice of wheels at the long range level—but you get 21 for the performance.
Also, what’s weird is options are often made available after the fact—for a price...Because they are software based.
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Looks like the recent refresh on both the 3 and Y dropped the 19” wheel option on the P models. This was really only a wheel refresh for the Y, with a few more changes on the 3 (dark trim replacing chrome, a new center console, and adopting the Y’s heat pump instead of the AC in the earlier 3s...).
Both the 3 and Y offer a wheel choice for the Long Range...
And yes, it is a bit weird that Tesla offers upgrades via software — but they do so at a premium vs buying it when the car is new. Full Self Driving is one, but the Long Range models also have an “acceleration boost”, which takes half a second off the 0-60 time (down to 3.7 seconds). On my car, I purchased “enhanced autopilot” at order (this is no longer offered...), and can upgrade to Full Self Driving for $7k (this apparently includes an upgrade of the autopilot computer hardware from v2.5 to v3.0). The acceleration boost is $2k (and interestingly is not offered at order...).
My wife’s Y has Full Self Driving — we went ahead and ordered it since a) it was less than $10k when we ordered, b) enhanced autopilot was no longer available, and c) Navigate on Autopilot is really awesome on Interstates and long drives and is not in the base Autopilot that comes with the car and we are likely to use the Y as the road trip car (we’re tentatively planning a trip to BC next summer — even if we need to quarantine for 2 weeks before we can see anyone)...