uthatch
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Uri
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2023
- Threads
- 10
- Messages
- 391
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- 610
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Vehicles
- Model X Plaid, Model Y, Bronco - sold for R1T
I had one of the first Model S Plaids on the road that I picked up June 29th of 2021. I immediately took it to Fomoso near Bakersfield. I arrived there with about 80% SOC and immediately ripped off 3-4 9.3x's at over 150. No sound, no drama. Just a video I saw later at the starting line where the starter and a few other people were like, Holy sh*t, WTF was that?I’m indifferent to the 110 nannie, especially if your goal in 1/4 mile racing. From the videos I’ve watched it runs a pretty consistent 11.5. (Correct me if I’m wrong) Give or take driver skill, track prep and tire choice. If you want to go faster than 11, put a car built for drag racing on a trailer and use the Rivian to get it to the track. Sure race the the Rivian for giggles, then race a built not bought Nova, Chevelle, Camaro or Mustang (for the Ford crowd), for sub 11 runs. It way more satisfying to race something you built. Even if its slower. I”m against “out of the box“ 9 second cars, EV or ICE. Most people don’t have a sense of how dangerous it can be.
I could not get anyone to line up the rest of the night and they made me run solo all night anyway. This was way before the NHRA rules changed that allows stock vehicles to run much quicker now.
That car rewrote the book when I comes to acceleration and I agree with you, without a full understanding of what it is capable of, it can be dangerous. But I'm still for 9 second EV's because I like it, but I do understand what you mean.
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