Modified (?) Model 3 climbing up a mud road in the rain

[Takumi]

This is a year old. I'm surprised it took this long for me to see this. Is there a thread about this on here? Can someone summarize what happened? Was the car modified? What tires were on it? Thanks!

 

[Lindenwood]

I can barely make time to watch a 48 minute show with my wife let alone a 48 minute YouTube clip of a stock Model 3 trying to get up the hill to Grandma’s house…

But of the 30 seconds I watched it looked like the challenge would be, as expected, tires and suspension travel / stiffness.

My RAV4–which like all crossovers was basically a puffy sedan—was pretty heavily modified and was about as capable as my stock TRD Pro 4Runner.

I’d expect a lifted AWD M3 with taller all-terrain tires, aired-down for increased grip, plus disconnected anti-sway bars, would be decently capable for “sOfft-Roading.”

 

[LoudMusic]

I can barely make time to watch a 48 minute show with my wife let alone a 48 minute YouTube clip of a stock Model 3 trying to get up the hill to Grandma’s house…

But of the 30 seconds I watched it looked like the challenge would be, as expected, tires and suspension travel / stiffness.

My RAV4–which like all crossovers was basically a puffy sedan—was pretty heavily modified and was about as capable as my stock TRD Pro 4Runner.

I’d expect a lifted AWD M3 with taller all-terrain tires, aired-down for increased grip, plus disconnected anti-sway bars, would be decently capable for “sOfft-Roading.”

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Brevity is a lost art.

Usually it's not about the core vehicle at all. Tires and suspension do the brunt of offroading work.

 

[BigNick]

Yeah I didn't watch the full video either.

Car looked like it had the Track Pack (Zero-G) wheels on it, which means performance tires most likely, not intended for mud/snow.

I wouldn't do this with my M3P at all.

 

[ODWms]

For those interested, the part of interest (thumbnail) starts pretty early at around 2:20 in the video. Pretty interesting.

 

[Takumi]

Model Y on a different drier day.