So to get Ludicrous mode retrofit you need to show up with under 30% battery. I forgot and charged mine the night before so I woke up and had a quest to deplete my battery from 90% to 29% within 2 hours. It ended up taking about 1.5 hours and I could of done it a lot quicker in hindsight. I basically turned everything on in the car like heated seats etc..., selected Max Power and then launched at every light from South Orange County to Costa Mesa.
I started on the 241 toll road and I got it from like 87% to 50% in seriously like 10 minutes. No one was on it so I was launching up to like 90mph and then slowing back down and then doing it again. I did it from the start to the 241 to the 133 merge which is about 13 miles. It was going so quick I decided to get on the 133 and then go to the 405 N. and take that to Costa Mesa. The problem was that was in traffic and I wasn't going to drive like an idiot with cars around so for the next 13 miles I went from 50% to like 45%. I noticed Regen braking wasn't helping at this point cause of the traffic coasting so I turned it down to low.
So I got off at the exit and started launching 0-55 from every stop sign near the tesla service center. It is mostly commercial out there so it was wide open roads and nearly no one on the road. However since I didn't want to break the speed limit this was painstakingly hard to deplete cause as soon as I left off the gas regen braking kicked in and a quick launch doesn't deplete near as quick as a 0-90mph or even staying at like 85 or 90 with the foot always on the pedal.
So the first 30% took about 20 minutes and the last 20% took an hour. What I should've done was just stay on the 241 and go back and forth with no one on the road until I got to 30% and then drive the rest of the way. I probably could of got to 30% in 30 minutes. Or I could of gone all the way to the 73 which has a lot of hills and that would of helped too as I could of kept the pedal pressed the whole time up the hills.
I could of also raised the suspension and opened the pano roof and rolled down the windows for more drag, but it was cold and I didn't feel like driving high up and I figured the suspension would probably be minimal.
Any ways what tricks would you do if you had to deplete in 2 hours from 90% battery? We are always talking about how to get more range so I thought it was funny that this time my goal was the opposite.
I started on the 241 toll road and I got it from like 87% to 50% in seriously like 10 minutes. No one was on it so I was launching up to like 90mph and then slowing back down and then doing it again. I did it from the start to the 241 to the 133 merge which is about 13 miles. It was going so quick I decided to get on the 133 and then go to the 405 N. and take that to Costa Mesa. The problem was that was in traffic and I wasn't going to drive like an idiot with cars around so for the next 13 miles I went from 50% to like 45%. I noticed Regen braking wasn't helping at this point cause of the traffic coasting so I turned it down to low.
So I got off at the exit and started launching 0-55 from every stop sign near the tesla service center. It is mostly commercial out there so it was wide open roads and nearly no one on the road. However since I didn't want to break the speed limit this was painstakingly hard to deplete cause as soon as I left off the gas regen braking kicked in and a quick launch doesn't deplete near as quick as a 0-90mph or even staying at like 85 or 90 with the foot always on the pedal.
So the first 30% took about 20 minutes and the last 20% took an hour. What I should've done was just stay on the 241 and go back and forth with no one on the road until I got to 30% and then drive the rest of the way. I probably could of got to 30% in 30 minutes. Or I could of gone all the way to the 73 which has a lot of hills and that would of helped too as I could of kept the pedal pressed the whole time up the hills.
I could of also raised the suspension and opened the pano roof and rolled down the windows for more drag, but it was cold and I didn't feel like driving high up and I figured the suspension would probably be minimal.
Any ways what tricks would you do if you had to deplete in 2 hours from 90% battery? We are always talking about how to get more range so I thought it was funny that this time my goal was the opposite.
