Yesterday my wife and I drove our P85 to Raleigh, NC to test drive the P95D and compare it to my P85. Here is our findings:
First thing that everyone does is, put the "D" in "insane mode" and then mash the pedal from a dead stop until it hits about 60mph. So I did this and of course we were completely blown away with the ballistic accleration as compared to our P85. It felt like an airforce jet taking off from a carrier. Scary Wow! Also the roar of the turbine type sound was especially chilling and rather intense. The next day we talked about this feature and realized that we would do this about ten times and then get tired of the massive acceleration and probably not use it more than once/month. Of course I would use it to demonstrate to one of my fiends who own Vipers that they are really no match for the "D" )
The next test was: punching it from 50mph to about 70mph. I was surprised that it did not have the same ballistic acceleration at the 0-60mph test. It did not seem much faster than my P85. The salesman said that is because the test car was limited to 80mph rather than 155mph. OK, I will give him that mulligan
The next was to simply drive around town and around corners to feel the AWD characteristics of the car. This was impressive and reminiscent of my Porsche C4S. The problem is with the double motors and AWD you have a different feel of the car than my rear wheel P85. The "D" just doesn't have the smoothness as my P85. It feels like it is constantly working against itself and things are grinding. The ride is noisy (OK. OK. my P85 has 19" wheels and the "D" has 21" wheels) and the noise from both engines start to get annoying after a while.
Another observation: The seats are glorious as they make you feel like you are in a true sports car. Our test car head a black headliner where as my P95 has a ivory headliner. The black headliner along with the bolstered seats makes you feel like you are in a Porsche. This is a good thing!
More observations: I was really impressed when I exceeded the speed limit and a road sign appeared on the dash telling me to slow down. This is very cool ... and each time I touched or crossed the center line, the car vibrated to tell me to stay in my lane ... another very cool feature. I adidn't get to test the Distronic or AutoDrive features as the software did not have the update yet.
All in all, the bottom line for me is: For me to trade in my 2014 P85 at this time against an equally loaded "D" would cost me about $40K - $50K if they allowed me $90K for my immaculate P85. If I only stop on it from 0-60mph about 50 times it would come to about a $1,000 per stomp ... and like I said, after about 10 times or so this trick becomes old hat.
Does anyone else for the same as I do?
Phil
First thing that everyone does is, put the "D" in "insane mode" and then mash the pedal from a dead stop until it hits about 60mph. So I did this and of course we were completely blown away with the ballistic accleration as compared to our P85. It felt like an airforce jet taking off from a carrier. Scary Wow! Also the roar of the turbine type sound was especially chilling and rather intense. The next day we talked about this feature and realized that we would do this about ten times and then get tired of the massive acceleration and probably not use it more than once/month. Of course I would use it to demonstrate to one of my fiends who own Vipers that they are really no match for the "D" )
The next test was: punching it from 50mph to about 70mph. I was surprised that it did not have the same ballistic acceleration at the 0-60mph test. It did not seem much faster than my P85. The salesman said that is because the test car was limited to 80mph rather than 155mph. OK, I will give him that mulligan
The next was to simply drive around town and around corners to feel the AWD characteristics of the car. This was impressive and reminiscent of my Porsche C4S. The problem is with the double motors and AWD you have a different feel of the car than my rear wheel P85. The "D" just doesn't have the smoothness as my P85. It feels like it is constantly working against itself and things are grinding. The ride is noisy (OK. OK. my P85 has 19" wheels and the "D" has 21" wheels) and the noise from both engines start to get annoying after a while.
Another observation: The seats are glorious as they make you feel like you are in a true sports car. Our test car head a black headliner where as my P95 has a ivory headliner. The black headliner along with the bolstered seats makes you feel like you are in a Porsche. This is a good thing!
More observations: I was really impressed when I exceeded the speed limit and a road sign appeared on the dash telling me to slow down. This is very cool ... and each time I touched or crossed the center line, the car vibrated to tell me to stay in my lane ... another very cool feature. I adidn't get to test the Distronic or AutoDrive features as the software did not have the update yet.
All in all, the bottom line for me is: For me to trade in my 2014 P85 at this time against an equally loaded "D" would cost me about $40K - $50K if they allowed me $90K for my immaculate P85. If I only stop on it from 0-60mph about 50 times it would come to about a $1,000 per stomp ... and like I said, after about 10 times or so this trick becomes old hat.
Does anyone else for the same as I do?
Phil