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Drive by feel, isn’t this something everyone develops? You start to notice how fast things move outside the windows like trees, poles, lane lines. Admittedly, if stressed or excited then I tend to go a little faster but I check the speedometer then. Also I drive ICE and can hear/feel the engine. Guess that would be different in a Tesla.

Anyways, generally plenty of feedback to observe without needing to glue your eyes to a speedometer. Is this not a common thing?



Going say 62 km/h does not feel that different than going 50 km/h, but can result in a sizable fine in many countries.


I often discover I'm going well over the speed limit when driving my Model 3. I don't think the lack of speedometer (that I can see without looking down and to the right) is entirely to blame - though its location not being in my line of sight doesn't improve things.

For me, it's the relative silence of going from 0-60 MPH in under 4 seconds that does it. I have an ICE car that can almost do that, but it does so very loudly requires me to shift gears manually as it happens. It's a full body and mind experience, one full of very obvious feedback.


> Drive by feel, isn’t this something everyone develops?

To a degree, but not to the finesse of 10% + 2mph which is the threshold of prosecution in the UK, for example.

Can you tell 20 from 24mph, or 30 from 35mph, without looking?




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