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The Model X (and S) eats tires at a prodigious rate. It’s unnatural.
by new_realist 7y ago
The Model X (and S) eats tires at a prodigious rate. It’s unnatural.
- nitrogen 7y agoIs there a way to change the torque curve and maybe steering geometry when you want to save tires, and then switch back to ludicrous mode when it's time to burn rubber?
- ricw 7y agoYes. You turn acceleration setting onto chill mode.
- manicdee 7y agoI have had anecdotal evidence that chill mode reduces Tesla-specific car sickness too. The armchair scientist explanation is that the aggressive modes respond to every tiny adjustment of the accelerator pedal with “instant” changes in torque. All these small changes lead to motion sickness even in people who don’t normally suffer it, Chill Mode on the other hand seems to reduce the micro adjustments by eg: smoothing out the accelerator setting by averaging over a few seconds.
- greglindahl 7y agoThis is not true. The performance models with performance tires eat tires just like every other high-performance car with high-performance tires. Ordinary Teslas with stock tires don't.