Hmmmm - they moved this conversation to the repair category, but the conclusion is that there was nothing wrong with the R1S, just my expectation of how the drive should feel.
Thank you Cactus, that makes a lot of sense. The road was a little bumpy. I tried to enable cruise control, but the chaperone person said it was only available on freeway/highways. I was really surprised by the feel. My nephew has a model Y and the same thing happened to him.
For us desert...
We went for a test drive near noon in Phoenix, temp somewhere around 105, and my nephew and I took turns driving.
Afterwards, both of us mentioned to each other that we had experienced the sensation of the vehicle's power ebbing and surging while driving at a steady speed (or trying to drive) in...
I don't feel so bad now that I haven't been invited to configure. I hope they work a lot of these things out by the time I configure. Also, I'm sure the Tesla port will be on my R1S when the time comes.