Is it because the EV has no gears or the P function is not enough to hold the car in a slightly uphill position?
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Couple of days ago a crazy incident happened.
It's snowing a bit here (not much) and roads have become dangerously icy with a lot of black sleet.
I came home and parked the car in the driveway. After an hour, I just happened to glance outside and I was shocked to see the Tesla had slid back quite a bit and almost into the community roadway.
Immediately, I parked the car inside the garage.
In the evening, I came back home and stopped in the driveway. Car was in Park (P) mode. And, with me inside, the car kept sliding back.
Is it because of no gears or P function is not enough to hold the car in a slightly uphill position?
Any Tesla owners faced this situation?
Late afternoon it was sunny and beautiful sun rays fell on mountains behind home.
Within a few hours, the weather changes to snow/hail/rain and the same roads become absolutely treacherous. That's Seattle weather for you.
I had parked close to the garage door (2 inches away- I always test the parking sensors) and look how far it slid back. Phew!
Same situation in the evening...
Here's what BHPian ex-innova-guy had to say about the matter:
Here's what BHPian pratik1992 had to say about the matter:
Those look like the P Zero summer tires that came with the car, right? They do warn about not using them below 45F.
Mine started sliding in turns on a cold Dec 1 in NJ. Was enough to get me to purchase a winter wheels + snow-rated tires (19s) set. Now it drives like a champ no matter what surface. I had to manually put it in drift mode to make them break traction in a parking lot when I wanted to try doing donuts. Quite fun.
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