This was such a fun experience, thanks for having me out guys!

It's crazy that one could daily drive and even do comfortable road trips in a 10-second car. Oh, and you can do it with out making your neighbors angry because it doesn't sound like a machine gun when you turn it on.

10:41 "Mashing the gas" Just gonna be one of those things that sticks, like "roll down the windows"

This is about what I expected. The owner was cool, and generous to offer the Plaid for review. I would also choose the blue with the cream interior, and getting the ($15K) FSD included made this a relative bargain. I loved the second driver's enthusiasm. Unfortunately, it wasn't in peak performance mode (as shown by the dash), and the rough road lost a half second from the times, but what is still apparent is that the Model S Plaid is a watershed achievement in automotive history. To get this kind of hypercar acceleration in a gas powered car, you would need it to be a dedicated drag racer, which wouldn't pass smog, and probably couldn't be legally driven on the street. Let alone anything like this quiet comfort, and safety, able to drive cross country more cheaply than a Prius. With cool tech, long range capability, and convenient reliable Supercharging. Like many overachieving cars, it is not a good fit for everyone. But it is a dream car for many of us who appreciate all that it can achieve with so little compromise.

Please have it running with some other cars - maybe a C8 corvette or some other "fast" car. It's hard to appreciate how CRAZY fast the Plaid is until you see it next to cars that some people think are fast 😂

LOOK AT THE SMILE ON ALEX'S FACE BEFORE HE PUT THAT HELMET ON 👏👏👏

Mad probs to Chris! Seems like a cool guy and very generous to help the channel out!

This has got to be one slippery surface, I’ve never seen my Plaid run this slow. 0-60 is usually 2.1-2.3 seconds on the street.

This is what I’ve been asking! Like a Model 3 Long Range is so fast idk how some people can handle that much speed!

Ive gotten a 2.2 0-60 on a non prepped surface with S Plaid and oem 19" wheels. Measured with Dragy.

This was a fantastic video guys. Great job staying in the pedal Alex.

The deer crossing the strip made my palms sweat! I can’t even imagine the outcome of hitting it at those speeds.

2:06 Hey, did you do the propery launch? you are soposed to hold the Brake and the accelerator down and release the brakes when the dash say so.

Never would have thought Tommy would not do the quarter in it! Awesome video guys.

I wish Elon would make a plaid upgrade for the model 3.

Tesla has made supercar performance affordable for the average Joe. I never thought I'd own a car that does 0-60 in 3.5s for under $50k. My gas cars I'd chase every little horsepower trying to make my cars faster all for placebo effect. And I get equivalent of 160 MPG at the same time. I couldn't imagine owning a Plaid.

How can anyone honestly look at that sleek American made world leading ev super sedan and think it's now "dated looking" 😀👍🏻

This spec of a Tesla is my favorite . Blue & Black wheels with white interior. 💙🖤🤍

Have buddy that has one and took me for a drive and let me drive it all I can say is it is like a roller coaster and I don't do good on them so had stomach/head issues for a few hours after the short drive.

Now the steering wheel comes standard rather than the yoke which was standard for a while.

You guys need to go up to Bamdimere this year and do some videos, as it's the last year ever. You should also do a non-normal video of the history of Bandimere. I am sooooooo bummed...

Trivial tangent--saw a dyno test of Plaid S measuring over 1100 hp.

Don't forget Tesla had the Tesla Plaid+ they never sold to public.

Wow, this thing is quick! To think in just a few years you can buy this car for like $60-70k used!!! And will still be a stock under 10sec car

So fast that I got motion-sick... Going straight!

I’ve been wondering if we will get to a point where the general public shouldn’t have the vehicles. I think the Plaid comes close. When you punch it in an electric car, the response is so quick you can get into trouble before you know what happened..

I run 2.29 0-60 and 6.01 @118 in the 1/8 in my plaid.

Fun video!

Just as in the motorcycle world, where HD riders admittedly give up ultimate performance for a particular sound, with the vibrations and nuances of their favourite ride, that car will never draw the same crowd and favour as a hot ICE car. Have fun and then throw it away.

A McLaren speed tail comes with the hub caps too

The dash read a top speed of 156mph... 🤯

Now that was fun guys love it

Car was not at Peak Performance mode during your tests. Says so right on the screen.

There is no Plaid badge in the back?

You guys have gotten much better with acting since you started.

Any prepped PLAID is low 9s, 154-158 vehicle in 21s”. Drop down to 19s” with right tires, on a real track, right driver, right wheels, right drag mode/Cheetah will get slightly under 9sec. Also, this PLAId looks like a ex Turo vehicle. Bet it is. That is why dealer would not let him drive before buy. Wonder if this was Ryan Shaw’s Turo PLAID? Also screen betrays the wrong performance setting.. AGAIN…

Great color, too...

Does it record G force. I would like to know how many G's.

The Plaid is the “military-style assault weapon” of the car world.

Can you imagine a parent letting their teenager use their Plaid S?

That’s so consistent with the launch too. It’s always difficult to launch an ice vehicle and worrying about bogging. Teslas are dummy proofed!😂

What's the g force?

what was the Carrol Shelby test 0-100mph and back down to 0mph in 10 seconds or less? I wonder where this car sits on doing that test

I had a p90 which was a 4 second. For whatever reason it didn’t seem that fast. Probably the big car with no handling syndrome. I want a smaller model 3 with that power.

Right up there with superbikes in the adrenaline and legal departments.

I thought all plaids came with the red brake pads and said plaid on the back right of the car?

Fast as funk

They've been selling sport bikes that accelerate like that for 2 decades now. The cars a much safer way to pull off the line like that. I only have a 2011 triumph Thunderbird storm and I can cut a 1.61 60ft and it's a heavy cruiser.

The only thing I don’t like about them is the yoke steering wheel which I know you can swap out now. Not like I could afford one anyway so I will stay with my slow 1999 SLK230 and 2007 C230 😂

This should be tested by Paul at IMIM motorsports

It’s cool

yes they can

There should be a Plaid logo on the rear, right? Why would someone take that off?? Ugh. Great video!

Imagine the Roadster V2

And who remembers the video of how resistant certain people were to this car being sold to the public? 😉 "Too dangerous" ;) As I recall, I said it's the driver, not the product. As a sports sedan, it is impressive of course. But it lacks the ICE experience one enjoys from the sounds and rowing gears. IF I had the $ and desire to own a Tesla product, this would be the one tho. ;)

7:56: I think that's the Plaid's way of saying that while the Dodge Demon might be chaotic evil, this car is lawful evil and a better lead baddie for the campaign.

If one is paying $92K for a sedan, one should expect it do something spectacular; and this car does just that.

Plaid... I didn't get it till I saw the dash graphic animation. It's a *Spaceballs* joke!

Question for Alex. Liter bikes are well within the 1/4 mile times and speeds you achieved here with the Plaid. How does the experience compare?

it's not even the 0-60 it's how it pulls beyond that, was hitting 150 not long after reaching 60 and may have gotten there even faster from 60-150+ than initial 0-60.

Would they say it was to fast if it was a gas car 🤔

This could have saved Brian Oconner from a lot of problems...😅😂

It does 0-60 in less distance than most do 60-0.

Walmart will sell you an assault rifle and you're questioning the safety of selling a Plaid model S 🤣

The American made, four door family saloon car, banned from race tracks all over America.

So he said he was able to keep FSD because he bought the car used from a dealer. Does that mean if I were selling that same car to him, he couldn't keep it without paying Tesla for it again?

@4:27 How's that yoke treating you? LoL Looks a bit challenging at low speeds, and ugly. I'd be swapping that out first thing.

Would love to see you guys test the new Lucid(top of the line) that smokes this thing.

Boy, lucid air sapphire is on the way 😢😢😢😢

My boss at work firmly believes in Tesla products...he's waiting on the Cyber truck to come out.

That is a lot of mass moving at an insane speed. I have to believe they will restrict these soon for legal driving.

60 foot time wasn’t very quick at all, I remember back in early 90s driving cyclone AWD pick up truck could do 1.6 to 60 foot.

Great video guys. If you guys want your brains 🧠 to get smashed to the back of your skull (if you ever have a chance) to test drive and launch the McMurtry fastest ev and it looks like a Batmobile.

All the gas car guys are going to come out and “bla bla bla my stripped out muscle car with 1500hp will beat it.” But that’s not the point. The point is to have a 9s 1/4 mi comfortable family car. 😂

160 mph is just a station wagon commuting speed out here in Germany 😉😁

We already knew it was fast🙄

How to classify this car? EASY. Its the NEW ALL AMERICAN MUSCLE CAR!

Bambi 😂

What I will always wonder is why -- if Tesla can make a car that has this much speed -- why can't they go the other way, and make a car with like double the range?

nice meme-mobile

Shhh don’t give the gov any ideas

How much money did he lose thru depreciation?

It’s not a Hellcat, its a Wattcat.

It is both Wonderful and Sad... that the Plaid destroys everything that came before it... the Silent Killer. I would not have had a poster of it in my room like I did the Lamborghini Countach, 4 doors just does do it for me emotionally... but the numbers do not lie. I think Tesla should start another company within Tesla... "The Plaid Works" to finally build the Roadster at whatever ridiculicous price and other cars that are limited production... hand-built custom bodied cars that even the likes of Bugatti, McLaren, Pagani, Koenigsegg...et al.... cannot match.

This is very hard on your batteries launching like that. Shortens battery life. Lithium batteries were designed for fast charging not continual deep discharging. Is there car a fire in your future?

I want to like this car except i cant get behind the lunitic ceo and cant drive what 99% of ppl here is the bay area drive. The new Prius is cooler than this spaceballs car tbh.

This is made for Sheldon looking nerds to take it down long strips with lots of room, because it has no brakes and it’s heavy. It’s easier to turn a big pickup truck than this exploding mini van sedan This thing will command the shit out of the mall parking lot. Just about the only corners it can take. Not a sportscar

These cars accelerate super fast. But they have the most garbage excuse for brakes of any car with this kind of power. A car of this weight, with that power, should have gigantic brakes. And there is no excuse to not put big brakes on it when all its competitors do.

Be careful that the steering doesn't stay in your hands 🤣

Lucid Shappire is Faster 😉

A plaid is very quick, but only tops out a bit higher than the current crop of ponycars. A gt500 or hellcat is faster, but not quicker. The argument that this product could be dangerous because an irresponsible person can buy it is not cool with me. It's the same line of thinking around gun control, just because some people will do something stupid with it doesn't mean nobody else should have it.

6.66 seconds? Great, now my aunt is going to post to Facebook how Tesla is satanic.

Dont be such a baby, it's legal because it can be.

Ludicrous!

First

The Plaid isn't a performance car. It's a regular car that's way too fast for it's own good. Giving a daily saloon 1000hp and no other performance improvements is just silly

Abysmal build quality and dated design but its very fast. Good luck stopping! That being said, they do much much better with car build quality than solar and thats a scary proposition for homeowners And I say these things as a heavy investor in the company

a great toy for the wealthy

Can you take The Lord's name in vain more times?

Agreed that it is unreasonable to sell that car w/o adequate brakes and w/ sketchy suspension. It's like a Dodge Hellcat only cheaper and not scary enough to keep teen drivers alive.