Is the Tesla Plaid ACTUALLY that Fast? 

"as much as 3 F1 cars, a typical SUV, or 2 long-fin pilot whales or 1 short-fin pilot whale" Americans will measure in anything instead of the Metric system.

0-60 sub 2 second!! Forza Game Mechanics: lol

Love how we learn so many unknown things about the whole car sector in general. Manufacturers, engineering, comedy, you guys do it all and I am here for it! Love your work so much!

Never remove the sounds when Nolan adjusts his glasses. It reminds me to do my own.

“Take the seats out and let skinny bob drive and now we’re cooking” is such an underrated line lol

Rimac has also said the Nevera will do 0-60 mph in 1.85 seconds, and reach a 258-mph top speed. DragTimes measured track 0-60-mph acceleration during the record attempt, with a best result of 1.9 seconds

You don't need to wait for the full cheetah stance to finish before launching, we have still run in the 9.2-9.3 range in a heads up race with courtesy staging...

Yo Yo Yo, you can't just change up Nolan's glasses reload sound. I almost choked on my lunch with that friggin squeaky toy sound XD XD

For some reason I liked how Jeremiah mentioned carwow and drag times. It's like my favourite car car youtubers collabing or something.

I love when two different Donut shows feature each other

They did it. The editors found a funnier sound clip for Nolan

So it went 0 to 60 in 2.1. Well, now I'm impressed.

Jeremiah: "I can't wait to buy one of these used!" Too real man, lol.

Nolan is great fun to watch, his genuine nerd enthusiasm and love for what he's doing is just infectious. I envy you dude,i hope you always love what you do just as much

Congrats on landing that Auto Zone commercial spot, Jeremiah - I saw your ad right before this video. It's awesome to see your and Donut Media's success continuing to grow!

I just wanna know the settings for the chroma key, It's literally perfect

I remember that Motor Trends intentionally did Suzuki Samurai dirty back in the day and hurt their marketshare in the US. I also remember they faced ZERO accountability so I do not trust any testing data they put out.

Like doug said "its terrifying anyone can have this amount of power in such a low price now"

Donut is literally the only channel where I don't mind watching the adverts - most are better than the main content of other channels.

im loving the incorporations of the different series A LOT it makes the content so much better than it already is, which is amazing as is. keep this stuff up 🙌

I remember getting hyped seeing sub 4 second 0-60 cars popping up like crazy 10 years ago, now we're starting to see sub 2 second cars. Come 10-15 years we'll start seeing sub 1 second 0-60 times and I'm all for it!

Would’ve been funny if the whole video was Jeremiah saying “you can’t” and just staring into the camera for 10 minutes

This really puts Fast & The Furious into perspective. Imagining Brian’s Eclipse pulling a sub-ten second time seems like much more of a stretch than it used to.

This easily could have been a 100 world article but they managed to keep us hooked for 18 minutes. Kudos to them.

The fact that a family car weighing 4.8k can do this is amazing gets me excited for the roadster. It'll rip ass

9:27 I don't understand why I often hear the plaid was not designed for drag racing. ( it isn't as extreme as something like Dodge Demon) but it's largest selling points are its ability to launch and ablity to beat any current production car in the 1/4mile and most vehicles with over 1000hp tend to be quick.

Wow, an honest and straight forward review of a Tesla Car by a reputable & well known source. Am I dreaming?

Day 420 of me just enjoying the content donut puts out and not complaining about it

The Plaid vs Nevera drag race has already happened and as expected the Nevera won after multiple runs. I saw it on Emelia Hartford's channel.

that whole sequence is a unique experience too, it’s good advertising as well

“How to beat Tesla plaid” Me to myself : For that you need a car first

I've always wondered about the legalities when safety's concerned on such powerful vehicle. Thanks for explaining most of them

Nürburgring laptimes is a 'specific set of conditions' for the Tesla apparently. Fast but not an absolute record time because a handful of cars with petrol engines are still faster than the S Plaid. The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S, for example, with a lap time of 7:23.009, as well as the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 which did 7:18.361 for a lap. The Porsche Panamera Turbo also drove a faster time, 7:29.81 last year than the Tesla which did 7:30.909.

“You could probably beat it in your moms minivan” *Boostedboiz entered the chat*

Alright, where the hell went my suggestion to put a Plaid drivetrain in Nolan's Imperial, with a plaid interior? That was a stellar idea!

Porsche seems to be one of the few that underrates it's metrics like 0-60. One of the reasons I love Porsche.

Only one flaw Donut. The plaid owners group has figured out that the plaid allows you to creep forward in chetta stance now. so they now can "bump in" Just a heads up

Every donut host's most iconic meme: Jerry: Ya mom jokes James: LIGHTNING LIGHTNING LIGHTNING!!!!! Nolan: Glasses reload Zack: Idk, probably breaking something

Jerry straight up keeping 2000s internet alive with the Yo Mama jokes

When I went to the drag strip some twenty plus years ago, I used to tell the staff they should were cleated shoes so they wouldn't get stuck to the track. They never did. Looks like nobody does to this day.

Moral of the story: Whatever companies build some guys with some money and free time will build something faster

I never imagined marques would get me here

Thanks to Nolan for explaining me what those lights on dragstrips are

7:18 The Nevera pulled a 1.85 0-60 on a dusty runway. Get with the times.

I don’t even really care about cars this channel is just really good. Hosts are great and so is production.if anyone sees this good job and hold onto the hosts, seem like good dudes.

Interesting information, I don't know what all the fuss is about though. I had always assumed reported 0-60 times were done at the drag strip. I mean if they weren't I'd think the testing parameters would be even more varied and vague from the manufacturers

Saw one make a pass a month or two ago. It was fast. I'm a typical old school v8 guy who races a foxbody. I was impressed

Hey just saw your autozone commercial, good shit bro so proud of you.

Yo mama 😂 I died

"How to Beat the Tesla Plaid" Step one: deflate the tyres

The "yo mama" joke was sooo good, thumbs up for you guys! LOL

"It wasn't designed for drag racing" "Has drag race and cheetah stance" My *doubt intensifies*

So drag times hit 60 in 2.1 seconds on a regular streets that's pretty damn impressive

Thanks for the video Tom Delong!

3:57 i tested my b5 passat from 2001 and it was 0.5sec faster even it was 18y old car at the time, bonestock, magic of diesel 1.9 tdi

Brooks from DragTimes did 0-60 in 1.99 seconds on the street (with rollout substracted)

Very entertaining and informative, as usual!

man editors just keep rocking the sound everytime nolan adjusts his glasses hahahaha me rofling here

I for one am looking forward to getting a discount on a used Nevera. I reckon something in the region of €1.9 million off new would put it in my price bracket.

Jeremiah: *Mentions Rimac Me: *Has flashbacks to Richard Hammond's crash while filming season two of The Grand Tour

Thanks for this video, I've been wondering this since they came out. I've never seen a 3rd party recorded 1.99, but I also didn't see news articles saying Elon was wrong

I love this kid. Brilliant engineering knowledge, great sense of humor, great teaching and speaking ability. He should have his own tv show on Discovery or MT.

Love that you guys gave a shout out to car wow Mat will be pleased

Day 130 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back

Jerry's moustache is starting to come along lol

Here's another viewpoint not mentioned. I have a Model 3 Performance, it's 0-60 is 3.1s. Taking off from a light, I was about even with a plaid to 50. After 50, he was GONE. It was like I wasn't moving. This was only an X, not an S.!!

Jeremy: *talks about how quick the plaid is* Rimac Nevera: am I a joke to you?

Well on the demon you have to mount special tires & change parts of the dashboard, to archieve times that are decent

Straight from MKBHD 🌚

If Elon Musk says something, its best to take it with a whole Morton's canister of salt

Love seening you guys in that ads instead of randoms

I’ve driven one. This thing is fast. It felt like I blinked and it hit 38. Definitely a quick car

I expect a Joe mama joke everytime I see Jeremiah now

I've taken this all onboard but I still think my Passat is gonna struggle

1994 Boss Mustang 10.0 did 0-60 in 1.9. I think it was on slicks/semi-slicks, but still back in 94, that was crazy! Yes, it never went into production, but still...

I honestly thought the simple answer would be by the new Rimac

"And as long as she's not in it" *damn*

That Rimac is insane!!

Rimac Nevera: _Allow me to introduce myself_

EV haters twenty years ago: "EVs are too slow." EV haters today: "EVs are too fast."

straight line performance is so awesome and exciting just hammer your foot and hold the "wheel" 😂👌

You've done it again Donut, uploaded right on my lunch break 👍

there is only one way to beat the plaid- race it with rimac btw when is the rimac episode coming?

Seems like a fairly obvious route to go for getting a real competitive drag-ready Tesla would be having something like a half-size battery. Sure you can pull the passenger seats, pull anything in the trunk you don't need, etc.. to reduce weight, but the battery in a Model S is somewhere around 1300 pounds. A half-size battery at 650lbs would make a huge difference to it's track times.

8-15 minutes of waiting for dragstrip mode was true in the previous models but it's much quicker in the plaid

what about the Rimac. their 0-60 was 1.86s with rollout. and broke the world record for fastest 1/4 mile at 8.62s.

"Is the Tesla Plaid ACUALLY that fast?" No, it isn't all that fast but it IS VERY quick. I have discovered most people don't know the difference between the words "quick" vs. "fast." "Quick" is a measure of time. A car that does the quarter mile in 8 seconds is quicker (not faster) than a car that can do the 1/4 in 8.1. "Fast" is a measurement of speed. It's how far a vehicle travels in an amount of time..as in MILES PER HOUR.

Jerry's hosting abilities have gotten way better lately

14:25 Its funny just the other day The guy from the tesla plaid channel may have a loophole to counteract that staging process. Apparently the car rolls forward a little when in launch mode, so this detail could be used to stage up to the lights if you get it just right. Still the cheetah stance is kinda dumb, that's just me.

Brilliant, explanation, on the roll out. Thank you. 👍

idea to beat the plaid in a race, awd eg hatch. ive seen then rip, ive seen them run 8 second quarter miles. same with a built subaru

7:17 rimac nevera: am I a joke to you? (On a track without rollout, without sticky concrete, does a 1.8)

My favorite argument is "but it's got no soul!!". Listen, go get in a 100d or a plaid, have the driver punch it from a dead stop and you'll understand it has no soul because it has successfully snatched yours out of you with the craziest acceleration you'll ever feel in your life to date.

Everyone : The plaid is the quickest car over the quartile mile at 9.2 Rimac Nevera : Does an 8.6 second quartile mile. Am I a joke to you. End of video : Gives respect to the Nevera Nevera : ABOUT TIME YOU RECOGNIZE ME!

I would like to use this video to give my thoughts on Tesla’s interior design. The fact that everything is in a I-Pad infotainment screen, and I absolutely hate everything about that.

As someone who has driven a plaid multiple times (very aggressively) it is still a fast car. Me and my buddy who owns it (17 and designs video games so not daddy’s money) have gone to Mexico a few times and have yet to be beat. Closest race was with a Yamaha R1 doing a 50-150, Yamaha fell back by about the length of a door during the race. We’ve raced 9xx hp mustangs and even a 13xx hp stang and neither one could win. People forget that the electric torque is non stop. There is no powerband. The Tesla gets 100% all of the time. The 1020hp in a car that with driver and co pilot weighs over 5000 pounds still beats damn near anything out there. People shit on the plaid but for $130,000 used, you can kick everyone’s asses and save a ton of gas money. Not to mention it’s a very comfortable car to be in. Also no the battery doesn’t die after 2 pulls, after using plaid mode the battery went down 2%

No one will be able to beat this plaid at the drag strip? That one guy with a hard tuned supra: hold my beer

I remember when Jeremiah first made his appearance on donut and I'll I could think was "who is this fool and why is he taking time away from my sweet baby James" but now I'm just so glad to see a video from him, a valuable addition to donut!

MKBHD?

The really exciting prospect in my view, is how these cars will change the customization scene in the future. Just imagine maybe 15 years from now, when old Plaids are still around running the same motors and controllers, but higher power density cells are available and you can get the same output from a modified car that's 1000lb lighter.