Ludicrous Upgrade Scheduling?

Taurus · Jul 17, 2016

Only 10 days to go until I drop off the car (7/27) ! I planned to leave it at the Service Center for one week to do the Ludicrous and 4G LTE upgrades, along with the annual maintenance. Should be ample time to do all.

CraZ8 · Jul 19, 2016

CraZ8 said:
I had my P85D scheduled for an up grade today. The service center called me yesterday And backed me up a week saying they needed the " newer " upgrade kit since I had a newer battery. They had the old kits in stock but had to wait for this one. Since my car is a mid March 2015 build I find this suspect, there has been speculation that they have tweaked the upgrade on other threads. Possibly a slight increase in amps under ludicrous to 1600 rather than 1500. We shall see.

The plot thickens. They still may back me up on the upgrade but are now saying this kit supersedes the previous kits, does not depend on date of the battery. They have no more info and Tesla is not saying anything to them.

yo mama · Jul 19, 2016

Taurus said:
Only 10 days to go until I drop off the car (7/27) ! I planned to leave it at the Service Center for one week to do the Ludicrous and 4G LTE upgrades, along with the annual maintenance. Should be ample time to do all.

Prepare to go fasterer

MarcG · Jul 19, 2016

Well, my car finally went "dark" this afternoon (meaning no more remore access) - exactly 3 weeks after I've dropped it off at the service center. Let's see how long it takes them to do the L upgrade!

MarcG · Jul 20, 2016

And... it's alive again as of noon! So exciting

(that was pretty fast from the time they started)

Let's see when I get "the call" to pick it up. Can't wait to test it and log some good power data!

yo mama · Jul 20, 2016

MarcG said:
And... it's alive again as of noon! So exciting (that was pretty fast from the time they started)

Let's see when I get "the call" to pick it up. Can't wait to test it and log some good power data!

So happy for you, Marc. Can't wait to hear back on your reactions. Try not to get arrested for excessive launching!

CraZ8 · Jul 20, 2016

Well the service center put me on hold yet again and told me today that there is a new kit is based on my battery and they are waiting for the new upgrade kits for my "newer " battery. No firm date as of yet. Any one else run into this problem? 1055835-00-C is my battery number, mid May 1015 build. The whole thing sounds... Well a lot like Tesla

bhzmark · Jul 20, 2016

hmm. Mid May 2015 as a newer battery? I bought an inventory p85D in mid 2015 that was a Dec 2014 build. wonder if I got an older battery that misses some of the fun in all this? so far one other p85DL is running a full tenth faster than my best 1/4 time. (my 11.31 vs 11.22 is the fastest p85DL on dragtimes Fast Tesla Model-Ss 1/4 Mile 0-60 Drag Racing - DragTimes.com )

will be interesting to see if any P85DLs get more than 456kw.

MarcG · Jul 20, 2016

yo mama said:
So happy for you, Marc. Can't wait to hear back on your reactions. Try not to get arrested for excessive launching!

Thanks! It's been a long time coming

CraZ8 said:
1055835-00-C is my battery number, mid May 1015 build. The whole thing sounds... Well a lot like Tesla

Interesting indeed... for reference, my battery's model number is below:

Roadrunner13 · Jul 21, 2016

MarcG said:
Thanks! It's been a long time coming
Interesting indeed... for reference, my battery's model number is below:

View attachment 186178

Yes, that was also my model number before (1031043-00-E), model also build in December 2014:

and now AFTER the L updgrade, notice the same serial number but different battery number (1074980-00-E)! :-D

cassiri · Jul 21, 2016

Got mine done. It took just over 3 months from deposit to completion. Also took several phone calls to nag about availability along the way. Whether that helped on not I'm not sure, but I took the advice from others on this board to be the squeaky wheel.

MarcG · Jul 21, 2016

cassiri said:
Got mine done. It took just over 3 months from deposit to completion. Also took several phone calls to nag about availability along the way. Whether that helped on not I'm not sure, but I took the advice from others on this board to be the squeaky wheel.

Congrats!! How do you like it?

Well, I finally got "the call" and will be picking mine up first thing in the morning

CraZ8 · Jul 22, 2016

cassiri said:
Got mine done. It took just over 3 months from deposit to completion. Also took several phone calls to nag about availability along the way. Whether that helped on not I'm not sure, but I took the advice from others on this board to be the squeaky wheel.

Wow that's fast! I put my money down nearly 11 months ago and still waiting

MarcG · Jul 22, 2016

Just picked mine up

cassiri · Jul 23, 2016

MarcG said:
Congrats!! How do you like it?

Well, I finally got "the call" and will be picking mine up first thing in the morning

As a performance car enthusiast, it is money well spent. I don't think it is a game changer as some have said but definitely good value for $5k.
11 month wait? That's brutal. Make more calls I guess.
When I picked mine up they had forgot the most important point of the uograde, the underline. They quickly remedied.
Also my battery sticker changed and now references the ludi upgrade in the text at the top of the label.

Taurus · Jul 25, 2016

cassiri said:
As a performance car enthusiast, it is money well spent. I don't think it is a game changer as some have said but definitely good value for $5k.
11 month wait? That's brutal. Make more calls I guess.
When I picked mine up they had forgot the most important point of the uograde, the underline. They quickly remedied.
Also my battery sticker changed and now references the ludi upgrade in the text at the top of the label.

T minus 48 hours until I drop off mine for the upgrade ! I've waited 9 months (3 of which were due to Tesla not entering the deposit properly). Now I'll make sure the underline is there after I pick up the vehicle. I wonder if mine will have an even faster 0-60 time than 2.8 seconds since it does not have the panoramic roof (I chose the metal roof). The Panny roof does add weight to the car.

MarcG · Jul 26, 2016

cassiri said:
Also my battery sticker changed and now references the ludi upgrade in the text at the top of the label.

Interesting, thanks for pointing that out! Mine does too: "LUD UPGRD".
Part number is now 1074980-00-E where it used to be 1031043-00-E.
Serial number hasn't changed, unsurprisingly. Though it is a shiny new label

MarcG · Jul 26, 2016

Taurus said:
T minus 48 hours until I drop off mine for the upgrade ! I've waited 9 months (3 of which were due to Tesla not entering the deposit properly). Now I'll make sure the underline is there after I pick up the vehicle. I wonder if mine will have an even faster 0-60 time than 2.8 seconds since it does not have the panoramic roof (I chose the metal roof). The Panny roof does add weight to the car.

Wow 9 months is definitely a long time, you've got me beat!
BTW don't expect the 0-60 time to be 2.8s, that's for P90DL with most likely the latest battery packs that put out even more power (see this thread - warning, it's long: Newer P90DL makes 662 hp at the battery!!!)

Taurus · Jul 30, 2016

Just picked up mine

MarcG · Jul 31, 2016

Taurus said:
Just picked up mine View attachment 187917 View attachment 187918

Congrats, enjoy it!

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