I can't think of a factory car running a sub 9 second quarter mile, and I can't think of a time I've seen a car run that time at a track then drive itself back home (and I spend a lot of friday nights at test-and-tunes), they are towed.
A 1:30 at Leguna Seca is also insane. That's Viper ACR / Ferrari 488 GTB / McLaren P1 levels of performance. I'd like to know who their test driver is, because if one of their engineers did that, then the performance is even more insane.
There generally isn't any place that would allow you to run sub 10 second quarter miles without a roll bar and that was just lowered for the latest generation street cars. I believe they won't even give you a time if you exceed the safety limit.
German cars use to have a speed limit of 155mph and Porsche even sold factory rollbars for the GT series of cars (Not in US because of --Freedom-- laws). I sure hope Musk is considering safety with these ~5000 lbs rockets.
It's still kinda unbelievable that the largest and most valued electric car maker in the world is naming their cars from scenes that elon thought was funny.[0] What a time to be alive.
That's because Tesla are massively overvalued relative to what they will most likely achieve. Tesla are not the largest car manufacturer at all - Tesla's market cap is hugely bigger than ford's, but ford's yearly revenue is only a bit smaller than Tesla's market cap
You can just creep under it but it’s close to the limit (unless you add cold gas thrusters of course). Engineering explained has a couple of really good videos covering the physics and math. Here’s one about how the new roadster can possibly achieve 1.9 seconds. https://youtu.be/9Uca_jNh2M4https://youtu.be/4PRi4B1APj0
It's got plenty of sound, just different sound. Personally, I like to be able to talk when I'm setting world record laps and be able to drive the car home afterwards.
[+] [-] mywittyname|5 years ago|reply
I can't think of a factory car running a sub 9 second quarter mile, and I can't think of a time I've seen a car run that time at a track then drive itself back home (and I spend a lot of friday nights at test-and-tunes), they are towed.
A 1:30 at Leguna Seca is also insane. That's Viper ACR / Ferrari 488 GTB / McLaren P1 levels of performance. I'd like to know who their test driver is, because if one of their engineers did that, then the performance is even more insane.
[+] [-] Dork1234|5 years ago|reply
https://www.racepagesdigital.com/ten-flat-nhra-adjusts-roll-...
German cars use to have a speed limit of 155mph and Porsche even sold factory rollbars for the GT series of cars (Not in US because of --Freedom-- laws). I sure hope Musk is considering safety with these ~5000 lbs rockets.
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[+] [-] ThePadawan|5 years ago|reply
For my understanding - do you mean that they're not road legal, or that they're not reliable enough for day-to-day off-track use?
[+] [-] wpdev_63|5 years ago|reply
[0]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWL8ejf2nM
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[+] [-] bradlys|5 years ago|reply
Still, good numbers. Wouldn’t buy one anyway. I like sound.
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