Firefighter here. That Airbag Disable is there for emergency responders. The Roadster doesn't have an easy way to disconnect the batteries like an ICE vehicle or other electric cars. That feature allows us to ensure the airbags don't deploy on us or the occupants in the event of rescue operations. Airbags don't always go off in an accident. And they're rather dangerous to us when they don't deploy.
Not only that. If a technician is working on the car and needs to remove the steering wheel, they disconnect the battery so that it doesn't blow up in their face
@@HighTroop this is a different thing, usually a switch in glovebox. Im pretty sure the roadster has this to if the car is rated for Childs seats. Usually this switch only disables passenger airbags. Still, the emergency Airbag release is clearly intended for first responders and therefore accessible from outside the cockpit, like the battery in a traditional car. While i really like Dougs content, im sometimes don't understand how he ist not able to figure out such thigs
@@Darkhare33 @Tim Müller Many folks don't realize these sort of things. And it's not always made obvious. Sometimes even the manuals omit them. Doug can't know everything lol. It's obvious for someone in the emergency field but not always to an outside observer. Doug posts good stuff. So I tend to cut him some slack haha. He's not an engineer. Just an enthusiast like the rest of us :).
Hey Doug, the emergency airbag disable is for first responders. To prevent the airbags from accidentally deploying and injuring/killing a firefighter or patient while removing them from the car in an accident
The door locks are very intuitive. "Lock," one syllable, = 1 beep. "Unlock," two syllables = 2 beeps. It's done in such a way that you intuitively know which is which...
Former firefighter here... that ability to cut off the airbags is crucial. It’s safe to turn off the airbags in a car before performing extrications (done by fire personnel). Traditionally this is done by disconnecting the car battery and waiting a min or two for the airbags to disable. Since the Tesla has a battery always connected, it requires this switch. If the airbag goes off while extricating, it could severely injure the firefighter or trapped person.
The sound mimics the traditional sounds given off by car alarms/keyless entry systems. One beep = Lock Two beeps = Unlock Not sure why it was hard for him to connect the principles.
@@TheGhostTrollekdejvu attempting to open the door normally unlocks it automatically in cars with an electric lock so you'd have to try and open it from the outside handle to find out
@@Crazyklonk His old one would be better, trust me. Older video has driving shots from the outside with the awesome V10 sound. Newer videos never have outside shots
5:00 Just a reminder, the FTC says that warranty void stickers are illegal and have NEVER been allowed, so if you are a consumer and you break one and a company says sorry your warranty is void, report it to the FTC, they have recently switched from a wait for many people to report and then sue in civil court to proactive policing policy, so now more than ever there is a chance they will act.
12:50 Even if it's electric, there IS a rotating part: the rotor. An electric engine can be broken into two different assemblies (ignoring gearbox and inverter). The stator, which doesn't move, and the rotor, that spins around inside the stator. It can often reach 15-20 000 RPM depending on the type and application.
I was thinking the same thing, like this really is a SUPER simple thing even for someone less akin to electric cars. Every electric motor has an an RPM range rating, and they differ based on the needs of the product. Kind of weird he wouldn't have caught that with the experience he should have reviewing and driving hundreds of cars. It's not like he hasn't seen an electric car before.
The door lock noise is actually pretty intuitive. One beeper for lock, which is a one-syllable word; two for unlock, which is a two-syllable word. When you press the button just think of the car saying "lock" or "unlock".
Every Tesla since has used the same but with a different chime, it's more of a 'ding' now instead of a 'beep'. :) If you have any Tesla, as you pull on the door handle and the car unlocks from your phone/fob you'll hear the "beep beep" from inside the car.
I never thought these were rare when these came out. I was stationed at a military base and there was two red ones. Owned by contractors by Boeing or something. When I learned they were rare it showed me how well connected guys doing that work are
In the Netherlands you would also occasionally see them. Because our vehicle taxing system used to be extremely friendly towards electric cars many of those early electric cars became relatively common here (Fisker Karma for example).
As a fireman I have seen that “disable” airbags logo in text books but never in person. We just cut or remove the battery before cutting through the pillars.
Older cars used to take up to 10 minutes to discharge the capacitors so there still was a chance of an airbag deploying. Newer cars, the time is much less, however, the recommendation for Audi is to leave the ignition switch on to prevent accidental deployment. When we would bored at Automotive School, we would collect old airbags, screw them to a wooden pallet and fire a classmate to the moon. Needless to say, we had a blast.
Problem was that the original roadster didn't have a 12v battery, only the high voltage pack. Cutting or disconnecting that is dangerous, the connections for the 12v system via a DC-DC converter are less intuitive, and harder to access, hence the switch. Modern Tesla vehicles have a 12v battery, along with a prominently positioned "fire fighter cut loop” that kills the 12v system, which in turn isolates the high voltage pack.
Ikr? Electric motors still gotta spin inside...be neat if Tesla did like the old customizable Zip Zap remote control cars from Radio Shack back in the day where you could swap motors & final drive gears to choose between faster acceleration, higher top speed, or battery conservation.
I think the point to make is that the RPMs will be directly related to mph. So, the gauge will move exactly in pace with the speedometer, making it pretty useless. Still a stupid choice of words by Doug
These were built a few miles from me so I remember seeing them fairly often when they first came out. It being electric but not a little service vehicle golf cart was the novel part, style-wise it was basically a Lotus so not really a head-turner compared to Ferraris, Lambos or other exotics. Would be nice to know how much a battery replacement and other maintenance costs, that'll affect the future resale value a lot since pretty much only Tesla can do it.
Only two cars have gone to space: a Tesla Roadster, and the moon rover. You can't buy a moon rover, the closest you can get is a replica, and they are well north of 100k. I'd say that alone should make them quite pricey. I'm pretty sure roadsters are going to be a worth a fortune in the future.
He probably said that since this is based on the Elise, and the Astra generation that shared stalks with was never sold in the US (the Mk V was, but I think that has different ones)
if it really shows rpm than it's even more silly than what he says. With no gear options it's pretty much showing the same thing as speedo just in different units. The only thing it could be "used for" is to determine how much does tire size choice change the rpm to speed ratio. Which is pretty silly anyway because everyone who went into elementary school can calculate that. And you probably still need to calculate that anyway because you would need it to reconfigure speedometer to show right value after tire change anyway.
@@MarekFajkus Yeah it’s a direct relationship to speed by having one gear. They were originally going to have two gears, which is probably why there is a tachometer in the first place. But they had problems with the gearbox breaking because the gears couldn’t change quick enough for all the torque the motor constantly put out. I know today the Taycan now has two gears, which is a first.
I think the airbag cutoff switch is for the fire service to ensure they don't deploy accidentally while trying to extract a victim following an accident.
It is also good for the racetrack. If you have a 5 point and a helmet, the airbag deploying just becomes an expense feature of any little shunts and bumps you may experience.
@@ivanpuskaric6851 so because of a simple mistake you stopped watching an otherwise informative video?? Do you also cry when your peas touch your mashed potatoes??
I remember when this was launched, I was like "meh, an electric ripoff of the Elise, this will never work" and here I am 13 years later looking at Tesla sedans on everyday streets. Times do change.
This was the first production electric car to use Lithium Ion batteries. Can you imagine what it would have been like using Lead Acid? The performance and handling would have been comparable to a milk float.
The tachometer comment is confusing. The motor spins, the speed of the motor spinning can be represented in RPM. What you're looking at is simply the rotational speed of the motor represented in RPM. I get that it's not very useful because there aren't multiple gears, but that doesn't mean that the tach is showing you some sort of nonsense numbers.
I like Doug's videos but he often says this dumb stuff and laughs at that meanwhile people with half brain laugh at him. This is probably the dumbest thing he said so far "13 what?" when it is literally written on it. Oh Doug...
Just for reference, while the tachometer is pretty useless for shifting when the car in essence has no transmission, electric motors do still spin, just like internal combustion engines. So the tachometer does still show RPM's, just for the electric motor instead; which is why the faster you go, the higher the gauge reads.
A good friend of mine had a roadster signature edition and its crazy how different the interior was, most notably there was no "shifter", just buttons. sadly he sold it, but hes still repping tesla with a model S and his wife drives a model X. that roadster got me many a speeding ticket every time he would let me take her for a spin! great review
Lotus elise's are TINY in person. I saw one and couldn't believe how small it was. You really need to be a skinny person to fit in that car. the seats are literally bolted to the floorpan of the car.. no raised brakets of any kind at all. it's tight af.. smaller than a miata if you can believe it. - With THAT said.. they're incredibly light because they're so small.. so it doesn't take much power to make those cars FLY
I drove one of these when they first came out. I was doing a training in Denver and the owner had just purchased it as it was a demo car. He told me to floor it and it just hooked and took off, was always impressed with the acceleration on it. Very cool car and no one had a clue what Tesla was back then!
As a huge Lotus fan, I quickly became a Tesla fan when this arrived. I almost sold my soul to a marketing company to get one. Luckily, I still have my soul
@@hazardeur yup they are now, lotus is lightweight fun with only the essentials for driving where as the teslas are overweight overly complicated cars for non car enthusiasts
"There is no motor to turn on" "It's strange to see a tachometer because there's no engine to turn" Doug, this might come as a surprise you you, but an electric vehicle has one or several motors with a shaft that effectively turns, yeah, I know 🤯
I used to work at the Tesla delivery center in Scottsdale and they had a few roadsters lying around. I freaked tf out every shift when I got to see them. SO small!
This car is way ahead of its time with styling and technology, it honestly could pass as a car that was brand new, with a few exceptions, and most people wouldn’t even notice.
Anyone verify or elaborate? This explanation makes 0 sense. Why would emergency responders wanna disable your airbags? If they didn't deploy when you crashed, why would they just suddenly deploy?
@@terenceting26 every car has a SRS disable feature. My Alpha 156 has a key slot in the side of the dash that turns of the passenger air bag. This is to protect children in car seats or boosters in the front seat.
@@terenceting26 When responders use hydraulic cutting equipment to free the driver from entrapment by collision, the tool will cut through wiring in the pillars or sills (where ever they need to cut). The shorting of these wires can cause an unintended deployment during rescue operations.
This is a piece of living history. Whoever buys it would be smart to garage it, give it regular maintenance and keep it as close to cherry as possible.
yea but they would be my hero if they destroyed it. this car is the cause of the disappearance of the ICE engine and thats the wost thing to ever happen to automobiles.
When I was in college the local power company was bringing this around to recruiting events at the engineering department. That thing was definitely a fun ride!
Though it might seem pretty universally understandable, I own a Nissan Leaf and somehow it's actually the other way around. Whenever I press the button on the door handle, it beeps once to mean unlocked, and twice to mean locked.
I've got a an Elise S3 and it contains the exact same blinker and headlight stalks as in this tesla roadster (in fact the whole dashboard and steering wheel is identical, except for the little LCD screen battery monitor device), not sure whether lotus got the stalks from Opel though, you could be right...
the emergency air bag shut off is for when servicing the airbags or possibly battery . it's a battery operated vehicle so to disconnect the airbags one would have to disconnect the battery to avoid deployment as you would ina gas powered vehicle. i'm guessing this is a precautionary feature. guessing
@Leftist Remover It would be if it weren't for it having a historical origin pre-dating the heavy goods vehicle, meanwhile you're calling it a semi as an abbreviation of semi-rigid, because flexible is too complicated or something.
First time I went to LA my uncle rented one for us to drive around in. It's so fucking quick. If the next gen ever comes out I can only imagine how insane it will be.
Doug, I know this is two years ago and I watch all your videos. Everything you do is great, except one thing that bothers me and maybe many others, IMO. That one thing is how you close hoods, trunk lids, and doors. It isn't necessary to let things drop hard or slam, to close,. My '75 124 Sport Coupe and '85 944 hoods are lowered by hand to 4-5 inches before dropping. I believe slamming ruins the structure over time. Just an observation. I totally like everything you do, your personality, and the way you present to us great and not so great cars. Peace and thanks.
they only recently determined they are unlawful so they cant enforce them anymore but years ago, like when this car was built, many companies did refuse warranty service because void seals were broken so they werent originally put there to scare people off although that is the real reason they still include then
@@JaredConnell its been unlawful for decades, but what are you gonna do, sue them? People dont want to go to court over repairing their anything just to save a few bucks on repairs.
I think it is worth mentioning and to remind that one of these is actually in space circling around earth playing Space Oddity by David Bowie. Edit. Song is playing on the stereos I believe. They didnt launch Bowie with it.
@@yungboicontigo9278 Well, then you can say its irrelevant to say "its the first Tesla" and assume that has some impact on its value. In my opinion both are part of that car's history and make it more special. This car is not the first tesla nor the one in space but its the same model. So I think its as relevant as any quirk it got. Even more do. Its crazy that a car is in space! And its a Tesla roadster.
@@yungboicontigo9278 I think it puts the cool factor up a notch? Come on, its not irrelevant that loads of people recognise it as the road car that was launched into space? I'm perplexed as to why Doug didn't mention this!
Pretty sure the tesla roadster sent into space is the new version that was suppose to be released in 2020. No Lotus connection. Plus that car was sent towards Mars and is now somewhere around the Astroid belt.
12:33 "It shows RPM's, but there are no RPM's. There's no engine to turn". Oh gosh, I completely forgot that electric motors don't rotate at all. *Surprised Pikachu Face*.
Not since manual transmissions lost favor with drivers has a tachometer been needed. An electric motor may spin, but the driver does not need to know when to shift. The tachometer's only purpose is to show the driver when to shift and most drivers know when to shift without having to watch the tachometer. In other words, a tachometer in an electric car is just a waste of space.
@@protoborg ok? And my automatic civic has a tach on it. Do I need it for anything? Absolutely not. But it's still showing what the engine is doing. Doug couldn't even understand that an electric motor has RPM.
That car was pre Elon Musk. The engineers were designing that car at their location in San Carlos CA. They had two buildings on Bing Street. I used to service their air conditioning. I saw the raw mock-up roadster sitting in the back of the warehouse.
@@danielhalnan It is a fact, I was working in the building where the car was being developed, on Bing Street in San Carlos CA. Elon Musk was never evolved.
@@danielhalnan Elon Musk had little to do with the early days of Tesla. He was basically the guy that came in with a lot of money and took over what little plans were already there, and brought them to the next level. The early days of planning and building Tesla had nothing to do with Musk.
@@ScottXC91 You are so wrong. I suggest reading Elon's biography. Without him, the Roadster (and the whole company) wouldn't exist today. He was HEAVILY involved in the design and manufacturing process of the Roadster.
any frameless car door does that when the windows are rolled down. Well maybe not in the dealership, but give it 1 year use and then turns like this forever.
13:05 15 thousand RPM, Doug. The batteries don't just VROOM by themselves with their "battery power". It actually has an electric motor that effectively rotates until 15000RPM, yeah, I know 🤯🤯🤯
I have my Tesla roadster for 3 years now. I have the 2 speed transmission and the 1 speed transmission. The original owner was given his original transmission back. I am the 3rd owner and its a fun zippy convertible car around town. I did modify the car with newer modern suspension for a smoother ride and different lighter wheels.
From some connections I had the use of one of these for a few days in 2019. It changed my life. After 30+ years of driving BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, and VW (many quite expensive performance models) I recently picked up a 2021 TESLA M3LR AWD. Welcome to the future. Get the Performance Boost. I’ve driven 4,500 mi in a month and it’s more fun than any BMW I’ve had including driving 168mph on the Autobahn in a M6. Considering performance, tech, and not paying for gas it’s the biggest car bargain ever.
A friend of mine was IT Trainee and he and his boss were in US. His Boss saw the Roadster and joked "Do you want this car as a company car?" and he said "yes".. back in germany he got all hyped up as he kept the joking going. After calculating he got the Opel Ampera (Chevy Volt) of that time. But he also managed to contact a guy in our area that had an Tesla Roadster and we were allowed to drive that car. This war really an once in a lifetime moment. In Europe this car is like an unicorn. So thats my first touch with tesla as a brand.
This one time I was watching a RUclips video of some natural disaster stuff in a movie and the second shit was going down and the sirens started. My alarm on my watch goes off. I honestly kinda forgot what happened I just remember watching a RUclips video and suddenly it was D day in my room and afterwords I just thought. Dam that was a good ass video.
SRS disable is an awesome afterthought for firefighters, as cutting the battery cables is mandatory on every other car to prevent injury while cutting someone out of their vehicle. Since there's no easy way to completely cut power from this, that's pretty awesome
Years ago when this car first came out the NPR Show Click and Clack the Tappit Brothers did a test drive. I specifically remember the report of the acceleration. They said that the acceleration was so intense that you could not reach and adjust the radio. I knew at that moment I needed that car.
Yeah but electric engines can give the same amount of torque in every rpm ranges so you dont need gears to increase torque as you speed up, you just speed up by increasing rpm, which is a situation basically makes your speedometer have the same purpose as a tachometer
@@arda7527 torque x rpm equals horsepower. Electric motors make more power at higher RPMs which is good, that's where you need it. Doug is very wrong in his assumptions here.
lmao you somehow did everything wrong. You stole it, used it in the wrong context, used it on the wrong channel, and didn't even make it relevant to the video.
No, not exactly. Yes, he is taller than the cars because of the reason you outlined, but the Roadster is actually shorter than a lot of those exotic cars.
@@JungleScene Some numbers for you: Tesla Roadster: 3’6” LaFerrari: 3’8” Ferrari Enzo: 3’9” Ferrari 458: 4’ Ferrari F40: 3’8” Lamborghini Huracán: 3’10” Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: 3’9” Lotus Elise: 3’9” So, while yes, Doug still towers over them, the Roadster is considerably shorter than those types of cars
The Model S really needs a Doug Score. Not sure if you want to wait for the refresh or doing a pre-refresh review first. But, I'd love to see a review and see how it stacks up against other EVs.
Drove a 2008 last year. A buddy had it for a while and planned on keeping it for a long time. He wrecked it two weeks after I drove it. Still hassles getting insurance to pay. I suspect they are certainly lowballing him to total it.
The Tesla Roadster was supposed to get a 2-speed transmission. But when the torque from the electric motor smashed them, what we got was a single speed transmission.
I don't get the joke, what does the WW 2 trials, bless you and Doug have In common? Are you saying Doug is a Nazi sympathizer? Doug hates the Jews? I need the joke explained
Looks like the battery supports 150 miles and he said that originally the estimate was 250 and 60% capacity seems reasonable for 10 years of early battery technology
@@MrStebaan My 6 year old B&D trimmer has the same capacity as the day I bought it (based off run time). So, no, 60% is not reasonable. Very unreasonable. Also, my trimmer doesn't software lock me when I work on it.
@@MrStebaan Not only that but Tesla started offering a $29k battery upgrade to up the range to 300+ miles; that would over double this range: electrek.co/2016/07/08/tesla-roadster-3-0-battery-upgrade-r80/
The steering wheel was first out of the VX220/Speedster while the S2 had an old style wheel. Later the Elise caught up to the VX220 and started using the (better) imo wheel.
the tac works just like in a normal car, it measures rpm. in a gas engine you need to know this information but in an ev its not necessary, but it still does the same thing as in a gas car, measure motor speed.
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"Lock" - Beep
"Un-Lock" - Beep-Beep
I'm a simple man, this is the only way I can make sense of it.
Yes, follows the number of syllables in the word. I was making sure someone mentioned this :)
Or "closed" and "o-pen".
Tesla still uses this beep signal in 2021's... I liken it to an old car alarm, one chirp = lock / two chirps = unlock
@@calibrono Toyota does two syllables for open and one for lock, but I don't know if that was their logic. Good logic, though.
I typed the same thing then scrolled down one comment and here it was
Firefighter here. That Airbag Disable is there for emergency responders. The Roadster doesn't have an easy way to disconnect the batteries like an ICE vehicle or other electric cars.
That feature allows us to ensure the airbags don't deploy on us or the occupants in the event of rescue operations. Airbags don't always go off in an accident. And they're rather dangerous to us when they don't deploy.
In Europe, disabeling is there because if you fit a child seat on the front seat for a baby, you have to disable the airbag
Not only that. If a technician is working on the car and needs to remove the steering wheel, they disconnect the battery so that it doesn't blow up in their face
@@HighTroop this is a different thing, usually a switch in glovebox. Im pretty sure the roadster has this to if the car is rated for Childs seats. Usually this switch only disables passenger airbags.
Still, the emergency Airbag release is clearly intended for first responders and therefore accessible from outside the cockpit, like the battery in a traditional car.
While i really like Dougs content, im sometimes don't understand how he ist not able to figure out such thigs
Yeah Doug missed this big time.. pretty obvious why its there.. dont want a firefighter having his head blown off mid rescue
@@Darkhare33 @Tim Müller
Many folks don't realize these sort of things. And it's not always made obvious. Sometimes even the manuals omit them.
Doug can't know everything lol. It's obvious for someone in the emergency field but not always to an outside observer.
Doug posts good stuff. So I tend to cut him some slack haha. He's not an engineer. Just an enthusiast like the rest of us :).
Hey Doug, the emergency airbag disable is for first responders. To prevent the airbags from accidentally deploying and injuring/killing a firefighter or patient while removing them from the car in an accident
@@yungboicontigo9278 is everything ok?
Don't alot of cars have a key switch in the center to turn of the airbags in case there's a child?
@@chasetaylor3192 Most modern cars have that option for the passenger seat, yes.
@@yungboicontigo9278 He answered the question why you mad tf
@@yungboicontigo9278 salty much?
The door locks are very intuitive. "Lock," one syllable, = 1 beep. "Unlock," two syllables = 2 beeps. It's done in such a way that you intuitively know which is which...
i was just about to comment this
Also, most cars when unlocking/locking blink their blinkers/use the horn, and it's commonly 1 blink or horn for lock, 2 for unlock
SO many of Doug's "quirks and features" is just him being naive.
I thought the exact same thing when I heard the beeps!
Yeah, your brain kinda hears those words automatically
Former firefighter here... that ability to cut off the airbags is crucial. It’s safe to turn off the airbags in a car before performing extrications (done by fire personnel). Traditionally this is done by disconnecting the car battery and waiting a min or two for the airbags to disable. Since the Tesla has a battery always connected, it requires this switch. If the airbag goes off while extricating, it could severely injure the firefighter or trapped person.
Makes total sense. Cheers!
Do the new Tesla’s have this feature too?
"i still dont know if its locked or unlocked"
Just try to open the door doug hahaha
@Fiqih Wanita no
My guess with the one -two sound is how many syllables In the word lock and un-lock
The sound mimics the traditional sounds given off by car alarms/keyless entry systems.
One beep = Lock
Two beeps = Unlock
Not sure why it was hard for him to connect the principles.
That just baffled me why he wouldn't just click one button and try the door handle.
@@TheGhostTrollekdejvu attempting to open the door normally unlocks it automatically in cars with an electric lock so you'd have to try and open it from the outside handle to find out
Thank God he's giving the roadster the full fledged 2018 onwards Doug treatment
I was gonna say I feel like I remember him doing a review on a white one (?) in the past
@@tylerdavis127 yeah
Totally agreed. I thought I was having a Mandela effect episode.
Now I wish he would do a new one with the LFA
@@Crazyklonk His old one would be better, trust me. Older video has driving shots from the outside with the awesome V10 sound. Newer videos never have outside shots
5:00 Just a reminder, the FTC says that warranty void stickers are illegal and have NEVER been allowed, so if you are a consumer and you break one and a company says sorry your warranty is void, report it to the FTC, they have recently switched from a wait for many people to report and then sue in civil court to proactive policing policy, so now more than ever there is a chance they will act.
Good looking car right there.
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12:50 Even if it's electric, there IS a rotating part: the rotor. An electric engine can be broken into two different assemblies (ignoring gearbox and inverter). The stator, which doesn't move, and the rotor, that spins around inside the stator. It can often reach 15-20 000 RPM depending on the type and application.
This. It’s pretty annoying but Doug doesn’t know so many things that are important.
Right? I'm surprised he doesn't know this basic knowledge of an electric motor.
I was thinking the same thing, like this really is a SUPER simple thing even for someone less akin to electric cars. Every electric motor has an an RPM range rating, and they differ based on the needs of the product. Kind of weird he wouldn't have caught that with the experience he should have reviewing and driving hundreds of cars. It's not like he hasn't seen an electric car before.
I figure he just thought there were magical pixies pushing the car as he drove
I made a similar comment. I notice he makes little points about weird things like this all the time... I'm not sure if he's being facetious or what.
13 what? 13000 RPM ? Did you think they were lying, it's a single speed motor it's going to go round reallllllly fast ;)
i didn't you watched Doug DeMuro Timmy Joe vary cool
Yes, electric motors are spinning, tesla motors goes up to 13k rpm. Doug.. doug doug ...
@@ETr4d3 that's the quality journalism we signed up for
Demuros per minute is all these chat savages care about
Waddup Timmy! Love your videos
The door lock noise is actually pretty intuitive. One beeper for lock, which is a one-syllable word; two for unlock, which is a two-syllable word. When you press the button just think of the car saying "lock" or "unlock".
Also many cars beep once on the outside when you lock it with the keyfob, and twice when you unlock it. Pretty simple
Every Tesla since has used the same but with a different chime, it's more of a 'ding' now instead of a 'beep'. :)
If you have any Tesla, as you pull on the door handle and the car unlocks from your phone/fob you'll hear the "beep beep" from inside the car.
You could also try the handle after one beep and see if it's locked or un-locked...taa daaaa (snarky comment meant for Doug, not you)
Toyotas have done that for decades...
Has he never driven literally any car made in japan? Toyota, Honda, Subaru all do that.
I remember seeing one of these back in 2009 going down the road. I got all excited and gave the guy a thumbs up
It's true, I was the thumb
@@Jfng-mf7gz can confirm, I am guy
@@SchmegmaOnToast thats also true, I was the car
@@shaxee2651 true, I was the air
@@lilbig948 facts, I was the road
I never thought these were rare when these came out. I was stationed at a military base and there was two red ones. Owned by contractors by Boeing or something. When I learned they were rare it showed me how well connected guys doing that work are
In the Netherlands you would also occasionally see them. Because our vehicle taxing system used to be extremely friendly towards electric cars many of those early electric cars became relatively common here (Fisker Karma for example).
They're overpaid. Too much of our taxes go to military contractor bloodsuckers.
As a fireman I have seen that “disable” airbags logo in text books but never in person. We just cut or remove the battery before cutting through the pillars.
Older cars used to take up to 10 minutes to discharge the capacitors so there still was a chance of an airbag deploying. Newer cars, the time is much less, however, the recommendation for Audi is to leave the ignition switch on to prevent accidental deployment. When we would bored at Automotive School, we would collect old airbags, screw them to a wooden pallet and fire a classmate to the moon. Needless to say, we had a blast.
Problem was that the original roadster didn't have a 12v battery, only the high voltage pack. Cutting or disconnecting that is dangerous, the connections for the 12v system via a DC-DC converter are less intuitive, and harder to access, hence the switch.
Modern Tesla vehicles have a 12v battery, along with a prominently positioned "fire fighter cut loop” that kills the 12v system, which in turn isolates the high voltage pack.
Could this be for disabling the airbag when using a rear facing child seat? I've seen that on some cars in europe.
@@brarautorepairs hehehehehe! 🤪👍👍
The explosive also gets more volatile as it ages, which is a bit worrying.
Doug, you forgot to add points for it for being the only car to ever leave Earths gravity well.
"There are no RPMs, there is no engine."
I guess the electric motor moves the car by magic, then. Oh, Doug...
Ikr? Electric motors still gotta spin inside...be neat if Tesla did like the old customizable Zip Zap remote control cars from Radio Shack back in the day where you could swap motors & final drive gears to choose between faster acceleration, higher top speed, or battery conservation.
He really did a brainfart on the whole tacho thing... It might not make a lot of sense to have it there, but it's still a tachometer like any other.
I was looking for this comment
"13 what?"
1000 rpm Doug, as it clearly states....
Is he trolling us?
I think the point to make is that the RPMs will be directly related to mph. So, the gauge will move exactly in pace with the speedometer, making it pretty useless. Still a stupid choice of words by Doug
"The one you don't hear about all that much"
First and only car floating around in space somewhere.
Depends if you count the moon rovers
@@Eversoncars true but theyre not really floating lol
These were built a few miles from me so I remember seeing them fairly often when they first came out. It being electric but not a little service vehicle golf cart was the novel part, style-wise it was basically a Lotus so not really a head-turner compared to Ferraris, Lambos or other exotics. Would be nice to know how much a battery replacement and other maintenance costs, that'll affect the future resale value a lot since pretty much only Tesla can do it.
Wrong Roadster tho, that was the second version
@@Eversoncars That is on the moon, not floating around in space. Yet, we are floating around in space. umm
Doug: "Hey guys this car will be valuable some day"
ten minutes later
Cars and Bids: "Tesla Roadster bid up to $70k"
It's at $90k right now with two days left wow
Only two cars have gone to space: a Tesla Roadster, and the moon rover. You can't buy a moon rover, the closest you can get is a replica, and they are well north of 100k. I'd say that alone should make them quite pricey. I'm pretty sure roadsters are going to be a worth a fortune in the future.
if people would only pay MSRP we would never have issues having cool cars for normal people too.
it sold for $97,500 lmao
And now you know what the channel is now REALLY about.
I remember seeing this in one of the original tesla dealerships as a kid and thinking it was the coolest car ever.
First time I ever saw one was when I was driving and saw it on the road. Funny thing though, it had exhausts as if it were a gasoline car.
@@brick532 are you sure it wasn’t a Lotus Elise?
@@jessyrivard positive... it said Tesla on the back lol
Still is cool.
that's because it looks like a Lotus. IMO, this was Teslas only good looking car and yeah, it's because it's a Lotus design
"The windshield wiper stalk is straight out of the Lotus Elise"
Opel Astra: Am I a joke to you?
americans dont know what Opel is dummy
@@Fiwek23452 Doug does
@@Fiwek23452 America had some certain opels tho.
He probably said that since this is based on the Elise, and the Astra generation that shared stalks with was never sold in the US (the Mk V was, but I think that has different ones)
In this particular instance, the most appropriate answer to that question is... YES!
"15 what?" - it literally says x1000 below the needle - it's 15 000 RPM, Doug, It's how fast the electric motor spins, Doug.
I knowwww that part of the video made me upset. As if electric motors are just solid state and don’t spin at all.
Modern Teslas spin up to 16-18k RPM, and plaid goes up to 20k which apparently is a pain in the butt to design.
well when you drive an electric car, its not like you need to shift gears, which is why a tachometer is useless
if it really shows rpm than it's even more silly than what he says. With no gear options it's pretty much showing the same thing as speedo just in different units. The only thing it could be "used for" is to determine how much does tire size choice change the rpm to speed ratio. Which is pretty silly anyway because everyone who went into elementary school can calculate that. And you probably still need to calculate that anyway because you would need it to reconfigure speedometer to show right value after tire change anyway.
@@MarekFajkus Yeah it’s a direct relationship to speed by having one gear. They were originally going to have two gears, which is probably why there is a tachometer in the first place. But they had problems with the gearbox breaking because the gears couldn’t change quick enough for all the torque the motor constantly put out. I know today the Taycan now has two gears, which is a first.
I think the airbag cutoff switch is for the fire service to ensure they don't deploy accidentally while trying to extract a victim following an accident.
It is also good for the racetrack. If you have a 5 point and a helmet, the airbag deploying just becomes an expense feature of any little shunts and bumps you may experience.
I always think of "Final Destination 2" when I think of airbags deploying AFTER an accident
yeah, I was surprised he didn't know that...stopped watching the video after that
@@ivanpuskaric6851 so because of a simple mistake you stopped watching an otherwise informative video?? Do you also cry when your peas touch your mashed potatoes??
7:45 Doug looks like that one kid in the neighborhood who would find a insect and show it off to everyone
so funny so true
Ahahaha lol
...and score it
🤣🤣😭
now everyone can just steal his car if he forgets to take the keys out
I remember when this was launched, I was like "meh, an electric ripoff of the Elise, this will never work" and here I am 13 years later looking at Tesla sedans on everyday streets. Times do change.
Tech is not as mature as I thought it would have been by mid 2021
This was the first production electric car to use Lithium Ion batteries. Can you imagine what it would have been like using Lead Acid? The performance and handling would have been comparable to a milk float.
The tachometer comment is confusing. The motor spins, the speed of the motor spinning can be represented in RPM. What you're looking at is simply the rotational speed of the motor represented in RPM. I get that it's not very useful because there aren't multiple gears, but that doesn't mean that the tach is showing you some sort of nonsense numbers.
I like Doug's videos but he often says this dumb stuff and laughs at that meanwhile people with half brain laugh at him. This is probably the dumbest thing he said so far "13 what?" when it is literally written on it. Oh Doug...
"Cool Tesla Before Tesla Was Cool"
I think Doug waited a long time to say that lol
Is Tesla "cool" tho?
@@kamallb4650 no
He is a writer.
@@kamallb4650 yes
"Lotus chassis with Wrightspeed drivetrain."
This feels like the kind of car that should be in a museum in 80 years
Fun fact: Ogs will remember he reviewed the tesla roadster couple of years ago when his reviews werent detailed.
Yes, same goes to the Carrera GT
Yup, I remember too.
So will newbies who actually watch this video. He goes into detail about his 2016 review.
Ye
@@yungboicontigo9278 no couple is any number
Doug is the type of guy to wear a 76ers shirt in one video and a wizards shirt in another (with a shirt underneath both times).
Doug is the type of guy to put in the milk before the cereal.
I think he gets his clothes at the salvation army
His shirt choice being a trust the process embiid shersey makes it that much better. Love it
@@BobThe9534 that is actually the trick to fruity and coco pebbles😂
To soak up that body sweat it’s hot in California
Just for reference, while the tachometer is pretty useless for shifting when the car in essence has no transmission, electric motors do still spin, just like internal combustion engines. So the tachometer does still show RPM's, just for the electric motor instead; which is why the faster you go, the higher the gauge reads.
If I have not seen this video I would have not understand why anyone must state this obvious thing - motor spins... Like wtf, that's it's purpose
A good friend of mine had a roadster signature edition and its crazy how different the interior was, most notably there was no "shifter", just buttons. sadly he sold it, but hes still repping tesla with a model S and his wife drives a model X. that roadster got me many a speeding ticket every time he would let me take her for a spin! great review
He looks like he's standing in front of a bigger kids toy car, man that was small
No, Doug is as tall as a god.
It's pretty much the same height/profile as the Lotus Elise it's based on.
Dont need much car to seat 2 people
Lotus elise's are TINY in person. I saw one and couldn't believe how small it was. You really need to be a skinny person to fit in that car. the seats are literally bolted to the floorpan of the car.. no raised brakets of any kind at all. it's tight af.. smaller than a miata if you can believe it. - With THAT said.. they're incredibly light because they're so small.. so it doesn't take much power to make those cars FLY
That's what she said)
I drove one of these when they first came out. I was doing a training in Denver and the owner had just purchased it as it was a demo car. He told me to floor it and it just hooked and took off, was always impressed with the acceleration on it. Very cool car and no one had a clue what Tesla was back then!
As a huge Lotus fan, I quickly became a Tesla fan when this arrived.
I almost sold my soul to a marketing company to get one. Luckily, I still have my soul
But do you have a Roadster?
thing is, lotus and tesla are on the opposite ends of the car universe
@@hazardeur yup they are now, lotus is lightweight fun with only the essentials for driving where as the teslas are overweight overly complicated cars for non car enthusiasts
@@samtb2325 check out the Eletre and Emeya
The window switches are from Opel/Vauxhall just like many other parts.
Vauxhall VX220 vibes (also based on the Elise)
12:35 For shure there are RPMs 👀
Yeah what the hell. Of course something's spinning to make the wheels turn. The electric motor.
Apparently electric motors don't spin.
Right? That was an odd comment from Doug.
@@forrest225 he isn't the brightest guy
I thought it had Elon's rockets, like the one he has threatened to put on the Plaid S.
Gran Turismo 5 did this car so much justice, I thought this car was groundbreaking at the time. The first performance electric car.
It was also featured in Project Gotham Racing 4
Too bad i was too young to even Invest in Tesla at the time because we GT5 players know the brand from that time
GTA5 too.
@@andrasbiro3007 gran turismo 5 came out years before
It was in most wanted 2012 to that's where I know of this car
I remember playing nfs most wanted with this car on my xbox 360 when I was 8 and wondering why it was so quiet and only had 1 gear lmao
SAME BRO!!!!
haha lmao same
HAHAHAHA ME TOO
Me but mobile
MW2012 yikes
"There is no motor to turn on"
"It's strange to see a tachometer because there's no engine to turn"
Doug, this might come as a surprise you you, but an electric vehicle has one or several motors with a shaft that effectively turns, yeah, I know 🤯
ok, but when was the last time you shifted gears in an electric car?
@@saturn9488 two days ago
@@lucianbesleaga5731 i meant a manual transmission in an electric car
@@saturn9488 eh I mean autos don't really need a tachometer either. Ironically my shitty 02 Hyundai Accent doesn't have a tachometer and it's a manual
@@saturn9488 The Tesla roadster was originally designed with a 2 speed manual in mind, so yeah you would have been shifting
People in 2008: the Tesla Roadster is an insane car.
John Hennessey: hold on one sec
Orange as a color for cars is way underrated in my opinion. Its just so pleasing to the eyes
The Ford Ranger's premier color is called Pride Orange, which many joked about being a trump color
Check out Acura’s new “Tiger eye”
@@vicjr.1813 should have been OJ Orange. Huge missed opportunity.
Mclaren brought it back
@@vicjr.1813 I guess it's a good thing tesla used the color "very orange".
I used to work at the Tesla delivery center in Scottsdale and they had a few roadsters lying around. I freaked tf out every shift when I got to see them. SO small!
Especially when Doug is towering over it. It barely comes up to his knees in places!
Love to see Doug's Philadelphia roots with his Trust the Process 76ers t-shirt.
KAT >>>>
@George Jungle what
@@markhenderson1177 not even close
@@maxmelchiorre4957 yes even close
@@markhenderson1177 nah you’re a casual embiid dropped 40 last night literally unguardable KAT cannot lead a team like embiid
This car is way ahead of its time with styling and technology, it honestly could pass as a car that was brand new, with a few exceptions, and most people wouldn’t even notice.
the SRS switch is for emergency responders to disable your airbags if they haven't gone off yet in an accident.
Anyone verify or elaborate? This explanation makes 0 sense. Why would emergency responders wanna disable your airbags? If they didn't deploy when you crashed, why would they just suddenly deploy?
@@terenceting26 every car has a SRS disable feature. My Alpha 156 has a key slot in the side of the dash that turns of the passenger air bag. This is to protect children in car seats or boosters in the front seat.
@@terenceting26 When responders use hydraulic cutting equipment to free the driver from entrapment by collision, the tool will cut through wiring in the pillars or sills (where ever they need to cut). The shorting of these wires can cause an unintended deployment during rescue operations.
@@aussie1swfc what I want to know is how is your 156 still running?? Its got to be at least 20 years old..... I kid. I had one as well.
This is a piece of living history. Whoever buys it would be smart to garage it, give it regular maintenance and keep it as close to cherry as possible.
And you even got the partially missing "A"!
It's just too tempting to mod them. R80 battery, JdeMO charging system, there's so many great aftermarket options!
yea but they would be my hero if they destroyed it. this car is the cause of the disappearance of the ICE engine and thats the wost thing to ever happen to automobiles.
No.
@@rhetoric5173 all these flavors. And you choose to be salty.
When I was in college the local power company was bringing this around to recruiting events at the engineering department. That thing was definitely a fun ride!
“Whoaaaa hoo hoo hooooo” -Doug Demuro
@Fiqih Wanita reported for spam
The door lock beeps are based on the number of sylables in each word: 1 beep = lock, 2 beeps = un-lock
I mean yeah, it’s not a stretch to expect ppl to intuit that, surprised he didn’t get it
Though it might seem pretty universally understandable, I own a Nissan Leaf and somehow it's actually the other way around. Whenever I press the button on the door handle, it beeps once to mean unlocked, and twice to mean locked.
How does that not register with Dougie here?
I can just hear Clarkson screaming inside “Don’t come to me if you get sued”
Cock...
I'm huge fan of Top Gear but I gotta admit I'm with Elon on this one. Top Gear shouldn't have done that
@@tonysmith3701 What did they do?
@@tonysmith3701 clarkson didnt knew it was scripted to be broke down so when it broke down, he probably think it was bad and not rigged
@@tonysmith3701 Musk lost the case and lost the appeal. So yeah Musk is the petty person here, not Clarkson 😂😂
the windshieldwiper and blinker stalks are actually GM parts, mainly used in the Opel Astra F and Corsa B.
I've got a an Elise S3 and it contains the exact same blinker and headlight stalks as in this tesla roadster (in fact the whole dashboard and steering wheel is identical, except for the little LCD screen battery monitor device), not sure whether lotus got the stalks from Opel though, you could be right...
That's why they are so familiar to me...
the emergency air bag shut off is for when servicing the airbags or possibly battery . it's a battery operated vehicle so to disconnect the airbags one would have to disconnect the battery to avoid deployment as you would ina gas powered vehicle. i'm guessing this is a precautionary feature. guessing
clio 3 has one 😁
I like how Dougy boi lined up the tesla models as S 3 X Y
S, 3, X, Y, and the new ones: Cybertruck, ATV, Roadster 2. So, s3xy car. :-)
@@Beesno there's the Semi as well, so it's SEXY CARS. 😂
That's the whole point of the names. Musk has a strange sense of humor. In fact, if not for the E-Class, it would have been S, E, X, Y.
@Leftist Remover It would be if it weren't for it having a historical origin pre-dating the heavy goods vehicle, meanwhile you're calling it a semi as an abbreviation of semi-rigid, because flexible is too complicated or something.
@@protoborg Is not the E-Class, the name "Model E" has somehow been trademark by Ford
First time I went to LA my uncle rented one for us to drive around in. It's so fucking quick. If the next gen ever comes out I can only imagine how insane it will be.
I think Elon Musk said it will be 0-60 in 1.9 seconds... and that's the base model lol
@@dmike3507 yeah he did. and now the plaid does that lol
Doug, I know this is two years ago and I watch all your videos. Everything you do is great, except one thing that bothers me and maybe many others, IMO. That one thing is how you close hoods, trunk lids, and doors. It isn't necessary to let things drop hard or slam, to close,. My '75 124 Sport Coupe and '85 944 hoods are lowered by hand to 4-5 inches before dropping. I believe slamming ruins the structure over time. Just an observation. I totally like everything you do, your personality, and the way you present to us great and not so great cars. Peace and thanks.
Fun fact: in the US, those "warranty void" stickers are unenforceable. Their only purpose it to try and scare people away from fixing their stuff
I make sure and tell anyone I know who’s handy
I am be scared, even now that I know this 😄
they only recently determined they are unlawful so they cant enforce them anymore but years ago, like when this car was built, many companies did refuse warranty service because void seals were broken so they werent originally put there to scare people off although that is the real reason they still include then
@@JaredConnell its been unlawful for decades, but what are you gonna do, sue them? People dont want to go to court over repairing their anything just to save a few bucks on repairs.
@@limyohwan oh you have no idea how petty I can be . . .
Nobody:
Doug DeMuro: CARS 🙌🏼 & BIDS 👐🏼
I think it is worth mentioning and to remind that one of these is actually in space circling around earth playing Space Oddity by David Bowie.
Edit. Song is playing on the stereos I believe. They didnt launch Bowie with it.
I appreciate your clarification.
@@yungboicontigo9278 Well, then you can say its irrelevant to say "its the first Tesla" and assume that has some impact on its value. In my opinion both are part of that car's history and make it more special. This car is not the first tesla nor the one in space but its the same model. So I think its as relevant as any quirk it got. Even more do. Its crazy that a car is in space! And its a Tesla roadster.
@@yungboicontigo9278 I think it puts the cool factor up a notch? Come on, its not irrelevant that loads of people recognise it as the road car that was launched into space? I'm perplexed as to why Doug didn't mention this!
Pretty sure the tesla roadster sent into space is the new version that was suppose to be released in 2020. No Lotus connection. Plus that car was sent towards Mars and is now somewhere around the Astroid belt.
@@yungboicontigo9278 OH is it? I guess I didn't pay enough attention. I'm more into the space missions and booster launchers.
Doug is so excited to show us these quirks. Never change Doug.
12:33 "It shows RPM's, but there are no RPM's. There's no engine to turn".
Oh gosh, I completely forgot that electric motors don't rotate at all. *Surprised Pikachu Face*.
Very clever
Not since manual transmissions lost favor with drivers has a tachometer been needed. An electric motor may spin, but the driver does not need to know when to shift. The tachometer's only purpose is to show the driver when to shift and most drivers know when to shift without having to watch the tachometer. In other words, a tachometer in an electric car is just a waste of space.
@@protoborg ok? And my automatic civic has a tach on it. Do I need it for anything? Absolutely not.
But it's still showing what the engine is doing. Doug couldn't even understand that an electric motor has RPM.
@@startedtech You drive an automatic that has a tachometer? Yeah right. And my lawn mower speaks French.
@Socks Not in a Japanese car they don't.
That car was pre Elon Musk. The engineers were designing that car at their location in San Carlos CA. They had two buildings on Bing Street. I used to service their air conditioning. I saw the raw mock-up roadster sitting in the back of the warehouse.
You should check your facts before writing rubbish on the internet. This car is designed by Musk.
@@danielhalnan It is a fact, I was working in the building where the car was being developed, on Bing Street in San Carlos CA. Elon Musk was never evolved.
@@danielhalnan Do a search on Google: Tesla not ready to leave San Carlos. The Mercury News
@@danielhalnan Elon Musk had little to do with the early days of Tesla. He was basically the guy that came in with a lot of money and took over what little plans were already there, and brought them to the next level. The early days of planning and building Tesla had nothing to do with Musk.
@@ScottXC91 You are so wrong. I suggest reading Elon's biography. Without him, the Roadster (and the whole company) wouldn't exist today. He was HEAVILY involved in the design and manufacturing process of the Roadster.
7:51 what a nice, solid sounding noise.
any frameless car door does that when the windows are rolled down. Well maybe not in the dealership, but give it 1 year use and then turns like this forever.
A death rattle lets you know when you've made a really good hit! 😂😂😂
13:05 15 thousand RPM, Doug.
The batteries don't just VROOM by themselves with their "battery power".
It actually has an electric motor that effectively rotates until 15000RPM, yeah, I know 🤯🤯🤯
I have my Tesla roadster for 3 years now. I have the 2 speed transmission and the 1 speed transmission. The original owner was given his original transmission back. I am the 3rd owner and its a fun zippy convertible car around town. I did modify the car with newer modern suspension for a smoother ride and different lighter wheels.
"and frankly its pretty quick" *proceeds to launch into the speed of light*
From some connections I had the use of one of these for a few days in 2019. It changed my life.
After 30+ years of driving BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, and VW (many quite expensive performance models) I recently picked up a 2021 TESLA M3LR AWD. Welcome to the future. Get the Performance Boost. I’ve driven 4,500 mi in a month and it’s more fun than any BMW I’ve had including driving 168mph on the Autobahn in a M6.
Considering performance, tech, and not paying for gas it’s the biggest car bargain ever.
"Old school" is 2008..
Me and Doug was 20 years old. I wanna cry.
me an Doug. Doug isn't mean
I was 2 years old
For 32...ooof. Looks mid 40s for some reason.
you’re 33 bro, don’t sweat it, still young.
@@diazfiveoh 33??? I think 33 is pretty old. I’m 15 so maybe that explains it?
On a tachometer "15 what?" - well that's rpm Doug .... "there rpm of what?" - the motor off course Doug.
Came here to say this. I'm surprised everyone just let that slide haha.
@@yungboicontigo9278 Oh no, now we've angered Daddy!
Why would a car journalist know what a tachometer does? Complete madness!
Time for Lockpicking Lawyer to try manually opening the door with that under the door trick.
Doug’s undershirt looking mighty fine today!
what about his underbeard?
What about his underwear?
What about checking out his new website, Cars & Bids?
A friend of mine was IT Trainee and he and his boss were in US. His Boss saw the Roadster and joked "Do you want this car as a company car?" and he said "yes".. back in germany he got all hyped up as he kept the joking going. After calculating he got the Opel Ampera (Chevy Volt) of that time. But he also managed to contact a guy in our area that had an Tesla Roadster and we were allowed to drive that car. This war really an once in a lifetime moment. In Europe this car is like an unicorn. So thats my first touch with tesla as a brand.
I shit you not, just after he said ‘just listen to the noise the battery is making’ my headphones said ‘Battery low, please charge headset’ 😂😂😂😂
If that's true it's an awesome coincidence. If you're lying that's an awesome lie. Thumbs up either way.
Mine just said it as I was reading this comment
This one time I was watching a RUclips video of some natural disaster stuff in a movie and the second shit was going down and the sirens started. My alarm on my watch goes off.
I honestly kinda forgot what happened I just remember watching a RUclips video and suddenly it was D day in my room and afterwords I just thought.
Dam that was a good ass video.
Story of AC propulsion, Lotus, and Tesla is pretty amazing
SRS disable is an awesome afterthought for firefighters, as cutting the battery cables is mandatory on every other car to prevent injury while cutting someone out of their vehicle. Since there's no easy way to completely cut power from this, that's pretty awesome
Years ago when this car first came out the NPR Show Click and Clack the Tappit Brothers did a test drive. I specifically remember the report of the acceleration. They said that the acceleration was so intense that you could not reach and adjust the radio. I knew at that moment I needed that car.
Waiting for Regera, EB110 and Dodge RAM Van review.
EB110..drooool. CLK GTR, GT1..drooollll
One of these things is not like the others
The tach reads the rpm of the electric motor. That should be pretty obvious I would think.
Yeah but electric engines can give the same amount of torque in every rpm ranges so you dont need gears to increase torque as you speed up, you just speed up by increasing rpm, which is a situation basically makes your speedometer have the same purpose as a tachometer
Yeah should be obvious, and really its just there for style and wow factor that it spins so fast!
@@arda7527 torque x rpm equals horsepower. Electric motors make more power at higher RPMs which is good, that's where you need it.
Doug is very wrong in his assumptions here.
Straight out of the ✨L o t u s E l i s e✨
😐
@@ayylmao8215 😶
@Nathan Reed 😶
@possums keep moving you too sis 😶
Ok
My grandma always told me to wear an undershirt. I've failed her. Thanks Doug, you always got my back.
That was my way until I moved to Texas. You just can't wear two layers of shirts when it is 105 every day.
The door lock noises at 11:48 make perfect sense.
The word "lock" is ONE syllable, so 1 beep.
The word "unlock" is TWO syllables, so 2 beeps.
Big brain moment
great observation
Dougs the kinda guy to put a ruler under his pillow to measure how long he slept.
stolen
What the hell is the point of this
stolen
lmao you somehow did everything wrong. You stole it, used it in the wrong context, used it on the wrong channel, and didn't even make it relevant to the video.
@@JoshusBarber Gasp that's awful, maybe you should arrest him
The fact that the car only goes up to Doug’s waist is sending me 😂😂😂
thats the case with pretty much every exotic he reviews though. fast sportscars are short to reduce the drag coefficient.
No, not exactly. Yes, he is taller than the cars because of the reason you outlined, but the Roadster is actually shorter than a lot of those exotic cars.
@@JungleScene Some numbers for you:
Tesla Roadster: 3’6”
LaFerrari: 3’8”
Ferrari Enzo: 3’9”
Ferrari 458: 4’
Ferrari F40: 3’8”
Lamborghini Huracán: 3’10”
Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: 3’9”
Lotus Elise: 3’9”
So, while yes, Doug still towers over them, the Roadster is considerably shorter than those types of cars
The car is pretty small. Even smaller than Mazda miata, and it's very hard to get inside and out.
Executioner in Revolutionary France: Do you have any last words?
Doug at the guillotine: “Assurez-vous de consulter ‘Voitures et enchères’"
"Cette guillotine a de nombreuses bizarreries et fonctionnalités!"
I used google translate so this may or may not be grammatically sound.
@@Official_MikeyT It is perfect French.
Keep this in mind: This is the only production car we’ve ever launched into space. It’s now traveling on an orbit between earth and mars
no its not, weve launched like 4 moon rovers
In what way is the Lunar Roving Vehicle not considered a car? It was actually driven on another celestial body by a human nearly 50 years ago.
This is NOT true. The roadster launched in space was a prototype of the yet to be released 2020 roadster.
@@theguy1992 I guess you also consider a wheelchair a car?
An orbit between Earth and Mars? Is it orbiting the Sun?
The Model S really needs a Doug Score. Not sure if you want to wait for the refresh or doing a pre-refresh review first. But, I'd love to see a review and see how it stacks up against other EVs.
I can't get over these rims, they looks fantastic!
They dont
@@user-jk7yz3xs8z You don't
Drove a 2008 last year. A buddy had it for a while and planned on keeping it for a long time. He wrecked it two weeks after I drove it. Still hassles getting insurance to pay. I suspect they are certainly lowballing him to total it.
The Roadster only shared 7% of it's parts with the Elise, the frame was also extended 2 inches so it's not the 'same' frame.
The Tesla Roadster was supposed to get a 2-speed transmission. But when the torque from the electric motor smashed them, what we got was a single speed transmission.
I believe the two speed transmission is in there just locked in one gear with no way to shift it
Doug is the type of guy who says bless you during the Nuremberg trials.
Doug is the type of guy that hugs people from the back.
Doug, they type of guy to buy a Tesla roadster already sold on Cars and Bids
What about the nurburgring trials?
@@kristians2704 that's not a hug
I don't get the joke, what does the WW 2 trials, bless you and Doug have In common?
Are you saying Doug is a Nazi sympathizer?
Doug hates the Jews?
I need the joke explained
I'm curious how the battery is currently... its over 10 years old. if that was an old phone it would be an expensive brick.
Looks like the battery supports 150 miles and he said that originally the estimate was 250 and 60% capacity seems reasonable for 10 years of early battery technology
You can replace battery's on most phones for a reasonable price. The same can't be said for a Tesla.
@@MrStebaan My 6 year old B&D trimmer has the same capacity as the day I bought it (based off run time). So, no, 60% is not reasonable. Very unreasonable. Also, my trimmer doesn't software lock me when I work on it.
@@MrStebaan Not only that but Tesla started offering a $29k battery upgrade to up the range to 300+ miles; that would over double this range: electrek.co/2016/07/08/tesla-roadster-3-0-battery-upgrade-r80/
@@jwillkens That's the dumbest analogy ever spoken. Also your trimmer doesn't have an odometer, just your own biased memory.
i remember driving this car in NFS Most Wanted and always wondered why it didn’t have a engine noise
U should hang out with @refyn
Bought one in 2008 and still have it. Amazing car
How's the battery holding up? I drive an EV as well and that question constantly comes up when ICE drivers find out I drive an EV.
@@Yourhandleshouldbeatleast3 battery had to be replaced unfortunately after about 10 years
Respectfully, I found the build quality to be poor. It felt like a flimsy kit car. You can see when Doug opens the hood that it bends a bit.
3:58 That space I guarantee you was designed that way to fit at least one golf bag!!
I have an MRS and entire panels come out of the storage behind the seats specifically for a golf bag lmao
I think it was designed with the ability to store the hard top roof first and foremost.
The golf bag is the measurement standard for all trunks!
@@TeKaMOTO yeah, for me I'd rather it be an acoustic guitar, but nope. My guitar rides in the passenger seat most of the time. :-)
The steering wheel was first out of the VX220/Speedster while the S2 had an old style wheel. Later the Elise caught up to the VX220 and started using the (better) imo wheel.
12:14
Lock/unlock beeps are based on syllables
1 beep: lock
2 beeps: un-lock
Imagine being a car reviewer and not knowing that electric motors also use Revolutions Per Minute to measure how fast they're going.
That's because he's an entertainer not a true car guy. He gets stuff wrong literally all the time.
So what exactly is the tach measuring? The speedometer measures how fast you're going. So what's the point of the tach?
@@spiralnapkin it shows the RPM of the electric motor. Not super necessary on an electric car but that's what it does.
Imagine commenting on a video without knowing what you're talking about.
@@KarlHamilton in what way does he not know what he's talking about. What he said is exactly right
I think Dougs original Tesla Roadster review was one of if not the first videos I watch from him.
the tac works just like in a normal car, it measures rpm. in a gas engine you need to know this information but in an ev its not necessary, but it still does the same thing as in a gas car, measure motor speed.