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This seems about right, what different does 1/4" of ride height make? I guess you might get less body lean in a hard corner? A lower ride, coil vs coil matters a very small amount, but air vs coil is hard to judge by talking. Need to run it around a track and see the times, with Apples to Apples cars, coil and air only difference to tell about turn speeds. It couldn't change wind resistance could it?One thing to keep in mind is that coil tends to need to have a higher spring rate than air. Coil rides higher so that, under max weight, the car still meets minimum ride height. Air, by definition, adjusts thus Tesla can run lower ride heights single driver and have a lower spring rate without ever having a concern about making minimum ride height fully loaded.
This seems about right, what different does 1/4" of ride height make? I guess you might get less body lean in a hard corner? A lower ride, coil vs coil matters a very small amount, but air vs coil is hard to judge by talking. Need to run it around a track and see the times, with Apples to Apples cars, coil and air only difference to tell about turn speeds. It couldn't change wind resistance could it?
I'm not sure what lower ride height, with one person in the car gets you? Can anyone explain it?
Ride height pays dividends for me with (1) looks and (2) lower CoG providing better handling.
Nothing quite like a 1% difference to hang your hat on?Bjorn Nyland tested the energy consumption of his 2013 P85 at normal vs., low ride height, and found 0.5%-1.6% difference in energy use, varying with highway speed (more effect at the higher speed). As he says, however, the results are likely not precise because of variables he had difficulty controlling. His video is here:
If you get over the block, you could hit the Tesla only parking sign. Pick your poison. lolOne benefit I see from the air vs coil is air you can raise at supercharging stations and back in with confidence that you won't hit the cement block at the end. I don't know if the coil will ride high enough to avoid this. Some of the parking at supercharging stations are pretty high while others are shorter.
One downside is you have to deal with the are suspension adjusting so you might hear it at low to no speed.
Yeah if I can go over the block. It's more of the scrapping the bottom I am worried about. Most people stop the accelerator when the wheels hits something.If you get over the block, you could hit the Tesla only parking sign. Pick your poison. lol
Yeah if I can go over the block. It's more of the scrapping the bottom I am worried about. Most people stop the accelerator when the wheels hits something.
Thanks good to know. I'll avoid Charlotte or at least be more careful there... but wait, I think the backup camera and the sonar sensors solves that problem pretty well for me.At the Charlotte Superchager, you can hit the sign before your wheels reach the curb.
Thanks good to know. I'll avoid Charlotte or at least be more careful there... but wait, I think the backup camera and the sonar sensors solves that problem pretty well for me.
When I was looking to buy, I went for a test drive in a P85+. I was soo disappointed with how it felt. After, I made an appointment to go on another drive of and to purchase an Audi S7.I can see why... I had a P85+ loaner while my 70D with coils was in for service and the P85+'s air suspension was a floaty mess. Yes, it was far less harsh than my coils, but the floating feeling from the active air suspension was really annoying (you could feel the subtle but never ending oscillation as the car worked to correct road unevenness).
The other part of the story is the height adjustment. The coil version of the Tesla is lower than my Prius that scraped bottom all the time--very disconcerting. I could imagine a convex driveway entrance being even worse with the longer wheel base of the Model S. With air suspension, I can raise the car .7" higher than the Prius. Not much, but at least not lower.