85D Now 4.4, P85D Now 3.1 Seconds to 60

Ames · Apr 8, 2015

Cool, eh? Did I get the scoop on this?

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It seems that the 85, even though not the base, is now the slowest Model S you can order...but now it is also faster @ 140 mph

liuping · Apr 8, 2015

Ames said:
Cool, eh? Did I get the scoop on this?

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It seems that the 85, even though not the base, is now the slowest Model S you can order...but now it is also faster @ 140 mph

Maybe it means that the 3.1 (and now 4.4) second 0-60 performance software update will be available by the time anyone orders a Model S today?

It also probably means the non D S85 is not long for this world...

Ames · Apr 8, 2015

For me this makes the 85D much more appealing. A whole second to 60 is going to feel like a completely different car. I wonder if Tesla will withhold this update from existing cars?

Zextraterrestrial · Apr 8, 2015

Ames said:
For me this makes the 85D much more appealing. A whole second to 60 is going to feel like a completely different car. I wonder if Tesla will withhold this update from existing cars?

pretty sure it was doing 4.4s already

ScepticMatt · Apr 8, 2015

Ames said:
For me this makes the 85D much more appealing. A whole second to 60 is going to feel like a completely different car. I wonder if Tesla will withhold this update from existing cars?

no update needed, 85D already measured 4.3 seconds

Ames · Apr 8, 2015

ScepticMatt said:
no update needed, 85D already measured 4.3 seconds

I remember somebody posting a video but I thought he/she might have been going downhill with a tail wind or something. When I test drove the 85D it did not feel as fast as the P85 I test drove a year earlier

Zextraterrestrial · Apr 8, 2015

Ames said:
I remember somebody posting a video but I thought he/she might have been going downhill with a tail wind or something. When I test drove the 85D it did not feel as fast as the P85 I test drove a year earlier

~3.9s for P85 (assuming your tires can stick to the asphalt)

Ames · Apr 8, 2015

Zextraterrestrial said:
~3.9s for P85 (assuming your tires can stick to the asphalt)

Sure but the official difference is .2 (4.2 vs 4.4) and I felt I bigger difference than .2 between the test drives. For me it was more like a second. I'm beginning to think there are cars running out in the wild with different software performance settings. We have also seen some grainy shots of Ds doing 155 mph but most owners still report 130 after 6.2...

Ames · Apr 10, 2015

Starting to see evidence over on Teslamotors.com that there is a new "Sport" mode on the 85D? If true that the entire fleet suddenly gets faster via a software update - well that's just amazing

a.reyesnj | APRIL 10, 2015
85D In new sport mode, you can definitely feel the difference! Wow!

brad | APRIL 10, 2015
I installed the update - v.6.2 (2.4.153) in my S85D. The note about the top end speed is not in the release notes that I got. I do have what I believe is a new setting that gives an option for "Acceleration". Choices are "Normal" or "Sport". This is in addition to the "Steering" mode choices: "Comfort", "Standard" and "Sport".

http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/new-update-0?page=1

Stoneymonster · Apr 10, 2015

Ames said:
Starting to see evidence over on Teslamotors.com that there is a new "Sport" mode on the 85D? If true that the entire fleet suddenly gets faster via a software update - well that's just amazing

a.reyesnj | APRIL 10, 2015
85D In new sport mode, you can definitely feel the difference! Wow!

brad | APRIL 10, 2015
I installed the update - v.6.2 (2.4.153) in my S85D. The note about the top end speed is not in the release notes that I got. I do have what I believe is a new setting that gives an option for "Acceleration". Choices are "Normal" or "Sport". This is in addition to the "Steering" mode choices: "Comfort", "Standard" and "Sport".

http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/new-update-0?page=1

I can confirm this, I just finished the update and that button appears. No mention in the release notes. I'll repeat my power measurements from Wednesday in sport mode if I can today.

Tourman · Apr 10, 2015

Stoneymonster said:
I can confirm this, I just finished the update and that button appears. No mention in the release notes. I'll repeat my power measurements from Wednesday in sport mode if I can today.

Updated this morning and I see the new sport mode acceleration option; have not had a chance to drive the car yet.

Kilowatt · Apr 10, 2015

We've seen S85D' doing 0-60 in 4.2 after the update over here now...

Ames · Apr 11, 2015

Yup; it's confirmed all over the net. And for the P85D as well (see link below). I would love to see a V-Box timed run for the 85D so we can all put it to bed that it's better than 4.4.

http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/tesla-model-s-p85d-v6-2-performance-data-and-video

Kilowatt · Apr 11, 2015

Actually, yesterdays update was another step up in performance from the first 6.2...

arijaycomet · Apr 11, 2015

Ames said:
Yup; it's confirmed all over the net. And for the P85D as well (see link below). I would love to see a V-Box timed run for the 85D so we can all put it to bed that it's better than 4.4.

If anyone in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area has a VBOX and wants to meet up I'm happy to use my 85D for such testing

krisg81 · Apr 11, 2015

All I want to see is an 85D in Sport mode vs a P85D in Insane mode just to see how underrated the 85D is, and how overrated the P85D is. Not just a dead stop race, but a roll race... So we can ask why the P85D has 275 more advertised horsepower, yet the cheaper and much less "powerful" 85D can keep up with it from 30MPH and on (what I assume is very possible, or close enough to not justify the premium on the current P85D.)

AmpedRealtor · Apr 11, 2015

Maybe we should have a S85D race a P85 to settle this issue?

Johan · Apr 11, 2015

AmpedRealtor said:
Maybe we should have a S85D race a P85 to settle this issue?

I was thinking this exact thought today as I driving my P85 while thinking a bit about how they've improved the 85D now. I was imagining the race and got sad as my car suffered a tad of rear wheel slip as I saw the 85D pull ahead to my left...

Then I thought it'd be too cool to get a hold of an original 60, classic P85, P85+, S85, S85D, P85D and a 70D. Then charge them all to 100%, line them all up and do drag races all seven cars all at once!

Stoneymonster · Apr 11, 2015

Johan said:
I was thinking this exact thought today as I driving my P85 while thinking a bit about how they've improved the 85D now. I was imagining the race and got sad as my car suffered a tad of rear wheel slip as I saw the 85D pull ahead to my left...

Then I thought it'd be too cool to get a hold of an original 60, classic P85, P85+, S85, S85D, P85D and a 70D. Then charge them all to 100%, line them all up and do drag races all seven cars all at once!

This would be the sort of thing Top Gear would have done. In a parallel universe.

Johan · Apr 11, 2015

Stoneymonster said:
This would be the sort of thing Top Gear would have done. In a parallel universe.

Except no owners or Tesla would let Top Gear loan their car

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