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Lead Lap
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If you’re replacing brakes and rotors every year on your tesla, I would think you’ve been hanging out at Laguna and Willow Springs 🏎️🏁 🤣🤣
Lexus Champion
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Brakes and rotors should last about 100k on my Tesla's, they still look spanking brand new on my Y after three years and 41k miles. But I have to say, if I took my Model 3 to Laguna or Willow Springs, OPD or no OPD, I would be replacing rotors and brakes frequently
Lead Lap
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🤣🤣🤣
Brakes and rotors should last about 100k on my Tesla's, they still look spanking brand new on my Y after three years and 41k miles. But I have to say, if I took my Model 3 to Laguna or Willow Springs, OPD or no OPD, I would be replacing rotors and brakes frequently
Brakes and rotors should last about 100k on my Tesla's, they still look spanking brand new on my Y after three years and 41k miles. But I have to say, if I took my Model 3 to Laguna or Willow Springs, OPD or no OPD, I would be replacing rotors and brakes frequently
Lexus Fanatic
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From: Maryland
I realize I'm late to the 1 pedal driving party discussion, but out of curiosity, what is the downside to it? If slightly removing the pressure of your foot on the gas slows the car down and feels like braking, but yet it doesn't actually use your brakes, what's the negative? I don't understand personally what there isn't to like about it. Not trying to argue, trying to understand the counter point.
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Have you seen this? Pretty cool and they mentioned the regen felt pretty good.
https://youtu.be/0D-HHZIPL1M?si=lzPqJLfkyRkjrxQa
https://youtu.be/0D-HHZIPL1M?si=lzPqJLfkyRkjrxQa
Lead Lap
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From: Maryland
I think they are decent looking but a little too boring for me. I thought the interior and features were really nice. Can’t really compare it to the S, it’s like comparing a Panamera to an S class.
Lexus Fanatic
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That's the vibe I got, boring. The car has a pancake look intentional it seems the taillights are slim and this theme extends around the car to the front treatment. Looks aside (which is good enough) the car is let down by poor software.
the only 'resemblance' is that when you take your hand off the throttle (or throttle back) on a jetski and lift your foot off the 'gas' pedal in a tesla, both vehicles will use resistance (of water, and turning a motor) to slow down. however, releasing the throttle on both fully will produce MARKEDLY different sensations - the jetski is SUPER abrupt stopping in a few feet. a tesla would only stop that fast if it had to engage emergency braking to avoid hitting something.
but of course you know all this.
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Lexus Fanatic
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That is absolutely absurd lol. I love EVs, own one PHEV now which I love and likely both of my next car purchases will be full EV or at least one will and the other will be PHEV. Just because I don't like one pedal driving doesn't mean I don't like EVs. All the EVs I would buy have the ability to turn if on and off.
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Lead Lap
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you appear to just want to argue regardless of obvious things.
the only 'resemblance' is that when you take your hand off the throttle (or throttle back) on a jetski and lift your foot off the 'gas' pedal in a tesla, both vehicles will use resistance (of water, and turning a motor) to slow down. however, releasing the throttle on both fully will produce MARKEDLY different sensations - the jetski is SUPER abrupt stopping in a few feet. a tesla would only stop that fast if it had to engage emergency braking to avoid hitting something.
but of course you know all this.
the only 'resemblance' is that when you take your hand off the throttle (or throttle back) on a jetski and lift your foot off the 'gas' pedal in a tesla, both vehicles will use resistance (of water, and turning a motor) to slow down. however, releasing the throttle on both fully will produce MARKEDLY different sensations - the jetski is SUPER abrupt stopping in a few feet. a tesla would only stop that fast if it had to engage emergency braking to avoid hitting something.
but of course you know all this.
Lead Lap
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,957
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From: Maryland
you appear to just want to argue regardless of obvious things.
the only 'resemblance' is that when you take your hand off the throttle (or throttle back) on a jetski and lift your foot off the 'gas' pedal in a tesla, both vehicles will use resistance (of water, and turning a motor) to slow down. however, releasing the throttle on both fully will produce MARKEDLY different sensations - the jetski is SUPER abrupt stopping in a few feet. a tesla would only stop that fast if it had to engage emergency braking to avoid hitting something.
but of course you know all this.
the only 'resemblance' is that when you take your hand off the throttle (or throttle back) on a jetski and lift your foot off the 'gas' pedal in a tesla, both vehicles will use resistance (of water, and turning a motor) to slow down. however, releasing the throttle on both fully will produce MARKEDLY different sensations - the jetski is SUPER abrupt stopping in a few feet. a tesla would only stop that fast if it had to engage emergency braking to avoid hitting something.
but of course you know all this.
On another note my cars software has been a little buggy and I can’t figure it out even after multiple resets. My phone sometimes won’t pair so I can’t make calls (but then sometimes does) and now my and my wife’s phone when making a call, we can’t hear the other person talking but they can hear us. Any thoughts from anyone?