Next month It will be my 4th year anniversary with my model S P85+. I have driven 80K miles and I will like to share with you some of the experiences I’ve had with my car:
-My usual daily trips are less than 110miles so I drive pretty aggressively and enjoy my P85+ to the max without worrying about charging
-On long range trips, and I have driven a few 1,300+ miles trips, I charge the car to the maximum and drive at 73-75mph, faster it just doesn’t make sense. I set the car on range mode, turn off the ambience and DL lights and lower the suspension on car to lower the drag while using the speed control, then I will constantly check the range computer against my destinations and try to maximize range in order to arrive to the next station with no less than 10miles range. The maximum I’ve ever driven on a charge was 225miles and that was at 65-70mph. The navigation system is very conservative and sometimes I override what it tells me, if you use the energy computer wisely, you can manage to arrive to your next supercharger easily with a few miles to spare. It’s very accurate. I enjoy watching the range change every mile of speed you increase/decrease.
I always charge to 1.4 times the distance to be traveled. I.e: 100 miles trip I charge the battery to 140 miles. It has worked well with me
I have the Michelin pilot low profile tires. The P85+ is a different animal. It’s a real sports car, it drives differently from a regular S model, but it burn much faster the tires.
I get only 10-12k miles in the rear tires and about 35K on the front ones. That works at about $0.12 cents per mile on tires which is about double the cost of a S model with regular tires $0.06 per mile or less.
I had the same problem as many other Model S’s at 50K: gearbox replacement. TESLA took care of it and the car now is in perfect shape.
Every time I hear a Tesla with a “whining” sound on the streets I know what is happening.
Appart from the gearbox, the car is the BEST machine I’ve ever had. No maintenance whatsoever. It just doesn’t wear out like a regular car. I believe buying a used Tesla is a great deal. Many of you must be wondering: “what about your battery?”
Well, after 80K and 4 years the battery is holding up quite well. When it was new, the battery charged full/ max daily range at 256 miles/235 miles
Nowadays it will charge 242 miles /222 miles which is exactly the 5% decay that I’ve read many times on the the forums. It seems to be stabilized there.
I love driving my car and can’t imagine driving another car that wasn’t a Tesla. I just wish I had the full autopilot self driving capability which wasn’t available at the time when I bought my car. It would really make those long trips much more relaxing.
Happy and safe driving!
-My usual daily trips are less than 110miles so I drive pretty aggressively and enjoy my P85+ to the max without worrying about charging
-On long range trips, and I have driven a few 1,300+ miles trips, I charge the car to the maximum and drive at 73-75mph, faster it just doesn’t make sense. I set the car on range mode, turn off the ambience and DL lights and lower the suspension on car to lower the drag while using the speed control, then I will constantly check the range computer against my destinations and try to maximize range in order to arrive to the next station with no less than 10miles range. The maximum I’ve ever driven on a charge was 225miles and that was at 65-70mph. The navigation system is very conservative and sometimes I override what it tells me, if you use the energy computer wisely, you can manage to arrive to your next supercharger easily with a few miles to spare. It’s very accurate. I enjoy watching the range change every mile of speed you increase/decrease.
I always charge to 1.4 times the distance to be traveled. I.e: 100 miles trip I charge the battery to 140 miles. It has worked well with me
I have the Michelin pilot low profile tires. The P85+ is a different animal. It’s a real sports car, it drives differently from a regular S model, but it burn much faster the tires.
I get only 10-12k miles in the rear tires and about 35K on the front ones. That works at about $0.12 cents per mile on tires which is about double the cost of a S model with regular tires $0.06 per mile or less.
I had the same problem as many other Model S’s at 50K: gearbox replacement. TESLA took care of it and the car now is in perfect shape.
Every time I hear a Tesla with a “whining” sound on the streets I know what is happening.
Appart from the gearbox, the car is the BEST machine I’ve ever had. No maintenance whatsoever. It just doesn’t wear out like a regular car. I believe buying a used Tesla is a great deal. Many of you must be wondering: “what about your battery?”
Well, after 80K and 4 years the battery is holding up quite well. When it was new, the battery charged full/ max daily range at 256 miles/235 miles
Nowadays it will charge 242 miles /222 miles which is exactly the 5% decay that I’ve read many times on the the forums. It seems to be stabilized there.
I love driving my car and can’t imagine driving another car that wasn’t a Tesla. I just wish I had the full autopilot self driving capability which wasn’t available at the time when I bought my car. It would really make those long trips much more relaxing.
Happy and safe driving!
