The Tesla Model S Plaid Has Ruined Everything? Here's Why!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2021
- I take a closer look at Tesla's Model S Plaid and tell you why it has completely ruined our concept of fast and functional. Love it or hate it.. the performance numbers are undeniable. What do you think of the Plaid?
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I gapped a Plaid yesterday in the GTI! I mean he didn’t know I was racing him but that doesn’t matter
haha .. don't tell him and your good lol
hahaha
😂 😂 😂 😂
Lol. You won and can't nobody take that away from you.
I've won a lot of races that way. 😁
To your point about the Rimac vs the Plaid; I saw a Plaid in line with me when picking up my kid from school, then saw another one about 15 minutes later, it was sitting in the McDonalds parking lot; you are right, its not just how fast they are, it IS how availible they are to the general public. These Plaid beasts are actually roaming around in the real world, not hidden or caged in a garage somewhere; that is part of what makes them so mind blowing!
*_It's a bummer when you get to see Tesla time and speed before you pass the finish line!_*
Lmao especially when you’re in a hyper car
@@jesse6398 Exactly. 😂
Happened to me couple times on my 10 sec AMG... seriously it's mind blowing🤯🤣
Tesla is redefining American Muscle, I'm glad it's an American Brand leading the way in performance.
Sucks you can only race a couple times before losing performance because of battery
@@triplthr according to drag times he was able to do 20+ runs, drain the battery down to 20% state of charge and still run 9.5-9.8 its still a 9 second car at 20% I would say it's not much of a loss in performance
Imagine what it will be when battery technology improves
Redefining American muscle with toxic fans that will race anything in the 9 sec race and thinks it's the fastest
@@user-kr1or1hm4v literally every fan base has toxic people.
So to hold that against Tesla is ridiculous. thanks for letting us know that you're nothing more than a hater....
Imagine owning a million dollar car just to get beat by a family sedan.
Who cares? There's always a faster car. Drive what you enjoy.
@@someferarriguy7910 Amen to that! People wouldn't lust after Pagani's if all they cared about was being the fastest.
Yes crazy to think about
I'm sure the millionaire is happy with his choice, why would he want something everybody else has? He didn't buy a million dollar car to blend in.
@The Phantom why would he care? The million dollar car will still be better it will get you the attention your seeking. A Tesla is still a Tesla no matter how fast it is.
This is like when computers started beating chess GM’s.
Or when the iPhone smartphone was first introduced when everyone used flip phones
Just like what happened in the documentary AlphaGo. It was suspenseful watching it even though I didn't know how to play that Asian chess game.
@@depthsothenso813 Good thing that Teslas don't have AIs which communicate and share information between themselves...
@@andreipendle1778 Yes. your Tesla's self-driving systems upload unique & unknown scenarios whereby the solutions are explored & shared with "the Tesla web"...and a car in Texas learns the scenario solution that you, in California experienced three hours ago...
@@AndieBlack13 he was being sarcastic 😉
The only way to tell how fast you’re moving is watching the traffic outside the window get small in a hurry
Haha … let’s just say it was reaching a really stupid number
Watch the stuff in the rear window almost instantaneously disappear!
@@turbotato The way everything recedes into the distance reminds me of the graphics when the Starship Enterprise goes into Warp Drive...
I really love how you, Brookes from Dragtimes and Jay Leno appreciate all performance cars whether it be gas or electric. That’s true passion.
Anyone who doesn't appreciate true performance is not a car guy, just a poser mouthpiece.
@@ZipZoomZip
Which is exactly what most Tesla drivers are
I still remember when a family member tried to force my hand into buying a Tesla the guy fell to the cult
@@omaralkayal7598 Tesla is not a cult, they are a very efficient manufacturer of world-class cars. People are fans because the products are an incredible value. Never before has it been possible to buy the world's fastest production car for so little. And never has the world's fastest production car been so inexpensive to operate and maintain.
The reason why I love electric cars is the same reason I love Holden HSV. They are basically Muscle Cars. The green washing of Electric Cars was horrible and not how they should be characterized. Next up is Electric Drift Missile making thick smokey burn outs.
@@ZipZoomZip what world's fastest production car?
The rumble of a car used to be associated with power and speed. Now, it's just noise.
The new excuse people are using to down play a tesla is saying it doesn't have a SOUL. SMH
You're right. Now the rumble is the dead giveaway that it's not going to be fast (or you don't know what fast is).
Noise is just wasted energy 😉
@@stevehayward1854 Just like the heat. That's why gas cars are so inefficient. They have a lot of heat and noise but not much performance. Electric cars have minimal heat and noise because they are over 90% efficient at turning energy into motion.
Silent but deadly :)
Haha, I drive a Model Y Performance, the current "slowest" performance Tesla, and even that acceleration from a stop never gets old, and always puts a smile on my face. Looking forward to seeing other automaker's releasing performance EV's soon.
Just got my model y performance 2 weeks ago and loving it.
Just got a Ferrari 458s attention in our M3P.. I know he was shocked when we locked even with him and pulled. Hell I was shocked.. im seriously considering adding a Model Y P..really don't miss the engine noise..
I had my model Y long range dual motor abt 5 weeks and it’s on Craigslist rn bc I’m ordering a performance lol. Even the my lr is no joke but I want more.
@@marioavila1559 yea the difference between an LR and performance are night and day.
@@marioavila1559 Isn't there an option to unlock performance on the LRs? I think they have a software option that makes them almost as fast as the performance trim, but for less money.
I’m trading my Jeep Grand Cherokee srt for this car. Should be getting here next week. Already had a 240v plug in installed in my garage. These things smoke everything on the road.
Have you driven one yet?
Jeep quality blows. Had 3.
The 240V plug is a really good idea. Also, standard regen is great. One pedal driving is the best thing in traffic, and corners, in case you want to take a bit off the speed. Also, make sure the space in front of you is clear, and your wheels are straight. 😉 Also, don't set creep. Hold is the way to go, so you can rest your foot on the go pedal at a light.
Got mine yesterday. KICKS LIKE A MULE!
I have a model x and thought it was fast, then also got a model 3 long range and was like man this kicks my X's butt. Then I picked up my plaid and now the other 2 cars just sit in my driveway lonely. Lol.
Don’t forget about it’s 60-130 times lol effortlessly doing 4s is insane! The Tesla plaid excels in every category which is crazy drag racing, roll racing , and being a general daily driver at the same time.
It's really insane
Yes, in reality...for the majority of people... the passing/overtaking power is a big thing. It's great to pass a few slower cars, when you have tons of power, although..with bad decision-making, you might...no, WILL be tempted to pass 10 cars, when you normally would have passed 4. That means you pull back in at WAY into triple digit speeds...bad news if a curve is coming up.
The other, but similar scenario, is merging onto a highway.. being able to match traffic-flow speed within a second or 2 could be considered a safety benefit.
This is what makes a plaid a plaid. not the 0-60 since a lot of new ev performance cars are doing pretty impressive around 3 second 60s. its the 50-70 time to punch a gap in traffic or the 100-160 times. its 1000hp / tq flat curve instantly at any mph thats insane and makes it leagues above and beyond even a p100d from a couple years ago.
Brake? Control? now go look at Nurburgring lap times.
It's still impressive, just not quite as all conquering.
@@markziff7234 I’m sure road racing it isn’t the best. But I was just referring to straight line speed which here in America is usually the biggest topic. But there are definitely plenty of cars that will dust a plaid still on a road course race.
Im so happy im alive in this timeline to see technology evolving from phones to houses to cars everything is so different from the time i was born so much better
I used to love tuning cars, but after buying my model 3 performance I just don’t see the point anymore. Lol
You don’t see the point anymore? How about the basic fact you cannot tune a battery…..was that you or the senior citizen I keep seeing driving Tesla’s?
@@jimdandy9118 no it’s because it doesn’t need to be tuned to outperform anything in its price range
@@chickenp7038 It doesn’t need tuned because the old lady’s and beta males don’t care
@@jimdandy9118 so you must be a gamma male then?
@@chickenp7038 no idea what a gamma male is. There are only alpha males and those that are not.
When you have a paradigm shift, there will always be people that want to go back in time.
Wanna go back to "Egypt "
'Paradigm shift'. Nice 90's business buzz-phrase.😂
As long as the steering wheel is round I’ll take a paradigm shift any day🤪🤬
@@oystla
Pretty much every owner will tell you the yoke becomes a non-issue even for tight turns once you've retrained your muscle memory.
@@ganymede3141
So, what's the expression we should use?
What is really cool is that the stock Plaid can compete in NHRA events without a roll bar.
I was thinking the same thing about the Plaid. It changed everything!
Unless you're just going for the exotic look, why would you want any other fast car? The comfort, convenience and reliability (relative to exotics) alone is reason enough...and then there's the price that can't be competed with by any other fast car but maybe Corvette ZR1...which is significantly slower.
Who cares about the environment or pollution right?
Depends what you want. Plaid is not a drivers car by most accounts. I don't think it's a replacement for my old BMW M3 any more than it's a replacement for a crotch rocket say. However--most folks have no biz with either of those two examples. Plaid doesn't do great on a track tho the carbon brake option should help a lot with that, it still suffers it's extreme weight. As for value, there's nothing that comes close obviously.
Funny watching the Edmunds guy getting motion sickness during his You Tube review of the plaid in a twisted course. Said the plaid was a waste of money. In contrast this review is honest!!!
Edmunds is a corporate shill. Haven't watched them in years.
Yes it pains me to say it as a limey but that Edmonds joker was pathetic and I said as much in the comments. “Oooo I feel sick because the cars too fast” shameful
Instant torque is just addicting. I can't wait till other car brands can compete with their own electric cars.
They have no choice but to try and compete. Not that I think Plaid is necessary per se.
But the Plaid is a one trick pony, not very good on the track unless maybe the carbon brakes option half solves that. You can feel the excess mass just watching vids of it on a track.
Remember when Road & Track, Car & Driver, etc.used to talk about how you can't listen to the stereo in a Lambo, De Tomaso, or some other mid engine beast because the huge engine right behind your head blocked it out? Now you can listen to some classical music as you destroy some poor bum in a Hellcat!
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
I purchased both a HellCat and a Tesla Model S with Ludacris mode back in 2015. I’m a BIG Muscle Car guy but I immediately understood that the internal combustion engine was in BIG trouble the day I took the tesla home. It’s “Game Over” for the piston driven engine no doubt !!!
@@davemitton6186 Not only that, the badass Tesla Plaid gets an incredible 100 MPGe! So no big gas bill to empty your wallet.
@@davemitton6186 yes but the HellCat is just a great looking muscle car.
Great review it's hard to imagine how fast the Tesla Roadster will be, 0 to 60 1.2 seconds I've seen, out next year I believe
The same thing happened with hifi systems. Decades ago it was hard to get a really loud high quality system. Now my sound bar will shake the foundations with beautiful bass if I turn it more than half way up.
I drove my friends Model 3 about a month ago & it made my eyes feel like they were getting sucked into my brains so I can only imagine what effects the Plaid would have on me. Smh
It feels like the steering wheel (yoke) is gonna pull your shoulders out of their sockets
The thought of soccer moms gapping muscle car guys who’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars and hours on their cars 😂. Yes I agree is a scary thought. Especially if they’re running late to soccer practice lol!!
Big lollll...... Now come to Germany and see estates/wagons going over 200mph th-cam.com/video/S9qXmtZUcOs/w-d-xo.html
No soccer moms drive Model S's lmfaoo. Model 3, maybe, but not model S.
You gotta keep in mind how expensive these cars are.
@@alanmay7929 No one cares. Any shitbox can go 200mph. Its about acceleration.
@@honkhonk8009 nonsense, people actually cares, all specs actually counts, there is a reason why buggati and koesnigsegg makes the fastest cars on earth. People cares to have a diesel vehicle that actually has about 800 miles of range+, people cares about a vehicle that they can drive to the remotest places possible.....
@@honkhonk8009 bullshit, soccer moms actually drives modelS its actually way cheaper than what some moms drives. You're welcome.
Imagine you're racing against a fellow sports car, just to look up and see a tesla flying by on auto pilot with a guy eating a bagel
Lol with 4 people in the car 🤦🏼
@@RacerX9 talk about embarrassing lol
With a car seat!! Lol!!
haha
So you said something that I've been saying for the last number of months while driving the PLAID...I also get pretty light headed (esp. when launching) and I think it's only a matter of time that someone reports that they 'browned out' behind the yolk!
Another reason for FSD!
Good call. Would be a good idea for Tesla to enable an autopilot safety net for just such an occasion.
Those pesky yolks
@@andthefunkybunch1466 yolks cause dizziness? Is this how facts get made?
I'm only eating the other part of the egg now.
Ha ha. That was a very funny yoke.
Glad you having fun brother thank you for your show
Great review. Your description of the steering wheel was priceless!!!
the expression on your face during acceleration is priceless!!
It’s the boost face with no boost 😂
those cars are wicked quick, you get legit tunnel vision driving them absolutely crazy.
For sure… it almost hurts lol
When I first heard that on TH-cam I thought they were saying that to be funny. But no it's very true. I love speed and thought man this is to much.
th-cam.com/video/7Vb9niv0CLY/w-d-xo.html
kawasaki h2 beats it.
@@isaachunt5799 thats also a record setting bike with 310hp bone stock
for the end of this video, when discussing what to compare it to: A fighter launch on an aircraft catapult is around 0-150mph in 2.5 seconds. Some early rocket sleds testing was manned, but I'm not sure if they have timings on 0-60 or quarter-mile.
dont worry about the FSD I have it on my 3 its very nice, just wish It checked where my eyes are and not my hands. just a double click on the stalk to engage and one up to disengage that easy.
I respect the performance of the electric cars..
Yes me too 👍
I’ve heard you can upload the sound of whatever car you want to a thumb drive then plug it into the Tesla computer. It has a mode to play that outside the car
Yes, but it doesn't rev match
I appreciate your video man - those Teslas are the car people hate to love :) I have a 2020 Model S LR which does 'only' 3.8 from 0 to 60 and it is so addictive.. never gets old... but i also do miss sometimes my small petrol convertibles you could just spin the shit out of :)
20 years ago I had a high 10 sec mustang and I thought that was the pinnacle...I test drove a one of these today and your reaction at 11:40 is exactly the one I had...I expected a quick car but it really surprises you just HOW quick it is...truly a new era for muscle cars
Great video dude. Finally an opinion from a muscle car guy. Times are changing.
The plaid is even faster than a F1 car 0 - 60. I think the plaid battery/motor tech would actually be really good for an electric F1 type of racing. Especially as how fair you could make it. You'd add standardised chargers and battery modules in the pit stops and batteries would be swapped out as they do with tyres. But it would mean that every team has a 100% equal chance. They just have to build a car that can make the most of the modules provided.
The possibilities are endless really
Formula E exists
I dislike formula E cause they are dinky slow cars. Make some high downforce 1000hp AWD cars on slicks, and that’ll entertain me. I would love this tech in an f1 type thing.
@@catesolarcatamaran252 ^
"I think the plaid battery/motor tech would actually be really good for an electric F1 type of racing"
lol... and that's how completely fucking clueless tesla fanboys are. formula E has been around since 2014.
Can't wait for your review on a CYBRTRK QUAD MOTOR.
Received confirmation from Tesla Syndey that my first Day reservation is still in the queue last Thursday!
I live just north of Lewisville. Ordered my Model S Plaid recently. Should take delivery next week!
They moved the bar. Now we see how the other companies respond with their EVs.
Always moving the bar forward 👍
I think you will have to wait a long, long, long time for that.
Just a reminder, the plaid's big brother is coming soon...
@@FiryaFYI It will probably beat most cars with a full load on the back or hauling a trailer haha
I think Porsche will be on its tail.
I appreciate your honesty on this video at the end, when you said you wanted not to like the electric cars, but.. it's hard with numbers like the Tesla's. I'm sure the gasoline racing cars are going to still be a thing, if anything, you should hold on to your muscle cars as long as you can, because they will become less and less available over the next few decades, which means they will get pricier.
Think about it this way: when automobiles became available on the streets of cities, replacing horses and carriages, people were scared that horse racing is going to disappear. Now, sure, horse racing is not as popular as it used to be in those days, but even when a new technology comes up, there will still be the nostalgic crowd that want to keep the old ways, because people like to do fun activities. And tinkering on a vehicle with an engine and transmission and all the other stuff in there is fun for a lot of people (I admire you guys, but I'm more of a computer nerd) . As long as there are people who like this thing, it's not going to go away. But there will be restrictions and additional costs associated with this activity, just as there are today with horses. Think about the time when oil prices will be so high that people will not be interested in buying Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles anymore. I suspect that it's sooner than most people think. Also, the emissions are going to be probably restricted to rural area, and even then, maybe heavily taxed. Again, the technology changes how we live in the world, but in the end, we have to adapt.
Not convinced? Another example that shows that how we changed our lives in the world: smoking was a major thing until very recently. Once we were able to prove the bad things about it, it was heavily restricted and taxed. Still, it's not disappeared, there are still plenty of people who smoke (sure, probably not as many as before). But people have adapted to this, willingly or not, and they can still enjoy their guilty (and very dangerous) pleasure. Except it costs much more and can't do it anywhere you want it.
Great video! Pretty exciting time to be a car guy. And I love old gassers too!
Great video, too bad TH-cam trashed it for you, loses you place on transition back from the annoying ads, never got to finish it
Always love a good racerx video but not a fan of this electric transition happening
Many ways you can add some internal sound .. which is doubly cool : you can enjoy it / others don't need to be bothered by it !
Model S plaid before it got released sounded like a jet turbine. Wish they removed some of the dampening, because the jet turbine noises were always cool.
Love your passion man!!! And love these Tesla!!!!
Awesome fluid review..All tesla has the highway cruising free...you gotta try that ..you even love the engineering even more ...
Would love to see someone take the powertrain from the plaid and put it in something else.
I have seen some cool classic cars with model S motors and they are awesome.
A lightweight drag S10 would turn 8s all day!
@@patrickryan2614 remember the GMC syclone and typhoon?
@@therealcdnuser YES! My dream truck/SUV I just saw an article about the Cybertruck getting 4 motors now instead of Tri-motors! Oh the possibilities of that kind of swap haha!
The reason that Nevera beats the plaid is because it’s an electric supercar. 4 motors, 1914 horsepower, carbon fiber body, 2 seater. $2.5M. It’s insane.
I do believe the roadster will come close to its numbers though.
The roadster will beat it the numbers are there.
@@icedout2322 - I have a feeling Elon will edge it out if he has to. I wouldn’t be surprised if he offered an option with a 4th motor.
The reason is that it's almost 20 times more expensive.
Great content. Thank you.
Thanks brother for that. Waiting to experience that
I can't wait to see your take on the new Roadster SpaceX option. End of next year I think.
Roadster SpaceX option 0-60mph in 1.0-1.5 sec Medical Certificate Requirements before you unlock that setting
Always remember to activate inertial dampers before you go to warp.
the phase inducers are going offline, i cant hold any longer captain
I was on a job in Joplin, Mo and the owner of this small business had one of these and he was nice enough to give me a ride in it. Super nice car. We were going down the street at about 30mph and tells me to lean back. We went from 30-60mph is about 1 second. I’ve never felt acceleration like that. The blood leaving my head was like a head rush x5. I can se someone passing out it this thing.
I rented a Model S Plaid for 2 days and that’s as enough for me. Absolutely INSANE car, after renting it I immediately ordered a Model 3 Performance.
There's no law that says you can't just like fast cars, no matter what kind of engine they use...
@yabghus Huh? It already is.
@yabghus It's paving the way to a sustainable energy future, while showing that electric cars can be high performance and affordable.
I be in my m5 and treat every Tesla like it’s a state trooper trying not to get embarrassed lol it’s so unfair
Plaid is the ultimate sleeper. Every other tesla is normal in terms of performance for their price, except that plaid lmfao.
@@honkhonk8009 the model s p100d is crazy too. on the street it will beat just about anything
Oh you're in the DFW area. I just bought a 2015 viper and giving TH-cam a try. Any tips?
Hello from Northlake, TX brotha!
" Yo, that is stuuuupid fast!! " I haven't heard that word since the late eighties.
We literally say that in urban environments
Not really a race car guy, however I am always interested in Tesla, Space X etc.
The big thing in my mind is that if you consider the wear and tear on an ICE engine if you are repeatedly pushing high end performance out of it compared to an electric drive system I think that will be the long term difference. In aviation a jet engine is something like 250 times more reliable than a piston engine aircraft engine. I think well manufactured electric cars will crush the long term maintenance cost of Piston engines vehicles. Within 10 years there will be a fundamental change in the automotive industry, hold on to your hats!
No oil changes, no tune-ups, no engine air filter and no radiator fluid. I know I missed something else lol.
Like your video alot and comment
Greetings from Iceland :)
I love mine. I drag race it at Willow Springs in Rosamond, CA.
The Plaid also has one of the best stereos in any car. Would be trivial to pipe in whatever engine noise you wanted to hear. Of course, it'll sound weird as there is no shifting. Or, you can pump in engine shifting noises, but that'll feel weird. The only thing that'd probably work is an F1 car or sport bike running to redline in 1st.
Actually according to the video i saw on dragtimes. The sound responded to the behavior of the car.
Funny car noise would seem to fit.
Agree on the stereo system!
Thanks for the great video! I not only loved the look on your face when you mashed the go pedal, but also seeing the traffic looking like it was going backwards...LOL! This Tesla S Plaid has got to be absolutely mind boggling for the overwhelming majority of us gas powered engine folk! I've had the pleasure of driving a couple of 600+ RWHP cars for a few minutes here and there and those absolutely blew my mind, so just hearing the Plaid's numbers are like, what the heck!?!? Gotta love Spaceballs and their plaid speed and this Tesla obviously lives up to that given the price point compared to those $500,000-$4,000,000 cars! These EVs are getting more and more impressive with their performance, but I'm also one of those old school guys who will never want to give up the sound and the feel of a healthy V8!
Yep totally understand.. it’s such a hard transition
You do know that you have up to 16 different engine sound you can choose from in the Tesla should you feel the need
The only downside. It's ALL oncoming traffic!
Supposedly there are tracks not allowing them to run because 9s require more safety features like a roll cage and chute for breaking.
As someone who worked in manufacturing Tesla's i have no hate. I like my ICE's and i love the EVs
Perhaps they can make an EV class on the tracks to keep things fair and interesting.
You dont run a street car vs a top fuel dragster. There needs to be more classes
Personally the no sound thing is the second best part about it behind the eye sucking to the back of your noggin speed. I love the stealth mode of the silence. I was behind a cameo yesterday that was making all kinds of racket. I couldn't even see it in front of me due to all the traffic but I could hear all this loud noise it was making. That sucks in my opinion. I don't want to make a bunch of noise that draws attention to me hauling ass personally. I have a model three and it not as fast as the plaid but man is it fast and super awesome. I can't keep my foot out of it.
Insane car! Great video! And love the shirt dude! 👍👍
THANK YOU for being HONEST. My first car was a 1961 SS Chevy 409. For a year, I was King of the street with a high 13 second car....Didn't last long!....Skip to today. As much as I love muscle cars, we are, as Elon has said, "are into ALIEN TECHNOLOGY'. Don't hate new tech, embrace it as Tesla's roadster at 1.1 SEC. 0-60 is at most 2 years away! And they have it where some of the Tesla's, for $2000, can buy added performance of making them 1/2 second quicker with a COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT. Taking less than half an hour to download!....The current Plaids motors aren't even at their full potential, as when Tesla releases an UPGRADE, the top speed is AT LEAST 220 MPH!!!!
That much power in a 5000 pound car is ASTOUNDING. Brooks at Drag Times has already made his Plaid sound like a Lambo through an outside speaker already installed on these cars. NEXT big thing is to RETROFIT older muscle cars onto an altered Plaid chassis.....We have restomods now, why not fully drivable 9 second 60-70's muscle?...IT WILL HAPPEN, just takes a little time!
Yes your probably right.. love it or hate it.. these cars are on the way
At this point it's not so much the motors that are limiting power as is the battery pack. Tesla's drive trains are setup for 400V so the battery packs are configured to provide 400Vdc nominal. Since power is essentially Volts x Amps (for electrics), and since we're locked into 400V the limiting variable is then the amperage. I don't know the exact figures but I believe the Raven was drawing about 1500 amps max at 400V (600kW/746 = 800 Hp). The Plaid is probably closer to 2000 amps which I believe they're achieving with an improved 18650 chemistry and better cooling. The motors themselves are a much improved "carbon sleeved rotor" version with a much broader torque curve and a limit of over 23,000 rpm (up from 18,000). Tesla hasn't released exact details but Inside EVs attempted an engineering analysis that's probably very close:
insideevs.com/news/514385/tesla-models-plaid-engineering-analysis/
@@Tron-Jockey need some high discharge energy dense batts👍
@@Tron-Jockey actually, it is the tires that are the limiting factor right now
@@MichaelSinz i hope he doesn't think he can change the tires with a Software Update ;-)
thanks brother for have good time in thee plaid right on
At the collision center near my home there are tens of Teslas in contorted heaps in the lot. Is it got something to do with the speed?
All I want is a Tesla Model S Plaid so I can drive comfortably anywhere everyday and make some people angry.
Or try this car th-cam.com/video/S9qXmtZUcOs/w-d-xo.html
A few takeaways about our impending electric future...
1) unlike the 1970s, we won't be sacrificing speed for improved emissions, so at least it's going to be exciting.
2) I'll always adore the sound of a screaming V8 -- it's a machine, but feels so ALIVE. That said, as EVs become more popular, sticking with an old-school gas engine (as long as they are allowed) will be akin to buying a manual transmission today. The Autos are faster now (gearing advantages and shifting quickness), but the feeling of driving a manual is just so wonderful even if it's at a numbers disadvantage.
3) I attended an F-150 Lightning ridealong event recently and it's incredible... fastest, smoothest, best handling F150 of all time. It's basically as fast as a Mustang GT. And, sure, the Coyote F-150 sounds great, but the EcoBoost and PowerBoost F-150s are ALREADY faster... And to me, when you're trading in an EcoBoost (they all sound like trash, IMHO) for no sound, it's not as much of a loss than when you drop the V8. So perhaps, as emissions rise and V8s become rare, the transition will feel more natural because we're trading a bad-sounding ICE for silent amazingness.
Regardless, I'm going to keep my 2013 Boss 302 forever, and hope to buy an EV in the next few years.
Somebody was concerned about the traditional jobs lost in tune shops, but gas cars of old will be grandfathered in so all those jobs are not going to be lost anytime soon, but you are going to have hi tech mod shops spring up for these new electric vehicles. You are going to have sound effect packages for these cars. Someone did say it is so "fake" to put acoustics in a speaker to replace the lack of an exhaust note of these cars, then again, hell, look at all the exhaust only mods people did in the late 70s, early 80s with a 150 h.p. Corvette to make it sound fast, when they were slower than a Nissan Optima of today. I own a Scat Pack and a Corvette, also owned 2 Mustang Gts, I like my V8 rumble but there is no denying that in a few years your "average" electric car with a soccer mom behind the wheel will be able to blow the doors off the high end muscle cars, change is coming, might as well embrace it as best we can, however, keeping my V8s also as long as I can
All very solid points my friend 👍
You do you, man. My previous dream car was the R35 GTR and it's still on my list but all of the cars I need are one Tesla any Model and a GTR Premium or Nismo with wheels and an exhaust and airlift performance suspension. Ps Tanner Fox & Romanatwood are the ones who got me into GTRs and I got Into Teslas when I rode in an S 100D in fifth grade.
I had to sell my 2012 Boss to get my last son a car. Sold it for what I bought it for in 2017. So now I'm retired and looking for another Boss and they went up in Price.
Thanks for all the information on the Tesla Plaid and yes it is an amazing car. Only thing that prevents me from owning one is the price tag on these vehicles - around 100,000 dollars. I have watched several you tube videos with people drag racing these vehicles.
Take care.
My BIL has just a regular S and it's scary fast! I can imagine how fast the Plaid is!
Great review and represents the Plaid accurately. I own one, and for those of you who think it’s boring to drive, or somehow less exciting to drive than an ICE car, just say you’ve not driven a plaid yet and you should just leave it at that. It’s a damn blast to drive and you’d have to be a corpse to feel otherwise after actually driving one.
For those of you that lament the fall of ICE cars because of the Plaid and the writing on the wall it brings…. I say do what you love and fast ICE street cars are not dead by a long shot, you just need to up your ICE game to keep up. This may actually push ICE manufacturers to do the same!
Before buying my Plaid, I finished my GTR build, and that car is much faster than my Plaid, and at 1,612whp, it damn well better be. It feels it too, but the 1,192 ft lbs torque hits differently than the 1,050 ft lbs of the Plaid. The plaid hits like a wall, where the GTR hits like a large wave, larger than the wall. It’s also a massive amount of drama, sound, fury, and fear that is absent in the Plaid, which is thrilling yet but inflexible in use on the street (ohh, but I do use it regardless, haha). Applying that kind of power with an ICE car on the street is difficult to manage without the car moving around, and even Motec M1 traction control cannot eliminate wheelspin like the direct granular control of an electric motor application.
The plaid does what it does on the down low, discreetly, and without wheelspin, and you can get away with far more without alarming the police or fellow motorists if a modicum of discretion is actually applied.
Regardless, ICE is not dead! Toss that PD blower and get a real set of hairdryers on there and get back in the game! Mod up man! Just don’t try that Plaid at the light without your beadlocks on, haha.
An ICE racecar is exactly that. A RACE CAR....Try to make 10 consecutive passes with NO COOL DOWN, and you are REAL LUCKY if all you get is vapor lock. A Plaid is ALL THINGS, and you will see them in the low 8 second range and possibly 7's and drive away from the track. The POTENTIAL hasn't even been touched out here on the Street.. The math regarding the Plaids motors show it at only 89% efficiency. It is terribly underrated for what could be available....Someone with HUGE COMPUTER SKILLS, could make thousands if they could hack that computer and remove the limiter. NOTICE that for the 6 months or so that they have been out, NO ONE has taken them into the 8's, even when stripped and a 100 lb. Woman driver goes 9.08!.even a blind man realizes that they are computer controlled to NOT run an 8 second 1/4. Rimac has no such limiter and just ran an 8.52 quarter at 168 I believe. That car SUPPOSEDLY HAS 1914 HORSE Power, almost a thousand more than a Plaid and is marginally 1/2 second quicker with double power????....I rest my case!
@@royrauch9775
Your case rests WELL WITH ME!
My Day 1 reservation CT3 will be going trackside as soon as human possible or even allowable here in Oz ....l will restart my Drag Strip days of the '90s
Call me a 'New Romantic'. I prefer 'TECH_RODDER'
'Build IT' Elon....'They will come!'
ICE Owners, we all want to see you out there trackside and on the strip!
Let's do it for FUN'S SAKE!
I own one too ( Tesla plaid )
Great comment, if EV, hybrids are regarded as an addition to petrol and diesels that would be ideal. I think what’s upsetting a lot of us car guys is the fear that EV will replace all other cars including ICE, diesel and hybrid. This fear is not unfounded as they seem to be pushing for EV stations, EV charge points at home running on smart meters and phasing out petrol in the future. Not good
@@royrauch9775 my main concern still is the charging. I feel like it'd be annoying not being able to charge as fast as you fill up gas.
"One of the fastest..." The plaid is THE fastest production car in the world. It can easily compete with an Indy 500 car.
Well except if you count the Rimac.
@@trisfaleel Unless you actually produce it at scale and sell it to people who want it, I don't think that is concidered a production car. You can buy a Plaid right now and get it (obviously orders are backed up though).
Rimac is not an affordable daily use car. Yet Plaid can still kick it's ass
@@Vourn-75 No it can not. Still amazing the Plaid is as close as it is though.
"The plaid is THE fastest production car in the world."
No it isn't and it's not even CLOSEST to being the fastest. It's VERY QUICK, but it's not the fastest. :-)
As a motor technician I've worked on thousand horse motors. To shove all that in a car is phenomenal. Literally and figuratively. 😲 Wow
Agreed - it would help matters if it's pointed in the right direction. I trust Tesla has put that little tidbit of info in the manual.
There's more to driving that just the numbers; they're a large component for sure (hence 1/4 mile etc) but you need everything else that goes along with it, the sound, the smell, all of it
Yes that's why porsche is among the best driving experience of any cars.
I don't like loud/smelly cars, I like going up into the mountains and hearing birds and the wind in the trees as I'm driving. Douche-bros revving their muscle cars up and down Main St is annoying as heck.
Hear loss is so hot right now!
It's Spaceball 1, They gone to Plaid, sorry RacerX , couldn't help the Spaceballs reference, it just felt right.
Lol.. I forgot about Spaceballs
@@RacerX9 That is why they called it Plaid. First you had insane mode, then ludicrous mode, and now Plaid. All spaceball references.
I noticed the pillar behind your left shoulder has a dimple. Is that a build quality issue?
The real question is why did legacy auto keep telling us they couldn't make this if they were so great at making cars?
I'm not surprised. This actually started happening a decade ago when the electric rc cars started beating the nitro engine cars.
A bit more than a decade. The first landspeed records in 1898 were set by electric vehicles. See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record
OK, you didn't quite mean 'ever', just after ICE became the standard propulsion.
Waiting to see Mopar response. I have a 21 scat pack, car is an animal but electric is the future. I have driven teslas and they are very nice ,different but nice. Like your cars and your videos.
They’re already planning to rollout EVs in 2024 with the dodge lineup if I’m not mistaken. Correct me if I’m wrong?!?
Electric cars are not the future, they are useless outside of cities
@@nerdnec Pull the other one. EVs are not the future, they are the now!
since the 1980s, i knew evs were the future and loved the ev sound since that time. my friends were gas heads that raced 1/4miles and i could never get into all that noise.
I hate all the gadgets and bloatware, but I respect the quick. I want a simple version that doesn't rely on an ipad glued to the dash to run everything and little motors and sensors all over the body to operate door handles and trunk lids. Seems like you could put the running gear under a base 93 Camry and have a faster more reliable car.
Reliability is an issue with Teslas. Don’t misunderstand, I like the cars. Yes the can beat a car 0-60. But, if it was racing an Indy car for 500 miles the battery would over heat .nobody is mentioning how you have to cool them down.
Plus they are still having quality issues with them. Again, I like them and appreciate that they are American made and designed.
This vehicle is on another level, other luxury/sports brands will have to step their game up or get left behind by the plaid lol
"This vehicle is on another level, other luxury/sports compact brands"
yeah, especially since this car is neither a luxury vehicle or a sports car.
@@Dan-gd2rkyeah sure it's an electric vehicle but how do you figure?! I consider this Tesla a luxury with all the bells and whistles, it's also sporty especially with the performance, going 0-60 1.98 sec and the technology in the new sports performance suspension, I'm 6,1 and this tesla is not a huge vehicle so to me it's also compact, I driven one before not much room inside
Let’s all accept that the induction electric motor is superior to the internal combustion engine in terms of low end torque, efficiency, and vastly quieter. I realize gearheads love the loud rev of gas engines. But to the rest of us outside your car, it’s annoying to say the least.
The sound of someone else’s car isn’t for you, it’s for the person driving the car.
@@sneakingfox5887 Not much of a sneaky fox then. The whole thing is blowing everyone else away without making to much wave.
Silent cars are aids
@@msw7021 Tesla has proven the opposite.
@@trxntroll843 Silent cars are tactical.
Yeah. As a Tech I knew this day would come. I have a degree that says so. I have done just about everything you can do to a car for it to 'go fast'. Tuning and modifying my ass off but my gig was the knowledge of what was to come. I love it. I'll miss the rumble of a Cleveland, Hemi or Rocket but here we are. A sedan with mom and child at the light that could blow your doors off or, cause a major accident. Now, I ride a bicycle.
How many times before it runs out of electric power. Does it get slower each pass?
You referred to "muscle cars" let me add "hyper cars," "sports cars," etc. Here's the new word for them all courtesy of Tesla: TRYHARDS
aka Blowhards
bellowhards - they are all bark compared to Tesla
@@Beast-xd3bz Mod2fame in his 950hp Porsche beat the Plaid already 😂
@@itshiho yeah. Mine too 😬
@@itshiho ROFLMAO 🤣 a heavily modded Porsche against a standard family sedan with the A/C running - well done lol
I drove a regular Model S dual motor and it was crazy fast. Like sick to your stomach fast, I can’t imagine what the plaid is like… Still love my V8s tho, nothing like that sound! 🤷🏼♂️
11:05 was cute watching you talk about racing while a line of cars is like " granny ahead.."
Then of course they shrink in the distance when you hit it. :)
Also I saw a Tesla with some 20 inch or maybe bigger aftermarket wheels on it the other day. It looked good actually. Maybe slowed the performance some or maybe not idk but it looked pretty sick!
You can download sounds to a flashdrive and make the car sound like anything you want!!
The Model S design is just beautiful IMO without that 'ricer' look. It looks sophisticated and sleek. It just proves that there's no need for a car with gills and spoilers and crap hanging all over it so that it looks like it goes fast. Also look at the Roadster design, just sleek and SEXY yet it will be BONKERS fast, then the Space X package on top of that!
Imagine if Hoblin Garage created the style of the Tesla 🤣😭
The roadster will be more insane still
That's why I hated the mopar community.. it became the Honda ricer of the current Era.
@@KslersRT you mean mustangs?
@@yessuhyessuh2100 them mfs too. The people buying and ricing and doing dumb shit in the current car scene generally can't afford a higher end car like a plaid.
for cars this fast, i think a 0-100 mph would be more representative of the power especially when the nevara is coming
Watch lot of reviews but this is one of the best