Tesla is really not fast at all...(really fast)

I reviewed a P100 D (the fastest Tesla) for two weeks last summer in Germany and Switzerland, immediately after two weeks in a S 63 AMG coupe. Charging station anxiety aside (I live in an apartment), if I were going to take one as a gift, I'd take the Tesla. Faster (except at high autobahn speeds) and more fun to drive.

 

I try and do the first three quite a lot in my C63 AMG 6.2. Is this bad?

 

I own the coupe and the interior is night and day better than the tesla... and if u are going to drive in the autobahn it is faster too


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I have to admit, I have never driven a Tesla, but if the 0-60 time are what is claimed, then they are impressive. That said, one of the reasons that I was attracted to European cars when I was in high school, was the over all driving experience. In high school, kids were fascinated with the 0-60 performance. Heck, kids would take a turd of a car, and souping them up. I never did get the whole fascination with drag racing mentality. Just look at the movie American Graffiti, fascination with straight line performance has been going on for a long time. Give me a challenging curve and a winding road over a straight piece of concrete any day of the week. Of course most people live in a grid layout concrete jungle, and don't venture out to drive the hills and valleys, so that might explain some of it.

 

There's “fast”, and then there’s “quick”.

 

The truth is the tesla beat them all but its all due to 0-60; then other cars catch up and have a faster trap speed.
In a 1 mile race like they do in russia results would be different but a 1/4 mile is a 1/4mile


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These are all ETs not speeds. The Tesla trap speed is only like 125mph. My 991TTS trapped 137 with a 10.5s ET, that's fast. I watched a guy with his Tesla out at COTA on a track day and he couldn't make it past lunch because he was out of charge. He also couldn't go faster than 110. My car was hitting 160 on the back stretch and 140 on the grandstand. Tesla is slow.

 

Oh no.the post starts with a comparison of 1/4 miles so i found this illustrative video.
1mile is not for sure.
Now as far as 1/4 id say it semi practical; i mean in germany those are normal speeds


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Actually I think passing stats are the most important. Say 50-80.

 

not at all. the more the better !
all i was trying to point out is that people are kind of comparing apples and oranges.
a 4 door commuter car generally is not one to be dashing down the dragstrip with, but is the car that you will be sitting in the daily traffic slog.
hence, the acceleration times are basically irrelevant, however, if people do want to compare these stats for 4 door cars, the tesla does in fact come out quite well, AND has the advantage in the traffic.

i am not a tesla fan boy, but horses for courses.

 

I think the Tesla is an excellent commuter car. Thankfully I have no need for a commuter car.

 

You could not give me an electric car!

 

- when was the last time I went from 0-60 in the fastest time they could? 2006
- when was the last time I went from 0-100 in the fastest time they could? 2006
- when was the last time I went from 0-1/4 mile in the fastest time they could? 2006
- when was the last time you did the 5 miles from the office to home in 45 minutes? Since my office is 18 feet from my bedroom, it's been a while.

 

Actually this was Ferrari club event and while there were no 458 to measure against, it certainly wasn't embarrassed in the company of a 430.

 

I don’t doubt it, however, I call it like I see it, a Tesla doesn’t float my boat looks/style wise, and it could be a second quicker to 60 for all I care, I just can’t se that a well driven super car would be embarrassed by a well driven Tesla, especially as every time someone does a serious attempt at multiple laps of a decent track in one, they do great for a lap or so then go into limp mode cos the batteries fry

Please don’t be offended by my Neanderthal ways, I’m just glad I lived and raced in the era I have, and by the time these toys become the norm, I’ll be dead and buried. No doubt my daughter will Love a ludicrous mode tesla roadster one day and laugh at her daddy’s old ferrari fetish!


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I unexpectedly had the volume turned up, and this Tesla video scared the crap out of me.

 

Sound likes the washer in the final spin rinse.


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how much engine noise do you hear in your mercedes S class, or equivalent, when you are driving to dinner with your wife?

me? none. my mercedes is like a sound proof cocoon of serenity. very relaxing.

how much noise do you hear in a tesla S when you are driving to dinner with your wife?

none. its like a sound proof cocoon of serenity. very relaxing.

 

My ML63 is pretty loud if I dip into the throttle. I love it because of that.