Brand new M3 SR+ acceleration

[Knfevg]

Hey All. Just got the delivery of a brand new M3 SR+. Trying to compare acceleration to my 45tfsi A4 using a racebox . As much as I tried, with full battery and no one in the car besides driver, can't get M3 bellow 7.5 sec to 100kmh....what am I doing wrong?

 

[Hayden]

Still in chill mode setting? You need to set it on standard

 

[Knfevg]

Was in standard from the begining..

 

[doats1]

Are you testing from a cold battery? That might be a factor. There is a power bar/guage above the speedo, opposite the regen bar. If there are dots showing then it's not at full power.

 

[alexiscool]

Was in standard from the begining..

Try powering the car off, wait 5 min, and then press brake pedal to wake it back up.

Then, go to settings, select Chill mode, and then select Standard mode again.

See if that works. Maybe it’s just a software glitch.

You also won’t need to time the race to test if it worked. You’ll know instantly if it worked because the torque will be significantly stronger.

 

[lawmangr]

It's almost like your car is stuck in "chill" mode. 7-8 seconds 0-60mph is exactly what I see in my SR+ in chill mode. If the good suggestions above don't fix it, I would definitely reach out to Tesla about it.

 

[jjrandorin]

Hey All. Just got the delivery of a brand new M3 SR+. Trying to compare acceleration to my 45tfsi A4 using a racebox . As much as I tried, with full battery and no one in the car besides driver, can't get M3 bellow 7.5 sec to 100kmh....what am I doing wrong?

Probably cold battery. Even if the car is parked outside in 80 degree weather, the battery may be cold. They battery also takes a long time to warm up to the temps required to provide full power... its not 5-10 minutes like an ICE vehicle.

If you want to test this, you can:

1. drive your car long enough to drain the battery down to at least 50% of its capacity, or even lower.
2. Plug it in and charge it back up to 90% capacity, either at home, or at a supercharger
3. Unplug it RIGHT after completing charging, then go test

Note, you dont have to see snowflake icon for the battery to be cold.