Curb damage to S?
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AMPd
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What do you mean exactly? Hitting a curb can result in different types of damage based on so many different variables.
Driving over a parking lot curb. Such as turning too sharply when there's a curb right beside the vehicle that then curves or ends, and going up over it and down again.
Edit: My "friend" has driven his ICE CUV over a curb twice in the last six months with no consequence, and each time he wondered how much damage he would have done if he was driving an S.
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Corsair
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The damage would be the same with any ICE, which depends on the rim dimension and the speed you are planning to hump over curbs
ucmndd
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Yeah I don’t see how it’s any different. The implied question seems to be “would this have facked up the battery in a model S” and the answer to that is quite likely no. The battery is quite well protected.
Suspension / tire / rim damage would be basically the same as any other large heavy car.
Suspension / tire / rim damage would be basically the same as any other large heavy car.
Agreed with above. Tesla has same steering/suspension components as any other vehicle.
So to answer your question specifically: depends on speed at which impact occurs, and how high of a curb we are talking, and angle of impact.
But if we assume 30mph, one could expect a bent alloy wheel, possible front lower bumper cover damage, and possibly damaged control arms and other suspension pieces.
If at 2mph, possibly..no damage at all.
So to answer your question specifically: depends on speed at which impact occurs, and how high of a curb we are talking, and angle of impact.
But if we assume 30mph, one could expect a bent alloy wheel, possible front lower bumper cover damage, and possibly damaged control arms and other suspension pieces.
If at 2mph, possibly..no damage at all.
