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It might go even faster if you try pumping the pedal!Humans are kinda funny. We assume the harder we press, the faster we'll go. If it hits the stops, push harder!
Push it too hard and it becomes a broke pedal...I hope that the brake pedal is not made of plastic...
I think in defense of the OP- Tesla, nor any car manufacturer, has ever given any advice about how hard one is allowed to push the pedal with their foot.
I would think given the high risk associated with this Parts failure, that tesla should not have cut corners and gone with plastic here.
I read the first entry on this thread several days ago. Obviously, I'm sorry the writer has a problem ... and I am sorry the pedal support is plastic.
Then today, I was thinking about the the initial post and went back and re-read it.
Quote: "just stomp on the pedal - like I do most often. When I punched it, the accelerator pedal broke off"
STOMP. ..... LIKE I DO MOST OFTEN ...... PUNCHED IT
I suppose the pedal should be able to withstand such treatment ... but stomping the pedal does not sound like it would ever be GOOD for a Tesla or any other vehicle.
Stomping/punching the pedal is almost encouraged, even, within the realm safe driving.
Actually the correct way to close the hood is in the manual.Just as they don't give advice on how hard to close the hood
I completely agree except that it should have been made from carbon fiber then.From a previous thread, the brake is metal, the accelerator is plastic.
Part of what you are actually paying for with a Tesla is, amazingly enough, adding "lightness" to get down to an almost reasonable weight. This is part of that effort. Even if you pay for an occasional accelerator pedal because it is a little too lightweight for you, overall the decreased weight is reducing your energy consumption and increasing your range. With a little extra care it will do the job.
If all the people who mash the pedal to go fast actually knew how to drive fast, it wouldn't be a problem. Stomping the pedal in a performance driving situation is a display of gross ineperience. It is not a controlled motion. It accelerates fatigue. It encourages a tense body that is inefficient to changing conditions.
Oh, and, it's not any faster.
If people would spend less time complaining about a broken part due to misuse and more time at driving lessons...
Actually the advice for drag racing that I've heard is to roll on the power because using too much at once makes you break traction. Breaking traction is less acceleration, so it is defeating the purpose. Granted some cars don't have enough power to break traction at full throttle from a stop, but those cars aren't really competitive at any kind of racing from what I understand.If people would spend less time worrying about red herrings, discussions would move a lot faster. You don't know anything definitive about OP's driving safety, body positioning, dynamics, fatigue, driving experience, car control, or adaptability.
"It's not any faster" Do you give this same advice to at drag strips? "Don't push hard on the gas, actually." These are launches, not track time trials.
Actually the advice for drag racing that I've heard is to roll on the power because using too much at once makes you break traction. Breaking traction is less acceleration, so it is defeating the purpose.