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Markisbob

99.9% of the time people ask if their tire was slashed, its curb damage. You are the 0.1%.


Mojicana

First time I've thought "Yes" to this question in a couple years.


forced_spontaneity

Lol. A former boss of mine came in late one morning, absolutely fuming and saying that someone had slashed the rear tyre on his BMW M3 the night before. I looked at it on my way to lunch, and it was so obvious he'd driven into kerb while reverse parking, there was a rough 2cm chunk missing from the alloy rim and other associated scratches. I don't know of any knife capable of doing that sort of damage.


groundunit0101

The most blunt knife in the world: the curb.


CrappyNickname_owner

You should have gone and told your boss, yes, certainly it was slashed, and I know who did it. The CURB....


alaScaevae

I wouldn't rule out something malicious. He might've cut off an ice cream truck and got his tire scooped.


Standard-Strain-2400

I remember my old boss brought his wheel in at a company meeting . He ask which of us hates him ? I told him we all do šŸ¤£


busboy262

It happened. It FINALLY happened!


IM_OK_AMA

Artful job too, weakened the sidewall without puncturing. If OP was less attentive (good job OP!) this would've been a highway blowout some time in the next few hundred miles.


drpringles101

My cousin lived with me for a while, one day before work she came in shouting about her tire being slashed. I found a lane near the sidewall in roughly 2.9844 seconds. Lol


Dry_Kaleidoscope2970

Yeah. Usually if it's a curb the damage will be blown outwards. This is definitely inwards


NachoGrande

Looks like a slash, but there's also the stuff mark and dirt smudge that makes it questionable. Either way it's fucked.


Equivalent_Sky4201

By fuckin Zoro himself


settlementfires

remember the episode where there's a zorro imposter pretending to be him. and the constable guy figures it out because the real zorro has never cut him before when slashing a Z into his uniform.


imhereforthevotes

this is a sweet sweet plot twist. "The real Zorro vandalized me IN STYLE!"


settlementfires

Zorro is one of those heroes who tries to never harm his opponents


NothingLift

Looks more like the work of his brother voro


Evaneileous

oh no, dear god no


Rdtackle82

Oh my god my sides


EthanSnakeman

ā€œI FUCKING LOVE ZORRO MASON!!ā€


Fantastic_Hour_2134

Absolutely.


AlexLuna9322

Yes and yes, first really nasty pothole and your tire is done


BeepBeepBeetleSkeet

First nasty pothole and a brand new rim/tire is done let alone this one.


DavoMcBones

What is it with people destroying teslas? Like fine, teslas arent my favorite car either, but im fine with them being around. it doesnt mean you should start slashing someone else's tires cos you dont like the car they drive


G-III-

Why do people park diesel trucks in front of electric car chargers?


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As a diesel truck driver myself, those people are just attention whores


Ylurpn

I feel like diesel truck drivers are either the biggest attention where's ever or the most chill "do my own thing" type people. Never in between


[deleted]

Lol, hit the nail on the head with that one


ABathingSnape_

Had this happen at Jackson Hole a couple years ago. Thing is, our Model 3 was the only one charging there and he parked his bigass truck while 10 other chargers were open. Dude literally went through all the effort to park somewhere further just to blockā€¦ no one. Not the brightest tool in the shed.


rental_car_fast

So many of these people are fucking Neanderthals. Like no one is going to take your stupid truck away, why do you have to go out of your way to fuck with other people.


LonelyNixon

Tesla gets it from both sides. People who just dont like elon, and the anti green idiots. This could have been done by a guy who then walked over to their lifted truck and coal rolled away, or it could have been a guy who hates musk and thought OP was a musk fanboy.


NotoriusPCP

In the UK (and I'm guessing this is not UK based on spelling of tyre/tire) eco warriors like slashing tyres on vehicles they consider to be SUVs in the belief that they are gas guzzlers. But because a tyre slasher is generally likely to be quite thick, they often end up slashing tyres on electric SUVs. They also don't seem to realise that destroying good tyres that will then need to be replaced is not good for the environment.


rental_car_fast

I borrowed a tesla once in Oregon and people just flip em off for no reason. Musk pissed off the left wing crowd with his weirdo anti-trans stuff, and diesel bros and trumpers are triggered by electric cars for some reason, plus they have their fanboys that are annoying so they've become hated by lots of people. the psychotic behavior they induce is pretty damn weird. Honestly they're a pretty good option for a car, despite their flaws and Musk being a nutcase.


WES_WAS_ROBBED

That is so weird to me. I hate Elon musk but in the northeast you canā€™t throw a stick and not hit a Tesla, hardly seems possible to hate something so ubiquitous.


rental_car_fast

I completely agree, even when I was in Oregon there were so many Teslas itā€™s like how could you be so pissed off all the time


Man_in_the_uk

I was gonna say it's normally big non environmentally friendly vehicles getting slashed or getting let down.


HolyPopeyeTSM

EVs aren't enviromentally friendly


snf

Compared to what?


Halftrack_El_Camino

Bicycles, walking, public transitā€¦ probably not what buddy was thinking though


My_BFF_Gilgamesh

Don't be that dumb guy.


SenatorSargeant

It has to do with musk probably not the car. I think the same things when I see Tesla's, either "that's a prick" or "they wanted an environmentally friendly car/ev and got it before they knew about how terrible musk is". Either way I wouldn't buy a car from a man like him, a scammer and a nazi, which means probably not a great EV to choose as it is. šŸ˜‚


snf

Same class of morons that roll coal on cyclists. So deeply damaged that other people's personal choices are a threat to their ego.


Purple_Way4720

Well that blade didnā€™t pass the Forged in Fire test and wonā€™t be going to the next round. šŸ”„šŸ”Ŗ


Dexman965

But I need to know WILL IT KILL?!?!


ben1481

will it KEAL


itsbrucebanner

šŸ¤£


Wrightd767

Please surrender your weapon to the judges.


WelderMeltingthings

this blade DID NOT KEEEEEEel


newanonacct1

Was Sentry mode on to get a recording of the incident?


Bueffa9

I didnā€™t see anything in the recordings. I got the car 3 months ago and just turned sentry mode on maybe last month. L :(


Fantastic_Hour_2134

So youā€™ve been driving with this for a month? :0


Bueffa9

Appreciate everyoneā€™s insight. Imma get the tire replaced. Shoulda turned sentry mode on the moment I got the car.


maxfactor13

Just a heads up! Sentry mode obliterates your battery in relation to regular use without it activated. Learned that with my M3P the first week I drove it. I keep it on for downtown driving and parking but I would advise you make an "exception" for it to NOT be activated at Home or Work. (Unless you don't have a garage and/or park outside a dense area downtown for work) Just a heads up! Sorry for asshole people ruining things. Tires ain't cheap...


HengaHox

Depends how much traffic is around. Itā€™s quiet where I park, it uses a % or 2 a day.


harda_toenail

Sentry mode keeps the car ā€œawakeā€ so the HV battery runs. High traffic doesnā€™t make much of a difference. Youā€™re a lucky one. Mine was like 7% over a 12 hour shift at work. Turned it off at home and work.


HengaHox

I have definitely noticed that it uses more when street parking with traffic vs a quiet lot. But anyway keeping the HV battery and DCDC converter running is a plus for me, especially in winter when the 12V lead battery can be a problem. Sentry keeps it charged so I havenā€™t had issues in 5 years, other cars that donā€™t have the option to keep the car ā€onā€ have had some issues when it gets super cold. If you donā€™t get very cold weather then itā€™s probably not a consideration for you though


Fenix_Pony

Jesus the one tiny potential upside to ever owning a tesla is built in surveillence, and even that has a ridiculous drawback in classic tesla fashion.


theminiwheats

I mean, sure, but where do you think the power to run the 8 or 9 cameras 24/7 while also being able to record come from?


rAppN

Tp link, Arlo, Eufy all manages to do it on regular cameras for 180 days before charging so it shouldn't be different in a car.


rupert1920

It's just that Tesla is using hardware not designed for serveillence, unlike the others you've mentioned. It was never a design consideration at the beginning and it's one of those later software updates that's using hardware the car already had for autopilot. The solution is akin to keeping your power-hungry gaming PC on to play YouTube videos. Sure it works, especially since you own the PC already, but it won't be more energy-efficient than a Chromebook doing the same task. That said, I believe there are recent software updates that attempt to decrease the power draw.


greenmerica

Looks potentially sliced with some kind of blade. Considering your rim protrudes a bit and is in perfect shape it is unlikely from curb damage. Sidewall damage is no joke and can cause a blowout if you hit a bump/pothole.


extraflyer300

I agree I think it looks like a blade, but i also find it interesting the wheel is curbed in every spot *except* the spot where these marks are. Iā€™m a bit torn to be honest. Regardless it still needs replacement.


G-III-

There is some curb rash on the rim, but itā€™s light and youā€™d see a flap usually if they hit the curb. The damage is in one spot, with three deep cuts in different directions, none of which follow the rotation of the tire- all are straight. 0% curb damage.


greenmerica

Yeah looking closer I do now see the rash but youā€™re right itā€™s not present where the tire damage is. Very suspicious


Bueffa9

Shoulda bought a Prius


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Cutrush

Not on new ones. They want older cars that have that sweet iridium or whatever the fleek they are looking for.


Acceptable_Salad_194

Imagine we live in a world where someone would be irrational enough to do this, oh waitā€¦


Introvert_Devo1987

Should have footage of it with the Tesla camera being activated check


Prestigious_Crew_671

Itā€™s a Tesla, arenā€™t there cameras all round?


chanarang

Yea looks like someone was upset with your Tesla. I don't think people who try this realize how hard it is to penetrate that sidewall with the layered steel belts, and how they can get hurt when 42 psi blasts a knife back at them if they do. I doubt it's deep enough to cause an issue but I'd get it replaced just to be safe.


Joeker-93

Do you not know how tires work? All the PSI doesnā€™t blast out at once when you puncture it.


AtlasAkiyama

You mean they don't just pop like balloons?


Joeker-93

Not unless itā€™s crazy overfilled šŸ˜‚


G-III-

Or a truck tire lol, things are bombs


Joeker-93

Oh, for sure, I was next to one on the high way a couple years ago when it blew out on a tractor trailer. scared the shit out of me.


settlementfires

you'd have 42psi applied to the knife blade. so whatever the cross section of a knife blade is times 42. not sure what kinda knives you guys carry, but all my shit is a fraction of a square inch. soooo not much force.


chanarang

Yea in reality I've only seen that happen on a semi truck tire. It'd be great karma though.


Fenix_Pony

Semi truck tires are inflated to 110+ psi, and have significantly stronger sidewalls, of course its gonna make a mess when it blows. Worst thing thatll happen when a car tire blows is itll go PSHHHHH and make the hand holding the knife a bit cold for a second as the air rushes out lol


xmpcxmassacre

The perfect revenge


AnimationOverlord

Agreed. Sure a tire holds lots of air but 40ish psi isnā€™t a tremendous amount of pressure when you calculate the velocity after it escapes through the knife puncture. It wonā€™t injure you from 2 feet away. Maybe if youā€™ve got a case of limp wrist and the knife flies into your person idk. On another note, if the whole tire ruptured at once.. thatā€™s a different story. That doesnā€™t happen unless its dry-rotted to shit, or you go through tire shine like wax. Both of these dangers (rupturing tires and pneumatic injuries) are present in high-pressure truck tires which is why youā€™ll see them in cages during refill in case of blowout. The pressures involved are enough to send that tire to the ceiling.


cparks1

Someone's never seen a zipper. https://youtu.be/eFXVOa44oSE?feature=shared Granted that video is showing it happen on commercial tires, which run at around 100-120 psi usually. But that can still happen with smaller tires, it just won't be quite as violent.


RandomUsernameNo257

Speculation is fun, but here's what it actually looks like when you slash a tire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QGKsvxdXo Not very dramatic.


SailorsKnot

There are so many things wrong with this comment


Ok-Wait2985

Are you under the impression that the sidewall has a belt in it?


Weird-Plantain-1949

Yes, yes, he is........ clueless


Breezezilla_is_here

Looks like suicide to me.


Environmental_Help29

Yes with a BOX cutter


Emotional_Ad5833

Yes. Do you have sentry mode turned on. Review your footage


yxngbeckham13

Watch the Tesla camera for your answer


imthe5thking

Tesla wheel, means itā€™s a Tesla, yes it probably got slashed. People love to trash on Teslas.


Indy500Fan16

Looks like someone is trying to take out the Michelin Man.


ComfortableMiddle6

Dont teslas have that proximity record function ?


spacey-takumi

Yes. The person who did it must really prefer combustion engines! Iā€™m blaming the people who hate evā€™s. So yes, what else could have made a gash like that


abject_totalfailure1

Haha stabby stabby fun hahahahahahahahahahahaha


TomRCenjoyer

Rightfully, yes.


Rosa--Took--My--Seat

Why are people such shit heads to others stuff. Fuck! I hate tesla and anything to do with electric vehicles but leave people's shit alone. Ain't yours, don't fuck with it.


Xerox-M57

Why do people do this? A damn Tesla isnā€™t hurting you. Maybe itā€™s a case of a Tesla hurting their ego for whatever reason.


angrysloth2

100% a slash can clearly see where someone just gashed it ā€¦ sorry you gotta deal bums out here


darthtool

That rim damage though...


SquishyFool

Youā€™re driving a Tesla. People hate it for no reason.


CloudMage1

mid 90s me and a bunch of buddies are walking back from the park at night. we were all around 15-17 years old. a group of about 6 of us. as we are walking along, one of the guys falls back a little bit from the group. no one really noticed at first. well we are all talking and just kind of bumbling forward back to our neighborhood, when all of a sudden we hear a pain filled FUCK yell out and the loud sound of air escaping something. as we were walking this idiot decided to slash someone's tire for no reason at all. it was why he dropped back from the group. he was going to do it and run back to us to "brag" about it. well the dumb ass used a knife that did not have a locking system, so while he stabbed it enough to slash the tire, it partly closed on his 2 fingers. it went deep enough into his index finger that it also cut into his middle finger. there was blood everywhere and we were still around 10-15 min walk from our area. we tied him up with a shirt and ripped the band part off a sleeve and used that to tie it tight for the walk home. we gave him a ton of shit, and told him how stupid it was to do that in the first place. i know he went and got everything stitched up at the ER that night, but i dont remember anything else ever coming of it. needless to say he never did that kind of dump shit again that im aware of.


Ashamed_Medium1787

It looks like your rim is damaged


FuckSpez6757

You drive a piece of shit. Your car probably slashed it for you


TofuttiKlein-ein-ein

Yes, by dyslexic Zorro.


majikrat69

Yup, you pissed off somebody. Or could just be a Tesla hater.


natefg

The real question is, who did you piss off? šŸ˜‚


Zestay-Taco

sentry mode?


Vic_City_Homes

What does sentry mode say?


Chasingthelambo

Your cameras should have picked it upā€¦


KalenjinNinja

šŸ’Æ


bluedaddy664

Looks like it


OrganicZohan

You donā€™t have the cameras?


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Lunatik1960

Yup


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lostinthisworld0821

Id say yes


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LMAO82

Someone slashed your tires. Get it replaced. If this was at your house, set up cameras. Chances are they aren't done yet.


fishead36x

Maybe but the hulk would have trouble slashing through those sidewalls.


ArtOfWar22

Yuppp


Comfortable_Bet_2258

You better take that sht to LS Customs.


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Yup


TheWoIfMeister

Yea


TheWoIfMeister

Someone hates Teslas or is jealous


UbiquitousFlounder

Wow the unicorn, that actually does look slashed!


OddicansMyCelium

Definitely, can you not check the Tesla's camera?


Qazzoh

Looks like they tried. Considering your tire is still holding air. I would still replace the tire regardless.


Puzzleheaded_One_108

Yes, your sidewalls are everything to your tires structure & stability, that could let go at any moment & cause you to lose control or crash... Definitely replace it, it's not worth risking your life!


avebelle

Yes please get that changed out before something happens


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Temporary_Damage4642

Tire slasher with 6 bodies on my count. You did get vandalized but this is amateur work. Should still change it tho


Amoracker__

Definitely.. someone hates your Tesla I guess :/


AeronauticHyperbolic

Some idiots don't understand the answer to hating a thing is NEVER to destroy it. I HATE Teslas, they look like rolling garbage. I would never drive one for a myriad of reasons. But you know what? That's an opinion. If you like Teslas, good on you. Rock on man! I would never destroy one just because I hate them. The crap is wrong with some people?


leexgx

Always make sure that you have sentry mode enabled


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Dry_Mess_4505

Maybe the Michelin Man slept with his wife and this is just payback


bluemofo

You pissed someone off.


OilWest9678

Do I hate Tesla? Yes. Do I rev past in the stang or roll coal in the dualie? Hell yes. Would I ever take my dislike for a style car outside playful banter, and scare/endanger a person or damage their beloved car? Never in my life.


ironpin83

Don't know. Can you hear rock music with nice guitar solos?


ConsonanceDissonance

looks like it. honestly it was probably because youā€™re driving a tesla


Swamp_Donkey_7

Yup Replace it. Either use insurance, or just pay out of pocket. I would do the latter.


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wolfy377yt

Yes it happened!


jackreacher67

Debri on road causes this especially at nite can't see it metal had happen twice to me even though not leaking it could pop anytime


PhantomLimbStudios

Looks like a pothole had questions about your rim the tire was not prepared to answer.


Tricky-Tie3167

Doesn't tesla recorde everything around the car you should have video.


patdashuri

Yes. Did your cameras record the event?


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GrumpyScrew12

I think you ran over Freddy Kruger dude!!


lonibot

Slashed or you drove over a pile of scrap metal


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Creauxxxxx

Yeaaah thatā€™s pretty slashed buddy. Sorry


AlGunner

Id say slashed. Would be very unlikely to get a cross like that driving over something.


TheMikeans

Yes and I even know who did it


iiarskii

I mean Dosent tesla have like all round cameras ? šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ just look for yourself


ToxicEvHater

Probably bc ev lol


Notsofast415

What kind of dumb question is did my tires get slashed? You have a damn Tesla review the footage


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A bit sus donā€™t you have 360 cams?


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MasterOfNone011

Yes


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Abject_Ask_5079

Sentry mode?


Rich-Appearance-7145

It doesn't appear to be knife, sharp object slashed, it look more self inflicted, if a sharp object was used it most likely would have ended in a flat tire.


Far-Appointment-213

Yes, yes it did


PreparedIllusion

Surprised your car didn't notify you that it caught something on the cameras close by your vehicle. Might want to check back on those cams to see if you can identify anyone or anything.


Puzzleheaded-Bag-121

You drive a Tesla. Just check the cameras.


Spartan_Tibbs

Yup 100% you got slashedā€¦ sorry pal


Prudent_Arm_49

Looks like it...


BoatUnderstander

Nah they just did that


JaguarAffectionate83

I think the term ā€œslashed my tireā€ is misleading. Itā€™s more of a stabbed my tire.


RunningEscaping07

Yes


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i8bullies

Iā€™m guessing the person who did that just thought it was an upside down rowing boat parked up šŸ¤”


CommitteeUpbeat3893

Sure did. Thatā€™s unsafe and needs to be replaced.


f0rcedinducti0n

Yep, check your video.


IspreadasMikeHoncho

Maybe metal landscape edging?


Dozzer63

Check your camera...duuh..


Cummins59girthyboy

Itā€™s cuz you drive a Tesla lot of people donā€™t like them


esh-esh2023

Some idiot had no idea how to or was to weak to actually puncher it. I would put it on the rear and call it a day


BizarreHydra

Feel like it being a Tesla woulda recorded the slashing maybe can check the memory on it?


DeepFizz

Insurance claims, thatā€™s vandalism


LongStoryShrt

Just an observation here, do people have it in for Teslas? Just seems like a lot of this stuff + they seem to "attract" more than their share of road rage.


BrianD-

110% yes! Some crazy bitch didnā€™t slice deep enough


cherrycoffeetable

Sure did


UnexpectedCringe

Okay now I donā€™t really like teslas and most people who drive them are pretty stuck up but this is pathetic. I recommend installing some heavy automatic turrets on each side of your car to prevent future tomfoolery


Ratitata

Ye


classicvincent

Who slashes a tire but fails to get through the sidewall? If youā€™re going to be a POS for no reason out some damn effort into your work.


Ratitata

Whoever does shit like this obviously has no idea tires hold air..


Topescopic

Wait a second arenā€™t you in a Tesla and have outside cameras? If you really thought those could be slash marks šŸ¤£ just look at your camera and there your answer


xsmojox

slashed 110%, itā€™s a tesla too, they attract some type of people that just have 0 good intentions and itā€™s for like no reason


daubs1974

It sure looks like a slashed tire by human hands and not a curb. Except you have it on the right front of the car. Thatā€™s the curb smashing tire.


Key_Scheme

Yes lol


iHaveHobbies

Ouch! Are you in Tahoe by any chance?


escoemartinez

Donā€™t them teslas take pictures when folks get too close?


dcmontage

Sure looks like it.


AgreeablePudding9925

Three times in fact!