• GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    But ultimately, according to the survey, most Tesla owners plan to buy a Tesla again.

    Lol

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    • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Yyyyyyyup. I was hoping to get away from reddit's hivemind of "Teslas are shit cars" but with Musk at the helm I don't think that's possible. Are they perfect? No. Are they awesome? IMO, yes.

      • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Tesla's are shit cars though, and it has nothing to do with Musk. They have little to no driver feedback. The UX of their driver control systems are unresponsive and require the driver to take their eyes from the road. The idea of self-driving cars is a pipe dream that solves zero problems and simply aggravates existing individual transport problems.

        • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Counterpoints:

          • Cosmetic build quality issues aside, they require practically zero maintenance (tires and windshield fluid) and there are less moving parts to break. So far they've proven to be very reliable.
          • Driver feedback is subjective and I find your claim straight-up obtuse in meaning. I quite enjoy windy roads and the smoothness of the EV drivetrain.
          • The UX of my Tesla is practically-perfectly responsive and most of what you want to do has either physical or voice controls.
          • Autopilot is good bordering great but still needs work. FSD is indeed a pipe dream with the current fleet.
          • It's fast as fuck.
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            • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              Lol seriously? My passengers find the manual release by accident the first time they go to get out. It's exactly where you would expect it to be.

              "Extra! Extra! Some people are idiots!"

              Keep trying, bud.

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      • 0xACAB [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Did they fix the fact you can't open the door from the inside if the power is out without an instruction manual and fingernails?

        • Flinch [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          love too have my self driving software turn off seconds before my car slams into a semi truck going 100mph, so I can be blamed posthumously for not having enough personal responsibility

        • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          The fuck are you talking about? There is a regular-sized door handle right there.

          • 0xACAB [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            Only the front doors have a manual release. So what will your child in the back seat do in the situation of a crash, and the battery is compromised causing a loss of power and threat of combustion?

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

                  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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                    1 year ago

                    So until today, you didn't know that you could potentially have locked someone in a ball of hot death because you assumed everything was fine because it looks cool

                    And your attitude about that horrifying revelation, is the equivalent of a snide shrug

                  • Tomboys_are_Cute [he/him, comrade/them]
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                    1 year ago

                    You don't like, see if things work and stuff? Maybe I'm too used to having to deal with old beaters but checking if doors can be opened from the inside is a critical safety check. Its like checking to see if the seatbelts work. Do you ever drive people around?

      • bdiddy@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        That is kind of the funny thing about autos. Like most manufacturers are terrible in many ways. Environment, political, the way they treat people or how shitty their quality control is. Planned obsolescence. There is still a fake "supply demand" issue that they have literally concocted to jack prices through the roof. Literally price gouging asking 15k over MRSP because they pretend they have a supply issue lol.

        All the US majors are in on this scam and it's sad we don't have a government worth a fuck to fight it..

        Elon is just mouthy about it lol. I couldn't even tell you who the CEO of GMC is. They are awful as well tho.

        • s_s@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          The problem unique to car companies is that the Repubs are beholden to the car companies and the only unions big enough and worth a shit in the US is the UAW, and Democrats are beholden to anything they need.

          So you literally can't do anything to regulate the industry without pissing off one or the other. The car companies will use any legislation raised against them to lay off union jobs.

            • s_s@lemmy.one
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              1 year ago

              Sure. Also Right-to-work legislation. Red States race to the bottom with worker protections.

              Still the most powerful, tho.

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        • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          https://carbuzz.com/news/tesla-admits-model-3-has-a-design-flaw

          Oh, no!

          Anyways...

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            • ThePac@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              If you actually knew what you were talking about you'd know the consumer reports report referenced in the article weighs cosmetic issues as heavily as mechanical ones. It's been talked about to death since it came out a while ago but yeah, nice yahoo link, bro.

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      • persolb@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Yeah; it’s very strange. The new online norm seems to be “don’t buy anything from a company if the primary person is a jerk.”

        Meanwhile everyone online is buying stuff from jerks. They are just less vocal about it.

        I REALLY don’t care to research every company I buy something from. Even if I know the primary person is a jerk, I still don’t care unless there is a near equal alternative.

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          • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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            1 year ago

            The point here is that the main guy is like the biggest asshole, but the product itself is also ass while pretending not to be, likely fucking up the future “innovation” to be more fucking trash like this