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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Yeah, that's one of the first things we did, was to get some new car seats...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Oh wow, that sounds like a terrible accident, thanks for sharing... Really goes to show how much worse it could have been...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    I don't believe that she had her foot on the brakes after getting hit. She told me that she was trying to steer to the side as much as she could... So I believe after getting hit, the brakes disengaged and the car just rolled to a stop...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Thank you, and thanks to everyone for their well wishes to my wife. Another thing I hope people take out of this, if you haven't already, to set up a USB drive for the dash cam feature... It only takes a couple of minutes to set up on a PC, and is a lot more stable now than the early days of...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    As mentioned earlier, it's probably best to leave the legal side of things out of this discussion... The whole thread kind of went in a different direction than I thought it would go... It'd be nice to try to keep the discussion on how the car performed during the accident
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Since the police were there already, help did come quickly...I got the footage from a usb drive that was connected to the car... The cameras were actually still capturing footage for about 20 minutes after the accident...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Thanks for the heads up...I did read the stories, but when we actually went back to get some stuff in the car, the display wasn't working at all...I think everything was running off of the 12v battery... So I'm not sure if any other way to reset the car...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Yeah, my wife told me that it was only the lights that were on... For whatever reason, they did not turn on the siren
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Oh, and I don't have any photos of how the rear car seats held up... There were two car seats there and we didn't bother taking them out...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    If you watch the right repeater camera, as the car starts rolling along after the crash, you can see a fire truck and what I think are some police officers talking in the parking lot...I believe they were the ones to come and check on my wife after the accident, so I think there were enough...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    yeah, sorry, you're right, meant to say that he got a ticket...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Thanks for the good wishes. I guess another thing to add is that the driver of the truck was charged, not my wife, so I guess he can bring these points up with his lawyer when/if he tries to fight the charge. Not sure how much of a case he has since everyone else was able to stop, even the...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Since you're in Ontario, I would think these should still apply to you: Road safety: Emergency vehicles specifically: In an intersection traffic in all directions must yield to emergency vehicles don't block the intersection if an emergency vehicle is approaching from behind you, don't make...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    My wife let me know that she didn't have her foot on the accelerator since it was downhill, and because of that, the car would be using the regen braking. I believe when using the regen braking, the brake lights should come on? since they light up on the on-screen car when regen braking is being...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    heh yeah, I agree with what others have said, it doesn't look like the driver hit the brakes until after hitting the car, you can see it slowing down quite hard from the left camera...so he must have been distracted...my money is on the good-ol' country music! my wife told me that only the...
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    Tesla model 3 accident with a Mack truck

    Hey everyone, Just wanted to share this with everyone. This past Friday, my wife was involved in an accident with a Mack truck while on her way to work. She was going southbound on a road and then stopped at an intersection to yield to an ambulance that had its lights on which was entering the...
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    Underwhelming cold weather performance

    oh nice, yeah, definitely run some tests like that. I'd try having no heat vs. using just seat heaters vs. just heaters to see how your range is affected. Just bundle up a bit when you try that out! it hasn't gotten too cold where I am just yet, so it'd be interesting to see how much of a hit...
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    Underwhelming cold weather performance

    In my tests, I also found that the heater had a big impact on the range. With the outside temperature around 0-10 degrees, I found that going from 20 degrees to 17 degrees made my efficiency go from close to 200 wh/km to closer to the rated 145 wh/km. I didn't record anything, so these are very...
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    Model 3 3D Maxpider Floor Mats

    I just ordered the Tuxmats for my Model 3 due to the better coverage. I don't like the design as much as the Maxpiders, but the coverage seems a lot better. They also seem to have a referral system, where person being referred will get $10 off of their order and the person referring will get a...