Is it because the EV has no gears or the P function is not enough to hold the car in a slightly uphill position?
BHPian mobike008 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
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:
Interesting that you hadn’t faced this yet. Had seen a couple of instances- 1, 2 sometime back on Reddit and had also seen a YouTube video in which the car rolled down into a parked car. Luckily yours wasn’t charging or could have been worse too. Looks like you will need to do the traditional jugaad of putting stones under the tyres.
Here’s what BHPian practical1992 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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