MitsuStyle MitsuStyle

Go Back   MitsuStyle > The Homefront! > Project Talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-11-2019   #1
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Nightfury

We sold the WRX and purchased a Tesla Model 3 Performance (stealth).

We ordered a standard dual motor Model 3 at the end of October. In November I got word via the Tesla forums that there was a batch of off menu stealth performance 3's getting built. I called my sales guy and he was able to claim one for me and switch my order over!

It is visually the same as a standard dual motor, but it has the bigger motors of the performance cars. Basically you can't order one, but they randomly build them and you can buy it if you find one, kind of a weird, but I was super happy to find one. It doesn't have the big brakes, lowered suspension, and visual add on's of the standard performance, but it has track mode. It is about 5k less than the performance cars you can order. 0-60 in 3.2 and 320 miles of range.

We picked it up last night, so far it seems like the perfect mix of fast and comfy. Perfect for DDing.

I plan to remove the area wheel covers (hubcaps). They add about 5% to your driving range, so I'll keep them around if we ever take a trip in it. Window tint is first up.

We named it Toothless after the Nightfury in how to train your dragon.


Last edited by rose0529; 12-11-2019 at 02:31 PM..
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #2
scheides
flips McGee
 
scheides's Avatar
Re: Nightfury

Lmfao toofress
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murlo26 View Post
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by turbotalon1g View Post
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
scheides is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #3
A//// Guy
 
A//// Guy's Avatar
 
Bloody Seal Bounce Champion!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: South Burbs
Drives: Slowly
Posts: 9,870
Re: Nightfury

Volts and amps! Nice! Naming a car, too funny! You need a witty license place for this one, seems like every tesla has one. haha
A//// Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #4
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by A//// Guy View Post
Volts and amps! Nice! Naming a car, too funny! You need a witty license place for this one, seems like every tesla has one. haha
Yeah, each Tesla has a spot where you are supposed to name them. The one we test drove was Draco Malfoy.
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #5
Halon
Pewp Champion
 
Halon's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Blaine
Drives: Teh Bean
Posts: 12,309
Send a message via AIM to Halon
Re: Nightfury

Nice. So basically same acceleration performance as andrews but without the big brakes and other things that the actual performance model comes with? That's cool, that's almost exactly what I think I'd want if I were to order one. Very cool!!
__________________
B-Man - FlexFuel Mafia
1991 TSi AWD E85 - BEP S362, DSMLink V2, Built 2.0L Idle Vid 628hp Graph 541hp Vid 10.93@137 Vid
1992 SC300 E85 - BW 84-75, Vlad Infinity, NA-T, 6spd Idle Vid 709hp Graph 709hp Vid 11.1@131 Vid
2006 Bayliner 195 - Carbed 5.0 Top Speed Test
Halon is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #6
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by Halon View Post
Nice. So basically same acceleration performance as andrews but without the big brakes and other things that the actual performance model comes with? That's cool, that's almost exactly what I think I'd want if I were to order one. Very cool!!
Yeah, I would have ordered it to start with but it's a "secret" item which is weird.

Peformance includes:
20" Performance wheels
Performance Brakes
Carbon fiber spoiler
Lowered suspension
Aluminum alloy pedals
Increased top speed from 145mph to 162mph
Track Mode


Mine has Track mode, and the extra hp's but not the rest of the stuff listed.
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #7
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by rose0529 View Post
Yeah, each Tesla has a spot where you are supposed to name them. The one we test drove was Draco Malfoy.
I did not know this. What spot?

I parked next to a tesla with "workday" as the plate today, guess they're an employee or local salesperson? kind of weird. No witty plate here. Apparently I'm a bad owner not naming my car or having a custom plate lol
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-11-2019   #8
scheides
flips McGee
 
scheides's Avatar
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by rose0529 View Post
I plan to remove the area wheel covers (hubcaps). They add about 5% to your driving range, so I'll keep them around if we ever take a trip in it. Window tint is first up.

omg I didn't know this was a thing!! Googled it a bit and just wow. Can't wait to see it without those covers; I reeeeeeeaaaaaally don't care for the look of the stock wheels but if they're just covers, do it up!
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murlo26 View Post
I need to listen to Scheides more often i think :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by turbotalon1g View Post
...I realized that I can't keep up my shit talking without anything to back it up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JV
S2000: For those of us that know the Miata is the best car on the planet, but also want extra power and to not have to turn in our man cards.
scheides is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2019   #9
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by asshanson View Post
I did not know this. What spot?

I parked next to a tesla with "workday" as the plate today, guess they're an employee or local salesperson? kind of weird. No witty plate here. Apparently I'm a bad owner not naming my car or having a custom plate lol
Funny, the guy when we test drove made sure to show us that part. haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7WSvFoDIg



Quote:
Originally Posted by scheides View Post
omg I didn't know this was a thing!! Googled it a bit and just wow. Can't wait to see it without those covers; I reeeeeeeaaaaaally don't care for the look of the stock wheels but if they're just covers, do it up!
Yeah they are ugly. The wheels under look alot better. Once it's not so f-ing cold I'll take them off haha.
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-16-2019   #10
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Re: Nightfury

Saw a black 3 with aero covers off at hy vee tonight, looks good.
I had a much different buying experience, ordered over the phone with Kansas City since there are none here, and picked up at their service center in ghetto of KC, no walk through of the vehicle, just said here are the keys and showed me how the key card worked until I setup my phone as the key and that was pretty much it. Had to read the manual for everything else.

You probably already figured this out but the heater drains the battery big time, I usually have it set pretty cool, enough to keep the windows from fogging and wear gloves driving with seat heat on max in the winter, really improves range for the short commute where I don’t need cabin heat much.
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #11
A//// Guy
 
A//// Guy's Avatar
 
Bloody Seal Bounce Champion!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: South Burbs
Drives: Slowly
Posts: 9,870
Re: Nightfury

Not having heat would suck, especially for such an expensive car haha. Would just have to recharge more often I suppose.
A//// Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #12
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Re: Nightfury

Well yea, if you don’t mind charging more, crank the heat haha. It gets warm really quick, just kills the range.
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #13
Goat Blower
aka Goodbye
 
Goat Blower's Avatar
 
Asteroids Champion! Beach Squirter Champion!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: under the car
Drives: Taylor Made R15
Posts: 7,765
Re: Nightfury

No heat would be no bueno for me, I guess I would just charge more. That's actually the big bonus I see with these, remote start and instant heat instead of waiting for the engine temp to come up. Love that concept. I'm too busy drowning polar bears as I warm up the car for 10 minutes before I leave work.
__________________
2009 Corvette Z51-SOLD
1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX-SOLD
2013 BMW Z4-Current summer hooptie
2017 GMC Yukon-Current winter hooptie

Goat Blower is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #14
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Yeah, Rachael has been driving it to work this last week, but we have just been charging at Hyvee here and there. The preheating the cabin is great with the kid. Everyone is warm and happy. When I drive it I don't care as much about heat, specially with the heated seat on.

I have the 220V outlet wired into the garage, just waiting for the electrican to come hook it into the panel. I spent about 3 hours last friday running the cable from my box to my garage, long story short, it had to go from the basement to the attic and then over to the garage. But once that's going we should be set.

Once the outlet in the garage is up and going, I'll take the aero covers off. They look much better that way.

For now, I am just enjoying the UI and how well it works, oh and how silly fast this thing is off the line. It's just a silent rocket!

Last edited by rose0529; 12-17-2019 at 01:08 PM..
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #15
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Re: Nightfury

Haha caved and put in the 220! 110 really is useless.
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2019   #16
turbotalon1g
 
turbotalon1g's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Blaine, MN
Drives: '91 Automagic
Posts: 13,908
Send a message via AIM to turbotalon1g
Re: Nightfury

Where are the pics? Congrats on teh new purchase!
__________________
Aaron/brownman/big brown.
'91 Automagic.
'02 Z06
Please leave feedback - http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/itrader.php?u=58309
turbotalon1g is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2019   #17
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by asshanson View Post
Haha caved and put in the 220! 110 really is useless.
Yeah, I would have done it sooner, but I was talking to the electrician we use for work and asking how much it would cost to run a higher amp service to our house, but he said I have plenty to run the car charger so I grabbed the supplies and went for it. Figure I'm about $180 into it.
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2019   #18
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Quote:
Originally Posted by turbotalon1g View Post
Where are the pics? Congrats on teh new purchase!
Does the pic in the first post not work?
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-23-2019   #19
rose0529
Who has my man-card?
 
rose0529's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Crystal MN
Drives: a red car
Posts: 2,162
Send a message via AIM to rose0529
Re: Nightfury

Took the aero covers off this weekend. I really like the wheels without them on.




Plus it shows off the "little" brakes better




I also got the 240V charger set up working this weekend. I bought the $35 adapter from Tesla for the charger that the car came with. Now I'm charging at 7-8kw, or about 28-30 miles of range an hour. I can do scheduled departure so it is charged and the cabin is warm by the time I leave in the morning.

Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	Snapchat-1360552184.jpg
Views:	641
Size:	57.5 KB
ID:	17367   Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_20191222_092358_MP.jpg
Views:	646
Size:	222.7 KB
ID:	17368   Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_20191222_092610_MP.jpg
Views:	635
Size:	142.0 KB
ID:	17369  

Click image for larger version

Name:	IMG_20191222_092404_MP.jpg
Views:	645
Size:	136.2 KB
ID:	17370  

Last edited by rose0529; 12-27-2019 at 07:55 AM..
rose0529 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-23-2019   #20
asshanson
immune from paybans
 
asshanson's Avatar
 

Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: West Des Moines
Drives: poorly
Posts: 4,358
Send a message via AIM to asshanson
Re: Nightfury

Two side benefits of the scheduled departure: your battery isn’t sitting a long time at a high state of charge (sitting full for a long time decreases its life), and your battery is warm when you leave, which is important for regen braking. In the winter my battery is almost always cold in the morning, so no regen.
asshanson is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:56 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.