Recent content by MajorGator-M.3

"The brakes don't stop the car- the tires do. For an excellent technical explanation of why this is so, I highly recommend this article- GRM Pulp Friction The author teaches SAE master classes on, has published books on, and have performed for major brake and vehicle OEMs, brake system design...

I'll have to put so,e thought into the new tires. I drive >60 miles round trip each day for work and it costs me 70-80 battery miles. I really don't want to degrade that much more. I previously owned a BMW 335i - a true sports car - and always felt comfortable with the brakes. It also leaned...

No rental insurance. Ah well. Not the Jeep driver's fault. I'll be without my Model 3 for a few weeks. Hopefully not a month. Don't want it to be totalled - I don't have gap insurance and it's a brand new car. We'll see when the Inspector comes to look at it tomorrow.

Whoops! Didn't catch the typo. As the post said at the start, it was a Jeep. Lucky for him, not so lucky for my Model 3, as you see in the photo. Thanks for the catch!

I don't recall if the chime sounded, but I don't think the car could've done more than what I was doing. I am considering asking about the cost of bigger brakes.

Wow. Not much damage. That's great! Just had a front-end collision with a Jeep myself. Low-speed, but the damage is severe. Jeep was fine, as was the driver. That's the good part. For me, it'll be $500 to Geico and several weeks in the body shop.

Just had a frontal collision. I don't think the alarm went off before I slammed the brakes. Impact was low-speed, though I wish I had 5 more feet to go - there might have been no collision. Also wish the brakes on my DM 3 were a little beefier.

Also glad you're okay. Just had a slow-speed collision myself. Accelerated around a curve onto an on-ramp to see a Jeep stopped in front of me. Brakes weren't quite enough. Needed another 5 feet or so. Sheep's fine. My Model 3 is a mess. Gonna be at a body shop for weeks. Just hoping it gets...