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Hello all yee tesla heads!!!

over the last 3 days i have had 3 traction control event that have limited me to 80KWH power. these have occurred all on hard surfaces. first on sat pulling away from a light at a right hand turn and i had to fully pull my foot off the pedal to get full power back. this was a bit hairy due to a car rapidly approaching that i was expecting to pull away from. second, yesterday, was a roll on as a light i was approaching turned green. third, last night, was on a clover leaf on ramp to 101 and as i started to roll on it engaged again. i have opened a ticket and they say logs do not look askew. normally when i stuff my foot in it and the traction light comes on the car keeps accelerating but limit power to a specific part/wheel. anyone else had anything similar?
 
My traction control on occasion kicks in for no apparent reason. Tires warm on a clean dry even pavement with no oil or debris. It happened today. In fact, I didn't even punch it hard. Just a normal brisk acceleration and nothing. The traction control light was flashing as I inched forward. The car behind me actually honked because it took off so slowly.

P85D with 19" wheels.
 
On a dry surface, I can hardly get the wheels to spin when I punch it. It compensates and just becomes a blur; traction control may pop up extremely briefly, but you hardly even notice it. When it's wet, I can get it to slip a bit but even then I've never experienced what you've described as the car inching forward. I'm currently on .188 but this has been the case for me since I got the car. I'm thoroughly impressed how it doesn't slip or spin and I don't really even notice the traction control.