exNavyOffRec
Well-Known Member
You mentioned weight in your previous post. They weigh about the same as comparable german sports sedans. 3series=4000ish pounds, Model 3=4000ish pounds. Same with the S if you were to compare to a 5/7 series. The batteries give the thing an insane low center of gravity, even for the SUVs, thereby improving their handling and rollover characteristics.
They seem to pass the safety ratings test with flying colors and there's really not much other hard data to go by besides that.
I get the safety ratings, but these guys have seen it all, they know how the safety rating are achieved and the test they do and I would go by what they have seen in actual accidents on the road more than anything, when I buy my next car I am talking with them to get a list of cars they would put their family in.
In some cases to be honest the law of tonnage applies, the car could be just fine vs another car of the same size, but that car against a vehicle 2 or 3 times its size and bad things happen.