I got the acceleration boost on my model Y LR and have not regretted for a moment. Made the car even more fun to drive. Basically the advantages of the performance model, without any of the disadvantages
I got the acceleration boost on my Y LR more than 10 months ago. At first it didn't feel that much faster than before, but now it feels VERY significantly faster. I use CHILL mode 99% of the time, but if you know in advance that you are going to need a significant performance boost - say for overtaking on a 2-lane highway with limited overtaking opportunities - then the extra acceleration is very much appreciated. Highly recommended.
Love your videos and humour. I’ve been subscribed for some time. I have a RWD MY and it’s bloody brilliant in ways which my BMW i3 isn’t so good in. Equally, my i3 has qualities the Tesla lacks, like acceleration and handling. I get why you’ve upgraded even though some of the commenters are getting their knickers in a twist 😅
Got the AB a couple of years back for my Y long range and no regrets. Its a tad bit slower off the mark than a Y performance but has very similar pulling power in the 30 to 60mph range where its most beneficial. The long range is value for money running smaller wheels with fatter profiles than the performance for daily comfort. Im going to upgrade to air suspension to improve the comfort and handling once the warranty has finished..... will be the perfect car for me then.
Police interceptors Subaru’s do 0 - 5.5 seconds! Top sports cars 4.5 sec. This just turns the world upside down, Test drove model 3 performance , took 3 days to get the smile off my face😎😎😎
I have a M3P and the acceleration is bonkers, I have timed 0-60 at 3.2 seconds and when I first got the car and floored it in sport mode it felt like I was on the Rita: Queen of Speed ride at Alton Towers, that’s how I describe it to people who haven’t experienced it. It is overly quick, but it’s fun and it never gets boring. I would love to drive the Tesla Model S Plaid, I can’t imagine what 0-60 in 1.9 seconds feels like!
Thanks for your review! I’ve had the Teslogic box for over a year and really like its feature set. So today, I just bought the Boost for my 2022 Model 3 AWD Long Range. I did think about it, then I JUST DID IT.😅
I bought my Model 3 Dual Motor LR AWD used with Acceleration Boost already installed by the previous owner. It's bonkers and takes the 0-60 to below 4 sec. The acceleration has genuinely made some passengers feel nauseous. My 94yr old mum loved it and made me do numerous standing starts! I drive most of the time in Chill mode though, it's fast enough for most daily driving. I have Sport enabled by a long press on the LHS steering wheel button for when I need to fly past a slow moving HGV.
I have a 4y old M3P, and the wife has to close her eyes when I overtake. The most common description of the 0-60 from passengers is "It's like being on a rollercoaster".
I have to be honest, I am driving the MYLR for nearly a year but mostly in chill mode. Standard mode is already “bonkers”. Already happy in chill mode. In Germany standard mode may or may not be activated. In the Netherlands even standard mode is ridiculously fast.
Half a second difference 0-60 between 9 seconds and 8 and a half seconds, you hardly notice. Half a second difference between 4 seconds and 3.5 seconds is massive!
I had a M3 performance. Scary. Front end went light under full acceleration. Only tried it once or twice. So I am more than happy with my MY and found it does not need full gas to overtake anything I need to get by safely. So It's a totally pointless waste of money for me. I would sooner go for the enhanced Autopilot as this is brilliant. Much better than the standard auto pilot, and the auto summon is great at parties. I will be adding this to the Juniper when I get it.
Thanks @justgetatesla I only have an M3LR, and thought that chill was around 7-8 seconds, but standard is quick, at around 4.4 seconds officially. 0.5seconds off that is mental. I drive in chill most of the time. However, if you have Enhance Auto Commander fitted, it has kick down, so you can drive in chill, but if you press the throttle by say 95%, it brings in standard mode in around a second, so it is less brutal.
Must be getting old, but I found the EB only good for frightening '"She, Who Must Be Obeyed"! Mind you, I do sometimes use it to join fast moving highway traffic and need all my selfcontrol to stop grinning. What can I say, I'm still a boy-child, after all...
Great video Ian. Interestingly I opted for the 3 performance 2 years ago. It’s crazy. 0-60 is 3-1. BUT…. when, 2 years time I change it, I would opt for the long range, probably Y, probably cherry red with white interior (not that Ive thought about it 😂). I’d then do the performance boost. The performance of the 3 perf is properly crazy and its mid range is actually quite noticeable over a ‘boosted’ long range. But you just don’t need the full on performance in my opinion.
My Y is a lard-arse compared to your 3. So is a good second or so slower to 60. As you say, it’s the mid range that is the difference- even with the acceleration boost. Whilst the stats don’t lie and my 0-30 time is quicker, it feels like the power surge through 30mph is where it really goes crazy. Like grab your guts quick. Great fun 😁
Here's a thought: If you enable acceleration boost, does that count as a "Modification", or do the insurance companies consider that to be "standard build"? Your remark at the beginning suggests that the power is already factored into the specifications that the insurance companies use. If the insurance companies consider the optional acceleration boost as being part of the standard spec, should they? It goes back to my previous thoughts. If you go the other way and select "Chill Mode" and the insurance companies accept that your car is less powerful as a result, will they give you cheaper quote? Historically if you remapped an ECU on a petrol car, then that was always classed as a modification by insurance companies even though no hardware is changed. But would I buy this package? Nope. That would just get me into trouble, especially with the proliferation of absurdly reduced speed limits in the highlands (with more to come in future everywhere else). They (Government and various campaign groups) are suggesting: - 30 mph speed limits on country roads (which are part of designated "active travel" routes) - Government Guidance for 20mph in urban areas more generally - A suggestion that there will be a review of "National Speed Limits", which I think is code for 60mph going down to 50mph, and 30mph going down to 20mph.
I’ve got a M3 dual motor highland. 0-60 is 4.2 in standard mode. I would definitely get the AB but it’s not available atm. I think it would be even better if sport mode was added as an extra mode rather than replacing standard.
It's so funny how in the UK people (mostly men) are obsessed with 0-60 times ! I have owned 911s and other fast cars in the past and they were nothing more than a source of frustration. Where I live they have reduced the speed limit on virtually every country road to 40mph and traffic means that I am usually stuck in it !! Seeing how fast you can go down a motorway slip road wears off fairly quickly in my experience! So 0-60 times are all about bragging rights down the pub, are of little use in the real world and put up your insurance premium for nothing worth having I have decided that all I need is to be able to overtake cyclists quickly and safely so anything under 7 seconds will do fine - that's why I got the RWD MY, which is plenty quick enough! Strangely, I do still appreciate the 0-30 performance for getting out into the traffic at roundabouts and the like. My BMW i3 is brilliant at that and surprises the hell out of people in sporty ICE cars at the traffic light GP! lol
true, and the brakes though absolutely fine day to day aren't really that powerful on these model y's with 2 tonnes to haul in. I ride a 1300 BMW motorbike and I get more enjoyment from the corners these days, I don't rev it through the gears even though it probably does 60 in 3 seconds, it soon gets boring.
@@gap9992 ppl in the UK eh…ah you could be right, in europe they’re obsessed with 0 to 100kph and the states quarter mile. More importantly if yin can’t appreciate the dynamics of a car like a 911, thinking it’s only 0 to 60, then you probably are better off in a lowered powered car
Interesting video thank you. Only car I’ve driven that made me feel the speed was maybe too much is the new model 3 performance. I wasn’t a fan of the blood draining to the back of my head! Looks like 400bhp standard and about 470 with acceleration pack which sounds about right 👍
Great video but I feel sorry for your HV battery. I only have the model 3 with lfp battery so I will only see the blur of your model y when it passes me. Good luck with the power upgrade.
I have thought about it, and I won't be doing it anytime soon. I already broke the bank buying Perl (2023 MY LR AWD) and therefore I drive in CHILL mode most of the time in the hope of extending the life of my tires to at least 30K miles and hopefully 40K (12,832 so far -- second rotation coming up in 700 miles (the first was a little late)). However, I do switch to STANDARD when driving in unfamiliar semi-congested places and sometimes even on highway trips when I think that having the option of more acceleration available could render a material improvement to safety. I also once in a while switch to STANDARD just to experience the exhilaration of all that power under control -- I did it just a couple of days ago for a short drive in light to moderate traffic and was afterwards smiling all afternoon. So. Much. Fun. But as I said: life of tire thread is a real priority for me, so even more power isn't an option -- given that constraint.
I got 32k out of my OEM Hankooks and would have had thousands more had I rotated. And that was using standard mode with as many beans as it would give me most of the time…
This is a good advert for why VED should take into account the top speed and acceleration time of a car based on manufacturers' published data. So a car that can do 150mph and 0-60 in 5 sec pays 10 x more VED than a car that can do 100mph and 0-60 in 10 sec.
The problem with this 'suggestion' is how would you define who pays what. The majority of all new cars accelerate from 0 - 60 between 7 and 10 seconds and can do at least 100 to 120 mph. With your suggestion , you'd have two slightly different versions of the same car liable from different levels of VED because one car might be a few kg heavier, thus slower and it falls into a different VED bracket. Besides, no one drives from 0 - 60 as fast as possible all the time. Thus discouraged people from owning cars that can accelerate fast isn't going to be a significant benefit to anyone. All it would do is increase administration costs for the government. The difference between a tax and a duty is that a duty is used to influence behaviour. For example, a strong alcoholic drink such as whiskey is liable for a higher rate of duty than beer to discourage people from drinking high levels of alcohol. Tobacco is another example of very high levels of duty, again to protect public health. Previously, Vehicle Excise Duty has been used to encourage people to buy cars that have cleaner exhaust emissions, although it seems we are taking a backwards step next year.
Why? VED is emissions based, EVs produce barely any. So why should an EV that has twice the acceleration pay more than a clunky diesel? It should pay significantly less.
@@PedalPowerPanther I totally agree. There are plenty of diesel cars that pay either zero VED or just £20 - £30 VED. They should go after these cars because they were far from clean. Disagree? Lock yourself inside a garage one of these cars when is running and see how long you'll last.
Personally, £1500 to enable less than 0.5 seconds improvement is not a good choice, had a Model 3 until earlier this year and it’s more than quick enough in its standard mode imo
LR figures are not based on rollout. Performance is. Also the testing for all runs needs to be above 90% battery to access all the power, your acceleration boost ones appears to be 85%
I'm finding, b/c of the standard Y/LR quick acceleration, I speed up to go through more yellow lights now where I would have stopped before. I shudder to think what I would do with the acceleration boost!
Did they not put 'dual motor' on the back that year? Mine came with the performance stuff included in the price. It's pretty stupidly fast for an SUV. It only has chill mode and sport mode, no standard mode.
Well this has answered a question i had, could you post up the bhp figures from the 3 different runs please, i wish they gave you 3 settings after upgrade though chill, standard & sport.
Let’s face it under 5 seconds is silly….that Volvo EX30 does it under 4 seconds. I couldn’t force myself to pay £1500 for a setting. I did pay £50 for my current Car that was factory ordered to have sport mode 😂 best £50 ever it stiffened the wheel feel and tweaks the acceleration off the pedal.
But I always wondered does the chill mode also get faster with the boost? I meant to try it when I had the boost on trial but didn't. I would like to see chill, standard and sport available after adding boost.
So when you install the upgrade "sport mode " looks like you lost " stanard mode". If thats true I don't think thats right. You already paid for it, it should not go away.😮
How exactly do you “warm up” the battery before these tests? Just driving around for a while? How long does it take and how do you know if it’s “warm” enough?
Correct in my case. It is a software update which they do not count as a modification. The “extra power” was always shown on my insurance as it is declared on the registration document
It is not classed as a modification. The motors already have that power output, my insurance is already set based on that power output and “nothing software is a modification’
Youproduce very well put together and entaining videos, but on this occasion, and please dont be offended, I would be asking Tesla if i could get my money back!
@@maxflight777 I suppose in fairness it depends on where and how you drive. I have a daily runabout which I changed five months ago to an MG3 HYBRID, which apparently has a 0-60 time of 8.1 secs. When I was 'much' younger that would have been considered quick in hot hatch territory. At the time in the mid eighties a Ford Escort XR3i was considered a bit of a bench mark car completing the run in 8.6 secs!! My other car is a Genesis Electrified G80, which is a big (over 5 metres long) luxury EV saloon. Like its competitors its quoted time is (Genesis quoted) I think 4.7 secs, and in independent road tests 4.1 secs. This would put this car up against Ferraris from the 80s. Obviously as time moves on technology improves, and EV's by their very nature almost make a mockery of acceleration when compared to ICE cars. The point is, in the bit over two years I've owned the Genesis (which replaced a Maserati Ghibli and many Jaguars over the preceeding decades), I have never 'floored it' and on the cone or two occasions I put my foot down a fair bit, the acceleration just made me feel a little physically ill with an almost head spinning effect. Now before I get categorised as an old man (I'm 59!), living in a London suburb, where I would travel maybe into Central London (currently no congestion charge for EV's) or on any of the motorways, you are so limited by utter weight of traffic, or the speed camera enforced speed limits of 20 mph in all central London, and increasingly in the suburbs, or the variable speed limit cameras of motorways, where even if the variable speed signs aren't switched on, they will still catch you if you go much above 70. So for me paying extra for that performance would be a waste. I would rather put the money to FSD if they could get it to work properly on UK roads. I have limited autonomy on both my cars, and for me that makes a real difference.
2004: The DLC for this videogame isn't even "downloadable", it's on the disc. You're paying twice for something that's in your hand. 2014: Videogames are routinely released as bug-ridden, unfinished crap and the "DLC" is actually the rest of development. 2024: Cars have DLC.
In principle I agree with you entirely. I’ve got a car with powerful motors fitted. My insurance premium is based on that power, but to actually benefit from all of it I need to pay extra. Or- the other way around - it’s a very cheap upgrade to bridge the gap to the more cash that the Performance costs
If this fools the insurance company, can we petition Elon to make us pay for Standard acceleration too? That would reduce the headline horsepower and therefore the insurance premium and if the insurance company does not take retrofitted Sport mode HP into account, it would also not notice Standard mode HP? I could live with Chill mode if it saved me money on insurance premium. One caution: my insurance (Admiral) uses a phone app to 'assess risk' (I wonder if it reliably discriminates between me driving the insured car or riding as a passenger in another car?), so if I bought Acceleration Boost and actually used it Admiral might assess my risk higher and increase the premium more next year. But this is another reason why I want Tesla insurance: they can take account of all the data and not have to make assumptions and no doubt set risk premium on the worst case.
Nobody is fooled. My insurance company has the full motor horsepower as the car specifications and charges accordingly. AB unlocks the power I am already paying insurance for…
@@justgetatesla It's worse than I thought! I'm subsidising the boy racers! Clickbait headline for your next video: "How the insurance industry is screwing EV owners and the planet". Not only are they ignoring Sir Isaac (acceleration equals force **divided by mass**) but they are ignoring the full drive train and counting power that is not actually available. Actually a willingness to pay thousands of dollars to release extra performance in an already excessively performant vehicle is probably a much better proxy for risk than raw HP!
If you can get it for free with your Tesla referral credits then I don't see it as a problem, if you had to stump up the cash for it I'm not sure its worth it when you think it's normally around £500 or less to remap an ICE car.
Love your work. But scratching my head a bit over this one. Bear with me ... Herzberg came up with his "Two-Factor Theory" of motivation which, simply put, says that if you give someone a big increase in pay, they'll be motivated to work hard, but only for a short period. They get used to the cash and it no longer motivates. You can apply this to, for example, a lottery win. To begin with, it's "I've won a million!". After a while, it becomes "Well, it's fine but it's only a million, and it's not really that much." I used to compete in rallying and was always looking for better performance. You fit a "Stage 2" kit (this was a long time ago) and WOW - what a difference. After a wee while, you're used to it and looking for a Stage 3 upgrade. My first time in an EV, I hit the loud pedal and had the same "WOW". Now? It's just normal. Nonetheless, I'm very pleased for you and hope you'll continue to enjoy the "WOW" for years to come.
If we are going for a comparison, my 19 year old bmw with 507 brake horse power does 0-60 in 4.67 seconds, ( tested in April with a draggy ). Not bad for a 19 year old car.
My car reaches 0 to 62 mph in around 11 Sec However I m happy, it's a show Stopper Why I m happy 🤷 car is Extremely good looking its a very large vehicle, it has literally all extras a car can have including massage seats, it's only a 1.2L However in a Long trip I m sure is Faster than than Teslas from A to B my Average speed in stop traffic is only 20 mph , I would say from 0 to 50 mph car is extremely fast surprisingly it tops around 130 mph, which if you live in Germany cruising speed is impressive
I find it intriguing how people have been so successfully conditioned to think / believe that significantly heavier vehicles, with hundreds of kgs of additional resources / materials strapped to them, manufactured in a distant land, primarily with energy from vast amounts of coal, shipped thousands of miles with oil, and which can then accelerate a vehicle / family to 60mph in
1. Not significantly heavier - compare with similarly sized fuel car. 2. Additional resources/ materials? Most moving parts removed vs fuel car, plus no fuel which needs drilling and shipping and refining with vast amounts of electricity then to be transported and pumped into your tank for 40% to be lost as heat. 3. loads of cars are built globally whatever the drivetrain. It’s all FUD love Your point about daft 0-60 times is valid. Then again you’re not complaining about Audi RS6 or BMW M5 so thats FUD as well
@@justgetatesla personally, I would call around 20% significantly heavier. The current UK standard driving licence now allows for 4250kg if 'alternative fuel', up from 3500kg. The new Ford e-Transit is now rated at 4.25 tonnes. That is to give similar payloads as ICE, and satisfactory ranges. That is additional weight and resources being added to vehicles, which then must be moved everywhere with that vehicle. I find FUD is a term throw around by those who have been successfully mislead by corrupt governments / propaganda / media, towards those who have actually spent time looking into things in more detail. I believe EV's do have a place in some scenarios, but much of what is currently happening, and things you advocate, is actually madness. 🤡🌎
Your basic premise is factual wrong. Tesla Model Y is in the same class as an Audi Q5. And weighs less than it. So the “20%” heavier claim is wrong because it’s lighter. Any other “facts” you want to quote? I do love FUDers who don’t understand how RUclips works though. You think you’ve come here to prove us wrong - because you are so obviously right. Though not right enough to actually have the confidence to know you’re right - you need reinforcement. No wonder as your basic facts are demonstrably wrong. But the best part? You watch my video. You post comments. You interact with me and chat. All of which brings me revenue. You are literally funding the thing you have been groomed to hate. And you use the clown emoji. Yep. I am laugh alright. Which is why I always leave these comments up. It’s good entertainment
@@justgetatesla please don't flatter yourself - yes, I watched a small part of this one. The most important thing is that you are convinced by it all. Just imagine driving around in an EV, claiming you are doing something virtuous and for the greater good, while then promoting and trying to make money from some poor looking plastic models, almost certainly manufactured in China with oil, using power primarily derived from coal, and then those products being shipped thousands of miles with oil.........just like many EV's? It really is a 🤡🌎. An then people wonder myself and others aren't participating in the nonsense, and keeping our distance from those shouting 'FUD'! 🤣
Question - when have I said the things you claim I’ve said? You’re virtue signalling, I’m not. You’re talking about the environment. I’m not. And you don’t know how RUclips works - the longer this conversation goes on, the more the algorithm promotes my stuff and boosts revenue. Thanks for the cash!!!
@@justgetatesla I know you payed nothing but still in payed in coins.....I just wandered why people paying so much money for the boost.... I am actually a great fan of your videos and even fan of Tesla 😀
To be fair the half a second of difference feels MUCH quicker. When you accelerate from less than 30mph the push in the back is noticeably harder than before
Quite frankly, £1500 for .5 sec seems a tad excessive not to mention pointless unless you have plans for track days. If you want to do something meaningful, put donate £1500 to the homeless.
Best ROI is to give £1500 to the engineers at Tesla. The homeless issue is a bottomless pit of money that no-one will ever fully solve. Thats just reality. In addition, there is the argument that the more money that goes into homelessness the worse the problem will get. We're all free to spend our money as we wish.
@@mikee6114 OK so your “Head in the sand” views to helping the homeless is clearly a non-starter for you let’s try Great Ormand street childrens hospital. Second thoughts, bloody kids keep getting sick so that a bottomless pit as well. You’re right, .5 second is far more important!
I got the acceleration boost on my model Y LR and have not regretted for a moment. Made the car even more fun to drive. Basically the advantages of the performance model, without any of the disadvantages
I got the acceleration boost on my Y LR more than 10 months ago. At first it didn't feel that much faster than before, but now it feels VERY significantly faster. I use CHILL mode 99% of the time, but if you know in advance that you are going to need a significant performance boost - say for overtaking on a 2-lane highway with limited overtaking opportunities - then the extra acceleration is very much appreciated. Highly recommended.
Love your videos and humour. I’ve been subscribed for some time.
I have a RWD MY and it’s bloody brilliant in ways which my BMW i3 isn’t so good in. Equally, my i3 has qualities the Tesla lacks, like acceleration and handling.
I get why you’ve upgraded even though some of the commenters are getting their knickers in a twist 😅
Got the AB a couple of years back for my Y long range and no regrets. Its a tad bit slower off the mark than a Y performance but has very similar pulling power in the 30 to 60mph range where its most beneficial. The long range is value for money running smaller wheels with fatter profiles than the performance for daily comfort. Im going to upgrade to air suspension to improve the comfort and handling once the warranty has finished..... will be the perfect car for me then.
Police interceptors Subaru’s do 0 - 5.5 seconds! Top sports cars 4.5 sec. This just turns the world upside down, Test drove model 3 performance , took 3 days to get the smile off my face😎😎😎
I have a M3P and the acceleration is bonkers, I have timed 0-60 at 3.2 seconds and when I first got the car and floored it in sport mode it felt like I was on the Rita: Queen of Speed ride at Alton Towers, that’s how I describe it to people who haven’t experienced it. It is overly quick, but it’s fun and it never gets boring. I would love to drive the Tesla Model S Plaid, I can’t imagine what 0-60 in 1.9 seconds feels like!
Yes. I have considered changing my car’s name to Rita 😏
@@justgetatesla Great idea 👍
Thanks for your review! I’ve had the Teslogic box for over a year and really like its feature set. So today, I just bought the Boost for my 2022 Model 3 AWD Long Range. I did think about it, then I JUST DID IT.😅
I bought my Model 3 Dual Motor LR AWD used with Acceleration Boost already installed by the previous owner. It's bonkers and takes the 0-60 to below 4 sec. The acceleration has genuinely made some passengers feel nauseous.
My 94yr old mum loved it and made me do numerous standing starts!
I drive most of the time in Chill mode though, it's fast enough for most daily driving. I have Sport enabled by a long press on the LHS steering wheel button for when I need to fly past a slow moving HGV.
Yes, I also use that shortcut when in chill mode
@@justgetatesla I dreamt i had a Tesla that went in to thermal runaway and burnt my house down
Hi Ian, that grin confirms my choice to get the performance model Y from my existing long range as soon as the revamp is available. Great video
overtaking all i can say WOW.
I have a 4y old M3P, and the wife has to close her eyes when I overtake. The most common description of the 0-60 from passengers is "It's like being on a rollercoaster".
Nice video keep them coming ok
I have to be honest, I am driving the MYLR for nearly a year but mostly in chill mode. Standard mode is already “bonkers”. Already happy in chill mode. In Germany standard mode may or may not be activated. In the Netherlands even standard mode is ridiculously fast.
Half a second difference 0-60 between 9 seconds and 8 and a half seconds, you hardly notice. Half a second difference between 4 seconds and 3.5 seconds is massive!
I had a M3 performance. Scary. Front end went light under full acceleration. Only tried it once or twice. So I am more than happy with my MY and found it does not need full gas to overtake anything I need to get by safely. So It's a totally pointless waste of money for me. I would sooner go for the enhanced Autopilot as this is brilliant. Much better than the standard auto pilot, and the auto summon is great at parties. I will be adding this to the Juniper when I get it.
Thanks @justgetatesla I only have an M3LR, and thought that chill was around 7-8 seconds, but standard is quick, at around 4.4 seconds officially. 0.5seconds off that is mental. I drive in chill most of the time. However, if you have Enhance Auto Commander fitted, it has kick down, so you can drive in chill, but if you press the throttle by say 95%, it brings in standard mode in around a second, so it is less brutal.
Must be getting old, but I found the EB only good for frightening '"She, Who Must Be Obeyed"! Mind you, I do sometimes use it to join fast moving highway traffic and need all my selfcontrol to stop grinning. What can I say, I'm still a boy-child, after all...
I got the acclamation boost 2 weeks after I got my LRMY. Coming form and X3M40 it felt slow now it’s more inline.
Great video Ian. Interestingly I opted for the 3 performance 2 years ago. It’s crazy. 0-60 is 3-1. BUT…. when, 2 years time I change it, I would opt for the long range, probably Y, probably cherry red with white interior (not that Ive thought about it 😂). I’d then do the performance boost. The performance of the 3 perf is properly crazy and its mid range is actually quite noticeable over a ‘boosted’ long range. But you just don’t need the full on performance in my opinion.
My Y is a lard-arse compared to your 3. So is a good second or so slower to 60. As you say, it’s the mid range that is the difference- even with the acceleration boost. Whilst the stats don’t lie and my 0-30 time is quicker, it feels like the power surge through 30mph is where it really goes crazy. Like grab your guts quick. Great fun 😁
You look like 18 again 😁😁. Great video as always
Here's a thought: If you enable acceleration boost, does that count as a "Modification", or do the insurance companies consider that to be "standard build"? Your remark at the beginning suggests that the power is already factored into the specifications that the insurance companies use.
If the insurance companies consider the optional acceleration boost as being part of the standard spec, should they? It goes back to my previous thoughts. If you go the other way and select "Chill Mode" and the insurance companies accept that your car is less powerful as a result, will they give you cheaper quote?
Historically if you remapped an ECU on a petrol car, then that was always classed as a modification by insurance companies even though no hardware is changed.
But would I buy this package? Nope. That would just get me into trouble, especially with the proliferation of absurdly reduced speed limits in the highlands (with more to come in future everywhere else).
They (Government and various campaign groups) are suggesting:
- 30 mph speed limits on country roads (which are part of designated "active travel" routes)
- Government Guidance for 20mph in urban areas more generally
- A suggestion that there will be a review of "National Speed Limits", which I think is code for 60mph going down to 50mph, and 30mph going down to 20mph.
Ask your insurance company. Mine does not consider *any* software to be a modification.
I’ve got a M3 dual motor highland. 0-60 is 4.2 in standard mode. I would definitely get the AB but it’s not available atm. I think it would be even better if sport mode was added as an extra mode rather than replacing standard.
It's so funny how in the UK people (mostly men) are obsessed with 0-60 times ! I have owned 911s and other fast cars in the past and they were nothing more than a source of frustration. Where I live they have reduced the speed limit on virtually every country road to 40mph and traffic means that I am usually stuck in it !! Seeing how fast you can go down a motorway slip road wears off fairly quickly in my experience! So 0-60 times are all about bragging rights down the pub, are of little use in the real world and put up your insurance premium for nothing worth having
I have decided that all I need is to be able to overtake cyclists quickly and safely so anything under 7 seconds will do fine - that's why I got the RWD MY, which is plenty quick enough! Strangely, I do still appreciate the 0-30 performance for getting out into the traffic at roundabouts and the like. My BMW i3 is brilliant at that and surprises the hell out of people in sporty ICE cars at the traffic light GP! lol
Another vote for the BMW i3! They’re great.
true, and the brakes though absolutely fine day to day aren't really that powerful on these model y's with 2 tonnes to haul in. I ride a 1300 BMW motorbike and I get more enjoyment from the corners these days, I don't rev it through the gears even though it probably does 60 in 3 seconds, it soon gets boring.
@@gap9992 ppl in the UK eh…ah you could be right, in europe they’re obsessed with 0 to 100kph and the states quarter mile. More importantly if yin can’t appreciate the dynamics of a car like a 911, thinking it’s only 0 to 60, then you probably are better off in a lowered powered car
It is the 0-60 that is fun, the 100 mph is not fun
Need to add a spoiler and get a red line to go under your dual motor badge 😊
Interesting video thank you. Only car I’ve driven that made me feel the speed was maybe too much is the new model 3 performance. I wasn’t a fan of the blood draining to the back of my head! Looks like 400bhp standard and about 470 with acceleration pack which sounds about right 👍
Half a second costs ICE cars crazy amounts to gain, especially when we are already below 5s. Well done Ian and glad you are enjoying it.
Great video but I feel sorry for your HV battery. I only have the model 3 with lfp battery so I will only see the blur of your model y when it passes me. Good luck with the power upgrade.
I have thought about it, and I won't be doing it anytime soon. I already broke the bank buying Perl (2023 MY LR AWD) and therefore I drive in CHILL mode most of the time in the hope of extending the life of my tires to at least 30K miles and hopefully 40K (12,832 so far -- second rotation coming up in 700 miles (the first was a little late)). However, I do switch to STANDARD when driving in unfamiliar semi-congested places and sometimes even on highway trips when I think that having the option of more acceleration available could render a material improvement to safety. I also once in a while switch to STANDARD just to experience the exhilaration of all that power under control -- I did it just a couple of days ago for a short drive in light to moderate traffic and was afterwards smiling all afternoon. So. Much. Fun. But as I said: life of tire thread is a real priority for me, so even more power isn't an option -- given that constraint.
I got 32k out of my OEM Hankooks and would have had thousands more had I rotated. And that was using standard mode with as many beans as it would give me most of the time…
@@justgetatesla encouraging.
This is a good advert for why VED should take into account the top speed and acceleration time of a car based on manufacturers' published data. So a car that can do 150mph and 0-60 in 5 sec pays 10 x more VED than a car that can do 100mph and 0-60 in 10 sec.
The problem with this 'suggestion' is how would you define who pays what. The majority of all new cars accelerate from 0 - 60 between 7 and 10 seconds and can do at least 100 to 120 mph.
With your suggestion , you'd have two slightly different versions of the same car liable from different levels of VED because one car might be a few kg heavier, thus slower and it falls into a different VED bracket.
Besides, no one drives from 0 - 60 as fast as possible all the time. Thus discouraged people from owning cars that can accelerate fast isn't going to be a significant benefit to anyone. All it would do is increase administration costs for the government.
The difference between a tax and a duty is that a duty is used to influence behaviour.
For example, a strong alcoholic drink such as whiskey is liable for a higher rate of duty than beer to discourage people from drinking high levels of alcohol.
Tobacco is another example of very high levels of duty, again to protect public health.
Previously, Vehicle Excise Duty has been used to encourage people to buy cars that have cleaner exhaust emissions, although it seems we are taking a backwards step next year.
Why? VED is emissions based, EVs produce barely any. So why should an EV that has twice the acceleration pay more than a clunky diesel? It should pay significantly less.
@@PedalPowerPanther I totally agree. There are plenty of diesel cars that pay either zero VED or just £20 - £30 VED.
They should go after these cars because they were far from clean.
Disagree?
Lock yourself inside a garage one of these cars when is running and see how long you'll last.
Personally, £1500 to enable less than 0.5 seconds improvement is not a good choice, had a Model 3 until earlier this year and it’s more than quick enough in its standard mode imo
I’ve got an MG X Power with 0-60 of 3.8 seconds it really feels awful when you accelerate this fast. The experience is similar to a roller coaster.
LR figures are not based on rollout. Performance is.
Also the testing for all runs needs to be above 90% battery to access all the power, your acceleration boost ones appears to be 85%
What is rollout that is mentioned on the figures?
How does that affect your insurance? By increasing power it surely increases the premiums and by how much?
The extra power is already on my V5 and declared on the insurance. And a statement in writing that software updates are not modifications
Had a try in a friends model 3 Performance, and can only liken it as the same as "fake-off", when I flew in Concorde, Painful!
I'm finding, b/c of the standard Y/LR quick acceleration, I speed up to go through more yellow lights now where I would have stopped before. I shudder to think what I would do with the acceleration boost!
Did they not put 'dual motor' on the back that year? Mine came with the performance stuff included in the price. It's pretty stupidly fast for an SUV. It only has chill mode and sport mode, no standard mode.
TESLA 3 PERFORMANCE 3.1 in Sport it moves your internals.
Correction to my e-mail, for"Fake-off" ,read "Take-off"(It's an age thing)
I just want to see what 1.9’s in a plaid feels like , even if I’m just the passenger!
Well this has answered a question i had, could you post up the bhp figures from the 3 different runs please, i wish they gave you 3 settings after upgrade though chill, standard & sport.
Let’s face it under 5 seconds is silly….that Volvo EX30 does it under 4 seconds. I couldn’t force myself to pay £1500 for a setting. I did pay £50 for my current Car that was factory ordered to have sport mode 😂 best £50 ever it stiffened the wheel feel and tweaks the acceleration off the pedal.
Would love to see these figures but up to say 100 mph
I can’t drive that fast. In any car
Which insurance company do you use?
But I always wondered does the chill mode also get faster with the boost? I meant to try it when I had the boost on trial but didn't. I would like to see chill, standard and sport available after adding boost.
Chill mode is a software limit on both motor power and throttle curve. Not affected by acceleration boost.
So basically it gives you a safer feeling when overtaking cars which gives you more confidence
@@paulscott1759 thanks, can use that to explain to the wife why we needed the AB 👍
So when you install the upgrade "sport mode " looks like you lost " stanard mode". If thats true I don't think thats right. You already paid for it, it should not go away.😮
Have you thought about doing a suspension upgrade?
It doesn’t need one
I agree - the suspension works as intended
Maybe handy for experienced drivers but could be dangerous for boy racer types especially on our British roads.
@@pixie706 Dangerous and illegal in less than five seconds.
@@st200ol True with or without the boost and true of most £55K plus cars.
How exactly do you “warm up” the battery before these tests? Just driving around for a while? How long does it take and how do you know if it’s “warm” enough?
Oh I guess that’s what the tesslogic box will tell you
Yes! I did a few warmup runs to literally warm up the battery. Temperature shown on the screen
Does this affect the car in the long term? I'm thinking batteries, motor, etc.?
I don’t believe so!
7 seconds is faster than a lot of very fast cars from 10 years ago.
@@ObiePaddles which?
@@AsPhAlTjUnKiEde all the ones that had a 0-100 time of 7.01 seconds or more.
@@ObiePaddles say one of theses „very fast“ ones 🧐
@@AsPhAlTjUnKiEde one of these «very fast» ones.
@@ObiePaddles 🙄😵💫
so...just get an accelleration boost!
Wont affect your insurance premium at all. Right?
Correct in my case. It is a software update which they do not count as a modification. The “extra power” was always shown on my insurance as it is declared on the registration document
If that is truly the case, I'm sorely tempted!
Hi Question for u. Does the upgrade stay with the car when you sell it? or can you take it with you to a new tesla. Thx
I honestly don’t know! Depends which mood Tesla are in at the time you need to know 😉
Hi I am guessing this is classed as a modification, what did your insurance say and how much extra did they charge you?
It is not classed as a modification. The motors already have that power output, my insurance is already set based on that power output and “nothing software is a modification’
@@justgetatesla hi thanks for the reply you have help me decide on whether to do the same, guess i will be getting the power boost as well 😀👍
Youproduce very well put together and entaining videos, but on this occasion, and please dont be offended, I would be asking Tesla if i could get my money back!
It is refundable… but no one ever applies for a refund …. It’s a remarkable improvement
@@maxflight777 I suppose in fairness it depends on where and how you drive. I have a daily runabout which I changed five months ago to an MG3 HYBRID, which apparently has a 0-60 time of 8.1 secs. When I was 'much' younger that would have been considered quick in hot hatch territory. At the time in the mid eighties a Ford Escort XR3i was considered a bit of a bench mark car completing the run in 8.6 secs!!
My other car is a Genesis Electrified G80, which is a big (over 5 metres long) luxury EV saloon. Like its competitors its quoted time is (Genesis quoted) I think 4.7 secs, and in independent road tests 4.1 secs. This would put this car up against Ferraris from the 80s. Obviously as time moves on technology improves, and EV's by their very nature almost make a mockery of acceleration when compared to ICE cars.
The point is, in the bit over two years I've owned the Genesis (which replaced a Maserati Ghibli and many Jaguars over the preceeding decades), I have never 'floored it' and on the cone or two occasions I put my foot down a fair bit, the acceleration just made me feel a little physically ill with an almost head spinning effect. Now before I get categorised as an old man (I'm 59!), living in a London suburb, where I would travel maybe into Central London (currently no congestion charge for EV's) or on any of the motorways, you are so limited by utter weight of traffic, or the speed camera enforced speed limits of 20 mph in all central London, and increasingly in the suburbs, or the variable speed limit cameras of motorways, where even if the variable speed signs aren't switched on, they will still catch you if you go much above 70.
So for me paying extra for that performance would be a waste. I would rather put the money to FSD if they could get it to work properly on UK roads.
I have limited autonomy on both my cars, and for me that makes a real difference.
Not that much of a difference between Sport and Accel Boost. 99.9% will never notice. But yeah standard is good enough
What is the name of the LAP time App you use in this video?
I have a Teslogic box plumbed in. This is their software
@@justgetatesla thanks for your prompt response. Love your videos btw
2004: The DLC for this videogame isn't even "downloadable", it's on the disc. You're paying twice for something that's in your hand.
2014: Videogames are routinely released as bug-ridden, unfinished crap and the "DLC" is actually the rest of development.
2024: Cars have DLC.
In principle I agree with you entirely. I’ve got a car with powerful motors fitted. My insurance premium is based on that power, but to actually benefit from all of it I need to pay extra.
Or- the other way around - it’s a very cheap upgrade to bridge the gap to the more cash that the Performance costs
Dear ALL: Model 3 RWD Long Range but no home charging...... discuss........ 👍🏻 Just "with all that power..." comes great responsibility😆
Actually, the model 3 performance is 2.9 to 60
don't think so: mine is 3.2
@@mikeforwarduk The new M3P is 2.9, the older one is 3.1
Idiots claiming it’s expensive ( in the comments ! ) where else can you obtain 90HP for a small sum of money
😄 Exactly! Look at the price for a 90HP classic car.🙄
If this fools the insurance company, can we petition Elon to make us pay for Standard acceleration too? That would reduce the headline horsepower and therefore the insurance premium and if the insurance company does not take retrofitted Sport mode HP into account, it would also not notice Standard mode HP? I could live with Chill mode if it saved me money on insurance premium. One caution: my insurance (Admiral) uses a phone app to 'assess risk' (I wonder if it reliably discriminates between me driving the insured car or riding as a passenger in another car?), so if I bought Acceleration Boost and actually used it Admiral might assess my risk higher and increase the premium more next year. But this is another reason why I want Tesla insurance: they can take account of all the data and not have to make assumptions and no doubt set risk premium on the worst case.
Nobody is fooled. My insurance company has the full motor horsepower as the car specifications and charges accordingly. AB unlocks the power I am already paying insurance for…
@@justgetatesla It's worse than I thought! I'm subsidising the boy racers! Clickbait headline for your next video: "How the insurance industry is screwing EV owners and the planet". Not only are they ignoring Sir Isaac (acceleration equals force **divided by mass**) but they are ignoring the full drive train and counting power that is not actually available. Actually a willingness to pay thousands of dollars to release extra performance in an already excessively performant vehicle is probably a much better proxy for risk than raw HP!
Yes! If only Elon had bought an Insurance company instead of TwX.
Did you mean to upload this video at midnight?
No 😂
I don't think saving half a second is worth the cost to be honest.
If you can get it for free with your Tesla referral credits then I don't see it as a problem, if you had to stump up the cash for it I'm not sure its worth it when you think it's normally around £500 or less to remap an ICE car.
@@psm2day Yep, my point exactly, most people won't have nearly enough referral credits to be able to afford this.
Sure! But me testing it using credits is so that people can see the results and make their own decision on whether it’s worth doing
Love your work. But scratching my head a bit over this one. Bear with me ...
Herzberg came up with his "Two-Factor Theory" of motivation which, simply put, says that if you give someone a big increase in pay, they'll be motivated to work hard, but only for a short period. They get used to the cash and it no longer motivates. You can apply this to, for example, a lottery win. To begin with, it's "I've won a million!". After a while, it becomes "Well, it's fine but it's only a million, and it's not really that much." I used to compete in rallying and was always looking for better performance. You fit a "Stage 2" kit (this was a long time ago) and WOW - what a difference. After a wee while, you're used to it and looking for a Stage 3 upgrade. My first time in an EV, I hit the loud pedal and had the same "WOW". Now? It's just normal.
Nonetheless, I'm very pleased for you and hope you'll continue to enjoy the "WOW" for years to come.
If you use the GPS of your phone. This will be highly inacurate
Which is why I didnt
If we are going for a comparison, my 19 year old bmw with 507 brake horse power does 0-60 in 4.67 seconds, ( tested in April with a draggy ). Not bad for a 19 year old car.
Dyno tests show HP numbers for LR Dual Motor M Y closer to 385 HP at the wheels.
Save your tyres and stay in Chill
I’m in the Algarve, it only cost me €900.
Rip Off Britain 🇬🇧?
My car reaches 0 to 62 mph in around 11 Sec
However I m happy, it's a show Stopper
Why I m happy 🤷
car is Extremely good looking its a very large vehicle, it has literally all extras a car can have including massage seats, it's only a 1.2L
However in a Long trip I m sure is Faster than than Teslas from A to B my Average speed in stop traffic is only 20 mph , I would say from 0 to 50 mph car is extremely fast surprisingly it tops around 130 mph, which if you live in Germany cruising speed is impressive
I find it intriguing how people have been so successfully conditioned to think / believe that significantly heavier vehicles, with hundreds of kgs of additional resources / materials strapped to them, manufactured in a distant land, primarily with energy from vast amounts of coal, shipped thousands of miles with oil, and which can then accelerate a vehicle / family to 60mph in
1. Not significantly heavier - compare with similarly sized fuel car. 2. Additional resources/ materials? Most moving parts removed vs fuel car, plus no fuel which needs drilling and shipping and refining with vast amounts of electricity then to be transported and pumped into your tank for 40% to be lost as heat. 3. loads of cars are built globally whatever the drivetrain. It’s all FUD love
Your point about daft 0-60 times is valid. Then again you’re not complaining about Audi RS6 or BMW M5 so thats FUD as well
@@justgetatesla personally, I would call around 20% significantly heavier.
The current UK standard driving licence now allows for 4250kg if 'alternative fuel', up from 3500kg. The new Ford e-Transit is now rated at 4.25 tonnes. That is to give similar payloads as ICE, and satisfactory ranges. That is additional weight and resources being added to vehicles, which then must be moved everywhere with that vehicle.
I find FUD is a term throw around by those who have been successfully mislead by corrupt governments / propaganda / media, towards those who have actually spent time looking into things in more detail.
I believe EV's do have a place in some scenarios, but much of what is currently happening, and things you advocate, is actually madness.
🤡🌎
Your basic premise is factual wrong. Tesla Model Y is in the same class as an Audi Q5. And weighs less than it. So the “20%” heavier claim is wrong because it’s lighter.
Any other “facts” you want to quote? I do love FUDers who don’t understand how RUclips works though. You think you’ve come here to prove us wrong - because you are so obviously right. Though not right enough to actually have the confidence to know you’re right - you need reinforcement. No wonder as your basic facts are demonstrably wrong. But the best part? You watch my video. You post comments. You interact with me and chat. All of which brings me revenue. You are literally funding the thing you have been groomed to hate.
And you use the clown emoji. Yep. I am laugh alright. Which is why I always leave these comments up. It’s good entertainment
@@justgetatesla please don't flatter yourself - yes, I watched a small part of this one.
The most important thing is that you are convinced by it all.
Just imagine driving around in an EV, claiming you are doing something virtuous and for the greater good, while then promoting and trying to make money from some poor looking plastic models, almost certainly manufactured in China with oil, using power primarily derived from coal, and then those products being shipped thousands of miles with oil.........just like many EV's?
It really is a 🤡🌎. An then people wonder myself and others aren't participating in the nonsense, and keeping our distance from those shouting 'FUD'! 🤣
Question - when have I said the things you claim I’ve said? You’re virtue signalling, I’m not. You’re talking about the environment. I’m not. And you don’t know how RUclips works - the longer this conversation goes on, the more the algorithm promotes my stuff and boosts revenue.
Thanks for the cash!!!
So you payed 1500 pounds for less than a sec faster.....😂
No, I paid nothing. Used referral points. As I said in the video. To review it for the people who are considering if it’s worth £1,500.
@@justgetatesla I know you payed nothing but still in payed in coins.....I just wandered why people paying so much money for the boost.... I am actually a great fan of your videos and even fan of Tesla 😀
To be fair the half a second of difference feels MUCH quicker. When you accelerate from less than 30mph the push in the back is noticeably harder than before
@@justgetateslainteresting to know 😊thanks
Quite frankly, £1500 for .5 sec seems a tad excessive not to mention pointless unless you have plans for track days. If you want to do something meaningful, put donate £1500 to the homeless.
Best ROI is to give £1500 to the engineers at Tesla. The homeless issue is a bottomless pit of money that no-one will ever fully solve. Thats just reality. In addition, there is the argument that the more money that goes into homelessness the worse the problem will get.
We're all free to spend our money as we wish.
Best not give it to homeless charities. Best to not vote far left evil woke parties like labour as that would be so much better
@@mikee6114 OK so your “Head in the sand” views to helping the homeless is clearly a non-starter for you let’s try Great Ormand street childrens hospital. Second thoughts, bloody kids keep getting sick so that a bottomless pit as well. You’re right, .5 second is far more important!
I’m not a Labour voter. But “evil woke left” is comedy
I don't think you can turn Tesla credits into cash to donate, I'm using mine at the moment to charge up via superchargers while on holiday.