Possible EV 🙄🙂

[SmartAmg]

It’s the derestricted part of the Autobahn.

Ahh, that's ok then.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Ahh, that's ok then.

Holiday to Germany next year then Toe?

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[SmartAmg]

Holiday to Germany next year then Toe?

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What's wrong with the East Lancs Rd, Ant?
Only kidding.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

What's wrong with the East Lancs Rd, Ant?
Only kidding.

Hehe. Aye, quick pit stop for a pee, pie, pint & power at the greyhound then away ya go

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

The Model S plaid is already sub 2s andthat’s a 6ft 6 wide family car with a massive boot!

Fast forward to 6:30 if you just want to see the acceleration… but a great review showing all aspects of you’re interested

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Holy Moly that is fast!

 

[Steveml63]

Hi,
I have a Racelogic GPS performance meter - as used by Carwow.
I tried a 0-60 run on our Tesla Model 3 Performance back in April.
Got a 3.25 0-60 time without any effort!


Have fun on the test drive tomorrow!
Cheers
Steve

 

[HappytalkAgain]

I think Toe will be going ‘Back to the future’ int morning.

 

[Fastcar155]

Hi , what is stopping everyone buying an EV ?

 

[Chrishazle]

Simple - cost! Our S204 is a really practical family car, even though as grandparents we no longer have to consider carting pushchairs etc. However, a supermarket run, open the tailgate and put everything in easily, plus the comfort, economy etc - but trade in would get us low-mid 4 figures. We don't have ULEZ and similar to worry about, so why would I change??

 

[markjay]

..“Maybe” there’s a reason to be wary of EVs that have been fast charged regularly (50kwh) rather than home charged, but lord knows how you’d really know how they’d been used.

True. If you buy a second hand car, how do you know if the first owner actually read the manual, or just redlined it from cold every morning? You don't....

 

[Steveml63]

Yep, that long manufacturer’s warranty is on the battery and car, regardless of the number of owners.

“Maybe” there’s a reason to be wary of EVs that have been fast charged regularly (50kwh) rather than home charged, but lord knows how you’d really know how they’d been used.

I cannot comment on all brands - but with Tesla you can get various 3rd party apps that monitor your cars data.
I use an app & website called TeslaFi.
This literally shows me everything about my car and every charging session, journey, software updates, battery range & degradation etc.
In fact, the amount of data you can get is mind blowing.
You get all the data on every journey including an interactive map that shows your speed at any location on this map!




Cheers
Steve

 

[clk320x]

I cannot comment on all brands - but with Tesla you can get various 3rd party apps that monitor your cars data.
I use an app & website called TeslaFi.
This literally shows me everything about my car and every charging session, journey, software updates, battery range & degradation etc.
In fact, the amount of data you can get is mind blowing.
You get all the data on every journey including an interactive map that shows your speed at any location on this map!

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Cheers
Steve

I think it’s important to say that TeslaFi only gathers data from AFTER you install it and authenticate - it’s not possible to pick up this sort of information from a used car. (Before the haters say it’s a privacy risk!)

 

[Steveml63]

I think it’s important to say that TeslaFi only gathers data from AFTER you install it and authenticate - it’s not possible to pick up this sort of information from a used car. (Before the haters say it’s a privacy risk!)

Agreed - but I would be happy to share my data with a future buyer.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

I think it’s important to say that TeslaFi only gathers data from AFTER you install it and authenticate - it’s not possible to pick up this sort of information from a used car. (Before the haters say it’s a privacy risk!)

You beat me to it!

I was just about to say the same….. except that a hacker will find a way to get to that data at some point down the line.

Remember when, back in the 70’s, all kinds of people thought their phones were bugged. From Harold Wilson to the kids who sold “Socialist Worker” on Uni campuses, using public pay phones.

 

[ALFAitalia]

There is that thing about even experienced Journos and car videographers admitting that they get car sick at acceleration faster than 0-60 in 4.

(See Harris, Cropley, Prior et al.)

Wusses! I've had several bikes with well sub 3 second time to 60 (in first gear!)....never felt sick.
However a few weeks ago I went on a roller coaster with a 0 to 80 mph time of 1.8 seconds....that actually hurt and I did not want to do it a second time!

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Wusses! I've had several bikes with well sub 3 second time to 60 (in first gear!)....never felt sick.
However a few weeks ago I went on a roller coaster with a 0 to 80 mph time of 1.8 seconds....that actually hurt and I did not want to do it a second time!

Owning a bike, or anything else, that fast is one thing. How often you do 0-60 in 3 seconds is something else.

(Glorious though the A27 is)

 

[markjay]

What 'pushes your eyeballs into the back of your skull' isn't the 0-60 acceleration - it's the 0 to 20.

If you take a standard EV such as the IONIQ 5 AWD that does a mundane 5.2 seconds and compare it to a standard W204 C63 that does 4.2 seconds, the Hyundai will leave the C63 in the dust up to around 20mph. The C63 will obviously catch up and will beat the Hyundai when it gets to 30-60.

So comparing an EV and and ICE car by using the 0-60 yardstick is like comparing apples with oranges.

Ultimately, the acceleration will be felt much more in the slower Hyundai than in the faster C63 because their acceleration from 0 - 60 isn't linear. It's the 0-20 that harsh in the EV.

This is also why there's no point in buying the most powerful model when choosing an EV - a typical driver will almost never do 0-60 in their car, and the 0-60 figure is therefore irrelevant for them. They will however do 0-20 or 0-30 when they give the car some beans at the traffic lights, and even the least powerful model will beat most ICE cars when racing up to the next set of traffic lights in a 30mph zone.
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[MikeInWimbledon]

So yesterday afternoon, at 3-15, I booked a Tesla test drive online, thinking the leadtime would probably be a week.

Slots were available from 4pm, same day.

And every hour today.

Which is interesting, and could be interpreted several ways.

Perhaps they are well organised. Perhaps the appetite for Teslas that can be filled up with 300 miles of energy for less than the cost of a gallon of petrol isn’t as strong as they hoped for.

 

[Steveml63]

So yesterday afternoon, at 3-15, I booked a Tesla test drive online, thinking the leadtime would probably be a week.

Slots were available from 4pm, same day.

And every hour today.

Which is interesting, and could be interpreted several ways.

Perhaps they are well organised. Perhaps the appetite for Teslas that can be filled up with 300 miles of energy for less than the cost of a gallon of petrol isn’t as strong as they hoped for.

Our centres in Dubai & Abu Dhabi have a big fleet of demo cars for customers to test drive.
They have more of the lesser models - standard range & long range than the performance versions - probably related to the sales ratios of each model.
To add to Markjay’s comments above about the 0-30 acceleration times compared with fast ICE cars - nothing quite prepares you for the brutal acceleration from a standstill when you simply mash the throttle pedal on our Model 3 Performance.
No need for any complicated launch control procedure, no waiting for engine & turbos to spool up, no need to release manual or auto handbrakes.
Push the ”go“ pedal to the floor and you are gone!
As the driver, you know what is coming - I always ask passengers to make sure they are leaning back with their heads touching the head restraints - otherwise their neck will snap back and their head will slap the head restraint!
No V8 noise agreed, but it’s a different type of amazing performance!

 

[markjay]

So yesterday afternoon, at 3-15, I booked a Tesla test drive online, thinking the leadtime would probably be a week.

Slots were available from 4pm, same day.

And every hour today.

Which is interesting, and could be interpreted several ways.

Perhaps they are well organised. Perhaps the appetite for Teslas that can be filled up with 300 miles of energy for less than the cost of a gallon of petrol isn’t as strong as they hoped for.

Possible explanations:

1. They have allocated loads and loads of cars for test drives.

Or

2. No one wants a Tesla hence why so many slots are available.

Or

3. Teslas sell themselves so to speak - people are ordering them online in droves without bothering with a test drive.

No idea....