I'll get my wife to climb in the frunk for a picture:smile:. Might be a tighter fit than the last P85, so might not be able to slam it.
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P85D sighting / test drives
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FredTMC
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How many KW did it really pull? It should be 514, does the kW meter now show this numbers instead of th 320 last number on the standard P85?
Thank you for sharing. The sound in your video suggests the P85D is very noisy - much more than in the ones that have been circulating from the launch. I would be curious how that compares to p85+ - any others chiming in (from launch or other test drives / test rides)?
Mayhemm
Model S P85+ "Lola"
It does sound a bit louder than my P85+ under full power, but that's probably just due to having a motor closer to the driving position.
Fortunately, it seems to be the cool "spooling turbine" sound (good) rather than the deflating balloon noise (bad).
3s-a-charm
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I know this P85D might be pre-production but it is missing the Tesla name-plate inside the frunk as seen on the Motortrend review.
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At the launch event they had loud music going, several passengers, etc. May have drowned out the additional noise of the front motor.
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At the launch event they had loud music going, several passengers, etc. May have drowned out the additional noise of the front motor.
that sci-Fi sound that sparks some kind of child hood memory for me that immediately makes me forget the lack of throaty muffler sounds. Speeder bike?
Bugeater
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The video I posted on G+ a while ago didn't have near the whine that this video does. That makes me think that it is just a difference between individual cars.
Also I listened to a clip I had from a test drive (with my son driving) where he just accelerated by about 30 KM per hour in an S85 - the sound seems just as loud to me so maybe it depends on recording device type, positioning, and of course the amount of acceleration being used. Speaking personally I seldom actually put my foot to the mat from a full stop and accelerate to 100 Km and when I do, the sound isn't the first thing I'm thinking about - plus I'm not usually recording it. So long as the sound is quiet when I expect/need it to be I don't really care about any cool speeder bike sounds.
My thoughts exactly. I love that sci-fi like sound. Especially during heavy acceleration:biggrin:
but I do hope/expect it to be more silent during normal driving?
@spentan any thoughts on noise levels during more normal driving? And thanks for pictures and video!
Test drove same S85 non-D car as last time, this time wife got to drive, loved every bit of it.
D cars to arrive in 3-4 weeks per manager at Easton, OH. Everyone kept trying to sway us towards RWD inventory cars with 10K discounts
on the S and up to 20K on the P RWD cars. No can do, AWD addict living in climate with real winters.
Waiting for the brave D beta-testers to post impressions and glitches to be resolved, then hopefully will get the S85D before next Christmas.
BTW the pork sausages with red cabbage at "Der Schmidt" on Kossuth St. are awesome, too bad they served the apfelstrudel (rétes) cold!? Unforgivable sin.
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What does the power gauge go to in kW? Can you take a video of that under 0-60+? Trying to estimate actual wheel torque from it. Thanks.
3s-a-charm
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Bugeater
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This is the best image I have of the dash / speedo. When I shot a video of the 0-60 accel the orange bar went a little above 320.
This was in the Palo Alto SvC P85D. They said explicitly they didn't have the latest firmware so it simply may not have been able
to go any higher...
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