WBarnes
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Tesla Model S Fails To Lap Nurburgring Under Full Power
As Expected, Tesla Model S Fails To Lap Nurburgring Under Full Power
As Expected, Tesla Model S Fails To Lap Nurburgring Under Full Power
Tesla Model S Fails To Lap Nurburgring Under Full Power
- Thread starter WBarnes
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To be fair the Model S was never designed to do hot laps, or be driven at its most aggressive setting for an extended period of time.
klier
Premium
Never designed to do something every other car, bus, tractor or truck can...
Bucketslash11
Das Beste Enthusiast
i don't expect the roadster to be able to do it either, didn't see a whole lot of cooling ducts on it, the nio EP9 on the other hand have lots of cooling ducts
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
i don't expect the roadster to be able to do it either, didn't see a whole lot of cooling ducts on it, the nio EP9 on the other hand have lots of cooling ducts
Elon will have to do something about cooling as some customers won't tolerate a hypercar that can be driven like one. Performance mean little if reliability and suitability of use is poor.
klier
Premium
The car is going to be a model S, but smaller. Elon doesn't have a single clue about cars.
And still, I kinda like Tesla
klier
Premium
Erm... how many people take their daily drivers to a track?Car forums - sheesh. Transportation device first and foremost, dear readers?
Just pointing out some of the flaws to the Elon worshippers, mr Mozambique
EnI
Piston Pioneer
Erm... how many people take their daily drivers to a track?
And how many people accelerates from 0-100kmh / 60mph daily in their daily drivers?
Do acceleration times really matter to average Joes? 5.6s vs 5.8s? 1.9s?
Car forums - sheesh. Transportation device first and foremost, dear readers?
Giannis
Staff member
Erm... how many people take their daily drivers to a track?
Fun fact: There was a period when I visited the track one or two times a week over a period of about a year. With my Clio which was then a bit over 20 years old. During that period I changed the oil once a week and the brake pads about a month. The tyres a bit more.
Now that I think of it, I'm terrified about the money I spent on this!
WBarnes
Subscriber
That's why some magazines do a 5-60mph time, which is more real world since nobody really does a full-bore launch that often.And how many people accelerates from 0-100kmh / 60mph daily in their daily drivers?
Do acceleration times really matter to average Joes? 5.6s vs 5.8s? 1.9s?
Car forums - sheesh. Transportation device first and foremost, dear readers?
sako97
Autotechnik Ace
*cough* Car & Driver *cough*. The problem is often it's still considered 0-60.
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
Yup. If I'm the first one at the light the pedal is going to the metal (unless a cop is somewhere nearbyAnd how many people accelerates from 0-100kmh / 60mph daily in their daily drivers?
Do acceleration times really matter to average Joes? 5.6s vs 5.8s? 1.9s?
Car forums - sheesh. Transportation device first and foremost, dear readers?
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KiwiRob
Autotechnik Ace
I do every morning when I leave exit my side street onto the main road.
manuelf
Kraftkurve King
Erm... how many people take their daily drivers to a track?
Basically you are right, Martin... but you don't have to talk about race tracks.
I live in germany. We do have a autobahn, you know
And there a Tesla S - even P100D - is simply a choke. I mean, what a morron is Elon? All the childish talk about insane mode/speed and stuff? In reality a Tesla S is a total fail there. 700hp
0 - 100 might be impressive ... for kids, that do traffic light races from 0 - 70 within city limits. Real world german autobahn means you drive 100 km/h limit, then revocation of speed limit and you can go full throttle for several kilometers.I had this several times. There a 450hp M4 f.i. totally destroys the 700hp. Already at 200 a M4 is clearly in the lead... gap getting bigger and bigger quite fast.
A P100D even has no chance to follow a high powered 300hp Diesel for a longer high speed run... simply because its batteries go into overheat limp mode.
To be honest: In my eyes this is ridiculous... A 2,3 ton monster with 700hp, which fails on race tracks, fails on highspeed autobahn, fails on long distance travel, but excells in teenager like 0-60 km/h runs at traffic lights... just wow!
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
Basically you are right, Martin... but you don't have to talk about race tracks.
I live in germany. We do have a autobahn, you know
And there a Tesla S - even P100D - is simply a choke. I mean, what a morron is Elon? All the childish talk about insane mode/speed and stuff? In reality a Tesla S is a total fail there. 700hp
I had this several times. There a 450hp M4 f.i. totally destroys the 700hp. Already at 200 a M4 is clearly in the lead... gap getting bigger and bigger quite fast.
A P100D even has no chance to follow a high powered 300hp Diesel for a longer high speed run... simply because its batteries go into overheat limp mode.
To be honest: In my eyes this is ridiculous... A 2,3 ton monster with 700hp, which fails on race tracks, fails on highspeed autobahn, fails on long distance travel, but excells in teenager like 0-60 km/h runs at traffic lights... just wow!
Maybe it's time for Tesla to consider vapor chamber cooling or other solutions to heat dispensation.
