Standard all the time, unless I wanna scare my passengers. Standard is more powerful than most of the cars out there as it is, and will get me moving in any traffic situation. We forget just how fast these cars are until we drive something else, like you posted.

I also don't wanna get a ticket. Insane is too tempting; Tesla named it well.

 

This is how I look at it. Standard on my Tesla can beat 95 percent of the gas cars on the road. For the model 3 Performance, it's probably more like 99 percent. It's when you are against that 1 percent, or you are going against another EV you would use Ludicrous mode. Frankly, Ludicrous mode was a little scary, and I'm hoping most young people don't discover the M3P and stick to their riced up Civics

 

Standard mode is for an ICE owner new to a Tesla so that they don't kill themselves. 😁

If I had a Plaid, I would always have it in Plaid mode. The throttle is so easy to modulate, it makes no sense to me to have any other mode. But there's all kinds of drivers, so I'm sure some folks need it.

 

Trust me, you wouldn't want me in a car with plaid mode. Just trust me

 

Wise words. You can get used to the power and use it too often...

 

You definitely get used to the power and sometimes think, I need a little more. I did use it very often and surprisingly I recently had a Charger (probably a Hellcat) keep up with me pretty well but then I had to take an exit.

 

I’m curious. I wanna race one now. How can I tell if it’s a performance? What gives it away?

 

Not that a Hellcat is slow (it ain't), but I'm betting your foot wasn't near the floor, and his was all the way to the floor. When a car is keeping up with me, I'm usually at quarter to a half while they are all the way down to the floor, I know that because I can hear the engine screaming. I have nowhere the power you have, and if I were to put my foot to the floor, I would be hitting unsafe speeds before I even realized it. A couple of weeks back when I a guy in a Porsche Cayenne tried to take me on, I was passing him at about half throttle while he was at full. Than when I went "full", I left him pretty far behind, enough where it was clear he shouldn't try that again

 

The badging on the back, as well as the stagger wheel setup. The pre refresh you will see a line under Dual Motors, usually red

 

Are these the two differences?

 

No, it also has carbon fiber interior trim, and adjustable dampers. It also has track mode setting, and you can move the power around between the motors. Also, bigger brakes, and upgraded seats. But from an exterior view, you can't mistake it from the regular Model 3

 

Well guess that means race em all I have to

 

I don’t *****foot around, pedal was on the floor, I rarely ever half *** it. We were rolling starting from 70 so it was well in the triple digits. I was pulling but not as much as I expected but had to turn off so didn’t get to stay in it long enough.

 

Sounds like a win to me. When you're in the triple digits and he's not pulling on you, it over in my book

 

The point that I was trying to make is that even if you get used to it, you can still modulate the power very easily and not have to experience the brutal acceleration.

​​​​​​​Unless you deliberately choose to NOT modulate it.

Standard mode IMO is completely pointless.