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Tesla Model S P85D 'Insane' Mode: NSFW Video Shows How Insane It Really Is
Green Car Reports ^ | January 28, 2015 | John Voelcker

Posted on 01/28/2015 12:57:48 PM PST by LogicDesigner

Many Tesla fans and electric-car drivers now know about the Model S P85D, Tesla's all-wheel-drive electric car that's arguably the fastest four-door sedan on the market.

What most of them likely don't know is just what the car's ultimate performance mode, called "Insane," actually feels like.

Now there's a video out from Drag Times that shows how astoundingly, jaw-dropping, amazingly, startlingly, incredibly insane the Insane mode actually is.

NOTE: Video is NSFW, has rude words (delivered in tones of shock, horror, awe, amazement, and joy).

With 1.3 million views in three days, the reactions to Drag Times CEO Brooks Weisblat's demonstration of standing-start acceleration pretty much speak for themselves (above).

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electriccar; electriccars; ev; tesla
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To: cripplecreek

People want a car that delivers value.

I have no doubt that is what the Model S PS85D is designed to do.

It adds that fun factor to EV driving and you will impress your GF or wife if you own one and turn on that “insane mode.”


21 posted on 01/28/2015 1:17:14 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: cripplecreek

Yes. A 1/4 mile drag strip isn’t a drive to work for sure.


22 posted on 01/28/2015 1:17:17 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: LogicDesigner

Thanks, but I’ll stay with the Porsche.


23 posted on 01/28/2015 1:17:56 PM PST by Gator113 (Cruz, Lee, and Sessions speak for me.... most anyone else is just noise.)
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To: goldstategop

I don’t think you want to call on Murphy’s Law.


24 posted on 01/28/2015 1:18:08 PM PST by Gadsden1st
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To: petercooper

Dude...that’s funny. My wife and I play a game trying to spot the colors and persuasions in all the TV shows nowdays. Great pastime.


25 posted on 01/28/2015 1:18:35 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: LogicDesigner

For those not familiar with electric motors, you basically have full torque available from 0 to the max rpm. All future aircraft carriers will all have linear motor aircraft launch systems.


26 posted on 01/28/2015 1:20:20 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: goldstategop

I drove the first model a few years ago in NYC (Lotus body). It is an amazing car, its like taking off in an airplane, there are no gears so you just keep accelerating until you let off the ‘gas’ pedal.

- Should they be tax subsidized? HELL NO
- Will you break down in the winter on the side of the road because batteries suck in cold weather? Probably.
- They are COAL powered unless you have nuclear power feeding your home.
- Building and recycling batteries takes massive energy and creates massive waste. Greenies are stupid if they think they are helping mother earth buy buying an EV.

Again, very cool car if you can make it work with your daily life.


27 posted on 01/28/2015 1:20:43 PM PST by bigtoona
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To: skeeter

Well, as much as the motor can handle without burning itself up from too much current.


28 posted on 01/28/2015 1:21:05 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: goldstategop

Range is still a problem. You can’t just jump into any electric car and drive 500 miles in one day.


29 posted on 01/28/2015 1:22:25 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Few people drive that far in a day.

For a commuting drive, the range is more than sufficient.


30 posted on 01/28/2015 1:23:41 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

“People won’t buy the car for speed but the fact it can go startlingly fast demolishes the notion that EV aren’t practical cars to drive.”

There is still the issue of range.


31 posted on 01/28/2015 1:23:54 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: LogicDesigner

You can buy alot of fact model cars for $120,000


32 posted on 01/28/2015 1:25:23 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

fact should be fast


33 posted on 01/28/2015 1:25:47 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: cripplecreek

” Instant torque is pretty much meaningless for a grocery getter and daily driver. In fact I wonder if that instant torque isn’t particularly dangerous on icy roads that I drive on for 4 months of every year. “

Instant torque only if you want it! Instant torque is MOST fun going to the grocery store! At least for those that enjoy driving mean machines.


34 posted on 01/28/2015 1:25:56 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Little Pig

I agree with you.

11.6 sec 1/4 mile is quite quick, but there are a host of cars out that post better times than that.

A Nissan GTR would leave it for dead, at about 1/2 the price.


35 posted on 01/28/2015 1:26:00 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Gaffer
“My question is how many times can it do it? For how long of a run? And how much time does it take to recharge it once it’s been run through the drain of such an ordeal with a hot battery pack.”

Well the version shown in the video, the P85D, is rated at 285 miles, but that is for normal driving. You would obviously get a lot less when accelerating like this, just like you would in a gasoline car.

As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.

36 posted on 01/28/2015 1:26:21 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: goldstategop
People want a car that delivers value.

Actually most of the people I know want a car that delivers them to work every day reliably. Cars depreciate in value unless they're put in storage and never driven and Tesla is no different despite bearing the touch of St Musk.
37 posted on 01/28/2015 1:26:54 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Most people drive 100 miles a day round trip.

That’s to and from work and stopping by for groceries and for going out on local sight-seeing trips.

No one is recommending EVs for extended vacation travel but for every day driving, they can handle it.


38 posted on 01/28/2015 1:27:24 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“For those not familiar with electric motors, you basically have full torque available from 0 to the max rpm.”

Not true. Torque basically declines linearly to max rpm where you have ZERO torque.


39 posted on 01/28/2015 1:27:51 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: goldstategop

Do you WORK for Tesla?


40 posted on 01/28/2015 1:28:14 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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