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Originally Posted by Sedoy
I know that this forum is anti-Tesla and "haters gonna hate" etc... But are Tesla brakes really that bad? I was looking at the recent Car-and-Driver review of the new Turbo S with Lightweight Package and I noticed that 100-0 MPH braking is only 5 ft better than Tesla Plaid. I know Porsche's braking is probably more predictable and can withstand the heat better and so on... but I expected a little better result from 1,300 lbs lighter the pinnacle of Porsche's engineering Turbo S... Something tells me that Plaid brakes issue is a little overhyped  |
Could be, but majority of those who shows the Plaid braking issue seems to stem with repeated severe braking like on a track. Fairly certainly doing it once or twice it'd be fine and comparable, but the Tesla likely will fall off that benchmark earlier than the Porsche precisely it is quite a bit more weighty
370Z suffers from an issue where repeated hard braking will cause the brakes to stop working (look up ice mode), and it was down to poor/lack of actual venting in the wheel well. Perhaps to reduce drag the Tesla doesn't allow as much air flow into the brake area than a conventional vehicle which in turn, doesn't allow the brakes to cool off adequately between hard stops.
Just a thought
FYI: The track used in the OP's video is from TMP, a local smaller track that is unfavorable to heavy and big cars, the two big brake zones are one after the other and neither are very long, and the infield is tight and favors smaller cars that can carry momentum, leaves very little area for any big car to shed heat in between laps.