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What comes with the Founders Edition that isn’t available in the standard production version?

Discussion in 'Roadster 2022' started by Seashepherd, Nov 17, 2017.

  1. bonnie

    bonnie I play a nice person on twitter.

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    The payment has to be referred to as a reservation, since there is no vehicle to purchase at this point in time. And fully agree with you, $250K is also the purchase price.
     
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  2. MP3Mike

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    Well Elon did say that the 0-60 of 1.9 seconds was for the base version, so maybe the Founders Series is the higher performance version that can cause you to black out from the G forces. :)
     
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  3. shokunin

    shokunin P85 & M3

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    I'm guessing the base has "plaid" mode, but the founders will include the "next-level" package which will take it to "maximum plaid".
     
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  4. jackbowers

    jackbowers Jack Bowers

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    The tweet that followed that tweet is interesting. Originally I thought Elon was joking. But after placing an order for a Boring Company flamethrower, I'm starting to think that Elon might have meant what he said.


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  5. TEG

    TEG Teslafanatic

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    Was it clear that the "special options package" would be included on the Founders' versions?

    I love to accelerate quickly. Always lusting after vehicles that can rocket off the line.
    But yearning for quicker than sub 2 second 0-60 times? That seems like crazy talk.
    I think we are getting into the "beyond fun" territory and into the physics experiment department.
     
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  6. Cosmacelf

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    Or into damage to internal organs dept. :)
     
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  7. TEG

    TEG Teslafanatic

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    Did I ever think I would find myself making a statement like that? No, I did not. Tesla has changed everything...
     
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  8. gregd

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    With any luck, Sir Isaac will be in the driver's seat of a Roadster in about a week...
     
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  9. planx

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    When did he say that? #stoppassiveaggression
     
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  10. iwannam3

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    Carrier launched aircraft cause shortening of the eyeball because the front of the eye is pushed back by the acceleration and the eye temporally looses focus. Anyone experience this in a Tesla?
     
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  11. Amit519

    Amit519 Roadster dreams!!

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    @iwannam3, I found a good article put out by the FAA regarding changes with fighter jet launches and vision is addressed in this article too. They mention decreased retinal blood flow as a reason to worry about visual loss and I don't think a shortening of the globe is possible in Tesla, even in launch mode.
    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/Acceleration.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiy6bSshIvaAhVN12MKHQaaCS8QFjAQegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw0Xgp2cfXKsQTisnMVNkNS4
     
  12. Ludalicious

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    Did they just change the performance rating on it? I swear it was 1.8 seconds 0-100 originally. Screenshot_20180326-214228.jpg
     
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  13. MP3Mike

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    No it has always been 1.9 seconds for 0-60 MPH and 2.1 seconds for 0-100 km/h
     
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  14. Ludalicious

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    I actually took a friend for a ride last weekend. He almost puked and said his stomach didn't feel good after. Was an older fella. He abruptly left after we returned from our rocket launch.
     
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  15. Amit519

    Amit519 Roadster dreams!!

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    @Ludalicious
    Was always 1.9 sec 0-60m/h (96.561km/h) and still is. Your screenshot shows 2.1 sec 0-100km/h (62.137m/h). Hopefully this explains the differece in rated launch times. The Roadster shouldn't take an additional 0.2 sec to go from 96.561km/h to 100km/h! Something is wrong in the way its presented currently. Mathematicians, please help! Screenshot_20180327-170142.jpg
     
  16. Ludalicious

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    That's what i was thinking. Its about a 9% difference.
     
  17. swkidder

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    Oftentimes it's better not to be "1st" ... remember making the mistake of buying a .0 version of Microsoft anything? I sure as hell do .. writing a business plan for venture .. the ram cache would fill and freeze .. always at the very top of the "next page" .. and you couldn't even page back and write down what you'd written by hand. My cats hid for a week while Mommy SCREAMED at the computer. And then finally gave in and went to Kinko's ...
     
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  18. GTKAZ

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    Unless it has a gearbox....... o_O
     
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  19. mongo

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    Stretching math to the breaking point:
    If it takes 0.1000000001 seconds longer (3.6% speed increase in 5.1% more time seems not unreasonable), and the numbers are really 1.9499999999 and 2.05, the rounding could cover the rest. (Or they mathed wrong, or Canada has lower octane electrons:)) .

    If they used the "don't count initial roll out" measurement system, the numbers are even more sensible (adding time to both numbers puts the ratio closer together).
     
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  20. 1208

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    I would hope you at least get a gummi bear in the shape of the roadster. Gelatin free of course.
     

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