I'm here to start a petition to roll back 5.8s suspension update. In Elon's on words pulled straight from the Tesla blog post : The Mission of Tesla | Blog | Tesla Motors
I for one feel there is a better chance of a Sharknado endangering my life than my model s and because of that I'm staring this petition. If I'm alone in this feeling so be it, but I don't want my car to be held back to satisfy the paranoid delusion of a misinformed public. My request to Tesla is to rollback this modification immediately. Just to be clear this is more to stand up and say we believe in the safety of this car than the feature itself. If you agree with me reply on this thread, each reply I'll count as a signature so make your message count. In a few days time when or/if this thread has grown to a large enough size I'll submit this to Tesla in person in printed book form for all to read.
First, we have rolled out an over-the-air update to the air suspension that will result in greater ground clearance at highway speeds. To be clear, this is about reducing the chances of underbody impact damage, not improving safety. The theoretical probability of a fire injury is already vanishingly small and the actual number to date is zero. Another software update expected in January will give the driver direct control of the air suspension ride height transitions.
I for one feel there is a better chance of a Sharknado endangering my life than my model s and because of that I'm staring this petition. If I'm alone in this feeling so be it, but I don't want my car to be held back to satisfy the paranoid delusion of a misinformed public. My request to Tesla is to rollback this modification immediately. Just to be clear this is more to stand up and say we believe in the safety of this car than the feature itself. If you agree with me reply on this thread, each reply I'll count as a signature so make your message count. In a few days time when or/if this thread has grown to a large enough size I'll submit this to Tesla in person in printed book form for all to read.
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