Randahl FinkDec 26, 2023

When your Tesla car parts fail miserably, you realize you are a test pilot of an early prototype, so be glad if you survived.

This blog post hits the nail on the head:
https://defector.com/youre-supposed-to-be-glad-your-tesla-is-a-brittle-heap-of-junk

Via @Peternimmo

You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk | Defector

Tesla cars are shoddily built pieces of shit liable to fall apart and malfunction in dangerous ways at inopportune moments. No, this is not a blog from 2012! It is also not a blog from 2015 or 2018 or 2022. It is not even a blog from two weeks ago about Tesla’s self-driving systems killing […]

Show threadSteve Hersey

@randahl @Peternimmo
A friend has a Tesla, and I recently went for a ride with him in it.

On the armrest are a small, inconspicuous button I assumed to be the window lift, and a large lever right at resting hand location, which I assumed to be the door latch.
WRONG.
My friend urgently warned me that the large, obvious lever was NOT the door latch, but instead some sort of emergency release that detaches the door such that it requires a dealer to reattach it. The tiny, unobvious button was the door latch (as I proved by experiment when I exited the vehicle).

Apparently, Tesla spent more engineering capital on adding the ability to make farting noises when turning than on basic ergonomics.

But sure, discount all of the criticism as Elon-hating. After all, what possible legitimate criticism could there be of a bigoted, egotistical, Nazi-coddling manbaby whose companies evolved management systems specifically to defuse his more insane inspirations of the moment and steer him away from breaking anything important with them?

And which of us hasn't paid billions over market buying a company and then driven it straight into the ground?

Dec 26, 2023 at 3:50pmWeb
Show threadRandahl FinkDec 26, 2023
@n1xnx humanity pays a heavy price for our tendency to idolize.
Show threadSteve HerseyDec 26, 2023
@randahl
Sadly true. I have come to the view that we will (at best) always be in a pitched battle to maintain sane democratic systems with responsible leadership, since our governments will always contain some proportion of power hungry folks of bad intent, authoritarian nutjobs and their followers, and those who simply fell prey to the corrupting effects of being in authority.
Still, it could be worse; just remember the Thirty Years War.
Show threadNafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦Dec 26, 2023
@randahl @n1xnx The above post BTW isn't even remotely accurate.
Show threadSteve HerseyDec 26, 2023
@randahl @Peternimmo
I took one look at that aluminum steering member, fractured right through the attachment point, and screamed "aluminum is the wrong material for that application!"
I'm not an ME, and even I could see that the part was undersized for what it does. There are Reasons those bits are usually made from steel.
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7Dec 26, 2023

@n1xnx @randahl @Peternimmo Maybe check your bias, check your facts?

The lever is the "emergency" door opener when all power is out. A great easy and obvious safety mechanism.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_jo/GUID-7A32EC01-A17E-42CC-A15B-2E0A39FD07AB.html

In fact it's so great and well documented, you should be reported for aggressive misinformation.

#Tesla #misinformation

Show threadSteve HerseyDec 26, 2023

@ShrikeTron @randahl @Peternimmo
Oddly, my friend who OWNS THE VEHICLE was the source of this information. Now, maybe he was mistaken, but it's his car...

Also, muting you as aggressively idiotic.

Show threadNafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦Dec 26, 2023

@n1xnx @randahl @Peternimmo Like, this isn't even remotely true? It's just a door opening latch. The only difference between pulling that and using the button is that it doesn't crack the window down first, so it's not as gentle on your rubber seals. But people do it all the time.

I swear, people would believe literally anything negative about Tesla. You could go viral by making up the claim that you have to turn your steering wheel to activate your turn signals because Elon hates buttons.

Show threadSteve HerseyDec 26, 2023

@randahl @Peternimmo

I'm seeing a lot of outraged disagreement in the replies. Let's assume, arguendo, that the information I got *from the car's owner* was wrong. It is STILL an ergonomic failure for the big, obvious lever placed right where your hand naturally lands to be some backup system for a tiny button in an obscure place.

Especially when the rest of the automaking world puts that primary control where your hand naturally comes to rest. (Why design a system that NEEDS a power-out backup rather than, you know, just working regardless?) User friendly design makes the system work the same way from the user perspective whether or not there's power, and generally follows common practice on what controls look like and how they work.

I'm done here, muting replies. The Elon fanboys can shout all they want.