Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
Took delivery today!!!! :wink: :smile: :biggrin:
I agree with most of what has been reported here. Here are a few additional observations that have not been reported or not reported much:
First Supercharge at Lone Tree, CO:
I agree with most of what has been reported here. Here are a few additional observations that have not been reported or not reported much:
- The seats don't go as low. I am 6'0", but have a longer torso, and shorter legs than average. When adjusting the performance (not nextgen) seats as low as possible, there was a noticeable difference in height in the P85D. My head was closer to the pano roof. Not uncomfortable, but not as low; I prefer the P85 here.
- Speed warnings are great! Set it to 5 mph over and it worked like a charm. On some side streets, the little speedo line stayed at 0 until I went past a speed limit sign, then the little line went to 5 over the speed limit. On major streets, the GPS database just starts there.
- Lane assist is pretty good. It really does a pretty good job of creating a virtual rumble strip when you drift or change lanes without using the blinker. When the human can's see lane lines, it does not work. In high contrast situations, there are times when the human can see the lines but the lane assist can't; for example when a shadow line is running close to the lane lines. If you are a pilot, it works like a stick shaker; nice interface.
- Insane acceleration is a blast! On my P85, there is noticeable tire slip with all season 19s when flooring the accelerator pedal. In the P85D, I had no perceptible tire slip. I tried using a accelerometer logging app on the iPhone, MotionLogger, run by my passenger. It logs raw X,Y, Z accelerometer data from the iPhone sensors. I have it set at 60 Hz logging. With 19 All Seasons on dry pavement at 35˚ F. temps, I am getting average off the line acceleration of 0.99g and a peak of 1.15g. The peak only lasts for a single sample at a time (~17ms) and then goes back to the average. It seems like the traction control on dry pavement is sensing the breakaway traction on a time scale that I cannot, and gives the appearance of no slipping.
- Too early to analyze "sane" highway driving range. Stevezzzz and I hope to do some parallel driving in the next week or so of my P85 and the P85D to see if we can come up with some quantifiable comparisons. Both of us have driven MS's for over 2 years and by driving carefully on the same route, with similar styles, at the same time, with the same starting conditions, and swapping rides, we hope to gather some pretty good data.
- Cruise control does not seem to include radar info to slow down behind another car.
- Love my color choices, Grey exterior, Tan Seats, Black headliner!
First Supercharge at Lone Tree, CO:
