Apologies if this was posted earlier, but I thought this was pretty neat! Drifting TESLA Model S - YouTube
Surprisingly, this was posted in the Videos section a few days ago. I can't imagine why anyone would put it there. What were they thinking?
After listening carefully and translating as accurately as I can, I'm pretty sure he said "This car has defeated my attempts to contribute to the problem of greenhouse gases, but all is not lost. I've discovered a method to turn of the traction control that allows me to contribute smoke if not real C02..."
I'm so waiting for my first set of tires to be worn to the point where I get to turn off TC and light 'em up, and finish them off completely. Close to home of course. So I can swap off to the next set.
I read somewhere they took out the fuse for the traction control, or disabled it, or something like that.
The driver was 2014 Super GT 300 series champion, and he said it's his first time to drive a Tesla. He seemed to be very impressed by the enormous torque!
Last summer I had the honour of driving the P85+ in the Hill Climb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. I turned off TC because I did NOT want TC kicking in on a corner when the back was loose and causing the car therefore to act as if I'd touched the brakes - result would have been a spin. This video shows how to wreck your tyres quickly . What's interesting to me is how little the front is drifting, showing how well this car sticks and how hard it is to unsettle.