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New tires are once / year for me, or ~12K miles (with smiles). I'm sure many can drag the tire life out longer with shittier tires and carrying less speed through the turns, but what's the fun in that? I'm also sure someone has more fun with their TM3P's than me, and marvels at my tire...

Wow - congrats, I guess? You are braver than I am, buying an out-of-warranty Model 3 with 80K miles and no service history! Most likely - something else in suspension is creaking. It's full of links with rubber bushings and flimsy bearings. In addition to the front upper control arms (aka...

If you are hell bent on doing business with a shady supplier - go for it! At your own risk. Will messing with car's 12V wiring have a potential impact on said system's warranty coverage? Will Tesla necessarily find that out if you brought your car in for service for any other reason? It...

Hannshow? Really? Did you see this thread: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/problem-with-hansshow-support.216709/

RE71RS's will help. PS4S's overheat and start shedding chunks of rubber on track. More negative camber upfront is all but required. Sure, why not. When I lived in TX, I used to run rain R-comps all summer long, including on track. Yes, extra heat cycles reduced their absolutely grip, but not...

Highland 100% has cheaper interior parts. Chevy-level cheap. As in - way too crappy looking for me to want to be in one. I really don't give two sh*ts what Munro says. Every car manufacturer upgrades parts in model refreshes. That's nothing new. Usually, those updates are for the better...

Assuming you paid with a credit card, the remedy is easy and clear - initiate the charge-back / dispute. This is precisely what credit card disputes are for, and all reputable credit card issuers will fight for you. HTH, a

Spoken like every unmarried man. Married men are rolling their eyes hoping that there is a way to strategically control/disable their partners' voice interfaces. Add a stupid car to the list of chatter-boxes. Kewl. Instead of investing into building better cars, Tesla is adding more fluff...

Indeed, captain obvious! How do you know? What are their profit margins? Keeping stock springs, all other things being equal, will result in the original ride height. However, the spring and shocks must be matched so that the shock dampens isolation equally for the compression and the...

I can get similar jumps is "lifetime" vs. "recent" efficiency each spring & fall. Those are the ideal ambient conditions for range when neither the heater nor the AC are called to for maximum duty. Different wheels + different tires + different seasonal changes --> good luck attributing...

Same here - one of the buttons (left signal) was much harder to initiate then the other during my Highland test drive. Frankly, both buttons where a b*tch to find with the wheel not exactly pointing straight, but that's a well known Tesla usability defect. The dearth of physical control...

Physically - anything is possible. Practically - you don't have any data to draw a particular conclusion. What caused the scratch in the first place? Did you hit or run over something that could have also dinged the gearbox housing? It doesn't really matter, since the Tesla's Service Center...

You must be joking. You think FSD doesn't run red lights? Or doesn't break traffic laws??! Been living under a rock, or just gulping up Elon's self serving propaganda much? The fact remains - Tesla has NEVER released any data to substantiate its claims that FSD is "safe", or "safer" then a...

Doesn't sound like it. If you test drove 2 cars and can't figure out which one is a better fit for your situation - yeah - sure - take advise from strangers on the internet! Yep, that is the way! a

No reason to feel bad about that - Teslas depreciate so fast, that any residual buy-out values would be grossly above market value of the used vehicle in 2-3 years. As a direct result of Tesla's new vehicle price manipulation and debasement, the cost of owning and bearing depreciation on a...

Indeed. I'm not arguing Elon has zero effect. He has some. It's more negative now relative to the effect he had before he went hog-wild on Twitter. Is it net negative or net positive overall? I'm not certain. I suspect it is very net positive among white supremacists', but I don't know how...

Bro, you so mad at WSJ that you decided to pro-actively denounce it without summarizing the gist of the article? Really? The details are accurate. The sentiment may, or may not be, something that everyone will agree on. The sentiment: Families are sitting around the proverbial kitchen table...

Yep. Grippier tires grip better. Everything. Including loose debris on the ground. It's not the tread - it's the grippier rubber that provides higher grip with the road, and thus higher performance and safety for you and your car! It's the sound of performance. If you are a car guy, you...

Given by whom, exactly? I just test drove TM3 Highland, and found it suspension to be terribly squishy and unsettled. It's as if Tesla decided to mimic a Caddy - soft and plushy ride in slow speeds, wobbly and unsettling and medium/high speeds. I would NOT install hyper-soft Highland...

WAY not enough. Totaled cars regularly go for $10-15K below equivalent used car samples. At least THAT is what YOU should expect to forgo when you will be selling this car down the road, assuming it was rebuild correctly in the first place. Which is always a gamble! Russian roulette is...

No, its 2300MZ-13: https://kokenusa.com/products/z-series-1-4-sq-dr-6-point-deep-socket-13mm $12.52, free shipping. I ordered it on a Sunday, got USPS shipping # on Monday, UPSP picked it up on Tuesday, delivered on Thursday. I have tried all 6 holes, and the socket absolutely DOES FIT...

What about just swapping cars?

WTF are you talking about, Tesla is paying you to schill ?

Like anyone reads that sh*t !?!

At least yours stayed on the road. My wears off into the trees on top of local hills when it looses perspective. Or attempts to impale me on the pedestrian island where the road splits into two. Or phantom breaks when the sun / shadows / landscape take a certain shape. Same error conditions...

Nonsense. 99+% of the accidents do not have video evidence. The truth is fairly easy to unravel, and both the insurance companies and police do this for a living. Over-obsession with video is silly. I've personally been involved in parking vandalism situation where police and insurance...

You got hit on a side. The sequence of events that produce that outcome is very limited, and very self-evident. No dash came required to figure that out. Stop freaking out! Why are you talking to the other driver's insurance company? You should have filed a claim with YOUR insurance...

You have to remember and keep track of things yourself. This is an American car, not a BMW/Audi/MB that keep track of things for you! ;) Sorry, that's no accurate. There are no service reminders on Model 3's. Tesla either doesn't care, or likes to perpetuate the self-serving myth that EVs...

Was that, actually, necessary? Was the car not tracking straight? And did setting the toe outside of the recommended spec (too little) produce the desired results? You have ALL the information in front of you, yet keep arriving at an erroneous conclusion that you need to buy adjustable toe and...

There is a presumption behind the above statement that one has been accelerating hard enough to require aggressive battery temp management efforts. In the winter. That assumption is both season-dependent, and not valid for every-day casual driving. In the latter case, throttle curve mapping...

Who did your alignment? As others postulated, your AFTER rear toe is worse-off then "before" you paid someone to touch it!?!? You saw that print out and paid the alignment shop for malpractice?!! Too little toe-in (and camber) is not good, especially as both camber and toe change as suspension...

I just got my Redwood DFV long stroke coilover kit installed, and after a few days of settling and driving on it, it's just about perfect on mid-range 15 click setting. Increase stiffness is most noticeable over slow-speed road imperfections and speed bumps. Otherwise, the faster you go, the...

That's not true. Selection of throttle mapping has NO impact on range, or battery pack preheating levels. a

Highly unlikely, but the only opinion that matters is that of your insurance adjuster's. s

Best tire money can buy! Tires are the ONLY thing that connects your 4,000+ lb car to the road, and keeps you out of the ditch. Some prioritize performance fun and safety, others cost. It's pretty clear you fall into the second category. I'm firmly in the first. To each his/her own...

A few follow-up Qs and some answers: Why not fly? Driving across the country is for tourists, and teenagers. Driving across the country with a fill-up every ~150-200 miles will be a royal PITA. No way I'm doing that. Rent an ICE car, if you must do the drive! SuperCharger rates are at, or...

Again, fender is not your limiting factor. You did not ask to go super wide, but super TALL. For that, you will be limited by the front upper control arm (FUCA) extending right over the stock wheel+tire diameter, with maybe 1/4" to spare. Unless you completely re-engineer the entire front...

No, we just enjoy driving, with passion and purpose! Life is too short and too interesting to waste it obsessing about tire wear!

Tire warm-up is a by-product of driving. Unless you are competing for money or glory, there is no point in putting any extra effort into tire warm up. Your first few laps on track during a DE event should be invested into warming up your brain and remembering the layout / braking points...

You can't. Not in a meaningful way. Tesla's stupid front upper control arm design limits the front diameter clearance to pretty close to stock. You can go wider, to increase traction and stability in turns and under braking. But not significantly taller. FWIW, I'm on 19x9.5" ET29 wheels shod...

DT quality (and competency) of service varies tremendously from location to location. Depending on the competency of the manager, the people he hires, and whether or not he stays on top of equipment calibration schedule. I've been to top-notch DT locations patronized by local SCCA, PCA, and...

Same size wheels, tires, lug pattern, and offset within 2mm of new vs. old. I call that - "the same". I don't know about that one - can you? Use the car - sure! "Securely" use the car - that is the question only you can answer!

Changing tires is a VERY normal process of car ownership. The more you research, the more "better" than stock/original tires you will find! That's a "not to exceed" pressure for the tire. It should also be stamped on the sidewall. Basically, it's a useless number. Yes - stick with the...

Your picture of the bump-stop documents its width. That measure does not change even if someone where to shorten its length. The picture below is from my MY'19 M3P, and the length of the stock OEM bump stop is 2.75" or ~6.8 cm. Looks like mine are the same as Veiko's. I don't know what...

I had it in "chill" at first, but quickly found it to be non-linear and frustrating. Changed to "standard", Took a day or two to re-calibrate my foot, and have kept it in "standard" for the last 5 years. You don't need to go foot-to-the-floor on every acceleration, and the rest of the time...

For what it's worth, my six (6) bolt holes all had slightly different diameter. The narrowest is 17.51 mm (pic below flipped upside-down so that you can read the measurement), the widest is 18.09 mm. Tesla's manufacturing tolerances are pretty sloppy. The socket from Kokenusa.com is ~17.1mm...

That is a ridiculous customer experience! No-one in the right mind will remember to repeatedly go through that sequence of activities on each and every car exit!

Performance summer tires are ALWAYS the tire of choice for performance cars. In areas with freezing winter temps - invest in proper snow tires! Sounds like you should have bought an even more efficient LR model. P is wasted on you. Agreed: Better seats are an upgrade. Marginal power and...

Definitely not the 1st time. Lots of threads on this subject, just search. I had fixed passenger seat controls 3 or 4 times by now, but one of the buttons has broken off again. I'm not fixing it anymore, until right before I'm selling the stupid thing. You sure you didn't mean the above...