"Plaid"
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 12:25 last edited by
Tesla announced their newest iteration of the Model S - The "Plaid."
You can pre-order one right now.
Range: 520 miles
Top Speed: 200 mph
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 2 seconds (or less)Price: $139K
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Tesla announced their newest iteration of the Model S - The "Plaid."
You can pre-order one right now.
Range: 520 miles
Top Speed: 200 mph
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 2 seconds (or less)Price: $139K
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 12:28 last edited by
Is it self-driving?
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 12:33 last edited by
@jon-nyc the Maclaren Senna with similar specs can go around the Laguna track in 1:27. The Tesla did it in 1:30 (before tweaking).
The Maclaren is more than $1M.
So, next time you ride horses, you gonna rent this?
And if you do, are you going to wash it before you return it?
You'll be able to
rentlease it for $2K a month, by the way. If you order today, it's $1,000 (refundable) deposit with delivery late next year (LOL). -
Is it self-driving?
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 12:36 last edited by
Range: 520 miles
Top Speed: 200 mphAt 200 mph, the range is presumably closer to 52 miles.
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 12:42 last edited by
Does anybody actually race these? Presumably there'd be a big problem with the batteries going flat. If they don't, I don't really see the point of them - they'd be kind of pretend race-cars.
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 13:04 last edited by
I think the whole idea of battery-driven super-fast cars is somewhat contradictory. If you want to have a reasonable range, you can only ever drive like in a 30hp Volkswagen Beetle from 1950.
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 13:25 last edited by
Why would you buid a street car that can go 200 MPH? I'm not quite sure why that is even legal in the US.
But I sure would like to test one.
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Why would you buid a street car that can go 200 MPH? I'm not quite sure why that is even legal in the US.
But I sure would like to test one.
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 13:47 last edited byWhy would you buid a street car that can go 200 MPH? I'm not quite sure why that is even legal in the US.
But I sure would like to test one.
Top speed on my daughter-in-law's car, Bad Kitty, is supposedly somewhere around 200mph. The only place my son has truly been able to stretch it out is on the track and then he doesn't go past 165mph or so. I don't know if anywhere in the states you can legally do it on a highway...
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 14:15 last edited by Doctor Phibes
If you actually want to drive that fast on a track, you need to start taking some major precautions. Try Googling 'Nordschleife accidents' - it throws up some pretty great videos.
I'm sure it would be fun for a day, but the thought of spending that much money to sit in Boston traffic doesn't really appeal.
Link to videoFF to 8:00
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If you actually want to drive that fast on a track, you need to start taking some major precautions. Try Googling 'Nordschleife accidents' - it throws up some pretty great videos.
I'm sure it would be fun for a day, but the thought of spending that much money to sit in Boston traffic doesn't really appeal.
Link to videoFF to 8:00
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 14:22 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes I know nothing about racing cars, particularly your own on a track like the Ring. Looking at the video you posted, and some others, it seems like they all have one thing in common: tires that aren't sticky enough.
Educate me....
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 14:29 last edited by Doctor Phibes
The tires are sticky enough until you go too fast round a corner
If you watch a Formula 1 race, they will typically go through 2-3 sets of tires in less than 2 hours, so they're designed to shed a lot of rubber in that time. A regular set of tires is designed to last a lot longer, so is a lot harder, and therefore provides a lot less grip. Race tires basically have to run very hot, so they're soft, and stick to the track like glue - they don't have tread unless they're designed to be used in the wet, so the contact patch (and hence the grip) is a lot bigger.
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The tires are sticky enough until you go too fast round a corner
If you watch a Formula 1 race, they will typically go through 2-3 sets of tires in less than 2 hours, so they're designed to shed a lot of rubber in that time. A regular set of tires is designed to last a lot longer, so is a lot harder, and therefore provides a lot less grip. Race tires basically have to run very hot, so they're soft, and stick to the track like glue - they don't have tread unless they're designed to be used in the wet, so the contact patch (and hence the grip) is a lot bigger.
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 14:44 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes I was aware of those things (no tread, the frequency of
tyretire swap out, etc). I guess my point is that the people who are trying to do crazy things on the Ring with inadequate equipment ... well, that should be predicted.Another site shows them going in the rain. FFS.
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@Doctor-Phibes I was aware of those things (no tread, the frequency of
tyretire swap out, etc). I guess my point is that the people who are trying to do crazy things on the Ring with inadequate equipment ... well, that should be predicted.Another site shows them going in the rain. FFS.
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 15:03 last edited by Doctor Phibes@Doctor-Phibes I was aware of those things (no tread, the frequency of
tyretire swap out, etc). I guess my point is that the people who are trying to do crazy things on the Ring with inadequate equipment ... well, that should be predicted.Another site shows them going in the rain. FFS.
You can race in the rain, but not with slicks as they aqua-plane. The absolute best F1 races are in the rain. They used to run Formula 1 at the Ring - in 1968 Jackie Stewart won a race in the wet there by a margin of over 4 minutes - driving with a broken wrist.
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Sticky tires... 200 mph... HAH!
I strap in, fire up the engine, check the climate control, and then run that thing up to 50 mph, set the cruise control, and then throw caution to the wind!!.......
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 15:08 last edited bySticky tires... 200 mph... HAH!
I strap in, fire up the engine, check the climate control, and then run that thing up to 50 mph, set the cruise control, and then throw caution to the wind!!.......
Where beez de hos?
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@Doctor-Phibes I was aware of those things (no tread, the frequency of
tyretire swap out, etc). I guess my point is that the people who are trying to do crazy things on the Ring with inadequate equipment ... well, that should be predicted.Another site shows them going in the rain. FFS.
wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 15:13 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes I was aware of those things (no tread, the frequency of
tyretire swap out, etc). I guess my point is that the people who are trying to do crazy things on the Ring with inadequate equipment ... well, that should be predicted.Breaks and suspension are also a lot different on a race car. People stick a big engine in and old clunker to make it go faster, but forget that it needs other things too.
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wrote on 23 Sept 2020, 16:18 last edited by Larry
