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Interesting question is of course for how long Model 3 can drive in the track mode. Cars they compare it to can drive on track for the duration of the race/trac

by vl 8y ago

Interesting question is of course for how long Model 3 can drive in the track mode. Cars they compare it to can drive on track for the duration of the race/track day. As far as I understand Tesla can drive like this only for few laps?

jbob2000 8y ago
Doesn't matter. You think the people who buy Ferraris race them around the track? Most of them sit in garages and get driven to the golf club. But with Tesla, you can now own a car that's "faster than a Ferrari" for less than $100k. Kids aren't dreaming of owning Ferraris now, they're dreaming of owning Teslas.
- fosk 8y ago
  In other words, kids are having nightmares.
- tomatotomato37 8y ago
  >But with Tesla, you can now own a car that's "faster than a Ferrari" for less than $100k That's been true for awhile, most Ferraris aren't as fast as their price implies. They're prestige items; if you just want cheap performance you get a corvette
krobertson 8y ago
Most gasoline cars will get pretty low on gas with a full day on the track. I track and usually end up topping up some after lunch. Most tracks have gas there, and charge like $6-8/gal. Often with Tesla, year people leave at lunch to go to the nearest supercharger. If tracks added some fast DC chargers, it would be a nice boost.
londons_explore 8y ago
The cooling down time is usually only 15 minutes though, especially if you can plug into power and use the active cooling at full blast (would require software modification).
oppositelock 8y ago
I've seen three Model 3's at the track at this point - none of them modified. They appear to run just fine without overheating their batteries. The biggest issue is in the brakes. The Model 3 is a heavy, powerful car which has insufficient rotor surface area to dissipate the large amounts of braking heat generated. Of the three that I'm familiar with, all three ended their track day early because of brake pads crumbling due to excessive heat. Better pads would last a lot longer, but there's still not enough rotor for the size and weight. This Performance Tesla had better have a bigger brake setup. The range on track isn't as awful as I thought. It seems to use charge at about 4x the indicated rate (100 mi range remaining indicated means about 25 miles actual range left), so the 300mi version of that car is good for about 75 track miles. Not bad at all, compared to a tank of gas in a sporty car.

by vl 8y ago

jbob2000 8y ago

Doesn't matter. You think the people who buy Ferraris race them around the track? Most of them sit in garages and get driven to the golf club. But with Tesla, you can now own a car that's "faster than a Ferrari" for less than $100k. Kids aren't dreaming of owning Ferraris now, they're dreaming of owning Teslas.

fosk 8y ago
In other words, kids are having nightmares.
tomatotomato37 8y ago
>But with Tesla, you can now own a car that's "faster than a Ferrari" for less than $100k That's been true for awhile, most Ferraris aren't as fast as their price implies. They're prestige items; if you just want cheap performance you get a corvette

krobertson 8y ago

Most gasoline cars will get pretty low on gas with a full day on the track. I track and usually end up topping up some after lunch. Most tracks have gas there, and charge like $6-8/gal. Often with Tesla, year people leave at lunch to go to the nearest supercharger. If tracks added some fast DC chargers, it would be a nice boost.

londons_explore 8y ago

The cooling down time is usually only 15 minutes though, especially if you can plug into power and use the active cooling at full blast (would require software modification).

oppositelock 8y ago

I've seen three Model 3's at the track at this point - none of them modified. They appear to run just fine without overheating their batteries. The biggest issue is in the brakes. The Model 3 is a heavy, powerful car which has insufficient rotor surface area to dissipate the large amounts of braking heat generated. Of the three that I'm familiar with, all three ended their track day early because of brake pads crumbling due to excessive heat. Better pads would last a lot longer, but there's still not enough rotor for the size and weight. This Performance Tesla had better have a bigger brake setup. The range on track isn't as awful as I thought. It seems to use charge at about 4x the indicated rate (100 mi range remaining indicated means about 25 miles actual range left), so the 300mi version of that car is good for about 75 track miles. Not bad at all, compared to a tank of gas in a sporty car.