I just purchased a 2014 Model S P85 with 2,000 miles on it. The seller paid 115K for it and I bought it for 45K. The seller was elderly and never drove it. I was concerned the battery may have somehow been damaged sitting so long so I decided to do a 100% charge. I was pleasantly surprised when the battery charged to 263 miles with only a 2 mile degradation since time of purchase. Pretty amazing.
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- Thread starter Jimsantacruz
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murphyS90D
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I hope you started driving the car right away. Do not leave the battery at 100%. That is bad for it. Drive until it is down to 90%.
ohmman
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dark cloud
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Hope someone got their $35 per mile worth. Congratulations, nice find.
Might want to minimize SuperCharging to minimize recent battery issues for older cars.
If the prior owner rarely Fast Charged it, then that is fantastic.
If the prior owner rarely Fast Charged it, then that is fantastic.
dark cloud
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Hugh Mannity
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2000 miles! Wow that is so cool. Assume it’s absolutely mint.
Did the previous owner leave the car plugged in all the time? Was it driven once a week or something? Amazing find
Did the previous owner leave the car plugged in all the time? Was it driven once a week or something? Amazing find
AMPd
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Great news and congrats. I wanted to share this with you.... I purchased a 2018 Model S 75d with 15k miles. Recently, It went from 259 at 100% to 237 at 100%, apparently overnight. Did Tesla cap the capacity of the battery to protect it and increase longevity? Some posts say yes and there are some articles on it. It was after the most recent update. Anyone else get this also??
It has 2000 miles. I think it would be safe to say the prior owner rarely fast charged it.
aerodyne
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Wait, you are telling us someone absolutely babied the car for 6 years and the first thing you do is charge it to 100%?
Kidding, of course. Congrats but as others have said, please don't leave your car sitting at 100%. Anything after 90% you should only charge when going on a trip someplace and start driving right away.
aerodyne
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The BMS may not be showing the range accurately since the car was so rarely driven. Let's hope it is and is truly reflecting the current status of the battery.
thecloud
As rhythm raced inside, the ship came alive
@Jimsantacruz - does your P85 have Autopilot? (The first Model S cars with Autopilot rolled off the line in late September 2014, and the P85 was discontinued just over a month later, so there aren't a whole lot of them.)
Seconding this! Older firmware was faster and more responsive, less glitchy, and you risk losing 50 miles of range and another 50 horsepower loss if you update to the newest firmware, and your supercharging speeds will be cut in half if not worse. If you don't have autopilot, there is effectively zero reason to update and a lot of reasons why you shouldn't.
Stay on the old software and enjoy your car as it was when it was new!
You've been hit by batterygate Sudden Loss Of Range With 2019.16.x Software @Jimsantacruz this shouldn't apply to you but read the problems Tesla has intentionally inflicted on older cars like ours in that thread if you're tempted to update. DON'T UPDATE! Your car is brand new, don't let Tesla downgrade it to a rickety old car overnight.
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