NURBURGRING TESLA S PLAID, THE PERFECT RAIN TOY?....

Here is an other video of the plaid in super wet Nurburgring conditions
Everyone knows that the nordschleife is tricky on the dry, but on wet it is again an other story!!!
The asphalt is super slippery for the following reasons:
1/ it is an old tarmac (some places has more than 50 years old asphalt)
2/There is a lot of painting on the tarmac which increase the slippery
3/ The temperature when is raining are always cold and make difficult to maintain the tires at the right temperature
For all of these reasons, the track is then complicate and dangerous when wet....but with the Plaid it is miraculous 😇
Kudos to the incredible Michelin PS4s who are simply the best road legal tires in these conditions, but also to the incredible traction of this 1000hp car, the three motors just pass the power on the asphalt perfectly with almost no spin!! Try that on a 700hp gt2 rs 🤣
That make an awesome car in these conditions and because a lots of peoples are scared to drive, we can almost have an empty track🤩
Important to use the rain lines as much as possible as you can see in the video🤙🏻
#nordschleife #nürburgring #greenhell #tesla #teslaplaid #michelin #nurburgring

[@nick_0]

I love how an actual race driver like yourself expresses their love for the fun of racing EVs. They’re definitely fun cars, and are often criticized for being inferior to combustion in that area of enjoyment. Sure, it doesn’t vibrate and rumble and produce beautiful engine notes, but they are definitely fun to spin around corners with that instant torque. Thanks for the awesome content Sebastian, keep ‘em coming!

[@sebastianvittel74]

You are welcome! I must say that i will not drive all time evs on track but sometimes it is very pleasant and offer great sensation 😃👍🏻

[@Yachtzeee]

The Plaid has the best traction system I have ever used. Nice to hear it from you.

[@sebastianvittel74]

I agree! Phenomenal on rain 🤩

[@northshoreplaid]

I have found my Plaid with 19" and PirelliPZero are incredible in the rain. Even though our national speed limit in USA is artificially low! When the car is pushed at or near the limit in these conditions it has not LET ME DOWN! It sticks like glue and although I'm a little apprehensive...I am not even 1/100th the driver as you or others that follow your channel. It's great to know that Tesla engineering is at the TOP!!! =) Danke for your videos!

[@sebastianvittel74]

Small wheels and less diameter of tire is always good on rain/snow 😃👍🏻 I think this car can get the best of both world il 20’ wheels 👍🏻

[@John-Edward]

Thank you Sebastian for these great videos, and all your comments and responses to us viewers! So kind 😊

[@sebastianvittel74]

My pleasure!

[@sa34w]

You are a legend mate, thanks a lot for your videos

[@brk00034]

Great soundtrack 👍👍

[@la_serge21]

...and only the sound of rain and tires...

[@sebastianvittel74]

And music 🕺

[@teslaw-model3]

​@@sebastianvittel74 and ABS?

[@commandonut]

Love this camera setup, sweet!

[@sebastianvittel74]

Glad you like it!

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

this is so different, great content !

[@sebastianvittel74]

Thank you!

[@TomsTurboGarage]

Yet another epic ‘Ring run! Thanks again for sharing!

[@sebastianvittel74]

Thanks to You! Hope to see you one day at the ring 😃

[@sjorsangevare]

Wow Tom! How are you liking your Raven, are you looking at Plaids yet? 😄

[@TomsTurboGarage]

@@sjorsangevare Hi there! I picked up my Plaid in July of 2021 and it’s my favorite car ever!! 😍

[@sjorsangevare]

@@TomsTurboGarage oh wow! That's amazing. It's been a while since you uploaded, I recently binged your LS Miata and now I'm watching the Tacoma!

[@TomsTurboGarage]

@@sjorsangevare yes it’s definitely been too long! Thank you for checking out my post LS videos, I appreciate it very much!

[@Shiftheads]

Ps4s really are such and incredible tire. Traction control with electric motors certainly helps too lol

[@borinvlogs]

Model 3 Performance owner here. Only 5 days of ownership and acceleration is way too fast for our UK road and grip is also excellent on wet. I can not get my head around how the Plaid would make my body feels even the MP3 is nuts. Love these cars, not just because of performance, but every day usage and free charge for me at work. Also the tech inside the car and Tesla app in the phone is just amazing.

[@luizfl]

Nice ...

[@bdragonfry]

Bien les traj pluies !

[@sebastianvittel74]

Nécessaire 😶‍🌫️

[@maga5381]

What are you thoughts on the yoke steering wheel?

[@ptrsrrll]

Could you please lower the Camera 30 - 50mm to get better view under the mirror.. Love your vids, hope to drive the Ring one day. (have MYP on order)

[@sebastianvittel74]

Noted!

[@njplaid4261]

Did you purposely turn the indigator on or was it accidental. Some people hate buttons on the yoke.

[@navaho5430]

What is the knocking noise sounds like the brake pedal return, the car is so quiet cheers.

[@Maody66TV]

At least it works not that bad in wet conditions obviously. 👍‍Maybe the driver helps a bit as well... 😉

[@sebastianvittel74]

Golf are better….i have a golf 8 😇

[@Maody66TV]

@@sebastianvittel74 Not the worst choice Seb. 😉 Price Performance Ratio is priceless in those Golfs. I am always astonished again what my TCR is able to go. Is yours a Golf 8 R 25 years?

[@sebastianvittel74]

@@Maody66TV no a tdi 150 on 16’ wheels 😂 That is simply the fastest car i found for traveling from my home to Nurburgring 😅 no need to refuel and medium speed on autobahn 170kmh in confort just perfect. 780kms distance home-nurburg, in same traffic conditions: With the tesla: 7h30 Easy jet (including car rental etc): 7h With the golf…. 5h20 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Eightball007]

The GiroDiscs and Carbotec XP10s seem to be holding up well!

[@sebastianvittel74]

For street and sometimes on track usage the package is awesome 🤩👍🏻

[@larryc1616]

Need some top gun music 🇺🇸

[@smartelectriccar]

The clouds above the glass roof are beautiful to watch as the car serenely laps this track.

[@sebastianvittel74]

Agree!!

[@NewLook40]

Merci pour la vidéo, elle montre bien l'efficacité d'un tel monstre électrique. 👏👍 Par contre le bruit de la pédale de frein n'est pas digne d'une caisse à plus de 100k€ 🤯

[@sebastianvittel74]

Oui c'est vrai

[@DouglasJMark]

My Model Y brakes do that clicking sound too. I think it’s when the car applies the brake automatically when the one pedal “regen” braking needs stopping help. My guess it’s a safety indicator. But, I don’t know if the brakes activate automatically in track mode. I think they do by default.

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍👍

[@tytymeta9999]

😮 😱 Boudu !! C'est de l'eau mais moi je fais de l'huile du début à la fin 😅

[@sebastianvittel74]

Ouiiii 🏄‍♂️

[@fmflores2000]

Wow thank you thank you!!!! I was just thinking about this post!

[@sebastianvittel74]

You are so welcome!

[@mousetreat]

That brake pedal is getting annoying when you release it hard. There should be a rubber stopper or something on it. :-) Love the car!

[@johnhadlow9345]

Nice :) What suspension Settings are you using? Default low with auto or more compression and rebound? And did you change the torque split f/r? I have been surprised how fast the torque vector arrives in a turn…

[@sebastianvittel74]

We cannot adjust suspensions in track mode, it stays on sport and low

[@johnhadlow9345]

@@sebastianvittel74 Oops. I didn't try it yet. Sorry for stupid question. Although actually thinking about it, it would be nice if it was possible.

[@sebastianvittel74]

@@johnhadlow9345 in track mode we can even not adjust the power mode, it stay in « Plaid » which is a shame because on rain i would prefer « sport » mode 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@johnhadlow9345]

@@sebastianvittel74 I know what you mean. It feels like quite a lot a car if it gets away from you. I had an F10M Comp a while ago which was slower but predictable-I liked it-the Plaid I need to go on a track and see what it does once it lets go. Are you going to do the expensive brakes when they finally come?

[@Putersdcat]

@@sebastianvittel74 shall I try and relay these feature requests to Tesla, or are you already in contact?

[@rickmaldoo4205]

Scary scary

[@Fisker_2002]

This car is EPIC! How many laps are you able to do on a full charge?

[@sebastianvittel74]

5/6 laps

[@Fisker_2002]

@@sebastianvittel74 Great!

[@xthilox]

Next Time we can do a lap together in the Rain .. 1000 HP vs. 261 HP 3-Cylinder ( WITH GOOD TIRES 😀)

[@sebastianvittel74]

Iam too old and scared for that 👴🏻

[@xthilox]

@@sebastianvittel74 :-D you wear a helmet .. nobody will see that you are scared :D haha

[@54088WWW]

if you lost , what would you paid ? your garbage 3 cylinder or your life ?? 3 cylinder ?? So dirty ICE car

[@1027hristo]

what is this strange vibration when you turn the wheel and car understeer?

[@sebastianvittel74]

Grip test to see where the grip Limit is Good to do on slow corners for better extraction

[@Peter_Gantz]

Soundtrack = Tesla™ God Complex 🧖🏼‍♂️

[@Shahroze_]

Do you have a dry video in the works?

[@andyyuan9031]

Was the speedometer kilometers or miles?

[@sebastianvittel74]

Kmh

[@LTTUSA]

Please do one on Autopilot.

[@yg.mathieu]

Très bonne conduite comme d'habitude mais que c'est ennuyeux.... Les vidéos avec la GT2 RS et l'ancienne GT3 RS était tellement plus plaisante 👍 Bien sûr, ta nouvelle 992 GT3 est tout aussi incroyable, surtout en boîte manuelle !

[@sebastianvittel74]

Oui c'est vrai tu as raison Il y aura beaucoup de video avec la gt3 cette année, elle est prete pour la Saison 😃👍🏻

[@yg.mathieu]

@@sebastianvittel74 bonne nouvelle !

[@sworksm552]

Smooth

[@sebastianvittel74]

🙏🏻

[@Spendarellaa]

What is the music?

[@stefan-stocksmadesimple5241]

Doesn't that brake pedal noise get annoying..?

[@CompleteCretin]

Knight Rider steering wheel! :D

[@carholic-sz3qv]

It's not

[@barondugger]

What is that "clunk" sound I keep hearing? 6:08 is one instance.

[@sjorsangevare]

Just some loose stuff in the car

[@rashido]

awesome vid, it actually looks relaxing to drive somehow. Hope @mgcharoudin gets to try this soon haha :P

[@karla6999]

shouldn‘ it be Vettel?

[@haken9928]

Et les remplaçants des ps4s viennent juste d’être annoncés !

[@sebastianvittel74]

Oui mais que tres peu de dimension 😌

[@cesarplaton2229]

Je ne sais pas comment tu peux avoir confiance en ce rectangle qui sert de volant 🤣🤣

[@sebastianvittel74]

Parfois je me demande aussi 😅

[@cesarplaton2229]

@@sebastianvittel74 🤣🤣

[@rudyyyxu]

Go karts are the best rain toy

[@sebastianvittel74]

But we are wet after laps 💧🤣

[@rudyyyxu]

@@sebastianvittel74 😅

[@jakobvolker]

Wenn du der Sepp bist bin ich der Kaiser von China

[@doctor_who1]

Perfect rain toy is GR Yaris

[@sebastianvittel74]

I agree 🤙🏻

[@joshtrackday]

ils fournissent des médicaments pour ne pas s'endormir pendant un tour de nurburgring ?

[@sebastianvittel74]

Attends que je l’amene chez mp rezeau pour une prepa a 300k€/-150kgs et on en reparle 😂

[@joshtrackday]

@@sebastianvittel74 à ta place je pars chez Manthey à 500k € tu auras la garantie constructeur et deux déflecteurs en plastiques sous la voiture 🤣

[@sebastianvittel74]

@@joshtrackday tu as raison…eux au moins ils fournissent le gobelet plug anal 😎🤙🏻

[@joshtrackday]

@@sebastianvittel74 ça c'est la grande classe, Yannick me demande les dimensions que souhaite pour le plug c'est à priori la dernière pièce qu'il manque pour te convaincre 😅

[@TheEryk03]

Understeer everywhere

[@sebastianvittel74]

Yep

[@mousiee7]

Getting ready for Formula E?

[@sebastianvittel74]

😎🤙🏻

[@miketango244]

1.020 PS, doesn't put the power on the road, even a diesel is faster there.

[@sink2a]

La plaid c'est une voiture pour faire des tiktoks, a part ça ya pas grand choses mais bon apparemment ça suffit en 2024 pour impressionner les gens

[@sebastianvittel74]

Mais comme suis d’accord avec toi! 😃🤙🏻 Quand tu vois que je met des videos en ligne avec des autos de 500k€ sur le meme circuit qui sont bien mieux et rapide mais que elles font 900 000 x moins de vus, bah on se demande où va le monde franchement 🤣

[@sink2a]

@@sebastianvittel74 ahhhhhh putain ça fait du bien d'entendre ça !!! Courage les vrais savent 😂

[@rabalac]

I WAS CRINGING THE WHOLE VIDEO JUST HOPING YOU STAYED ON TRACK I KNOW TESLA HANDLES TRACTION WELL BUT HOLY SHIT

[@sebastianvittel74]

I can understand you 😅

[@carholic-sz3qv]

It's awd wtf do you expect lol!!!

[@fabianrudzewski9027]

​@@carholic-sz3qv do you know what an m5 cs is? 2 tonnes AWD sedan. Do you know what it does to many sportscars?

[@fredericdonier6109]

Ennuyeux

[@sebastianvittel74]

Je dirai meme ennuyeux a mourrir 😶‍🌫️

[@fredericdonier6109]

@@sebastianvittel74 même si cela avance sa reste électrique test la R8 ksf 100a200 2.8sec la c est un missile et l électricité qui a pris 200% croire que l électrique reviendra moins chere que l essence et un sacré mensonge donc pour un soit disant passionnée faire de la pub pour un électrique je trouve sa bof déjà revendre sa gt2rs mdr

[@sebastianvittel74]

@@fredericdonier6109 r8 1000hp houla trop bruyant pour mes vieilles oreilles, tu verras quand tu auras mon age 🤣 Gt2 vendu au prix d'une maison je pouvais pas refuser 😍

[@fredericdonier6109]

@@sebastianvittel74 oui c est sur mais tu es pas dans le besoin je pense après chacun ses choix et ses envies mais passé d une gt2rs a un truc qui fait aucun son sa doit troubler je pense non 👍

[@sebastianvittel74]

@@fredericdonier6109 bah j’ai quand meme acheté une 992 cup, une 992 gt3 et une plaid a la place de la gt2, donc non je suis pas trop dans le besoin 😂 Abonne toi a ma chaine pour des jolies bruits de flat 6 a venir 🤩

[@arminmaier]

This electronic waste has no place on a race track

[@madrx2]

Doesn't look too perfect judging by the front wheel hop in the first few corners 🤣

[@sebastianvittel74]

Grip test

[@WalterBurton]

You know, that's the thing about Elon Musk. It's just like Bill Cosby. You gotta be able to separate the art from the artist. If you can't do that---. Sorry! Don't mean to be a downer!

[@hippiemiller]

Still not a fan of them

[@Phoinix08]

What is that music playing?

[@sebastianvittel74]

Same as in the other video

[@Mew-ip3iy]

You should replace the yoke with a round steering wheel

[@sebastianvittel74]

I love the yoke too much 🤩