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Red Sage
The Cybernetic Samurai
ModelNforNerd
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Some of these posts are beginning to border on absurd.
As others have said, how many 3-series or A4's do you see towing anything?
Let's just ask Elon is he will seriously add submarine mode this time, instead of just having it as an easter egg on the display?
How about making it fly and have autonomous "passenger delivery pods" like the intro sequence to the Jetsons?
It is a mid-size luxury sedan. It cannot be all things to all people. Enjoy it for what it is, and do not lament what it is not.
As others have said, how many 3-series or A4's do you see towing anything?
Let's just ask Elon is he will seriously add submarine mode this time, instead of just having it as an easter egg on the display?
How about making it fly and have autonomous "passenger delivery pods" like the intro sequence to the Jetsons?
It is a mid-size luxury sedan. It cannot be all things to all people. Enjoy it for what it is, and do not lament what it is not.
I think there's a 99% chance that the Model 3 won't be rated for towing in the United States. I think there's a 99% chance that hitches and light kits will be sold for the Model 3. If you tow a trailer with a few hundred pounds of wood in it with the proper weight distribution, it will be safe. If you want to tow a pallet of concrete, a boat or a man on a moped with a bunch of scrap metal, it will not be safe.
Well, just to stir the pot a bit...
For years, my go-to-the-dump setup was a 4'x8' Harbor Freight trailer towed behind first a '93 Saturn SC2, then a 2000 Audi S4 (later my towing needs increased, so I added a truck to the fleet).
I've seen many BMW 3's, Porsche Boxsters and Caymans, etc at the track with a small tire/tool trailers built from the smallest Harbor Freight trailer kit.
ModelNforNerd
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It's not absurd to request something you can get on basically *every* competitor. Does every competitor have submarine mode? No? Then please stop ridiculing a legitimate issue.
Checking the biggest car buying site here, it seems that at least 50% of BMW 3-series come equipped with a tow hitch. Same with the Audi A4's. (It might be significantly more than 50%, it's just not easy to sort the hits based on tow hitch.)
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
ah, but are you looking at Euro-spec websites?
that's comparing apples and oranges. i'm willing to bet that 50% number you've come by in Europe is significantly less here in the US.
I think you're right about this. Sadly, it's illegal to use third party tow hitches in Europe unless the registration of the car explicitly states that the car can tow X kg. This is something only Tesla can sort out.
Basically, if Tesla doesn't support towing, the Model 3 can't tow in Europe, period.
I only care about towing in Europe, as I will buy the car in Europe. In the US you at least have the option of using a third party solution.
Kensiko
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Kensiko
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I was surprised when I found a Prius for sale that had a trailer hitch installed by the Toyota dealer.
Now it is mine.
BTW my prius is for sale
I absolutely concur a 250-500 lb "trailer" is likely to be fine - I could haul same behind my bicycle. But while you can't fix stupid, you can...I hope...find yourself shut out of getting an appointment at your Service Center for self-caused problems.
Breezy
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Towing threads are always fun. Model 3 won't be rated to tow; Model 3 will be able to safely tow a small trailer just like most every other car that is sold today.
Breezy
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david_42
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I don't much care if there is a towing option. My Sprinter van can tow 2 tonnes, I've got the package and in 12 years I've never towed anything. I had planned on pulling a trailer with my motorcycle, but a shoulder injury forced me to give up riding.
The Model 3 will be my wife's commuter and zipping around town car. She currently has a Kia Spectra5, I hope the Model 3 has a similar form factor.
The Model 3 will be my wife's commuter and zipping around town car. She currently has a Kia Spectra5, I hope the Model 3 has a similar form factor.
... and un-"like most every other car that is sold today"
And yes, this is one thing that is holding back on EV adoptions here. "No, I can't go electric, I have the need to tow from time to time, and I can't have an extra fossil car just for that".
People writing that they don't think the Model 3 should be able to tow because they don't personally need it, that makes little sense to me. Great for you, but over here most people don't have a truck.
I'll be out on the 31st reserving a Model 3, but if it can't tow in Europe I'll cancel when the time comes. I don't much care how low the weight rating is, even 1103lb (500kg) would be fine, but I want an accessory hitch and I want to be able to tow a small trailer. When I transport dirty and awkwardly shaped things they are not going inside my car.
Like in Norway, almost every second car here has a hitch, and 3rd party solutions are illegal. It is only extremely small cars (Fiat 500 and below) or luxury cars (Mercedes S-class or above) that are not allowed to tow.
Oh, and every electric car ever, apart from the X can't tow. :-(
Seriously, I'll have to buy a Golf GTE if Tesla can't make this possible.
I'll be out on the 31st reserving a Model 3, but if it can't tow in Europe I'll cancel when the time comes. I don't much care how low the weight rating is, even 1103lb (500kg) would be fine, but I want an accessory hitch and I want to be able to tow a small trailer. When I transport dirty and awkwardly shaped things they are not going inside my car.
Like in Norway, almost every second car here has a hitch, and 3rd party solutions are illegal. It is only extremely small cars (Fiat 500 and below) or luxury cars (Mercedes S-class or above) that are not allowed to tow.
Oh, and every electric car ever, apart from the X can't tow. :-(
Seriously, I'll have to buy a Golf GTE if Tesla can't make this possible.
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