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I drove the white performance model in the heavy rain today in NY/NJ. I was also a passenger in the other performance model (forget the color). The rain was very heavy at times, and the roads were very slick. The course itself was quite curvy with not a lot of straight ahead acceleration opportunities. Finally, the traffic was heavy but flowing quickly.
Simply put: the traction control is AMAZING.
While I was a passenger the driver accelerated very quickly starting from a stop turning right (off a red). Anyone who knows anything about fast cars knows that doing this on wet pavement with high torque is a recipe for fishtailing at best and spinning out at worst. This car handled it perfectly. Being in the back seat I could hear and feel the rear wheels slipping, hopping, and the power cutting back to them. It was clear that each rear wheel was reacting independently. And, the car still accelerated like a bat our of hell.
While I was a driver I did a straight ahead, from a stop, floor it, 0-60 run. Because of the wet pavement, and likely due to gravel and bumps in the road, again the traction control jumped in and cut power and controlled the launch and acceleration. Interestingly wheel slip was not worst at launch, but at about 30 MPH at which point the wheels skipped/hopped and power was clearly cut to regain control.
I didn't try pushing the traction control in a moving turn (skid pad style), it would have simply been too dangerous.
Other wet driving impressions: the auto wipers worked well in that they seemed to notice the rain and wipe it away. The visibility was reasonable, given prior comments on visibility. Lastly, the rear HD camera had serious issues with water dripping down and obscuring the view -- nothing major, but you kept wanting to go outside and wipe it with your sleeve.
Overall, as I said, the traction control was very good, and the wet weather performance was remarkable. It would be very difficult to spin the car or get it to go out of control.
Really interested in wet weather performance, and looks like NY got rain and then some today.
Thanks @aaron.s for the initial feedback. Anyone else?
Also, if you happen to have noticed, how was the child care area? We're dumping the kids for the drive, and my wife is concerned that it won't be safe / adequate for my 3 and 6 year olds, and she will miss the test drive.
@Iz - Non-Perf, correct?
Yup, yup. Just making note for my VIN spreadsheet. That's a big IF though. I don't know if we have any proof yet that any 1xx vehicles were at Fremont.If it's the same brown as at Fremont, yes. Still plenty grin inducing even without the Perf!
Yes. Prior to the drive it was mentioned that some were performance and some were not. All were 85 kWh.@Iz - Non-Perf, correct?
Tease!I have a STUPID amount of video with stuff I haven't seen before. Stay tuned!