You know how people looked at the dumb decisions of #StocktonRush and said don’t get in the #Titan ?

Don’t get into an #ElonMusk #Tesla or #SpaceX

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        1 year ago

        That’s usually a reference to fit and finish, but there have been several of them that have caught on fire. But they basically require subscription fees and refuse to use physical controls for important systems.

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          I am never going to give up my boring 2008 Honda civic. I will just repair it until I die. Cars sucked when I was a kid and they suck now. The only things that changed

          • The radio is a distracting touchscreen
          • The keys are confusing
          • They catch on fire from battery problems
          • The extended warranty is getting more extended and non-optional
          • You can’t just buy 3rd party parts or fix it yourself or bring it to the mechanic of your choice.

          The future of cars is the apple model. Except generally speaking apple products work. It would be one thing if they were putting out cars that had triple the fuel efficiency.

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          I can’t speak to the quality issues, but I understand that some of the accidents are caused by the software correcting unexpectedly, and the user overcorrecting. This is compounded by changes to the software and features.

          The glaring engineering issue I have seen is issues with the batteries being discharged and users having no access to the vehicle even though the aux power has juice left (this could be backwards).

          For the fires, the lithium batteries become incendiary devices once they are ruptured.

          Unless we can do something about the batteries flaming and burning the contents to pure ash, they will gain a worsening reputation on their own.

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        1 year ago

        Norwegian Tesla owners had short hunger strike over it. Doors won’t open during the Scandinavian winters and wipers freeze shut and so on.

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        1 year ago

        It’s worse I’ve heard the build quality is inconsistent. Some cars are perfectly assembled, others have dime sized gaps between seams.

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          Right, seems like a quality control issue. Either way, even if it wasn’t for their megadouche CEO, I would still probably avoid them because of it.

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            1 year ago

            Yup. You’re paying for the name. I’d rather get an electric car from one of the big auto manufacturers personally.

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          After looking at the “article” a little more closely, the “author” seems like a chump and it’s all just goofy interpretations of statistics. It’s trash.