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Originally Posted by Zeke
I rode in a Tesla M3 as a passenger in the front seat with one other adult in the rear. Let me tell you it was a rough ass ride. Now I have 3 cars that are rough, in order: an old Jeep, my '06 Chevy 1500 PU (wish I had Michelins) and the '00 Boxster 2.7 (not the stiffer S model).
Then comes the '96 Jag XK6 which has to be the best car I've ever owned. It's not worth jack so I don't really do maintenance as I should. But it rides (and handles) very well.
I'd put the Tesla at about the Boxster level. In CA we have HOV lanes on every freeway and most of them were created from what should be a center shoulder/emergency lane. In many cases those lanes are much bouncier than the next one over, etc. I wouldn't want a Tesla as a daily and use the HOV's, much less our poor ass broken down streets in Long Beach.
You wouldn't believe the immediate change in street/road quality when I cross over the Orange County line. It's immediate as in the color of the street changes right then and there. But I don't live there and don't go there a lot, so a Tesla would suck for me.
There are 2 of them (M3's) on my block alone.
BTW, the one I rode is is owned by a middle aged nurse. If it has suspension settings and she's running 'sport', I'd be surprised.
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My wife's 3 rides significantly firmer then my S. But the Mini Cooper S with the sport suspension and larger wheels that she replaced with the Model 3 would shake your fillings out......she put 150K on the Mini.