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I'm told by the experts that the film is intended to be on the interior. And while it could certainly be installed on the exterior, I'm not sure how well it would do with UV damage and the like.EVnut, Can that film be also installed on the outside of the glass? Resulting in two layers?
Why did they want the rock?The next car that jumped the curb ran into the rock and they sued the homeowner for the rock...
I think the best deterrent is putting two baby seats in the back. I dont have kids yet, but I guess buying 2 baby seats is better than paying $250+ deductible and waiting weeks.
I don't know if it's been posted here yet...and it doesn't have a Tesla in it but a few months back, Inside Edition did a story about smash and grab robberies. They used a bait car in the San Francisco area and it was quickly broken into. While they were reviewing security footage of the robbery from a house nearby, different thieves broke into the Inside Edition vehicle.
I had one baby seat in the back (center), when mine was broken into - it didn't deter them. Doubt that 2 would ?
Did they break the window on the side of the single fold down seat? I think 2 would definitely help. I can't see they could remove the seat from the small window. So they will have to also break the back window completely and spend a lot of time to remove the baby seat. The other thing is that if they are smart, seeing 2 baby seats will probably think this is the "stay at home" parent's car not the working parent's. The working parent's will probably have a laptop in the trunk... the "stay at home" one will have empty grocery bags.
It is unlikely that they'll ever be able to record video from the inbuilt cameras while the car is parked for any length of time, since most of the electronics (including the computer that could do the recording) go into sleep mode after 10 minutes or so to preserve the battery charge.
Some locking mechanism that hooks onto the child seat top anchors and the seat latch
mechanism could be very solid. Those are two very strong fixed points in the car that would block the seat from folding down.
Yup, plenty of play in the seats, plus the compression of the foam.Yes - I was puzzled how they could push down the trunk with the hefty baby seat in the center (maybe had enough play in it, that they could still fold one down at a time).
Exactly.* Suggestions from other folks, about leaving seats folded down (seems to be working as a deterrent) doesn't work for parents with baby seats. Or people who do have stuff they want to store and not lug around.
My experience shows that this is not accurate. My rear quarter glass was replaced by my service center (via mobile unit) four days after I informed them of the smashed glass. And they did it for $200 less than Precision and Primer. For the $200 less, I had to clean up the car and my garage floor, however.In case it helps anyone, who recently had this happen to them in the Bay Area, and is looking for repair options:
1) Tesla service centers / repair shops do not do glass repairs. They will refer you to third-party shops who do.
There are plenty of ways to lock the rear seats. What remains is the risk of still having the glass smashed. :-(Some locking mechanism that hooks onto the child seat top anchors and the seat latch mechanism could be very solid. Those are two very strong fixed points in the car that would block the seat from folding down.
There's another version that has a lock and requires a key to remove.goood idea until the removal tool
gets around. Some gum might remove
it too!
Or simply move the release latches to inside the trunk?I would like to suggest a solution for the problem with Tesla Model 3 break-ins by smashing the side back window and lowering the back seat that I hope Tesla can develop. I think that Drop-Lock is a step in the right direction but needs to be further improved. Tesla should develop a similar device that has Bluetooth and can communicate with the car software (software update would be necessary to support such feature). The device can be unlocked only when a) the device is powered on (its battery is working) and b) the car is unlocked. The battery should be replaceable even when the device is installed and in the locked mode. However, if the battery was working and it is removed while the car is locked, the alarm and/or camera should be activated. The same should happen if the device is tampered with (like applying mechanical force on the top surface of the device).
That would work for future versions of Model 3. My suggestion is for the existing Model 3 cars.Or simply move the release latches to inside the trunk?