What do you do during the time it is cold, but mostly non-snow or occasional light snow? That would be the time when summer tires work poorly (because it is cold) or are dangerous (in an unexpected snow), but winter tires work poorly (since it is mostly non-snow).
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NEW Model 3 Highland review!
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Winter Tires after Halloween. They work just fine.
Summer tires go back on March 1st.
Been doing it for 5 years now.
whitex
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I was thinking the new M3 headlights might have been designed specifically so that they can be reused in the Roadster, since the Roadster will be very limited volume, hence designing its own headlights (and keeping spare parts for them) would be very expensive.
whitex
Well-Known Member
Winter tires work great in cold dry or wet. As a matter of fact, in my case they have better grip in wet+cold than all-seasons in wet+warm - that one actually surprised me, but then I went onto review/test sites and it confirmed my subjective feel when I switched from winters to all seasons last spring. Will try to get better all-seasons when the current set wears out.
Nice
The updated front and rear are nice. Definitely needed the refresh.
nice comparison photos
The updated front and rear are nice. Definitely needed the refresh.
You can't please everyone. Increased comfort is good. Wait for the performance if you want harder suspension
Hank101
Go Tigers!
Four and a half years of chasing rattles, diy sound deadening and trying to get decent ride quality out of my car with three separate iterations of aftermarket suspension. Approaching 90k miles, it has been dead nuts reliable, but nearly intolerable for NVH and ride quality--just feels like a cheap shartbox. I convinced myself that my next car would be a different make. But if the NVH/ride improvements on the 2024 pan out as advertised, I'd be willing to give Tesla another shot.
They aimed the improvements precisely at my pain points
They aimed the improvements precisely at my pain points
Used spring about $50, shock absorber - $150. Just need to wait for wrecked Highlands )
New forged uca and possibly larger ball joint is a clearly visible difference in your photo.I don't see any difference here:
Below is the current 3 washer fill location and at the bottom is Highland with that area empty, washer fill relocated.
Whether that has to do with new strut towers or clearance for slightly different geometry or unrelated, is unknown and what I was speaking to.
Do you ride on 18" or 19" wheels? I do have the 18" on my 2022 M3LR and I am pretty happy with the ride quality, not too stiff and not too soft.Four and a half years of chasing rattles, diy sound deadening and trying to get decent ride quality out of my car with three separate iterations of aftermarket suspension. Approaching 90k miles, it has been dead nuts reliable, but nearly intolerable for NVH and ride quality--just feels like a cheap shartbox. I convinced myself that my next car would be a different make. But if the NVH/ride improvements on the 2024 pan out as advertised, I'd be willing to give Tesla another shot.
They aimed the improvements precisely at my pain points
Gauss Guzzler
Safety Score = 42
I know that we're all excited to have a completely new Model 3, but automakers don't make minor chassis changes. They either update the plastic bumper cover, or they completely redesign the entire car 100% from scratch. Highland has an updated ball joint and slightly different shock tuning - that's all.
The original cowl cover design was a miserable failure by every possible metric. They had a summer intern try to improve it for the Model Y but the result wasn't much better. Now with Highland, they're trying again by making it span from fender to fender and changing the snap features. Along the way they moved the washer tank to a more convenient location, that's all. Maybe this makes room for some different wire or hose routing, but it has nothing to do with the chassis.
The original cowl cover design was a miserable failure by every possible metric. They had a summer intern try to improve it for the Model Y but the result wasn't much better. Now with Highland, they're trying again by making it span from fender to fender and changing the snap features. Along the way they moved the washer tank to a more convenient location, that's all. Maybe this makes room for some different wire or hose routing, but it has nothing to do with the chassis.
They had better not use model 3 parts in the roadster. lol
I'm 100% sure it has nothing to do with the body structure and suspension design.
Automakers make minor changes all the time.
They change suspension parts all the time.
There are many times where two parts that look the same will not fit different model years, especially a refreshed model.
The Highland has a
all new uca's,
larger upper ball joint,
new steering knuckle,
softer bushings
new freq dependent dampners
new front suspension geometry
new brake rotors and couplings
rear suspension "overhaul" - whatever that means
rear sub frame changes including softer bushings
new steering rack
This is just what Tesla marketing and third party tear downs have shown.
