Today marks one week in my Model 3 and I've just gone over the 650 mile mark. Most things I love about it, a few things not as much. One thing is the damn rattle in my center console where the phone dock is. But that's another post.
For the most part, I feel like the Model 3 (mine is an AWD non-performance with 19's) has a good ride. I'm coming from a 2017 GTI and that car was on the stiffer side. I also have a 991 Generation 911 Carrera 2S so I am no stranger to stiff cars.
Overall, I feel like the Model 3 rides well but in certain circumstances, the car can get out of sorts with the road. It becomes bouncy and kind of hobby-horses back and forth fore to aft. In one circumstance, it got into a good enough rhythm where I could hear my laptop bag launching into the air in the trunk and landing with a thump! You can see this in some of my dashcam videos. Over certain roads, the frame will bounce up and down like I'm running holding a camcorder.
It's not AWFUL, but seems out of sorts. I did a search and saw one other post about a bouncy ride, but for the most part most people seem to like it. And I like it too, most of the time. I don't think it's too stiff, but it seems to pogo around at times.
Stock tires, running 38 PSI cold. It's been colder here the last few days, highs in the high 40's to low 50's. Could that be it?
I don't recall the M3 Performance loaner I had for a day doing this at all, and that was on 20's.
Any thoughts?
For the most part, I feel like the Model 3 (mine is an AWD non-performance with 19's) has a good ride. I'm coming from a 2017 GTI and that car was on the stiffer side. I also have a 991 Generation 911 Carrera 2S so I am no stranger to stiff cars.
Overall, I feel like the Model 3 rides well but in certain circumstances, the car can get out of sorts with the road. It becomes bouncy and kind of hobby-horses back and forth fore to aft. In one circumstance, it got into a good enough rhythm where I could hear my laptop bag launching into the air in the trunk and landing with a thump! You can see this in some of my dashcam videos. Over certain roads, the frame will bounce up and down like I'm running holding a camcorder.
It's not AWFUL, but seems out of sorts. I did a search and saw one other post about a bouncy ride, but for the most part most people seem to like it. And I like it too, most of the time. I don't think it's too stiff, but it seems to pogo around at times.
Stock tires, running 38 PSI cold. It's been colder here the last few days, highs in the high 40's to low 50's. Could that be it?
I don't recall the M3 Performance loaner I had for a day doing this at all, and that was on 20's.
Any thoughts?