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Well said, makes me laugh that the same old crowd will blindly 'hate' anyone who may dare to say anything that maybe construed as negative against the Tesla gods.

https://news.sky.com/story/new-electric-car-interest-drops-two-thirds-on-uks-biggest-car-sales-website-12861324 I wonder where this is heading?

Your accountant will be able to advise I'm sure.

Believe me, unless the video equipment itself is seized and then forensically examined/calibrated and then the road visited, closed and fully surveyed. the video will not stand in court and entered into evidence as proof of speed. This type of procedure is only used in fatal collisions or...

Agreed, but remember, a prosecution is not a conviction and the burden of proof for dangerous driving is high and conviction rates are considerably lower than the lesser offences. See below extract. (1)For the purposes of sections 1 [F2, 1A] and 2 above a person is to be regarded as driving...

The burden of proof remains high for the offence of dangerous driving, much often these offences are dropped to driving without due care and attention as they are much easier to prove and gain conviction.

Impossible to prove the speed, unless your car was taken to have the speedometer calibrated along with the FPS of your submitted video. Speed alone will constitute enough evidence for dangerous driving, The no insurance will obviously be able to prove, assuming that the registered keeper...

That will not end in a successful prosecution, due to the fact that it will be almost impossible to calculate the speed using that camera angle, even using simple maths on time and distance. You wasted your time.

I am really not sure what you are expecting people to say. If you are that bothered, take the tyre to a laboratory for it to be forensically examined and if the product is found defective, begin legal action against Pirelli, I feel that you will be wasting your time and huge amounts of money...

As others have previously stated, this can happen in any car, one of the risks of driving I guess, amongst the many others. No one would want to repeat it but the only way to guarantee it would be to give up driving.

And on Facebook, same person, same incident. Obviously spreading the incident far and wide.

Pirelli are far from a 'budget' brand and I would say that you have almost certainly damaged the tyre and compromised its integrity at some point before this incident. There are many high end performance car manufacturers that use Pirelli by the way. By the way, there is no fast lane, I assume...

You are boring me now, read my initial post, I said "I would choose the BMW over my model 3 all day long, completely different car and IMO a different league to the model 3". If you are going to try and quote me, get your facts right, I never said ' an all round better EV', Get over being so...

I think anyone will accept that the build quality and customer service is light years ahead of Tesla. BMW actually care about their customers for a start. I think you maybe a little Tesla blinded if you see anything different. And just for information, I own a Tesla.

I would choose the BMW over my model 3 all day long, completely different car and IMO a different league to the model 3

Bill, Not trolling at all, I never said that they are permitted to go though red lights, but if you 'wipe them out' as you say then you will have some questions to answer. Thanks for humouring me just the once though. With regarding to refresher training, you could attend an IAM or ROSPA course...

Yes, it would be your fault if you failed to see and avoid a cyclist or pedestrian. Maybe complete some refresher training before endangering other road users.

Simple, read the signs and don't rely on satnav. Its simply your fault and no one else to blame. Take it as a lesson to actually pay attention to the road and signage.

I can't see them giving you a courtesy car unfortunately.

Wow, this thread has taken a surprising turn and I'm sure that the OP is a little confused after asking his initial valid question.

It was a mix of roads and the speeds varied between 70mph and town driving 30mph. I drove over to Reading and back, started from 100% and finished with 19%, covering 241 miles on that occasion.

In my 2021 MIC SR+, during the last few months since collecting the car at the beginning of June, I can easily achieve 220 miles without really having to try. I know that this number will drop in the winter months. I recently achieved 240 miles with 19% remaining but that was an exception.

Same here, I'm still on 2021.12.25.7 too, strange how the roll out of these updates are so different.

There is no way that either of these could be classed as SUV's. I have to say that I believe these are viable alternatives to the model 3.

The reason I actively avoided Octopus was due to three people I know personally that are having/had a terrible time with them. All of their collective problems involving issues surrounding the smart meter either not working or not being installed. I had no such problems with Eon, one phone call...

I use that tariff and it works like a dream. I schedule charging between 0000hrs and 0400hrs and no problems. The app isn't too bad either.

Have a look at Eon next drive.

I chose to avoid them following my father's similar experience to many others above. He has been waiting 3 months for them to sort out the technical problems with his smart meter that wont connect, they state it is an issue with their servers?? I decided to go with Eon drive tariff, that gives...

I collected my 2021 SR+ from Brent Cross last just over a week ago and I can confirm that it came with mats. I think they seem good quality and I'm glad that I didn't order some prior to arrival.

I have just had a PodPoint Solo tethered installed. So far I'm impressed, does what i need with a good app. The tethered lead is 7.5mtrs long, so give some good flexibility.

I have been told to plug in when possible. I have a 2021 SR+ MIC LFP and although its possible to charge regularly to 100% apparently, I set limit to either 90 or 95% and plug in when I can.

Very annoying, people just don't care and park where they want without any consideration. These are the same people that would be the first to complain if they were inconvenienced.

I can highly recommend VoltEv VOLTEV, EV Charger Installation for Sussex & Kent They are extremely helpful and professional. I ordered a PodPoint Solo tethered from them. They arranged a very fast install because my car had been delivered early. A very tidy install and left everything...