Agree. If they came out with a ludicrous mode or a paid track mode for the MYP that got the car down to 3 seconds I'd be all over that. Having said that, while I haven't measured anything, watching other you tubers testing the MYP seems like it is VERY difficult to actually match the 3.5 seconds Tesla says the car is capable of. Even with 1 foot rollouts. I wish there was the normal track mode the Model 3 gets just to help heat up the fluids to see if it becomes easier to match the 3.5 Tesla suggests is possible.
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I Wish Tesla Offered A Discounted Acceleration Boost!
- Thread starter MikeInFL
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I found a little sketchy that tesla wants more money just for sw. Mechanically the car is the same. With ICE cars the mapping has a lot to do with reliability regarding the fuel carasterics around the world, and typically the remapping of the ECU limit or fix the fuel that you need to run to maintain the car safe. Of course it also allows you to adapt to hardware changes on the car like exhaust or new turbo etc.
With Tesla, that does not apply, the sw just free what is already there.
With Tesla, that does not apply, the sw just free what is already there.
I'm not saying certain cars aren't achieving 3.5 second 0-60s but that it doesn't seem to be repeatably consistent for all MYPs. Maybe I just don't know what 3.5 seconds feels like haha. My dad had a hellcat and it just felt WAY faster when it put power down.
Link to the YT videos?
Every month I've seen MYPs and LR Y w/ boost putting down consistent numbers, 3.5-3.6 and 3.9-4.0 respectively. Obviously there's going to be some variability based upon the surface, traction, battery pack temp, state of charge, etc. If they aren't using SMT or any app that allows them to view the battery pack temps, they are going to have less than ideal times. I've noticed my car being 0.5s slower to 60 if the battery packs aren't at 80F or higher.
alexcue
Member
The thing I found about the boost, is that it is not just from a dead stop. The change is across the board, Passing seems much different than stock. Now off the line, it doesn't feel sluggish like it did stock. For me, it was a no brainer. It's there if I need it.
Some people are worried about how it'll mess with their efficiency. It's all in the right foot. If you are gentle as always, then no change.
Tesla does play with the numbers with the rollout on the P and no-rollout on the LR. Compare apples to apples.
Some people are worried about how it'll mess with their efficiency. It's all in the right foot. If you are gentle as always, then no change.
Tesla does play with the numbers with the rollout on the P and no-rollout on the LR. Compare apples to apples.
TomServo
Active Member
Subjective.
For those of us that have been car enthusiasts for years, the $2000 is money well spent regardless if it's locked behind a software pay wall. It's no different than any other car manufacturer detuning an engine so that two vehicles in their lineup don't overlap and compete with one another.
I didn't know that. Maybe that is what I am noticing. Just seems like the P isn't as performant as it should be considering the 10k price increase.
Sketchy?
I'm sure none of us know the nitty gritty financial details, but software cost a bundle. Especially if you want to work reliably because your life depends on it. Don't know about Tesla but other cars can have 100s of millions of lines of code. Maybe Tesla has good programmers, but debugging the stuff the most write takes lots of time and money.
Yeah, the code is there. So they shouldn't be able to recoup the investment? So the first car should cost 500 million because hey the code cost that. Then the second car, 5,000 because the software is there now?
Hey, I'd love the boost to be cheaper. Haven't popped for it yet because of the cost but I may soon. But this stuff is expensive and someone has to pay for it.
My point is, when you buy the car, it should perform on par of its parts capabilities. Tesla seems to limit this capabilities on purpose, just to charge you extra to unlock them later.
No, probably a combination of additional revenue but also to keep sales of the Performance variant high. Some won't buy the P if the LR does 0-60 in 3.9s stock. Keep the acceleration gap wide and P models will still sell well.
