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More than a month into Tesla ownership and all going great. Really feels like I’m driving the future of cars. Dad’s first time in one yesterday. He got to experience the acceleration. Involuntary gasp and swearing. Couldn’t believe the car was even remotely in control accelerating like that. For those only used to ICEs then I can understand that. Even cars that accelerate nearly half as quick can feel unsettled and like they are going to chuck you off the road at any moment.
 
My first go in a Tesla was as a rear seat passenger in a TM3 back in late 2019, I was thinking "Jesus that was fast". Then the realisation that compared to my own BMW X1 and previous 4 Series was, "actually this car sucks". It had rattles, high wind noise, poor quality, boring interior and a very stiff suspenion. I did two test drives recently and they at least improved the quality and most of the rattles were gone.

IMHO and each to their own of course.
 
dLockers said:
Anyway decided to use gaffa and improvise.
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a one off .. or you'll leave in situ(kerbing risk?) - custom extrude products do seem to present a larger bump for pedestrians, until we get slotted paving.

EV adaptive suspension topic, interesting to see what tesla proposing, step up from ford who did a simpler one where rear suspension adjusted if front hits a pot hole.
Tesla Adaptive Suspension will now adjust ride height for an upcoming rough road section. This adjustment may occur at various locations, subject to availability, as the vehicle downloads rough road map data generated by Tesla cars. The instrument cluster will continue to indicate when the suspension is raised for comfort. To enable this feature, tap Controls > Suspension > Adaptive Suspension Damping, and select the Comfort or Auto setting.”
..could just re-route via better roads
 
delta0 said:
More than a month into Tesla ownership and all going great. Really feels like I’m driving the future of cars. Dad’s first time in one yesterday. He got to experience the acceleration. Involuntary gasp and swearing. Couldn’t believe the car was even remotely in control accelerating like that. For those only used to ICEs then I can understand that. Even cars that accelerate nearly half as quick can feel unsettled and like they are going to chuck you off the road at any moment.
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One has to wonder what ICE you have been driving to feel unsettled, that is not normal.

Simon said:
Loads of cars can already do that.
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Indeed, was just about to post the same.
 
Simon said:
It’s jpaul. Finds something and reposts it without really understanding it. Or realising it’s not new news.
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Which cars are doing this? Is the data provided by a third party or do the manufacturer(s) maintain their own databases individually?
 
jpaul said:
a one off .. or you'll leave in situ(kerbing risk?) - custom extrude products do seem to present a larger bump for pedestrians, until we get slotted paving.

EV adaptive suspension topic, interesting to see what tesla proposing, step up from ford who did a simpler one where rear suspension adjusted if front hits a pot hole.
Tesla Adaptive Suspension will now adjust ride height for an upcoming rough road section. This adjustment may occur at various locations, subject to availability, as the vehicle downloads rough road map data generated by Tesla cars. The instrument cluster will continue to indicate when the suspension is raised for comfort. To enable this feature, tap Controls > Suspension > Adaptive Suspension Damping, and select the Comfort or Auto setting.”
..could just re-route via better roads
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One off - I'm moving house next week. I can't remember who it was but I was bullied by a poster on here for not having a driveway.
 
expensive solution - moving house for the new car

LOL OC defintion of lots of cars ... so S class has road scanning cameras, porsche evs discussing future road mapping,
BMW comments suggest the rear shocks adapt to shocks on front wheels .. would they need magneic/ferro shoch adaption to respond fast enough.
 
Simon said:
That’s what Tesla’s is
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I don't have a Tesla to check how it works but they say the data is "generated by Tesla cars" so I took that to mean the car automatically generates the data, not the user.

What is the other system you're talking about with the user input data? Is it proprietary to a specific manufacturer or some sort of app?
Actually, I don't think a third-party app would be able to integrate with the car's suspension so I guess it's a manufacturer thing?
 
I’m not sure what all of the fuss is about and I’d have thought it would be only on new S and X anyway. The 3 and y don’t have air suspension and/or adjustable dampers.
 
The other cars are doing it live and don't require a database, relying on database seems completely redundant as when a pothole is fixed if it relied on the database it wouldn't have knowledge, in the same way if a new crevice arrives it would't have knowledge, so best data is live data, Tesla are likely using database because their cameras aren't s reliable for this stuff like say a combo system of camera and a LIDAR system.
 
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