TomT
Technical Maven
Our 3 was t-boned by a red light runner about three months ago. Wound up being totaled. Interestingly, all the air bags in ours deployed including the ones in the rear where there were no passengers.
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Huh?!? In order for there to be a double-elastic collision, with the Toyota going fast enough to make that big of a t-bone with the Tesla, the vehicle hitting the Toyota from the rear had to have been in a huge collision. You don't see any sign of a rear-end collision from the side repeater cam. There's no bodywork flying or crumpled metal showing on the rear of the Toyota. Look how far she had to have been pushed! She crossed over 2 whole lanes. Clearly, she was driving and not pushed.Is the other driver okay, too? The left repeater video shows that she had trouble getting out of her car and that there was some fluid leaking.
The video doesn't proof that. It shows that OP had a green light, so he wasn't at fault. Whether the lady ran the red light or stopped and someone rear-ended her, pushing her car into OP's car, is not shown in the videos. I wish we had access to the door pillar videos, that would probably show what happened there.
Man, that lady that hit me was so old, I felt bad for her. She was hunched-over old (like 80 years old). She clearly thought I ran the red light, or thats what she was telling the police and her relatives that showed up...Until I pulled out the old dashcam USB .Huh?!? In order for there to be a double-elastic collision, with the Toyota going fast enough to make that big of a t-bone with the Tesla, the vehicle hitting the Toyota from the rear had to have been in a huge collision. You don't see any sign of a rear-end collision from the side repeater cam. There's no bodywork flying or crumpled metal showing on the rear of the Toyota. Look how far she had to have been pushed! She crossed over 2 whole lanes. Clearly, she was driving and not pushed.
Sad, she missed that light change by about 4 seconds! I have a feeling she shouldn't be driving/crashing.Man, that lady that hit me was so old, I felt bad for her. She was hunched-over old (like 80 years old). She clearly thought I ran the red light, or thats what she was telling the police and her relatives that showed up...Until I pulled out the old dashcam USB .
I checked the Hertz website, they don't have Model 3's available in HoustonGo to Hertz and rent another Model 3.
Most insurance will have you in a loaner--you pay for it as part of your policy! In the end, the Toyota driver's insurance will cover it so this is an odd situation that you've allowed.
Your car will be out of service for months, if it's not totaled, so best to get out of that Mustang ASAP. We only have one planet and dumping more GHG's just increases the risks of very, very bad outcomes.
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Such a bummer. Probably gonna be without your car for a couple months. Hope they fix it right for ya!I checked the Hertz website, they don't have Model 3's available in Houston
like a boss. Now that you uploaded footage to youtube, you backed it up just in case. We are not going to talk about if the lady was too old, lying, should not been driving, etc. but she clearly ran a red light. Green came on and not like you gunned it. It is too bad you can will be worked on started late march. Does your current insurance cover rental? Tesla has rentals?Man, that lady that hit me was so old, I felt bad for her. She was hunched-over old (like 80 years old). She clearly thought I ran the red light, or thats what she was telling the police and her relatives that showed up...Until I pulled out the old dashcam USB .
Backlogged... that's a little concerning - and I thought only SoCal had crummy irresponsible driversSince all the Tesla Collision Repair centers are backlogged here in Houston, Tesla Collision Houston was the only one that had room.
We are not going to talk about if the lady was too old, lying, should not been driving, etc.
Right. Airbags can do harm and only deploy when they absolutely are going to statistically improve the outcome. It’s not like, let’s fire airbags to play it safe. They are pretty violent.Glad it appears that you are ok (assuming that since you are here posting about this)
Airbags deploying or not is..... let me stop for a second. The fact that you are posting on a website after that collision, is fairly indicative that the car protected you properly, airbags deploying or no. They deploy when they need to, basically.
The website tesla has for bodyshops is here:
Collision Support | Tesla
Tesla owns and operates a growing network of Collision Centers that perform full structural repair in addition to light collision work.www.tesla.com
I put in Houston Tx and got the following:
Tesla Collision Houston
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Katy Coach Works
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Covert Collision Center
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Autocraft BodyWerks
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You might consider if anyone has any feedback on any of these in the Texas subforum here: