I had one of the earliest 2018 Model 3 Performance cars, and I got rid of it as I felt the interior quality was lackluster and the ride wasn't very refined. I ended up with a Volvo V60 Polestar Engineered Extended Range PHEV which has worked well, the suspension is glorious, however, it's super stiff, and regrettably, my neighborhood just installed 9 speed humps which I have to go over each time I leave or come into my neighborhood. Drop the kid off at school, 18 bumps round trip. Same for grocery store or gym, it's incredibly annoying.
Our BMW X7 with its width and air-suspension allows me to drive over the speed humps at the speed limit without much discomfort. The width allows me to get both wheels on the tapered part of the hump. The combination of the wider track and floatier air suspension makes it a non-issue to drive over it. The Volvo with the Ohlins dampers and it's narrower width makes it so I hit more of the bump (less tapered) and the stiff suspension makes it punishing and I have to slow down significantly below the speed limit to navigate them. Ironically, the city told us these speed humps are designed for most people to take them at or 5 mph below the speed limit. That's true for the BMW but not the Volvo.
With the new pricing of the Model X, I'm considering a Plaid with 20s, and I'm wondering if anyone else has these speed humps and how the X does compared to other vehicles.
The speed humps look like this, where they're tapered a bit on the sides, and they run four across like this allowing you to hit them on the tapers. They're designed so larger emergency vehicles (fire trucks) are wide enough to travel through them unimpeded.
Our BMW X7 with its width and air-suspension allows me to drive over the speed humps at the speed limit without much discomfort. The width allows me to get both wheels on the tapered part of the hump. The combination of the wider track and floatier air suspension makes it a non-issue to drive over it. The Volvo with the Ohlins dampers and it's narrower width makes it so I hit more of the bump (less tapered) and the stiff suspension makes it punishing and I have to slow down significantly below the speed limit to navigate them. Ironically, the city told us these speed humps are designed for most people to take them at or 5 mph below the speed limit. That's true for the BMW but not the Volvo.
With the new pricing of the Model X, I'm considering a Plaid with 20s, and I'm wondering if anyone else has these speed humps and how the X does compared to other vehicles.
The speed humps look like this, where they're tapered a bit on the sides, and they run four across like this allowing you to hit them on the tapers. They're designed so larger emergency vehicles (fire trucks) are wide enough to travel through them unimpeded.