I went to the dealership where delivery was to occur.
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If that's what it looks like on the outside...
Hey you all do you. If any manufacturer including Tesla which gets way more of a pass than it deserves at this point brought a car to me brand new that looked like that I'd laugh my f****** ass off
“aaaaah! Aaah! I’m going to die! Aaaaah!”
An hour later to her sister: “You should ride. Honey, give her a ride.”
Yeah I don't understand all the comments about the "terrible" brakes on the Plaid. Motor Trend got a 60-0 distance of 104ft.
Tesla Model S Plaid First Test: 0–60 MPH in 1.98 Seconds*!
*Under very specific conditions dictated by Tesla, that is.
Fast Brake: 20 Best 60 to 0 Distances Recorded by Motor Trend
Check out the most capable cars Motor Trend has ever tested for 60-0 mph braking here in this slideshow feature.
I think what people are really referring to is the pedal pressure required to fully engage the brakes. It feels like it takes more pedal force in my Plaid to fully engage the brakes, but once you do, the stopping is very good. Better than my old E60 BMW M5 at 112 ft, even though the brakes "felt" better in that car, perhaps because it took less pedal force to engage.
Bottom line, press down on the brakes HARD if you want to stop quickly - you won't be disappointed.
My delivery guy said, “Have you been informed that there are no floor mats and trunk… um… wait you have them. Huh.”
Cool that is useful. I thought maybe the cart was choking on the size of the 96KHz files, but I guess now. BTW, 176 kHz - holy cow! I assume you have a home listening rig that does that justice.
I wonder if folks are just used to brake assist and the Plaid just doesn't boost that much for partial braking?Yeah I don't understand all the comments about the "terrible" brakes on the Plaid. Motor Trend got a 60-0 distance of 104ft.
That compares pretty well to their (somewhat dated) testing of Audi R8 - 101ft, MB SLS AMG Roadster - 100ft, and Lambo Aventador - 100ft.Tesla Model S Plaid First Test: 0–60 MPH in 1.98 Seconds*!
*Under very specific conditions dictated by Tesla, that is.www.motortrend.com
Fast Brake: 20 Best 60 to 0 Distances Recorded by Motor Trend
Check out the most capable cars Motor Trend has ever tested for 60-0 mph braking here in this slideshow feature.
I think what people are really referring to is the pedal pressure required to fully engage the brakes. It feels like it takes more pedal force in my Plaid to fully engage the brakes, but once you do, the stopping is very good. Better than my old E60 BMW M5 at 112 ft, even though the brakes "felt" better in that car, perhaps because it took less pedal force to engage.
Bottom line, press down on the brakes HARD if you want to stop quickly - you won't be disappointed.
I'm not sure any rig does justice to those resolutionsCool that is useful. I thought maybe the cart was choking on the size of the 96KHz files, but I guess now. BTW, 176 kHz - holy cow! I assume you have a home listening rig that does that justice.
. The 96/24 version came from HDTracks, and I think I encoded the 176/24 from that album on SACD (one of the few SACDs that I have). It is odd that 176/24 works but 96/24 doesn't. I tried a few more 96/24s, and none work, and I tried one other 176/24 I have, and it too worked.
yerEVan
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Mr. Cat. Honestly they didn’t bring it to me “yet”. I went a couple days early to do an exterior check and they were ok with that. I brought up the panel gaps and that they had white chalk writing in multiple places denoting the gap mm sizes. And they said they’d reach out tomorrow morning to let me know how they will handle them. So I don’t want to knock them just yet. But true, interior could be a different ballgame.
Hayseed_MS
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Mr. Cat? I think he prefers to go by his first name...
boonedocks
MS LR Blk/Blk 19”
Thank you SO MUCH for posting!!! My car will be finished at the PPF detailed Saturday and I have an appointment Monday morning at the Tesla SC to discuss my damage. My Plastic shield is ripped severely form damage
Hayseed_MS
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I do not want to,look under mine to see all the damage that happened in transit (while I was driving).
How do we find that checklist? I’d like to use it when I pick mine up (delivery says next week).
yerEVan
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Wiki - Mega-consolidated delivery quality issues thread and checklist
As I'm hoping to take delivery of my Model S Plaid soon, I've trying to put together a consolidated list of all the issues folks have been finding at the time of delivery of their cars, so I can look out for such issues before accepting delivery of mine. The goal would be to note all issues of...
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Took delivery of Nameless today! 1.5" of rain today so no great pics, maybe tomorrow. I went through as much of the pre-delivery checklist posted here somewhere as I could (too much rain to be able to check the paint, but looks good) and found zero issues. I did notice no floor mats; my SA was confused and went off to investigate, came back and said they didn't have them yet but would ship them when they arrived.
Am about 90% sure I'm going with a lighter blue wrap. Maybe even the door handles
One concern I had was, would I be able to have both Teslas in my Tesla app with an easy way to switch between them, even though my wife and I use separate Tesla accounts? No problemo! They had to wait until I accepted delivery, then it was a matter of going into each account and adding the other one as an additional user. Now Lisa and I can both just swipe left/right to swtich between the cars, could not possibly be any easier. Yay.
I did not get a chance to floor the accelerator because of all the rain, but there's something to look forward to tomorrow!! One time, though, I did put my foot pretty far down and it was scary because of the wet road. I checked what the mode was, and they default it to insane. I moved it to sport for today, but never really pushed beyond chill-like in the wet. I did try flooring it in chill mode. It was chill, LOL.
If anyone in the Boston area is interested, I'll be taking Nameless to Snappy Dogs in Hopkinton tomorrow, be there around noon.
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Congratulations. I ordered MS White, Cream, and 19in wheels on April 30. EDD Oct 9 - Oct 29. Sharp-looking car. Enjoy the ride.
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