This car has been a blast to drive and I've enjoyed all the features that it has to offer however it seems like luck has not been on my side. I bought my 2021 Model 3 Performance in March. A week after taking delivery, I must have ran over something on the freeway causing a huge gash on my passenger rear tire.
Fast forward to June. Driving on the freeway on my way to work I hit a pothole after a poor/failed repair job that was done overnight. This put a gash on the sidewall of the very sensitive Pirelli tire. This time it was on the driver front.
Fast forward to August and the very first time I leave the M3P parked overnight on my street, it gets backed into by a truck which left a nice square tow hitch sized indent on the front bumper. Sentry mode is disabled due to it being at my home address.
Fast forward to November. passenger front tire gets a nail that leaks 10 psi every 4 days. Got lucky with this one and was able to patch.
Fast forward to December. Driving on the freeway on my way to work and the car in front of me kicks up a rock and cracks my windshield.
December again. Mobile Tesla tech comes over to replace the interior driver side door panel due to it developing a strange wrinkle on the leather. During installation, the tech somehow punctured the speaker screen, punctured the leather next to it and broke the reflector that covers one of the bolts used to fasten the door panel.
But wait there's more!!! Today, there was a cone being bounced around on the freeway which magically made its way in front of my car. There was no room to avoid hitting it so I smack it dead on. The passenger fog light took the most damage causing it to crack in half and braking its tabs forcing it to become stuck within the void behind the bumper.
Out of all 7 vehicles I've owned in the past, this one has given me the worst luck. I've joked around saying I'm going to sell it just to buy another one and hope for better luck and am now somewhat considering it. The car gods hate me.
Fast forward to June. Driving on the freeway on my way to work I hit a pothole after a poor/failed repair job that was done overnight. This put a gash on the sidewall of the very sensitive Pirelli tire. This time it was on the driver front.
Fast forward to August and the very first time I leave the M3P parked overnight on my street, it gets backed into by a truck which left a nice square tow hitch sized indent on the front bumper. Sentry mode is disabled due to it being at my home address.
Fast forward to November. passenger front tire gets a nail that leaks 10 psi every 4 days. Got lucky with this one and was able to patch.
Fast forward to December. Driving on the freeway on my way to work and the car in front of me kicks up a rock and cracks my windshield.
December again. Mobile Tesla tech comes over to replace the interior driver side door panel due to it developing a strange wrinkle on the leather. During installation, the tech somehow punctured the speaker screen, punctured the leather next to it and broke the reflector that covers one of the bolts used to fasten the door panel.
But wait there's more!!! Today, there was a cone being bounced around on the freeway which magically made its way in front of my car. There was no room to avoid hitting it so I smack it dead on. The passenger fog light took the most damage causing it to crack in half and braking its tabs forcing it to become stuck within the void behind the bumper.
Out of all 7 vehicles I've owned in the past, this one has given me the worst luck. I've joked around saying I'm going to sell it just to buy another one and hope for better luck and am now somewhat considering it. The car gods hate me.