800HP Z06 ‘Vette vs Tesla Plaid 1/4 Mile! Plus ‘We The People' SWB Dragster! 4K UHD! 

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@@lesacronym2643 Says Les the troll! 🤣🤣🤣

@@TeslaPlaidChannel don’t get mad, I’m going to get a Tesla just for you😂

Tesla loosing 5 times out of 5 races to sapphire stop capping with channel like you know so much, Tesla is now a poor mans ev, go back to sleep sheep

👍 Thanks, and we try not to lose too many races due to bad Reaction Times or red lights 😃

👍 Life is too awesome to let these things steal our joy 😃

But different on the street, than at the strip. You trapped off at a intersection behind someone and they start burning out right off your front end, slapping your car with trash, then it hits different.

👍True that! We had a 5.0L Foxbody back in ‘89 with a 175HP NOS shot and M&H Racemasters and it dominated the local area back then (running 12s). Now it would be one of the slower cars on most Test & Tune nights.

Right on! Many people don't realize what it takes for a car to run 9s. That modified Z06 is already faster than every Corvette model ever produced by Chevy, and yet it still was over a half-second slower. And even the "hot new" C8 Z06 and the E-Ray 'Vette are both over a FULL SECOND slower...

For the most part, street cars don’t have a chance Plaid. Heck, even many trailered drag cars can’t keep up. Amazing.

I'd still take a new Z06 any day. Those cars are amazing all around.

@@shaybapple same, that ugly plaid is grossssssss

@@shaybapple Dinosaurs compared to a rocket.

👍Thanks! And I've actually got about 30 old time slips here on my desk that have never been edited...

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Awesome!! Well someday we may see them. 😀

👍 C7s are fun to drive, especially with a manual! My buddy has one, it’s beautiful 😃

I try to do that with my ICE car as well. I don't want water on my front tires. Note: this is on a street car with street tires.

@@3644Darrell imagine putting ice on your plenum or in an icebox after every run. 🙄

@@3644Darrell better yet, imagine driving a car with 1000 HP, an 8 year warranty and a low 9 second ET.. on street tires. 🤔

@@3644Darrell imagine being the LAST PERSON to switch from a horse and carriage to the internal combustion engine. Electric vehicle technology will do to internal combustion what internal combustion did to the horse and carriage in the early 1900s.. put it out the pasture. You can't win. 🙄

@@3644Darrell here's a thought Darrell, why don't you put effort into a skill that's called "investing" instead of blowing money on that old POS Mustang... 🤪

Our 2021 Plaid has been rock solid with over 500 dragstrip passes now, although we replaced the brake pads recently. That was slightly surprising since our 2019 Model S Performance (running mid-10s) still has plenty of bark pad left after 1001 dragstrip passes. We had no issues during those first 1001 Tesla passes, replacing only the key fob battery and wiper blades ($40 total).

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I might need to give mine the juice a little more, and perhaps take it to the strip in Norwalk, Ohio near me.

👍 The Plaid can take it, yet we advise everyone to take all personal safety precautions (fire rated SFI gear from head to toe per NHRA rules) because bad stuff can happen at 150MPH 😳

Wonder if Tesla went with different brake pads for the 2021 Model S

👍 Sure thing, we’ve been leaning into 1/4 mile runs: 5 of our last 6 posts (and 8 of our last 11) have been the full 1320 😃

The car is partly gutted: Rear seats, sound deadening material, carpet, trim, frunk, etc. are all removed. (See it in many of our previous videos)

Interior (or lack thereof) is shown here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JLmnsjTktJE.html

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I asked because it sounds suspiciously like the half shaft rattle that has plagued the S/X for years including the Plaid.

@@sorka95032 👍 These shafts are good, just inspected by Tesla when it was in for brake pads…

👍Thanks! We admire the cars we race against, as we'll always be gear heads. As for slicks, no one makes a true drag tire that fits the Plaid. Must be 28.0" OD and for a 19" or larger wheel (to fit over the brakes). A couple of Plaid owners have modified the brakes to fit an 18" wheel, because both Mickey Thompson and Hoosier make a 28" tire for an 18" wheel. But I've talked at length with my technician buddy at Tesla Service in Tampa, and he confirmed that the brake modification would affect the Warranty. That's not worth it to me, because I'm running only on prepped dragstrips (and never racing on the street). It would also affect my NHRA legality (see Description for more about those rules). Key Point: The Plaid will only put out a certain amount of power, and once we have enough traction to hold that full amount, additional traction only hurts the ET. We've found that on a *well-prepped* track (lots of glue!), we can hold 100% of the Plaid's available power with the 19" Pirelli P Zeros. We've run 1.43 60-foots and 9.15/916 in the 1/4 mile. But not all dragstrips have that level of prep. So we've found the next-best racing tire that fits the Plaid: the Nitto NT01 which is a competition-only tire and not for street use. We ran it frequently in the first year that we had the Plaid. It's shown in dozens of 1/8th mile races (all at Showtime Dragstrip) from Aug 2021-Sept 2022. But we don't like it for 1/4 mile races (which we've been doing more of lately), as their weight and rolling resistance affects our trap speeds. Here's one of our videos with the Nittos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fwemSXJ7JtI.html

And in this video, we discuss all the tires and wheels (19” P Zeros, 20” Nittos, 21” PS4S) and their weights, along with tire considerations for drag racing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eA9dufNDSl8.html

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Thanks for your very detailed answer, now I get it and make it sense to run this rubber. It is not entirely comparable, but I run Toyo R888r-s on my GD 427 Cobra (N/A 580-600 hp, rwd) and it is road legal, I runned them at 200mph, hooks very good when it warm(!) even on unprepped track (it is not especially perfect for me because of rwd and having independent suspension I always afraid of hopping and breaking the rear end, a little bit softer tyre would be ideal for me but for 4 wheel drive rides I guess it is very good) so maybe you can check them too (but your fantastic 1.4 60' is very close to the top I guess your ride can do, even if you would use "cog-gear-wheel" on a "rack-track" :) cannot be much faster so maybe there is no point for experimenting with other tyres.)

👍 We have over 1550 Tesla time slips now, and nothing has broken. For our 1001 passes in our 2019 Model S Performance (running mid-10s), we spent $40 (wiper blades and keyfob battery). For ~550 Plaid runs (low 9s), we’ve replaced brake pads (~$800) 😃

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Unbelievable! Thank you for your quick response. This is fantastic.

This is truly a wonderful piece of engineering by Elon. Just darn reliable

@@TeslaPlaidChannel truly amazing how reliable these 2 cars have been considering the higher than usual stress put on the drive train.

👍 The C7s blower is already getting very hot at this level of boost. He needs to ice it down after every pass, and can only run twice an hour. Maybe methanol injection would help, but he’s pushing the limits for that setup before major changes are needed…

@@TeslaPlaidChannel that's why so many of them switch to centrifugal superchargers, much better heat dissipation and lower IAT's. More power, more efficiently

@@TeslaPlaidChannel actually higher content ethanol, a common in actual E-85 [not pump version = ~40% typ], C-85 or better improves performance and temperatures, best with Flex-Fuel sensors There are many improvements within the superchargers, for improved air flow, cooler temperatures available to connect, swap and thus improve performance, Thus It is not uncommon to improve the C7 Z06 with a supercharger to achieve 1000-1100 wHP [see RPM among others], thus outperform the Tesla Plaid S. ​ @banggz32 There are many upgraded superchargers, intake cooling and fuel options. Andrew, perhaps the C6 Z06 owner does not state specifically, the actual "E-85" fuel used, but seemingly it is E-85 from the local fuel station which is typically ~40%, and certainly will improve with higher content ethanol, significantly

@@newtonfirefly3584 👍Indeed, I didn’t ask about which E85 but I did see him refueling from a 5-gallon can that appeared to have a race-fuel logo on it. (The can anyway, he could have refilled it at a local gas station) ⛽️

Usually the OEM Pirelli P Zeros that come with the 19” wheels. But we also have a set of 20” Nittos for less-prepped surfaces. We discuss the tires and wheels at length in the post below:

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eA9dufNDSl8.html

👍 It's an excellent choice almost everyday, although with the additional boost it gets hot for certain kinds of driving situations. (And on *dragstrips nights* it finishes 2nd)

The Tesla brake kit only fits inside the heavy 21” wheels. For *drag racing* those would only slow us down, as we see those wheels struggle to run 9.30s. I’ve never witnessed a single Plaid with 21”s run in the 9.20s at my local dragstrips (other tracks have different conditions of course), whereas we could run three 9.20s in a row at full weight with our 19”s. (And 9.15 with the back seats out.) But for road course racers, the CCB kit should be an absolute prerequisite! 👍

And speaking of 8-second cars, we’ve raced a bunch lately, including 3 last month (COPO Camaro, 1000HP Rail Dragster, and ‘69 532ci Chevelle). And in January, this *epic* race with an 8-sec Turbo Mustang: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sx9xhD_PPs.html

@@TeslaPlaidChannel Enjoyed watching all of them.

@@TeslaPlaidChannel That RU-vid link is for this same video not vs an 8s mustang...

@@taipoxin Oops, here it is! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8sx9xhD_PPs.html

But it’s as boring as an elevator.

@@gman1003 What do you do on an elevator? Its purpose is to get you to your floor in a quick manner without having to climb stairs. Driving a Tesla at 85-90 on I95 passing everyone in silence is absolutely exciting and you can also accelerate to 130-140 without any hesitation as easy as 1-2-3! Obviously you haven’t driven a Tesla because boring is the last thing anyone says about their performance and the sound system is astonishing!!!

SPOILER ALERT!!! 🚨

For sure, no one will take delivery of one of those for under $150K, and yet these Comments will get flooded with “it’s faster and cheaper too!” 🤣 And yet on the street at a traffic light, one will lay down the power and the other one will “sit and spin”. (Because there’s no way it can launch without warming up drag tires first)

But of course the Plaid has lots of horsepower to spare (estimates are up to 200HP). So Tesla could EASILY do a software OTA update to leapfrog over the new “1025HP” Demon; even as little as +10HP would take the HP lead again at 1030HP. (It would probably take +80HP to run 8.90s though)

The last Demon was supposed to run “9.65”. We’ve raced *several* and they all went 10.3-10.4. This new Demon170 will be lucky to break 9.40s in perfect conditions. Any Plaid at full-weight should have no problem beating it at the dragstrip. (And away from the dragstrip, no contest, although we don’t condone that.)

if i remember correctly, it was on drag slicks, so it was not street legal.

You should understand that in the nine seconds league a Tesla plaid is a very capable machine (it is very consistent and runs the very low of the nines). You can check the faster cars (which are really race cars, contrary to the nine second cars usually modded street cars, or something restricted, for example naturally aspirated, low displacement cars.) In drag racing a mild drag racer "race-car" is in the sevens often, but the fastest street legal car is in the fives. These cars are in the finish line when the tesla is just about half or third way, so you get it: different leagues. If you compare the street legal, unmodified cars in only drag racing and only in quarter or eight mile, the tesla plaid is very close to the top you can buy.

@@johnny427 , the gassers have had decades to hone their craft, electric propulsion is in its infancy, and a sign of the future. from an old gas racer, the future is clear.

To each his own. For me internal combustion, manual drivetrain and handling win the day. It’s not about being the fastest down a straight away. But again, to each his own.

@jhamp8264 👍 To each his own, indeed! 😃 There are many kinds of Motorsports, and Drag Racing is just one of them. WE respect them ALL. (Some of the more hostile Commenters seem to only respect their "own" type of racing, which is unfortunate.) Drag racers are mostly chill, and don't usually make snarky comments on the pages of road racers, for example. "To each his own" works for us! 😃

@@TeslaPlaidChannel I appreciate all forms motorsports. If there is any tone of snarkiness it’s towards the folks who act like there is no space in today’s auto industry for internal combustion engines. I don’t have any hate for battery powered vehicles; however, there sure seem to be a lot of self righteous electric vehicle owners who act like owners of fuel powered vehicles are doing something wrong (look at some of your commenters).

@deanmcmanis; @deanmcmanis3938'; Your comment fits in line with Andrew's typical comments and are clearly biased along with some incorrect, false information. A. the Tesla Plaid Model S has been available for over 2 years, without any improvements, except the costly carbon-ceramic brake upgrades [~$20k -more than other independent manufactures which preceded and often preferred] B. actually the performance of, with Andrew's Plaid S is showing lower ET, TS, currently, and similar with results prior to removing weight C. clearly not only temperatures affects the electrical performance [not SOC as he and many may think -> lacking with basic electrical and battery knowledge], but as sometimes clearly, explicitly stated, traction. D. perhaps as the temperatures in Florida increase this month and next the results will be more apparent, clear - my 'hunch', 'guesstimate', assessment is that this Plaid S is having less traction, thus slower 60 ft, 330 ft, 660 ft-1/8 mile which is also noticed slower than at Orlando Speed World, and than Bradenton, BMP which are known to have better traction 1. -> thus, it could be the sidewalls of the Pirelli P Zero are less stiff, softer compared with when new, perhaps the tread has less grip too, thus affecting the traction 2. Andrew only attempted one set of tire changes with a set of Nitto tires, which he may still use without always indicating, though written in this video description post, the Pirelli P Zero are used. E. The S/W controlled by Tesla is not the optimal in design, implementation, for racing, thus traction for drag strip, and other track uses, though they have specific settings. Other vehicle manufactures with their production, performance vehicles have superior computer S/W control systems, monitoring, etc. as GM, Chevrolet had first implemented in their C5, improved through the decades, years, along with private ECU-PCM, manufactures as MoTec, HalTech, FuelTech [has updates for hybrid and full EV use], also seen in the Rimac especially their Nevera F. Tesla is basically promoting their some of their EV as 'performance' versions, but not properly, fully focused upon producing a properly designed 'performance' vehicle 1. there are clear, obvious mechanical issues, lacking as with the braking system, use, delivery with DOT 3 fluid, brake disks, pads good for general use, but less than capable and dangerous for any track, racing use - easily overheat -> brake fade and failure -> without any public admittance, offering, they have finally offered carbon-ceramic disks with appropriate pads, which are larger also, thus similar with other private manufacture production, though notably more expensive. 2. no performance, lightweight wheel options 3. the various 'performance' modes have not possible user input, modifications, adjustments, etc. [see C8 Z06 with launch mode for example], nor does the S/W controller seem to be well enough designed and implemented to adjust, modify according all track, traction, temperature, various conditions = limited design and implementation 4. =>Thus, more focused upon general passenger use with the possible track use also. 5. The obvious power/weight is very poor, ~4800lbs/1020HP, without any thought, intent, design, implementation about having a modular, removable battery system for track use or any portable charger, use of, with solar panels [which Tesla produce for homes, buildings, etc.] for charging, additional internal wind generators, extended range battery packs, for all type of uses. G. Then of course, when the obvious, known limitations are added, worse yet the rarely mentioned, avoided [intentionally] complete system, vehicle control by the manufacture including complete lockout, use, charging station blocks/lockout, constant wireless communication monitoring, control, access, availability, modification, which allows the vehicle to be completely controlled, takeover, lockout the driver, lock any and all passengers inside, stop or direct the vehicle remotely by the manufacture, any partners which include gov't and Globalists/Elite - by design, intents and purpose - >many to most, perhaps nearly all other modern manufactured vehicles have these same designs also, not just EV H. Thus this vehicle as with nearly all modern produced motor vehicles contain a computer control which is similar with all mobile computer devices, 'phones', 'tablets' with in-built, designed constant, continuous, monitoring, data acquisition, communication including all available information including location, travel, destination, speed, stops, time, dates, use, id, transactions, etc. = well designed, intended for full data capture, gathering, collection, thus storage, search by the various Gov't Agencies, Departments, Authoritarians, Globalist/Elite, in conjunction with the common portable computer, hand-held 'phone' devices they directed, dictated, controlled, invested, partner to be designed, developed, implemented, produced, promoted, proliferated, among the masses, especially, specifically with the "Inet", formally DARPANET [BBE developed for DARPA], cellular-mobile communications system and the interconnection. 1. ->those that consider these actual facts as some 'wild', 'crazy', 'nonsensical' idea, concept, portrayal, narrative are clearly in denial, refusal of the Facts, Reality with every proof including CCP-China full surveillance implementation, major existing surveillance within every country worldwide via cellular-mobile communication systems implemented prior to their inception, implementation, with their added aspect as they were designed, developed, produced while the public is led to use them for convenience, features, 'advantages' without any security, privacy and easier access with all 'wireless' communications, also legally, with legal partnerships within fixed connection systems [wire, cable, etc] [please see CIA/IQT VentCapCorp list of investment-partners - others exist too via other InvtVentCap and direct partners] 2. those are unaware, ignorant, ignore, deny, refuse the reality of the intended, purposeful portrayals, narratives of known, self-proclaimed "Socialist" George Orwell's "Animal Farm", "1984" and H.G. Well "War of the Worlds" along with Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek" and others 3. The contrived, devised 'COVID-19'-SARS-CoV-2'-'UN/WHO-Pandemic' Hoax = "Globalist/Elite" "Plandemic" is proof of the "Authoritarian" controls, Laws, Rules, Implementation, Force, 'contact tracing', monitoring, access, all available through every mobile communications device including motor vehicles, along with the fear, panic, anxiety, hysteria, thus portrayal and narrative "in the name of 'Public Heath Emergency' ", as critical, vital, essential, necessary with complete violation to, with,within Individual Rights&Freedoms, where they exist legally, constitutionally [few, rare as the USA, Germany] 4. Not as their many media false portrayals, narratives which are intended to portray narrate, such to incite fear, panic, anxiety, hysteria just as they I. If You are a or among the 'Globalist/Elite", their key members, selected, chosen "Elite" as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Wm Gates, Peter Thiel, all 'politicians', 'parties', political parties', etc. accept, follow, the "Socialist/ISM", "Communist/ISM", "Authoritarian/ist/ISM", "Globalist/ISM" One World Governance Agenda, then You will promote this Tesla Plaid and other such vehicles, devices along with other clear, obvious, certain Falsehood, Pretense, LIES, Distortion, etc. as their attempted, "Ozone Layer", "Global Warming", "Climate Change" Falsehood, False portrayals, narratives, nonsense with NO Science, nor actual experts involved, agreement, acceptance, since Biology and related areas of Study are just that, 'ology' not Science, do not use the "Scientific Method-Methodology", except some of the aspects of, with, investigation, investigative, experimentation, experiments but precisely since they do not proceed with the intention, direction development of, with, within causation, mechanism, proof necessary for Postulation, Hypothesis, Thesis, Theory [actual not common misuse, abuse, misconception] and other falsehood fale portrayals, false narratives misconceptions 1. without causation, mechanism, proof, there is NO proof, science of, with, about any of their proposed ideas along with clear. obvious, certain counter indications 2. these falsehoods, have been promoted by individuals without any proper expertise, basis for many decades, often called 'environmentalists' - which just listening to any one with their claims, presentations are clearly, obvious, certainly full of nonsense, lack with any proof, proper knowledge, basis, usually self-contradictory as with, within all such '-logy', topics of study as and including sociology, psychology, etc. 3. Actual Science and Engineering never resort to, with, within 'study' process, techniques, methods including 'trial and error' [failure], numericals data collection base for development, though many S/W, programming do resort to such, when actual causation, mechanism are lacking, but proper algorithms are based in proper advanced mathematics with established, known principles, causation, mechanism, as within combustion, mechanical, materials, electrical, electricity, power, flight and surface controls, etc. 4. Such certainly better, improved algorithms exist and are developed via the proper methods, which the Tesla development engineers, programmers, software developers seem not directed to design and develop. All The Best, Sincerely

@newtonfirefly3584 (aka ChatGPT) thanks your AI comment 👍

👍 We aren’t exactly sure how much he’s got in this Z06, but we regularly beat *much* more expensive cars (every Lambo, Ferrari, McLaren, Bentley, AMG, etc). We were even beating all of those in our 2019 Model S Performance that ran mid-10s. Until the Demon170 comes out, there’s nothing stock to compete (and let’s be real, it’ll be $200K out the door)

​@Tesla Plaid Channel if Teslas weren't so damn ugly, I'd buy one. 😔

Likewise, I prefer the long hood of the C7. It's the pinnacle of modern Vettes, and a ZR-1 would be a lot of fun...

👍 Back seats and much more (frunk, trim, sound deadening material, etc) have all been out of the car for almost a year now (shown in other videos). Super capacitors are in our future, just no way to integrate it into *this* car due to the locked SW architecture. But maybe when we do an EV conversion on a ‘69 Camaro?

Haven’t seen his dyno numbers, but for reference a Dodge Demon has 840HP (at crank) in high octane tune and they always run in the 10s at this track on drag tires. (Never seen one hit a 9, and we’ve raced at least 3.) We watched the Vette run 9.80 on his first pass, and with lower DA and intake temps it will do even better.

The most recent two Demons ran 10.3-10.4 at this same track: ru-vid.com/group/PLhSrlyVZnBMriVzFr9HNGbVtIejgctnKX

@@TeslaPlaidChannel yeah but a demon is a freaking barge compared to a z06. if hes making 800 at the wheel his mph doesnt reflect that

@@mike02ss False Claims Mike,You clearly don't know what level of wHP achieves what performance results on the track !! The C7 Z06 can be improved to achieve 1000-1100wHP with upgraded supercharger, fuel system, thus quicker than the Plaid S.

@newtonfirefly3584 “can be improved”? Run what ya bring! 😃

Because when someone drives ~2 hours EACH WAY to the dragstrip, and the fastest car you can line up with runs a high 9, then choose: (A) Give him the HIT and Race? or (B) Drive back home with ZERO RACES? (after ~4 hours of driving). We chose (A). You can choose (B) if you prefer...

💰Money racers care when they get beat; it gets expensive! 💰 We love a great V8 sound, but even Chevy is going electric. Heard of the E-Ray Vette yet? 🤔

If loud and slow matches your character better then why not 😂

V8 could easily beat electric if it wasn't for epa and their stupid demands. V8s still kick ass anyway.

Thanks for your feedback: At which point in the video? (We’ve played it back here and it sounded ok)

​@@TeslaPlaidChanneljust played it back and now it has volume. Amazing!

Maybe you are referring to when we were hit by something (a rock or coin) during that burnout in front of us? (Shown first at 1:37 ) That's because the slow-motion is at 5%, and it's just to show a super-closeup of the object, maybe it's a Quarter? All sound resumes at 1:53

Of the six dragsters we’ve raced, this was far from the fastest. (The latest one we raced had at least twice the power of this one.) All Tesla vs Dragster races here: ru-vid.com/group/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

Because you aren’t paying any attention, that’s why. There are over a hundred videos of the Tesla losing on this Channel. Pay attention first before making such a lame and false comment? 🤔

Also, because you are obviously ignorant if you believe a 700HP *anything* can beat the 1020HP Plaid, unless it’s a rail or something under 2500 pounds. That’s not ANY Dodge, Audi, GTR or Vette. Are you really such a total noob that you believe a stock 707HP Hellcat that runs 11.2-11.4 seconds can beat a 9.2 second Plaid? Dang, that’s a new level of ignorance for this Comments section! 😳 (Hint: 707HP Hellcats get gapped by TWENTY CAR LENGTHS, as we’ve shown countless times.)

“Real car enthusiasts?” You mean like JAY LENO? He’s got hundreds of cars and a number of EVs. And how about BIG DADDY DON GARLITS? He’s been drag racing EVs for a decade now. Do you have as many NHRA Championships? Do you run the Drag Racing Museum? Do you own as many cars as Leno? Do you host a popular TV show about *your* Garage? 🤔 No? So respectfully, that comment appears uninformed 😃

I prefer a manual which is why you would never see me in an ev.

We prefer to race fire breathing gas cars for some of those reasons. And yet we’ve had dozens of cars break at the starting line next to us (GT-R blown engine and Redeye driveshafts are the more memorable ones). Our 2 Teslas haven’t had those problems. Almost 2000 timeslips now without a single broken part. No maintenance either, except for one set of brake pads. If that’s boring, so be it. We aren’t willing to spend our weekends fixing things anymore. We did that for many years. 3 Camaros and a nitoeus foxbody. Older now, and our back prefers reliability 👍

It’s a Tesla with a badge on the back that says Plaid. Available in Sedan (S) or SUV (X), most people can tell the difference between the two body styles. For those that can’t: This is the *S* (there’s no badge that says ‘S’ or ‘X’, they trust that people can tell the difference due to the size, shape, and extra 1000 pounds)

And for those that haven’t seen the X Plaid (SUV), here’s ours from last year at the dragstrip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ey6orORoWJU.html

Right because bmw and MB have only 2 M or AMG, too confusing

The car from Nevera-Nevera land? 🤣With only 50 sold and most in storage, you will never(a) see one in real life. We are at the dragstrip 2-3 times every week. We’ve never(a) seen one. Nevera will!

@@TeslaPlaidChannel lucid eats Tesla

We beat the Lucid Sapphire 3 out of 4 races already. Posted here on this Channel (pay attention). That was in real life though, not a marketing video that you watched and believed 🤣. As if the result will be the same under all conditions 🤣 Unless you have actual knowledge of actual dragstrips, you’re just another keyboard warrior who learned everything “from the internet” 🤣

@@TeslaPlaidChannel not keyboard warrior want cell number I’ll talk to you live on your channel about Tesla it’s trash that’s that

🤣🤣🤣 Troll alert! 🤣🤣🤣

Dragsters come in many sizes and we’ve raced half a dozen, from short wheelbase to long rails with over 1000HP: ru-vid.com/group/PLhSrlyVZnBMo4eaWBVHOWvajcLSVcTjjT

They launched without revving up, so maybe they goofed.

Yeah thr launch was bad. I also just noticed the donut filter on top. It appears to be N/A. Someone's weekend garage project.

👍 We are very much looking forward to that race. We believe we have enough to take it. And even if it gets lucky with perfect traction and launch on one run, we should be able to take every “2 out of 3” 😃

@@TeslaPlaidChannel heck ya hopefully you make history doing it 😆

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Do we whip our dicks out next ? How does this work ? It's electric and the statement still stands . There's no mods , no sound and no soul. Just my opinion don't have to be yours . 😂

Ever heard of Don Garlits? NHRA Champion, Big Daddy runs the Drag Racing Museum here in Florida. He switched to racing EVs a full DECADE ago. (He’s an absolute expert on Drag Racing 👍) Ever heard of Jay Leno? He owns hundreds of cars including several EVs, including Tesla, Porsche Taycan, and others. He’s an absolute expert on cars, and he extols the many advantages of EVs over ICE on his TV show “Jay Leno’s Garage” 👍 Ever read a car magazine like Motor Trend, Road and Track, or even Consumer Reports? Their testing is extensive, with thorough reviews of hundreds of cars per year. All of them acknowledge the advantages of EVs, and all of them can’t stop taking about the “engineering marvel” that is the new Corvette E-Ray 👍 As for us, our EVs (we’ve owned 6) are powered by solar panels on our roof, with 2 Powerwalls of backup. When the grid goes down, gasoline doesn’t pump. Ever watch the news after an epic storm? The few stations with any gas left usually have hundreds of cars lined up for blocks. We don’t have that problem. We are entirely self sufficient, and none of our cars have ever run out of battery power after hundreds of thousands of miles 👍. (Those batteries all have 8 year / 150,000 mile warranties BTW, but of course you probably “keep all your cars for 20 years or more”, right?) And so today here’s your comment. Maybe you believe you know more about cars than professional Automotive Journalists? Maybe you’ve owned more cars than Jay Leno? Maybe you are more of a drag racing expert than Don Garlits? 🤔 But then again,probably not. And since you’ve never even owned an EV, how can you possibly claim to give knowledgeable input about them? 😃

You walk just like if you run out of gas. Same difference. This is a drag race. First one to the finish line (without red-lighting) wins. Simple as that doesn't matter if you're driving a Vette, Tesla, go cart or a lawn mower. And no matter how you slice it, 9.25 @ 150 and then the next day take it the grocery store, the Tesla Plaid is amazing.

It's a car, not a political position. A very impressive car. It is the quickest regular production car ever sold, and it's made in the USA!

Damn those soulless semiconductors nothing beats vacuum tubes and punching cards 😂

@@3644Darrell Alex, can I have “Things people say when they lose to EVs” for $1000 please?

My wife is content to watch, so props to this fine lady for getting behind the wheel of the dragster. 😃 And then we gave the hit based on a scouting report of the car (small block setup). We didn’t know anything about the driver til we got next to it in the staging lanes

What interior? Our Plaid doesn’t have one of those: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JLmnsjTktJE.html

We’ve bumped into him a few times and Sam and I always have great conversations. But whenever I propose a race, they politely decline. One such time can be seen at the 9-min mark of this night: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_6CLVxWdqHc.html

@@TeslaPlaidChannel thanks Andrew, and hey, while cruising in Dana Point today after the South OC Cars and Coffee at the San Clemente outlet mall, saw a Tesla convertible, and shot a quick picture through my windshield. Must be an aftermarket company making this conversion. Ever seen one?

@@Combat556 👍 Yes! That convertible Tesla was actually built by a shop on Gothard Street in Huntington Beach, just a couple miles from where we moved here from…

@@TeslaPlaidChannel wow, small “Tesla” world. The targa style roll bar looked cool, but the retracted top was not neatly tucked away; makes you look twice though.

www.yahoo.com/video/huntington-beach-company-creates-first-155306738.html

...or maybe the true winner is: The Viewers, because every week we highlight awesome vehicles like that Z06 (or Demon, or exotics, or trailered big-tire beasts, or dragsters, etc...)