Ok, I am not gonna sugarcoat this, I am a little disappointed about the times I am seeing so far. I've had my car for about 3 weeks now. Between getting PPF and ceramic coated, haven't been able to drive it as much as I wanted to before today. Today I ran a bunch of 0-60 runs and got in a full 1/4 mile run. I use Dragy as it is very accurate and gives me a lot of data. I can't really export it like I would like to do more analysis but it is good for basic info. I am going to post everyone I have done so far with my car, invalid or otherwise. Even the invalid runs have info to share.
Following will be a bunch of 0-60 runs, and one 1/4 mile run. They are in the order they were run. Apparently, I can only do 10 files so will have attach in another post the other ones. The first one, my best run 0-60 was done about 10 days ago. Temps for all these runs are similar, in the mid 80's or so except for the first 2 (low 70's). That run was done pretty quickly after taking the car out after it had set all night charged to 80% SOC. There is no way the batteries were likely up to temp. The next run after it was slower (mostly at the beginning) but much quicker at the end. I have no idea why. I could feel it barely move off the line, then it REALLY picked up at the end.
Runs 10 days ago:
Now lets look at the next set from today. I thought that maybe the SOC needed to be higher, and the batteries needed to be warmer. I charged today to 85% right up until I left, made some quick hard runs to try and help warm the pack. First run sucked TBH. So did the 2nd, 3rd and on until finally the 7th was about as good as my previous best. By now the SOC was down to about 75%. You can immediately tell if it is going to be a sub 5 sec run in the first moment it moves off the line. That initial 0-10 mph, and how it feel, tells me all I need to know about the run even before I get to 60. The slower runs are definitely softer off the line. I have no idea why. I've tried different methods to launch. Tip in gently and then floor it, mash it to the floor, sort of brake torque it, etc. So far the first one has been the best.
Runs today:
So far I am less than impressed. Not close enough to 4.8 with no rollout. My typical run is over 5 seconds. Being off by .2 seconds is a lot. I don't think 100% SOC is going to get me there. I wanted a good baseline before I added AB. At this point, I am concerned that maybe they are slower than when they first came out. Looking at the runs for Car and Driver's test, I am way off of their times. Not even in the same state or zip code. CD was clocking 4.7. I need to watch out for even a MachE. So I am starting to be concerned that it isn't living up to it specs. The MYP and M3P pretty much hit theirs every time. So maybe I am missing something here. Maybe the SOC is making the difference but I can't charge to 100% every day to get the performance it should have. Maybe Tesla needs to add even more asterisks to their times... In another post I'll my remaining Dragy runs that has the 1/4 mile run. When I ran the MYP and M3P, even on a very hot day and about 80% SOC, they hit their numbers or very close to it. What is also disconcerting is the times are all over the map. On other Teslas I've ran, they were like clockwork knocking off almost the same time every time and were more consistent run to run.
Following will be a bunch of 0-60 runs, and one 1/4 mile run. They are in the order they were run. Apparently, I can only do 10 files so will have attach in another post the other ones. The first one, my best run 0-60 was done about 10 days ago. Temps for all these runs are similar, in the mid 80's or so except for the first 2 (low 70's). That run was done pretty quickly after taking the car out after it had set all night charged to 80% SOC. There is no way the batteries were likely up to temp. The next run after it was slower (mostly at the beginning) but much quicker at the end. I have no idea why. I could feel it barely move off the line, then it REALLY picked up at the end.
Runs 10 days ago:
Now lets look at the next set from today. I thought that maybe the SOC needed to be higher, and the batteries needed to be warmer. I charged today to 85% right up until I left, made some quick hard runs to try and help warm the pack. First run sucked TBH. So did the 2nd, 3rd and on until finally the 7th was about as good as my previous best. By now the SOC was down to about 75%. You can immediately tell if it is going to be a sub 5 sec run in the first moment it moves off the line. That initial 0-10 mph, and how it feel, tells me all I need to know about the run even before I get to 60. The slower runs are definitely softer off the line. I have no idea why. I've tried different methods to launch. Tip in gently and then floor it, mash it to the floor, sort of brake torque it, etc. So far the first one has been the best.
Runs today:
So far I am less than impressed. Not close enough to 4.8 with no rollout. My typical run is over 5 seconds. Being off by .2 seconds is a lot. I don't think 100% SOC is going to get me there. I wanted a good baseline before I added AB. At this point, I am concerned that maybe they are slower than when they first came out. Looking at the runs for Car and Driver's test, I am way off of their times. Not even in the same state or zip code. CD was clocking 4.7. I need to watch out for even a MachE. So I am starting to be concerned that it isn't living up to it specs. The MYP and M3P pretty much hit theirs every time. So maybe I am missing something here. Maybe the SOC is making the difference but I can't charge to 100% every day to get the performance it should have. Maybe Tesla needs to add even more asterisks to their times... In another post I'll my remaining Dragy runs that has the 1/4 mile run. When I ran the MYP and M3P, even on a very hot day and about 80% SOC, they hit their numbers or very close to it. What is also disconcerting is the times are all over the map. On other Teslas I've ran, they were like clockwork knocking off almost the same time every time and were more consistent run to run.
