If you have never seen a Taycan...

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Get the performance! It has some technical advantages, such as better battery cooling strategies and "track mode" that allows some great torque management. But best of all, it's faster off the line! Right where you need it.

100% agree. For the additional $8K, the Performance is a bargain.
If and when I buy another, it will be a Performance. At least that's what wifey says... So there's that.

4.2 second 0-60 ain't gonna cut it, right? How you gonna spank those exotics? 3.1 should do the trick!
@Cujet don't get me started! Our Mid Range is gonna hafta do for now!

Yeah, the wheels and tires are the biggest gotcha for me. I'd probably swap to smaller wheels. Not sure if smaller wheels would clear the calipers, though...something I need to research. A LR with the $2k acceleration boost may be a good middle ground.

Yes, I rented a LR on Turo last year.

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I'll install the Tesla home charger myself.

The Track Mode software is interesting but the average person will use it 0.001% of the time as it is only beneficial for (you guessed it) road racing. The Long Range has the Acceleration Boost that cuts 0.5 seconds down from the 0-60 and 1/4 mile ET which puts it at 0.2-0.4 seconds slower than the Model 3 Performance. At the drag strip you will basically at the M3P's bumper/fender the whole way down or not that far away. The M3P is more finnicky about its SOC though as you will need it to be 80% or higher to get that performance. Don't forget the M3P's 0-60 of 3.1 is with rollout.
The carbon spoiler is double-sided to the trunk lid. Those Uberturbines make no sense from a performance perspective and limits your tire selections. With the bad roads we have here in SE MI, those 235/35R20s are a severe liability.
The bulk of the Tesla's power comes from a dig, 0-40 mph, and then drops sharply towards 70 mph. Roll race the M3LR w/ Accel Boost against the M3P at 40+ mph and its almost dead-even.