Model S Traction Control

[montgom626]

My impression of the Model S TC is that it mothers you less than the Roadster's does - lets you have a little fun but still keeps you safe. It's damned hard to get the Roadster to wiggle with the TC on.

Same thought here. A drove a MS with the TC on and got the rear end to wiggle a bit :tongue: with full throttle on a wet road in Oakbook, Il. No drama. The TC worked great.

 

[strider]

My impression of the Model S TC is that it mothers you less than the Roadster's does - lets you have a little fun but still keeps you safe. It's damned hard to get the Roadster to wiggle with the TC on.

The current belief is that the Performance models allow a longer leash than the non-perfs. Haven't tried them back to back to be sure.

 

[wycolo]

@gray - Do you really have to tell your elderly parents not to almost floor it in the rain?? An $80k+ car?? Ok, don't tell them but do a video for us to enjoy!!
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[jkirkebo]

My impression of the Model S TC is that it mothers you less than the Roadster's does - lets you have a little fun but still keeps you safe. It's damned hard to get the Roadster to wiggle with the TC on.

There should probably be three TC settings, not two (on/off). Standard/Sport/Off would be nice, with a very conservative Standard-setting and Sport being the current TC setting in the performance model.

 

[Doug_G]

There should probably be three TC settings, not two (on/off). Standard/Sport/Off would be nice, with a very conservative Standard-setting and Sport being the current TC setting in the performance model.

That's a good thought. Might be useful to have a "snow mode" in the Performance.

 

[lolachampcar]

http://pandodaily.com/2012/07/12/pandomonthly-presents-a-fireside-chat-with-elon-musk/
Elon without traction control....... The fun starts at 3:00 minutes into the vid

 

[lmore]

I know my Roadster is using the brakes for traction control (I need to replace back brake pads more often than front).
But what about Model S, is it using breaks for traction control also?

 

[neroden]

I have no idea why anyone would want to turn off traction control.

On certain types of thin snow, the Tesla TC may prevent the car from moving at all. This happened to me going up a hill. I didn't think to turn TC off when I got stuck, but apparently turning TC off is the solution.

 

[mknox]

On certain types of thin snow, the Tesla TC may prevent the car from moving at all. This happened to me going up a hill. I didn't think to turn TC off when I got stuck, but apparently turning TC off is the solution.

Had to do this today when I got stuck at the end of my driveway. One pain in the ass is that every time I got out of the car to shovel more snow, it would be back to "ON" when I got back in, and I'd have to go through the whole procedure, including the nanny dialog box, to turn it back off. I probably had to get in and out 6 or 7 times to clear away more snow as I dug myself out, so this was really annoying.