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Ludicrous Upgrade Scheduling?
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SoC was at 89%
ETA: I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but given my very short commute my car wasn't exactly "warmed up" or anything before I punched it. The good news is that it was still shockingly fast despite no warm up. Query as to whether it would have performed any better if I had warmed it up before measuring performance. I suppose I'll have to do some more testing.
jpet
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SoC was at 89%
ETA: I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but given my very short commute my car wasn't exactly "warmed up" or anything before I punched it. The good news is that it was still shockingly fast despite no warm up. Query as to whether it would have performed any better if I had warmed it up before measuring performance. I suppose I'll have to do some more testing.
Thank you, yo mama! 89% is just about perfect so it's a good datapoint. I hope you will be able to beat this figure though since it is quite a bit lower than the P90D value of around 456 kW.
Look at the bright side. Nobody getting a 10.9 just means the "Stop the Press!...." thread will eventually lose its top spot. Then, will have to re-think the dynamics of "EV distance".
SoC was at 89%
ETA: I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but given my very short commute my car wasn't exactly "warmed up" or anything before I punched it. The good news is that it was still shockingly fast despite no warm up. Query as to whether it would have performed any better if I had warmed it up before measuring performance. I suppose I'll have to do some more testing.
Yo mama,
thankyou for your testing.
have you manually activated the max battery power feature?
some have mistaken the max battery power to mean it was ready but you need to touch the words to activate it.
You know, that's a great question. I had no problem "enabling" the max power function pre-upgrade. Can't seem to get it to "engage" post-upgrade. I don't know why that is but I've contacted Tesla service to help me figure it out. There could be any number of explanations (include a stupid user, or maybe it is already on) so there's no point in speculating. I'll report back once I get it figured out. But wouldn't it be funny if I've yet to uncork the maximum potential of the upgrade? Because - screw the numbers - this thing is already scary fast.
MarcG
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Alright everyone, here's the video you've been waiting for :biggrin:
First, to set the stage right, below are the conditions in which this non-scientific test was performed:
So without further due, here is the video! I won't spoil the suspense but will post the results in a table format later.
First, to set the stage right, below are the conditions in which this non-scientific test was performed:
- The two cars that were compared are my P85D with Insane and Yo Mama's P85D with Ludicrous
- I drove both cars with Yo Mama in the front passenger seat (no other passengers or cargo were present)
- Four tests were performed: two in each car for the 50 to 80 mph and 60 to 85 mph runs (not in that order)
- TACC and AutoSteer were enabled at the start of each run to ensure the starting speeds were constant
- All four tests were done on the same stretch of highway within 15 minutes of each other
- There is no elevation gain on this stretch of highway and wind speeds were insignificant
- SoC was about the same in both cars (~60% in mine, ~70% in his)
- The main difference between the two cars, besides the Ludicrous upgrade, is that I have 19" wheels whereas his are 21" (my tires are very new however, with less than 1000 miles on them, so are still pretty sticky)
So without further due, here is the video! I won't spoil the suspense but will post the results in a table format later.
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lolachampcar
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THANK YOU to both
Most excellent production quality.
This is sufficient to have me drop $5K.
If either of you are in the West Palm Beach area, the beer is on me and there is a McLaren drive available (probably should reverse the order of those two).
Most excellent production quality.
This is sufficient to have me drop $5K.
If either of you are in the West Palm Beach area, the beer is on me and there is a McLaren drive available (probably should reverse the order of those two).
ArtInCT
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MarcG
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SPOILER ALERT!! :biggrin:
If you haven't watched the video above, the table below will summarize the acceleration tests we ran:
| Model | 50-80 mph | 60-85 mph |
| P85D Insane | 3.4 seconds | 3.3 seconds |
| P85D Ludicrous | 2.9 seconds | 2.7 seconds |
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lolachampcar
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MarcG
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Sounds good! Can you please send me the link to that thread so I can follow it too?
Makes me happy I'm in line .... thanks guys ... great fun.... this board offers so many great insights with only a few bad apples .....
Andyw2100
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Welp, unless there's some reason to believe this was not (more or less) an apples-to-apples comparison or that there is some other unaccounted for anomaly, I'm sold on the upgrade. I really didn't expect anything close to this result to be honest.
Edit: Could the 10% SoC difference have accounted for a significant portion of this? In my experience, I would be inclined to think that at most, it might account for up to 0.2 seconds of the difference perhaps...
Edit: Could the 10% SoC difference have accounted for a significant portion of this? In my experience, I would be inclined to think that at most, it might account for up to 0.2 seconds of the difference perhaps...
THANK YOU to both
Most excellent production quality.
This is sufficient to have me drop $5K.
If either of you are in the West Palm Beach area, the beer is on me and there is a McLaren drive available (probably should reverse the order of those two).
Surely there is something I can do in exchange for a McLaren drive?
Thanks for the video, I'm even more excited to get my Ludicrous now!
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