It’s something I have noticed too. 9/10 times an oncoming car is blinding me, it seems to be a Tesla. And not because their high beams are on. It might be confirmation bias, but it just seems like Tesla headlights have dogshit beam control optics on top of having fairly bright light sources.
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proudblond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
As a Tesla driver (yeah yeah) I’ve noticed in my heavily-Tesla area that 80% of the time when I think someone might have their highbeams on but it’s borderline that it’s a Tesla. It makes me uncomfortable about how bright my own lights are to others. My only consolation is that my car is 6+ years old, so there’s a (slim) chance that the new cars that are being rolled off the line are more poorly aligned than my own. Anyway I don’t know what I could do about it regardless.
ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world 2 days ago
BURN@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Nope, I live in the greater Seattle area (nearly the tesla capital of the world) and 8/10 times I’m blinded is a tesla in oncoming traffic.
Rivians are also terrible, and most crossovers in the last 2-3 years have been increasingly bad.
Driving a lowered sports car with no windshield tint has made driving at night a horrible process. I’m debating getting a low % window tint just to take the edge off of the headlights.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Trade it for something a little lies swastikar-y.
proudblond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Honestly I kinda wish I could, but financially it’s not in the cards.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Look through the manual to see if there’s a way to adjust the angle of your lights, or take it into a service center to see if they can adjust it. I’ve never owned a Tesla so I can’t speak on that with any certainty, but all the other cars I’ve driven have had relatively easy ways to adjust the headlight angle.
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Morally bankrupt and financially insolvent. Sounds just like a Tesla owner 😆
proudblond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, I’m so morally bankrupt that I am worried about how my headlights might blind other people. At least I’m not so morally bankrupt that I make other people feel bad on the internet.