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I might need one of those filter clips if it actually works. Maybe I can print one at work and give it a try…

That looks every bit as fast as a C8 to me, even faster than a lot of the C8 runs I’ve seen.

9.32 60-130 if I calculated it right. How slow is it on the current car again?

I would expect the OEM setup to provide more range due to lower frontal area resulting in less total drag, but that's probably going to be dependent on the design of the 19" wheels you're buying. I could see a set of 19" EV01+ wheels or similar aero-efficient wheels actually doing better despite...

“Terminal understeer” isn’t safer. That’s every bit as bad as terminal oversteer. Understeer is safer for general population drivers because they don’t have the skill to deal with an oversteer situation, it’s literally that simple.

I can be rather exhausting to post here... So is it your contention that the fastest lap time ever set in an M3P or a Plaid has been done on factory-sized tires? Nobody has reduced a lap time with wider tires on track? Sometimes an elementary question, such as, “why would he say it’s...

Tire contact patch limits our ability to accelerate in any direction. This is why the new M3P has wider tires in back. The 235 width tire was a limiting factor slowing acceleration in the old car, so one way they made it faster is to add more tire. You can do that to make cars turn better too...

It’s the weight of the car. 235 is small for the weight we carry.

Yeah man. I had the exact same thought when I went and tested the highland LR. I wouldn’t even be considering a new P if it wasn’t for the tax benefit making it more attractive as a purchase.

…and that makes leasing the best option for folks who would be upgrading to a newer Tesla in a couple/few years anyway.

Parts to retrofit the new suspension to the previous performance cars?

That's awesome! I've got about 3k on my ion evo all-seasons and they're pretty quiet but I have noticed a howling sound from the tires over the grooved concrete we have in some places on the southern california highways. That was not present with any of the previous sets of tires I've used on...

In this particular case, where I’m daydreaming of something that doesn’t exist, the idea is that less weight on the front wheels helps with steering feel and response. Since I don’t really care how fast my car is but just want to have an engaging experience, I’d be fine without a drive unit up...

For my next trick, I’ll attempt another complete thread derail: I want a performance oriented lightweight. M3 size with MS hatch and beauty. (Clearly the S is gorgeous, just large) Give it a single Plaid motor in the rear and bearings in place of bushings in the suspension, along with the new...

This is true, unfortunately, but it’s the exact same issue they ran across with my C6Z. You have to be at the racetrack or out on the highway in Mexico to find that out. On the street they’ve got nothing for you, and ultimately that’s what makes it fun for people on either side. Including...

Oh there are plenty of completely stock hellcats around Southern California. Or at least there were back when I was daily-ing a C6 Z06. I could always count on them to have their hoods open at cars and coffee as if they worked for car dealerships trying to sell stock hotrods, and to want my...

That’s what I’ve got all around mine. 70% up front, 50% around the rear. Love it. Edit: and on top, same film for the back windows is on the top, obviously. It’s one very large piece of film.

…and that sounds like it would fix everything I want fixed in my M3P. Now that I’ve seen everything else this new car has to offer, I need someone to help me figure out how can I continue acting like Tesla didn’t just build the one thing I’ve been wishing they would build?

Mine’s tinted with high quality ceramic film. No issues that I’m aware of..

99 Frames from 60-95mph in the video @cptnslo posted. 30 frames a second in the video as well. 3.3 60-95 as far as I can tell.

“There’s nothing wrong with white interior supply. There’s nothing wrong with white interior orders. There’s nothing wrong with our production line. Everything is operating smoothly” Plot twist: maybe they just couldn’t tell us only M3P’s were being built in white interior while the LR and RWD...

Biggest benefit of the ceramic coating in my mind. Makes it so much easier to keep the car looking good, that even if you treat it like crap between washes, the car still looks amazing underneath when you take the time wash it properly.

If it’s going to be faked, it needs to sound good. That’s the problem. It’s also the solution. Put some real weight behind it, make it sound good and people will accept it. Not that I think any of this is a good idea.

Seems like they need to switch FSD purchases to a lease to own model. Would help with early total-loss cases and could even be account-based with paid upgrades that are naturally going to come with the next generation cars as people keep upgrading to the next best new ev…

Interesting comments considering that the video wasn’t really negative on the Tesla, at all.

That checks out. Another component of this kind of discussion that I haven't seen mentioned here (but did see over on the corvette forum back then) is this old conventional wisdom saying any tire becomes directional after it's been run long enough in one direction. That didn't seem to matter...

The manual that came with my C7 Grand Sport recommended rotating tires side to side. Those were 285f/335r high performance Michelins that are marked “OUTSIDE” on the outer sidewall so you’d think they’re directional, but despite quite a bit of arguing on Internet forums, I didn’t see a single...

Let's just say I never see it happen during the daytime when these individuals would be putting "normies" in danger with their antics, and I live much closer to Mexico.

Absolutely there are plenty of people who do that on a regular basis. I see it all the time.

I remember reading here some time ago that this was really only an issue with the 3 and Y. It's also only an issue with LFP batteries, which I don't think there are any in an S or X?

my wild ass guess based on nothing: I suspect the difference would come down to how they decided to manage the airflow underneath the car and through/around the wheel openings, which might not have been considered as thoroughly on the BMW. Maybe?

That’s the reason I didn’t try to go back and get the summer version of the ION Evo’s to replace the AS version I just got a few weeks ago. I really like how quiet these are.

And backlog matters for the stated goal, but not nearly as much for the actual goal, which is to make profit.

It’s almost as if the goal of every company is to create wealth, regardless of what they tell you their goals are.

I just read this thread from the beginning and I have to ask, am I the only one who test drove a highland 3 LR and a MS LR back to back and found the 3 to be the quieter car? I mean until you enable the active sound reduction in the S, but that’s headache inducing for me and for my fiancée so it...

I test drove the S and Highland 3 back to back. They’re similar enough that I didn’t notice a difference.

0-60 launch and looks. It’s not necessarily beneficial for cornering.

This seems pretty much right to me.

Absolutely. I think the ultimate reason to do this is the additional publicity; they probably end up selling more cars by leaving that little bit of mystery out there to drive discussion and then a bump when the discussion goes nuts later on as we realize we had the right idea in the first...

I really don’t understand how so many people don’t see right through this. It’s 100% obvious that it’s a ludicrous badge, indicating that ludicrous mode is coming. They don’t want to say that out loud because some will choose to wait until ludicrous mode is available before they will purchase...

They absolutely lowball trade-ins, but so does everyone else. Carvana, Carmax, Tesla, normal car dealerships, etc. they all offer $10k under the real market value of the car. Every. Time.

Obviously. The thing is that OEM's don't generally seem to market their new cars against the used-market examples of their own pricier options... I mean, I thought it was rather obvious that the discussion I was responding to was around the idea that Tesla themselves are the reason we don't...

Until the S hits 130mph and stops the party, of course.

you're fine

Very easy to design a 19” wheel that does fit.

I’m expecting it to be specific to the newer car with the adaptive suspension

I’ve resorted to forcing myself to sell my current M3P to someone before I order it. Then just not listing my car for sale.

Or just, black.

he also said that was averaged out of runs going either direction with a passenger. I can’t wait to test drive this thing. The comments he made in the podcast sound like this car would make a great dual purpose daily/fun car.

That new red is so pretty that I’m considering it even though I’m typically not a guy who likes red cars, but I have to say, Quicksilver might make the deal for me.