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Everyone driving a Tesla: "I'm so important and successful, look at all the peasants turning green with envy". Peasants: "You couldn't pay me to be a test crash dummy in one of daddy Elon's death mobiles."
Yeah the only reason I keep looking at their Tesla is so I am prepared to dodge it when it goes Kill All Humans mode.
Oh the default mode then?
Nah, that's a paid upgrade. Default on the poverty-spec models is Kill All Children
It’s kind of wild my opinion of Tesla in 2016 vs now. They went from this super cool car company to a really expensive unpolished turd. I figured at the time they would fix their quality issues as they are a new car company figuring things out. Legit worst quality cars on the market. About one step up from 80 GM Fremont Assembly with beer cans in the doors. Toyota help fix those issues in quality but Tesla has not figured it out and it’s funny it’s the same plant. Riven seems to be making a decent truck right now along with Lucid as new players in the market. Then add in the Elon factor. Had he kept his mouth shut he could have been remembered really well. Now you could not pay me to own any of products
I'm a solid thousandaire who bought a used Model 3 in 2019. I'm one of those fuck cars people, but living without one is not currently possible for me, so I went with one with a high safety rating, low maintenance, and no need for gas. Since then, I've bought one set of tires, refilled the windshield wiper fluid, and had a few car washes. It's been pretty great, as a car.
The only problem is... random pickup trucks and Dodge Chargers act crazy around me because the existence of EVs apparently threatens their masculinity. My mom sends me random articles where someone who has no idea what they're talking about complains about the car being a death trap. And now that Elon Musk won't shut the fuck up, I get to read the random ramblings of petulant children online who can't fathom that people might like something they don't.
Fuck me, though, I guess I'm a member of the bourgeoisie now.
It’s kind of wild my opinion of Tesla in 2016 vs now. They went from this super cool car company to a really expensive unpolished turd. I figured at the time they would fix their quality issues as they are a new car company figuring things out. Legit worst quality cars on the market. About one step up from 80 GM Fremont Assembly with beer cans in the doors. Toyota help fix those issues in quality but Tesla has not figured it out and it’s funny it’s the same plant. Riven seems to be making a decent truck right now along with Lucid as new players in the market. Then add in the Elon factor. Had he kept his mouth shut he could have been remembered really well. Now you could not pay me to own any of products
Technically its a recall, but it's really a software update that all owners will receive without doing anything special. I'm not a fan of Tesla by any means, but let's not sharpen the pitchforks just yet.
Even ignoring bizarre stuff like this, it's priced like a Jaguar and has the build quality of a Yugo. I say keep sharpening.
Well, I wouldn't buy one...
And the 0-60 of a Koenigsegg at 1/20 the price, but also electric and potentially economical to drive.
0-60 of race car is the last thing a normal driver needs from a car. If you'll come up with a made up scenario where you have to floor it to save your life I will scream.
A Koeniggsegg handles much better and is well-built, though. It's meant for the track and it does that well.
In contrast, a Tesla Model S is an unnecessarily quick and overpriced family car with a dubious safety record due in part to having the build quality of a Yugo.
Just because the recall is an over the air fix, doesn't make it less serious. Which is probably why it's called a recall.
Well, with a conventional recall many defunct vehicles will never get repaired and still driven for years whereas this fix will be rapid and hard to avoid even if one tried. It's not not serious, but the implications are much less severe. Can call it a recall but it's not equivalent to what most manufacturers call a recall.
No, it's a recall by definition.
A recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire creates an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet minimum safety standards.
Safety issue: door opens during a crash
Manufacturers are required to fix the problem by repairing it, replacing it, offering a refund, or in rare cases repurchasing the vehicle.
Repair: software patch
"...let's not sharpen the pitchforks just yet" this is like the 845th domino that's fallen? You're not a serious person.
I think what makes it a recall is that the NHTSA points out a fault and requires the manufacturer to fix it. It just happens that Tesla has the ability to use OTA updates. So not sure there is a difference in severity just because a fix is software.
But it does raise the question for me if it’s a simple software fix why did Tesla wait for the NHTSA? Don’t they have tons of live diagnostic data from their cars?
...Yeah, but who looks at that rubbish? - an engineer
I can’t wait for the NHTSB’s verdict on the Cybertruck.
Am much more scared about those that don't open when you get in a crash. Which is all of them in case of losing power.
Hold on, shouldn't doors open in a crash? Isn't them not opening a major problem when you're trying to escape?
Once the crash is finished, sure. But mid crash the door opening could lead to leaving the vehicle unintentionally.
if the car is unbuckling you too, it means that it knows you're safer out of the Tesla!
You don't want the doors to open while crashing, you want them to open when emergency gets there.
Aaah, sorry, misunderstood that. 😅
It's all cool. 👍🏾
And emergency crews carry the tool to cut them open if needed.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
As a remedy, Tesla is releasing an over-the-air (OTA) software update free of charge.
Last week, Tesla announced a recall for nearly all its U.S. vehicles — some 2 million — due to concerns about the safety of its autopilot driver-assistance feature.
A federal investigation found that its autosteer function may have led some drivers to abandon responsibility for the operation of their vehicles.
That recall came after one in February affecting more than 360,000 vehicles related to Tesla's “full self-driving” software.
In a post last week on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tesla issued a statement accusing some news outlets of misconstruing "the nature of our safety systems," adding that "incontrovertible data" shows Tesla's features are "saving lives and preventing injury."
A NHTSA spokesperson told NBC News last week that its investigation into Tesla's autopilot features “remains open as we monitor the efficacy of Tesla’s remedies and continue to work with the automaker to ensure the highest level of safety.”
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Dang, I’ll try to avoid crashing until after the update is installed.
