We live in northern lower Michigan where there are lots of deer. Here is what I sent to the Tesla service center in response to their request for service needs.
"Check brakes…tighten up as required. Believe it or not, I have hit two deer with my Tesla but both times was able to stop on a dime only lightly bumping them with essentially no damage….even while traveling >50 mph. Want to make sure the brakes are set up to engage with light pedal pressure which helps to avoid hitting them. You have to be fast. Lucky so far as they just appear in the headlights or jump out in front of the car around this time of the year. When I had 3300 miles on the car and was accelerating up to 55 mph on a back road one ran right across in front of me and I skidded to a stop and did not hit it. A near miss…if you count that one it makes three deer."
what is your deer story?
"Check brakes…tighten up as required. Believe it or not, I have hit two deer with my Tesla but both times was able to stop on a dime only lightly bumping them with essentially no damage….even while traveling >50 mph. Want to make sure the brakes are set up to engage with light pedal pressure which helps to avoid hitting them. You have to be fast. Lucky so far as they just appear in the headlights or jump out in front of the car around this time of the year. When I had 3300 miles on the car and was accelerating up to 55 mph on a back road one ran right across in front of me and I skidded to a stop and did not hit it. A near miss…if you count that one it makes three deer."
what is your deer story?