Solid! I’ll likely trade my Performance for the new Long Range. I just want to drive it first as I love the “violence” from my Performance model. I want to make sure the long range packs as hard/violent of a punch. I suspect it doesn’t.
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Time to pull the trigger and buy a Model S. Help me understand the pricing though please.
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HappyDude
Member
In my opinion, with any vendor, buy it for what it can do today, not for what it might do in the future.
Geez, stop being so helpful. You are accidentally wiping out possible used car sales with each erroneous post. At least this time you said “most,” though “some” would be much more accurate. I have a 12/2016 S with life of the car transferable Supercharging (and life of the car transferable FSD). Cars older than mine all have the same Supercharging feature and that feature continued for some time after my purchase.
The only warning I would give people re “life of the car” features is that used cars bought from Tesla may or may not have features altered. Make sure a used car bought from Tesla has every feature you desire in place.
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jorobsand
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Wow. I readily admitted in my original post that I was unsure if it was true and was looking for confirmation. Someone corrected me and I willfully accepted that I was in error.
And I intentionally used the word "most" in my follow-up knowing that earlier models with lifetime supercharging did follow the car vs. the owner (like my 2017 model).
Lighten up dude, we are all trying to help. Anyone who bases a $100k car purchase based on what random people on the internet said without doing their own research is taking a pretty high risk and placing a lot of trust in an otherwise untrustworthy place.
BigNick
Infamous Fat Sweaty Guy
"Violence" is a great way to describe the acceleration of the P models.
Some of the older cars had + suspension which did provide handling benefits. (Unfortunately, this was discontinued around April 2015 builds of the P85D.)
My car's "Additional Vehicle Information" screen incorrectly states I have the Plus suspension but with a July 2015 build, it can't be correct.
3.1 seconds 0 to 60 never gets old.
The S Long Range is basically a stealth car. My wife’s Model 3 Stealth Performance has track mode, 3.1 to 60 and no bling. When she floors it at a green light, there’s no noise, no squealing tires. By the time the other car is mid-intersection, the Tesla is cruising at speed limit +5 and well down the street.
The S Long Range is basically a stealth car. My wife’s Model 3 Stealth Performance has track mode, 3.1 to 60 and no bling. When she floors it at a green light, there’s no noise, no squealing tires. By the time the other car is mid-intersection, the Tesla is cruising at speed limit +5 and well down the street.
pedriscoll
Active Member
other cars may have higher published 0-60, but thats assuming a perfect launch, perfect traction, etc.
90% of time on the street? The drivers of those cars blow it. And Tesla's seem almost flawless in their traction controls ability to consistently get the power to the ground effectively.
90% of time on the street? The drivers of those cars blow it. And Tesla's seem almost flawless in their traction controls ability to consistently get the power to the ground effectively.
