2022 Tesla Model S Plaid: Regular Car Reviews

In this episode of Regular Car Reviews, we drive the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid. It's the
latest versions of one of the most influential car models ever built. We'll talk about how the public
perception of the Tesla and electric vehicles has changed over time, show you the features this car
offers you, and take you along for a test drive as Mr. Regular goes into all the details on what makes
the Tesla Model S Plaid different from what came before. Watch our 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid review, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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[jacobsheppard]

There were always those old guys tinkering with their perfectly restored 57 Chevys, completely unbothered by the fact that it doesn't handle, and doesn't make any power. The old guys had to come to terms with the fact that their 7 liter old American iron was going to get spanked by a turbo 4 cylinder economy car years ago. They learned to live with their cars and enjoy them for what they were. The Plaid feels like it lifts a weight off of the collective shoulders of the entire car community, we'll never be fast again, none of us. Might as well just enjoy tinkering with our funny old machines for the inherent pleasure of it from this point onward.

[pzk]

This is so weird. Tomorrow won't feel like a Monday now. I've been using these videos to start my work week for years now.

[stephentroyer]

I think when acceleration is so violent that it hurts, it's time to accept that we've maxed out that stat and look for something else to improve. Luxury, cornering Gs, top speed, HiFi sound, towing capacity, something. Even drag coefficients are getting about as good as we can get the with side by side seating.

[HandFromCoffin]

Story: I wanted my dream car for years while in the Air Force. I got out, got an OK job and got it. Exactly how I wanted it, down to the options. I loved it. It was maybe a little more than I should have been spending but it was mine! Then 4 years later of daily driving back and forth to work... making those payments and insurance payments.. It wore off.. Ya I'd still get a little tingle in my pants when I'd roll on it a little at a stop light.. but I'd only ever feel like doing that once a week now.. It really ruined me. I'm now 45 and drive a Ford Focus I got "new" from the dealer. It was a 1 year old dealer loaner or something. I got it for a right before the price of cars went nuts. It's the last year US Focus, mostly base model.. It's silver... It's fine. It drives nice, the interior is nice, it's quiet, it's cheep.. I just don't care.. It's fine. When I think what I paid for it it's actually quite impressive how nice it is. You kids don't understand the level of quality a new base model car is! Any way.. it's a don't meet your hero story I guess. Maybe it's because I should have gotten a used one at the time and saved like half the price.. maybe it's because it was a little more than I should have been paying... Maybe it's because I sold it for a deal because you couldn't fit a baby seat in the back or front seat.. Maybe it's because I'm just older.. I don't know. I still like to look at cars and think I'd like that.. I just can't see myself paying for them, maybe it's because I know that in 2-3 years that same car will excite me about as much as my Ford Focus. I have no idea where I"m going with this or why I wrote it. Thank you for reading, if you did.

[jacobansari]

WOAH. Never thought of model plaid as a muscle car, but it totally makes sense.
-big torque
-high weight
-can’t corner
-light to light racing

[jjinc]

Being a Mopar guy, I feel like your “Mopar Think-tank” session is 1) Hilarious and 2) Probably spot on! Gotta respect these Teslas when they went from light speed to “Holy shit…they went to Plaid!”

[sixty]

“Lose your right to vote at Kunkelman Chevrolet!” is the most I’ve laughed all week

[RossMKF]

With the F1 cars argument the steering ratio is completely different lock to lock takes way less turns than the Tesla. The Tesla has a normal steering ratio making the yoke kinda useless and more cumbersome.

[josephcowee]

The worst part about getting passed by a Tesla that's absolutely hauling, is that it's damn near silent lol

[jirehjirehjirehjireh]

I valet parked a Plaid and “Looking like a dingus” is exactly what I would describe using the yoke felt like. It was so awkward to over-hand turn to park.

[gentlefauna]

I feel like the plaid represents a lot of what I don't like about most modern cars. Big, heavy, damped to a point of numbness, focuses more on 0-60 and straight line performance than any other metric of performance or trying to be enjoyable for anything that isn't a surge of getting pushed into your seat for little to no actual effort which feels more and more like cheap thrills until it stops being novel and feeling fast or interesting and then instead everything else just feels slow instead but it didn't bring anything of substance really. Behold the automotive equivalent of the guy who learned how to play Wonderwall except everyone is applauding him for it.

[SplosionMovies]

If you can separate the car from the company, Tesla’s are ok. But the fact of the matter is, the customer support, which you are FORCED to rely on when you drive a (brutally fast) computer, is militantly terrible. When the time comes that you can service your own Plaid and download the software to facilitate that, it’ll be worth the money. Until then, no matter how much money you let Tesla suckle from you, it’s just not your car, plain and simple.

[jimpraxis]

The best analogy I've yet thought of with EVs versus ICE vehicles is watches. When quartz and digital watches came out as cheap, reliable, and accurate timepieces, most people switched over to them. Those people then stopped buying watches in favour of using their phones, and then maybe got a smartwatch. Those all have great technological advantages and are better than mechanical watches in pretty much every practical sense. However, Rolex figured out that a high-end mechanical watch could be a luxury item, and that watch enthusiasts didn't care about the easy solution to accuracy (digital), but cared about how accurate a mechanical device could be made.

No ICE enthusiast wants to race a Tesla because it's pointless. Racing combustion engine against combustion engine is a direct and engaging comparison. Racing an EV against a combustion engine is like saying you can draft a document faster on a computer than on a typewriter - of course you can, and no one cares. To bring it back to the watch analogy - a phone or smartwatch is a better time-measuring device than an Omega Speedmaster, and it can do more, but an Omega Speedmaster is what a watch enthusiast would buy.

[biscuitdingus]

The Mopar bit is a great point, I am so incredibly excited to see Stellantis figure out how to make a faster dodge demon. They have to, their market demands fast and annoying. Their concept already shows off it’s going to make fake noises loud as all hell.
I’m certain there will be some Dodge Dart ev, some luxury Chrysler 300 EV or something, but you know damn well they’re gonna slam obscenely powerful DC motors into the challenger chassis just to flex on everyone.

[Seabass]

I would like Tesla's a lot more if they were anywhere near obtainable to me. The high entry price combined with the sketchy "right to repair" issues means I can't afford a new one, and won't be buying one used if I'm not "allowed" to fix it myself.

[UmmYeahOk]

“When there’s no electricity, where are you going to go in your Tesla?” It’s insane how often this question comes up. So every time I see it, I have to chime in with my Snowmageddon 2021 experience. Remember when Texas was without power for days? Our Tesla was plugged in and fully charged when that happened. People with ICE vehicles were driving all over, running out of gas looking for gas. The thing is, even if the refineries were open, and truckers were supplying, no electricity means no point of sales system, no pump activation. As soon as we got electricity, the car immediately could start recharging again if needed, while gas stations had little to no supply. The last time I got gas for my mustang this happened. First station I went to, couldn’t get gas because they had a power outage. Just them apparently.

[_rei]

Also I like how you're making Mopar exec to sound like Kel-Tec exec when they came up with the idea of 50 round handgun

[bryonbrown]

So glad to see Kunkleman Chevrolet return. I've been missing that bit.

[joegiusep]

Roman absolutely knocked the Kunkleman bit out of the park, haven't laughed that hard in ages!

[stephentroyer]

I don't know if Dodge has the mindset you talked about, but I'd be super excited if it turns out they do that kind of electrical monster!