Insane mode is the first grade of battery splatter you can use but with the P85D you now get Ludicrous Mode which is even funnier and faster. Ludicrous mode is a £4000 upgrade so I am not certain if they were referring to the speed or the price !
For those interested and in the Reading area they offered me a test drive in the Green Park area on Tuesday of next week. If you are around it might be worth visiting. It is a surprising car, very much next generation. Several of our US staff have them and love them after 1-2 years, always a good test.
The name comes from the Mel Brooks comedy movie "Spaceballs" in which a spaceship goes so fast -- after being set to "Ludicrous Speed" -- that it warps starlight into a plaid pattern.
Tesla isn't stopping with "Ludicrous Mode," either. A next-generation Tesla Roadster sports car, due out in four years, will have a mode called "Maximum Plaid."
I might wait for Maximum Plaid. You have to admire his chutzpah, is that the right word ?
