So, like everyone else, I have been told that the acceleration increase from the Version 7.0 upgrade was not available for the "Classic" Model S's.
I must say, I've spent a lot of time in the Automotive industry, I can believe we are calling and being treated as "Classic" car owners with 1-2 year old cars, but another thread maybe.
This is really the only upgrade in V7.0 that I was looking forward to. And, right or wrong, I was REALLY looking forward to it. And not getting it, I was quite disappointed. So I held off my disappointment until I did the tests myself in hopes that they were really "just kidding", and didn't want to overcommit themselves. So I ran the pre- and post acceleration tests on my S60. My car is Vin 10xxx, standard with few options. Here are the results:
Version 6.x, 0-60mph tests: AVERAGE 5.54 sec, BEST 5.49 sec
Run 1 5.59sec, Run 2 5.59, Run 3 5.49sec, Run 4 5.51 sec
Version 7.0, 0-60 mph tests: AVERAGE 5.46 sec, BEST 5.42 sec
Run 1 5.42, Run 2 5.46, Run 3 5.51
After crunching the numbers I wasn't really sure whether to believe there was a little improvement or whether this fell into condition and measurement error. But then after looking at the data a little closer, I saw something that stuck out. The 50-60mph times seemed to carry a disproportionate amount of the 0-60 time difference....
Version 6.x, 50-60mph tests: AVERAGE 1.30 sec
Version 7.0, 50-60 mph tests: AVERAGE 1.23 sec
Almost all of the 0.08 sec difference was accounted for in the 0.07 difference between 50-60 mph......
After seeing this, I'm not so sure if environmental or measurement differences would have applied only between 50-60mph, and not throughout the entire speed range. Had I seen this drop in time apply evenly across the test speeds, I would have written this difference off. But knowing where they applied performance improvements and seeing the drop in time shift in this specific speed range and it magnitude of 5% difference, I'm not sure I can write it off to measurement error.
After testing, I'm not as disappointed with the V7.0 as I was before, because I'm not sure there wasn't some performance improvement made here. But I will say, if there was, I was hoping for at least twice this reduction in 0-60 times...
(If anyone is interested in the test set-up, I will write in a later post.)
I must say, I've spent a lot of time in the Automotive industry, I can believe we are calling and being treated as "Classic" car owners with 1-2 year old cars, but another thread maybe.
This is really the only upgrade in V7.0 that I was looking forward to. And, right or wrong, I was REALLY looking forward to it. And not getting it, I was quite disappointed. So I held off my disappointment until I did the tests myself in hopes that they were really "just kidding", and didn't want to overcommit themselves. So I ran the pre- and post acceleration tests on my S60. My car is Vin 10xxx, standard with few options. Here are the results:
Version 6.x, 0-60mph tests: AVERAGE 5.54 sec, BEST 5.49 sec
Run 1 5.59sec, Run 2 5.59, Run 3 5.49sec, Run 4 5.51 sec
Version 7.0, 0-60 mph tests: AVERAGE 5.46 sec, BEST 5.42 sec
Run 1 5.42, Run 2 5.46, Run 3 5.51
After crunching the numbers I wasn't really sure whether to believe there was a little improvement or whether this fell into condition and measurement error. But then after looking at the data a little closer, I saw something that stuck out. The 50-60mph times seemed to carry a disproportionate amount of the 0-60 time difference....
Version 6.x, 50-60mph tests: AVERAGE 1.30 sec
Version 7.0, 50-60 mph tests: AVERAGE 1.23 sec
Almost all of the 0.08 sec difference was accounted for in the 0.07 difference between 50-60 mph......
After seeing this, I'm not so sure if environmental or measurement differences would have applied only between 50-60mph, and not throughout the entire speed range. Had I seen this drop in time apply evenly across the test speeds, I would have written this difference off. But knowing where they applied performance improvements and seeing the drop in time shift in this specific speed range and it magnitude of 5% difference, I'm not sure I can write it off to measurement error.
After testing, I'm not as disappointed with the V7.0 as I was before, because I'm not sure there wasn't some performance improvement made here. But I will say, if there was, I was hoping for at least twice this reduction in 0-60 times...
(If anyone is interested in the test set-up, I will write in a later post.)