Recent content by 12yan

There is no unit problem. Maybe you just don’t know metric? Rounding by ten percent has no relevent effect. If you take into account the gear ratio, the required grip increases from 1.5g to 13.5g at a stop. Ten percent doesn’t square that circle for you. It’s absurd that you guys apparently...

Right, I didn’t take into account any torque multiplication, so this is the limiting case. Multiplying the required grip by 9 doesn’t help your argument. So how does that square with this?

You are all spreading nonsense here, and it's very easy to verify that you're wrong if we do the math for the model 3 P: Mass per tire: 1840kg/4 Torque per tire: 640 Nm/4 (Note this is the most conservative case; we know in reality the rear motor produces more torque than the front) Radius of...

This is not correct. I think we can agree that the torque produced by either version of the car is enough to spin out the wheels of either tire, so it is the tire that fundamentally determines the amount of torque that can be applied at low speeds. This is a significant factor and relates to...

Thanks for posting, but that is super weak evidence for your claim. Even if we assume they are currently doing this 1ft roll out only with the P versions but now aren’t posting it (as opposed to the more sensible option of doing it with all or none) the typed-in part that having 1ft or roll out...

Right. AFAIK acceleration scales with the square root of power.

Could you link to where Tesla specified this? I’ve seen this claim quite a few times but have never seen the source.

Because this would more or less bring everyone (those purchasing today, those in 2019 before today and those in 2018) onto equal footing in terms of cost, when factoring in the varying federal rebate amounts. I already explained this above.

The "huge price drop" was $2000 so then you still paid $1750 less when taking tax credit into account. Those 2019 people are now getting a $3000 software upgrade free, so in that sense you may be out $1250 ...assuming you buy FSD. Like I said, not "perfectly fair" but this is the real world we...

No, because the tax credit dropped by $3750 those few days later. In that sense it seems quite fair ...maybe not "perfectly fair" where everyone pays exactly the same cost for the same configuration no matter when they bought it but you have to be realistic. Personally, I bought my car in...

It would be useful if you share pictures and details about what happened. This is something that Tesla and other owners should be aware of.

Bingo - that is exactly what he described. Not only has it been below 35F during this period but it's been down to 0F. The rubber turns glass-like and splits like a mozzarella ball. Probably the tire did not blowout, but the rubber split while the casing remained intact (see a pic of my pilot 4S...

You’re in NJ - the problem is fundamentally the tires not the wheel size. When the rubber on those 4s tires get cold they become like glass and crack easily. Trust me, I learned the hard way (living in nyc here). If your car had proper winter tires this most likely wouldn’t have happened. I...

Can we ask Elon to make the car free too?

I had this happen several times over the weekend. Seems like a software bug. It was a bit unnerving to go back to camera-free parallel parking in Manhattan. It‘s easy to become dependent on these systems very quickly. I also don‘t find it worth going in to SC for, especially with an imminent...