Hello everyone, we have owned a Volt for 2 years now and recently purchased a MS. First, hands down, the Model S is FAR superior to the Volt, or any other vehicle on the road (IMHO); and electric driving is pure awesomeness. That said, there are a two problems, both noise related that the MS has and Volt doesn't.
1) The A/C compressor fan in MS is MUCH louder than the Volt; and MS does not cool with noticeable differences. The big problem seems to be some type of ramp-up period when the the a/c first kicks on, it sounds like a 4 bannger ICE for two minutes or so. Once ramp-up is finished, the Volt and MS noise is about the same.
2) At low speeds, along our driveway and private road, there is a clunk from the rear of MS when you let off the go pedal. This only happens at speeds between 5-18mph. Our private road is 1/4 mile long with three speed bumps a gate, so we hear this clunk 4 to 5 times each time we leave or return home...along w/every parking lot in between. In the Volt, its perfectly silent. Tesla Rocklin test drove the car and says this relatively common and there's nothing to worry about as long as it does not get louder.
Had MS been our first electric vehicle, we would have dismissed both noises as minor trade offs for driving electric, but they are not. Anyway, I'm sure Tesla will eventually fix these issues and they are (relatively) minor, however they do currently exist.
FWIW, we are keeping the Volt until MIII is available...
1) The A/C compressor fan in MS is MUCH louder than the Volt; and MS does not cool with noticeable differences. The big problem seems to be some type of ramp-up period when the the a/c first kicks on, it sounds like a 4 bannger ICE for two minutes or so. Once ramp-up is finished, the Volt and MS noise is about the same.
2) At low speeds, along our driveway and private road, there is a clunk from the rear of MS when you let off the go pedal. This only happens at speeds between 5-18mph. Our private road is 1/4 mile long with three speed bumps a gate, so we hear this clunk 4 to 5 times each time we leave or return home...along w/every parking lot in between. In the Volt, its perfectly silent. Tesla Rocklin test drove the car and says this relatively common and there's nothing to worry about as long as it does not get louder.
Had MS been our first electric vehicle, we would have dismissed both noises as minor trade offs for driving electric, but they are not. Anyway, I'm sure Tesla will eventually fix these issues and they are (relatively) minor, however they do currently exist.
FWIW, we are keeping the Volt until MIII is available...