NickJan 1
Congratulations to Elon Musk for making cars so bad that no-one can tell if a carbomb has just happened or if the car just did that.
Show threadKevin RussellJan 1

@Nickiquote AND

And today is the day the National Highway Traffic Safety Administratuion declared Tesla the "Deadliest Car Brand" for highest deaths

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/11/24/tesla-named-deadliest-car-brand-in-america/76335529007/

Tesla named 'The Deadliest Car Brand in America', NHTSA data shows

Will you be surprised? Here’s a hint: It’s an American automaker.

USA TODAY
Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonJan 2
@kevinrns @Nickiquote When NHTSA says your vehicle *Brand* is the deadliest, it is a very big deal.
Show threadKevin Karhan 

@meltedcheese @kevinrns @Nickiquote not to mention #Tesla's #ProdictionQuality & #QualityControl is so bd, neither #IFA (#Trabant) nor #Zastava (#Yugo) would've dared to ship such shotty-made cars to customers!

(Tho even they did clearcoat stuff from the factory without additional charges!)

Jan 2 at 4:24amWeb
Show threadCegorachJan 2

@kkarhan @meltedcheese @kevinrns @Nickiquote IFA/Sachsenring had many problems

bad qualitycontrol wasn't one of them

Trabant was just build decades longer than it would have in capitalist countries (otoh the original VW Käfer was build and sold even longer? so maybe not?) and "everyone" in the GDR got one.

So they were around for a loooooong time. They were easy to fix too. (simple tech does that)

If you look at it with 1990 eyes, the specs were horrible. But in 1965 it was a different story

Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 2
@drazraeltod @meltedcheese @kevinrns @Nickiquote shure, they were on a low quality standard and nowadays people mock them but back then they at least made shure doorseams and stuff wasn't crooked!
Show threadCegorachJan 2

@kkarhan @meltedcheese @kevinrns @Nickiquote btw, fun video in that regard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwdEWL0Fh2M

DDR - Trabant Endkontrolle

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