asshanson
10-16-2016, 10:18 PM
I found this car on the Tesla forum a couple weeks back and flew out to DC last Wednesday. Picked up the car that afternoon, went over all the features and how to operate the car with the previous owner for a while, and drove home Thursday and Friday. It's a really well optioned car, here are the specs:
December 2013 build, 53k miles now (autopilot and AWD were offered about a year after mine)
85 kWh battery with performance package (P85)
White exterior (with OptiCoat Pro Plus coating)
Tan Nappa leather interior
Carbon Fiber spoiler
Panoramic Roof
Smart air suspension
Ultra Hi-Fi sound system upgrade (560 watts, XM, internet streaming, USB ports, bluetooth, etc)
Tech package (HID, power folding mirrors, parking sensors all around, backup cam, door lighting inside and out, GPS homelink, power liftgate)
Subzero package (heated seats even in back)
LTE upgrade (instead of 3G)
Dual chargers (can charge up to 60mph at home if you have a dedicated 100amp circuit)
Black chrome coated wheels with Primacy tires, will be my winter tires
Blackvue DR650GW 2 channel security cams (front and back). They record while you're driving and also if they sense motion or car movement while parked. Basically it's always on, and records if anything walks by or bumps the car.
WeatherTech all weather floor mats, plus trunk and frunk
2" hitch receiver which I will be removing soon
Spectra PhotoSync tint, I think it's about 50%, a little light for my taste but looks decent
Extended warranty until 100k miles or December 2021
On the drive home from DC I had to stop to charge in Somerville PA, Cleveland, Toledo, Peru IL & Coralville IA. Each charge was about 40 minutes, with one being only 30 minutes, and the longest being 50 minutes. This was where I had one of the first nice surprises. For background knowledge, the car charges much quicker when the battery is nearly empty, and slows down considerably when you get past 70-80%. So the Navigation knows your destination, battery size, and distance between stations to get home, and it only has you charge enough to get to the next station with about a 15-20% buffer in case you speed a lot. So I was normally only charging about 60-70%, I never once hit 80% because the stations are about 150-180 miles apart, and the car has about a 260 mile range (no degradation because the previous owner always left it around 50-80%). I would usually arrive with about 10% left because I was going 77-78mph the whole way home. Once when in the mountainous area going uphill for many miles I was really draining the battery and it predicted I wouldn't make it to the charging station and recommended I lower my speed to 70. Once I was going back downhill it immediately predicted I'd arrive with 10%+ charge and I was free to speed again. Basically I'm super impressed with how well the nav, maps, charging, and everything else are integrated together, it all communicates. I had zero range anxiety because it just works so well (except that first time charging going through mountains where it warned me to slow down, I was still a noob and didn't want to push my luck).
One thing I didn't expect was that power would be limited when the battery is nearly empty. I got to 10% once, and about 10 miles away from a station, I noticed there was a dashed line at about 200kW on the power meter, I couldn't use more than that because the voltage was low (max is around 310kW I believe). Then as I got a little lower battery the dashed line moved down to 160kW. Hadn't thought about that before. 160kW is still a good amount of power though, the volt only had 100 max haha.
First mod was to remove front plate bracket. It was zip tied on, and the screws they used for the plate were too long and went through the bracket into the bumper a bit. Might touch up or get bumper plugs.
Next mod will be in Spring, Mo helped me find a set of 21s with Pilot Super Sports. I'm already impressed with how well the car handles with the all seasons, I'm sure I'll be very pleased with some nice tires. I'm thinking that since most of the weight is at the bottom of the car, that helps with the handling because it doesn't feel like a 4600lb car.
Couple pics. Picking up the car in DC with my niece
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/first_pic.jpg
First time supercharging, couldn't believe the 364mph charge rate
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/charge_1.jpg
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/charge_2.jpg
Dash is totally customizeable. The nav shows up on the left when enabled, but usually I have the music display there. The nav shows a mini 3d map there, and when you come up to a turn on the interstate it gives you a little picture of where to go. On the right I have my energy usage, it's a 30 mile trend. Center gauge has speed on the left, and energy on the right. Needle pointing straight right means no energy being used. Orange needle up is power being used, and if it goes down it turns green and that's how much power is being regenerated by slowing the vehicle down. Max is 60kW regen, it slows you down pretty fast, I rarely used the brakes in the car.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/dash.jpg
tl;dr - This car has far surpassed my expectations thus far. I absolutely love it. I'll post again when I get more time to fiddle with the settings, and I'll post up more pics this week.
December 2013 build, 53k miles now (autopilot and AWD were offered about a year after mine)
85 kWh battery with performance package (P85)
White exterior (with OptiCoat Pro Plus coating)
Tan Nappa leather interior
Carbon Fiber spoiler
Panoramic Roof
Smart air suspension
Ultra Hi-Fi sound system upgrade (560 watts, XM, internet streaming, USB ports, bluetooth, etc)
Tech package (HID, power folding mirrors, parking sensors all around, backup cam, door lighting inside and out, GPS homelink, power liftgate)
Subzero package (heated seats even in back)
LTE upgrade (instead of 3G)
Dual chargers (can charge up to 60mph at home if you have a dedicated 100amp circuit)
Black chrome coated wheels with Primacy tires, will be my winter tires
Blackvue DR650GW 2 channel security cams (front and back). They record while you're driving and also if they sense motion or car movement while parked. Basically it's always on, and records if anything walks by or bumps the car.
WeatherTech all weather floor mats, plus trunk and frunk
2" hitch receiver which I will be removing soon
Spectra PhotoSync tint, I think it's about 50%, a little light for my taste but looks decent
Extended warranty until 100k miles or December 2021
On the drive home from DC I had to stop to charge in Somerville PA, Cleveland, Toledo, Peru IL & Coralville IA. Each charge was about 40 minutes, with one being only 30 minutes, and the longest being 50 minutes. This was where I had one of the first nice surprises. For background knowledge, the car charges much quicker when the battery is nearly empty, and slows down considerably when you get past 70-80%. So the Navigation knows your destination, battery size, and distance between stations to get home, and it only has you charge enough to get to the next station with about a 15-20% buffer in case you speed a lot. So I was normally only charging about 60-70%, I never once hit 80% because the stations are about 150-180 miles apart, and the car has about a 260 mile range (no degradation because the previous owner always left it around 50-80%). I would usually arrive with about 10% left because I was going 77-78mph the whole way home. Once when in the mountainous area going uphill for many miles I was really draining the battery and it predicted I wouldn't make it to the charging station and recommended I lower my speed to 70. Once I was going back downhill it immediately predicted I'd arrive with 10%+ charge and I was free to speed again. Basically I'm super impressed with how well the nav, maps, charging, and everything else are integrated together, it all communicates. I had zero range anxiety because it just works so well (except that first time charging going through mountains where it warned me to slow down, I was still a noob and didn't want to push my luck).
One thing I didn't expect was that power would be limited when the battery is nearly empty. I got to 10% once, and about 10 miles away from a station, I noticed there was a dashed line at about 200kW on the power meter, I couldn't use more than that because the voltage was low (max is around 310kW I believe). Then as I got a little lower battery the dashed line moved down to 160kW. Hadn't thought about that before. 160kW is still a good amount of power though, the volt only had 100 max haha.
First mod was to remove front plate bracket. It was zip tied on, and the screws they used for the plate were too long and went through the bracket into the bumper a bit. Might touch up or get bumper plugs.
Next mod will be in Spring, Mo helped me find a set of 21s with Pilot Super Sports. I'm already impressed with how well the car handles with the all seasons, I'm sure I'll be very pleased with some nice tires. I'm thinking that since most of the weight is at the bottom of the car, that helps with the handling because it doesn't feel like a 4600lb car.
Couple pics. Picking up the car in DC with my niece
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/first_pic.jpg
First time supercharging, couldn't believe the 364mph charge rate
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/charge_1.jpg
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/charge_2.jpg
Dash is totally customizeable. The nav shows up on the left when enabled, but usually I have the music display there. The nav shows a mini 3d map there, and when you come up to a turn on the interstate it gives you a little picture of where to go. On the right I have my energy usage, it's a 30 mile trend. Center gauge has speed on the left, and energy on the right. Needle pointing straight right means no energy being used. Orange needle up is power being used, and if it goes down it turns green and that's how much power is being regenerated by slowing the vehicle down. Max is 60kW regen, it slows you down pretty fast, I rarely used the brakes in the car.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/692/dash.jpg
tl;dr - This car has far surpassed my expectations thus far. I absolutely love it. I'll post again when I get more time to fiddle with the settings, and I'll post up more pics this week.