stopcrazypp
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Because the drop in the second method requires you to move the door (given it works via the door sensor) it is guaranteed to be slower than the button, given the button gives an instantaneous signal before you even open the door (either simultaneously with latch actuation or it can even be before). That said, if you don't open the door in a way where you pull the latch while pushing out in a immediate continuous movement (most people probably pull the latch, pause a split second, before pushing out) it probably is unlikely to do any damage.Strange. a month into ownership (April 2018), a passenger used the "wrong" way to open the door. no issues, but the car chimed at me with a dialog on the screen with the warning. After that, I tested my side and found the windows came down. Never understood the purpose of the warning if the glass came immediately down upon unlatching. Countless other passengers have since made the same mistake with no ill consequence.
Maybe Tesla overlooked the window drop on the Y and fixed it last year?
Yeah I ended up going to my car after reading this thread to compare the two methods. If the window is slower to drop with the mechanical latch, it's pretty hard to tell.
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