2012 Model S Signature Cars

[Nitchmaker]

I'm curious whether other Signature owners besides Optical8 have recently had the battery fuse replacement? I am guessing we are all due for the service by now. It seems that the pricing of the estimates issued by Tesla is all over the map, for both the cost of the fuse and the associated labor. The estimate for my car is $1,027 or 58% higher than for Optical8 AND no coolant fix/replacement as referenced above. Moreover, this difference cannot be attributed to labor cost. If there are examples of others recently getting the fuse replacement, I would appreciate your posting about it.

About to do it on my new-to-me 2012 signature for 1300 with proactively adding the seal for the rapid mate and coolant for the rapid mate(tesla quotes me 950 without the preventative maintenance). On a separate note, does anyone know if the signatures can be upgraded via software to a performance 85, or is this impossible without changing the motor?

 

[brianman]

About to do it on my new-to-me 2012 signature for 1300 with proactively adding the seal for the rapid mate and coolant for the rapid mate(tesla quotes me 950 without the preventative maintenance). On a separate note, does anyone know if the signatures can be upgraded via software to a performance 85, or is this impossible without changing the motor?

Some signatures were P85. FYI

 

[Nitchmaker]

Some signatures were P85. FYI

This one definitely is not its acceleration is probably slower then our single motor model 3

 

[Sparrow]

The Model S P85 0-60 is 4.2 seconds the regular Model S85 is 5.2 seconds, from what I can find the rwd Model 3 is 5.8 seconds

 

[Nitchmaker]

Maybe it's just me, but the acceleration on the 3 feels a lot more brutal (it's a long-range single motor, so 5.1)

 

[gaswalla]

Your OG 2018 RWD probably is less than 5sec 0-60. It should be a tad faster than a stock 85 from 2012... But neither of these are "brutal" - for that you need to get into a performance version of any of these vehicles

Tesla Model 3 0-60mph times, then and now, all trims compared

Yesterday we reported that the (now discontinued) Mid-Range Model 3 has seen a performance bump from 5.6s to 4.9s since...

electrek.co

 

[Jameshsu666]

Yes.

HI Wk057, We recently purchased a lower control arm on eBay with a QR code that leads to your webpage. Assuming that's the swapped part from one of your Tesla model S. Is it possible to PM me the Vin # for salvage title inspection purpose? much appreciated.

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