Recent content by paranoidroid

Looking to buy two of either of these stands. PM me with price shipped to San Francisco, CA. Thanks!

Great review, thanks! A friend brought up one compromise with bracing the master cylinder this way that I didn't think about - it may change worst case front end collision dynamics. Could the master cylinder be braced in a way that doesn't risk it going into you in a bad front end collision?

FWIW I had this issue that seemed like it was caused by material expanding/contracting when A/C was on and after a few months the initial clicking went away on its own. Like the whatever material cured or settled eventually.. YMMV.

Great, so with your total confidence and having "tested the hell out of it in all imaginable scenarios" tell us under what conditions will your car spin out with Track Mode enabled but not in full stability control? Give us a handful of scenarios and be specific about it in terms of vehicle...

What I find interesting is there is not one person who actually frequently tracks or autocrosses cars or has high performance driving education here that agrees with you.

I don't think anyone said anything about speed. We're talking about stability controls. In the situation you're describing leaving stability control to the default can actually save your life. Do you think you can react as quickly as the car's stability systems in keeping the vehicle under...

I invite Perry & afadeev to come to the next local autocross event where it's a safe environment to run Track Mode and see how easy it is to lose control of the car with Track Mode vs. without Track Mode - even at the low speeds autocross tracks run at.

Stock brakes are fine for street. Stopping power is not brake limited but tire limited. You are only brake limited when the brakes get too hot from heat soak from repeated high speed braking over and over again. This generally only occurs on the track.

This was what my guess of the issue is. The car does get a bit light at high speed. Maybe the spoiler from the performance car would help (or aftermarket). Unplugged Performance recently tested the factory spoiler: Independent Aerodynamic Study of Tesla Model 3 by Unplugged Performance...

Can someone check if their shoulder seat belt anchor is this loose on the passenger side? On the driver side I can't press in as far as depicted in the video - as if there is something behind the anchor piece. But on the passenger side you can see I can press it in pretty far as if there's...

I think it's completely normal.

There is a HUGE difference in vehicle dynamics between track mode and non-track mode when driven at the limits. One lap on an autocross course will immediately show it.

Actually Track Mode makes the car nearly the same as all stability controls off. It does add other features on top such as helping you rotate but it will also let you lose the car and spin it. Randy Pobst who spent all day with us last weekend said exactly the same thing - and he loves it this...

Sorry, I am just going to disagree with you here. You may have more Track Mode miles on public roads than me but you aren't able to push it to the limits as much in public - I have pushed the limits of Track Mode on the track multiple times as well as observed dozens of others do the same...

I have used Track Mode for a few days on the track and taken it to its limits and have seen maybe a dozen or more spins in Track Mode from Tesla Corsa events. The danger I see with Track Mode is not so much aggressive corners which the car is highly controllable but in a sudden spin when the...