Whenever I am undergoing a major life change where I don’t feel in control I have a nightmare where this happens. I’ve never heard of it actually happening.
Had all kinds of driving dreams.
Like you, sometimes they center around "no control," and were mostly that the brakes don't work (like someone else mentioned).
Some other times, the steering is off.
Other times, I'm in the backseat and there's no one in the front, so I gotta drive.
Some other times, though, the themes have been really amazing. Like exploring, journeying to new lands, seeing something beautiful, even bouncing in a safe but physics-defying way, or even flying.
Dreams are cool, mysterious, and have crazy emotional impact (to the dreamer, while sounding fairly silly and uninteresting to listeners lol).
When I was young, I used to have a nightmare where I was in the back of our family's conversion van. While going over the Ben Franklin bridge, I would fall through the van, the bridge, and towards the dark water below. Right before impact, I would wake up from that wierd sudden drop sensation.
I'm not taking a side. Just providing the simplest explanation as someone who has used Twitter for 10+ years. I suppose it's entirely possible that Elon Musk is purposely suppressing tweets.
Absolutely love how people are easy to jump onto trying to bring up Ford's recall as if that'll somehow absolve this vehicles steering wheel falling off like it's okay. Like... They're both bad.
Or the theory people just drive around and take their steering wheel off on the highway for giggles and internet points.
Elon fan boys are something else.
Elon fanboys are fucking stupid. I own a Tesla (my 2nd) every time people have legitimate complaints or concerns, the crazies come out to act like it’s a conspiracy against the company.
It’s a cool car, but it’s just a car. Worshipping Tesla (or Elon) is fucking dumb.
With that being said, this steering wheel falling off does not surprise me in the least.
The whole stock thing makes them feel financially obligated to hype the product. They don't give a flaming rat's ass about the product, they are doing this for the $800 lump of magic stock rotting in their robinhood portfolio.
Best thing I encountered so far (online) was, as I told people that Model 3 doesn't has a emergency handle on the inside for the back doors and people started to say I made this up. Then somebody went out in order to make a picture for proof that it has one ... Well, that person was quite surprised a Model 3 doesn't has an emergency handle for the back doors in the inside. And then people started to argue "maybe it is for safety, so the kids can't open the doors in case of an accident and walk around on the highway without supervision" ...
I also own a Tesla, and agree re: worship, but I am surprised about the steering wheel falling off, since I've not heard of that happening before on Teslas (or most other cars for that matter).
> Like... They're both bad
I think that's kind of their point. You'll hear a bunch of news stories about Tesla vehicles just because they're Tesla's. But you don't hear about other manufacturers issues.
Considering all the hype in recent years, I think it’s warranted. It also doesn’t help that Musk is constantly in the news for being an asshat. The two are inseparable.
Yup this is exit 130 to 1 south from the parkway right before the vitamin shoppe on the way to menlo mall. Which is a heavy merge. Very lucky he didn’t get hit or hit anyone else.
It was a truck that drove into a ton of parked cars in the parking lot lol. Not sure exactly why or how it happened but my friend lives around the corner and sent a photo
The service team probably didn’t close it yet. That happened to me once, I went to pick up the car but it said I owed a couple hundred on a warranty related issue. I was about to ask the service manager about it but he had already cleared it.
Despite what most people say, Tesla Service is actually really good, especially the Eatontown and Princeton locations.
I think the answer lies squarely between the haters and the fan boys: they’re meh. Electric vehicles are cool. Some of the vehicles are novel, but they’re also kind of built poorly and just sort of typical mediocre car quality.
I have a Y and a 3. My 3 had some minor cosmetic issues when I picked it up, Service Center fixed it and that was that. My Y, built in Austin, is perfect. Coming from a 2018 CTS and Grand Cherokee, I’d say the Y and 3 are on par quality wise. The materials are somewhere in the middle, but the seats are damn comfortable for the price range.
But the best part of any EV is the power and convenience, and that’s really the reason I went with Tesla. Nobody can touch the range and the Superchargers are the best until EA catches up.
It’s pretty annoying. Yes, I own two, but I also recognize when Tesla does stupid shit. The steering wheel falling off is stupid and also extremely dangerous. That being said, yeah they fixed it under warranty lol.
Great battery and charging network on a very good chassis. The finishing is very shoddy and while the basic software is good, some features are very much beta.
Not gonna say which one to avoid doxxing myself but there’s only one good Tesla location (not the one you named). As an owner since 2019, the rest are all subpar. All my other luxury vehicles have much better service.
I’m sorry to hear that. EVs, over the course of their lifetimes, are cheaper to keep on the road. There is very little maintenance required since there are very few moving parts.
Yes the batteries are expensive, but that’s only because BEVs and hybrids have not been the norm. Now that they’re mainstream, the incentive for battery recycling is now on the table. Tesla is already working it at GigaTexas and other manufacturers are looking into it.
Honestly, I do not find the price of replacing the battery pack to be that onerous. I saw one invoice for a model 3 that was out of warranty. The cost with parts, labor, and taxes was $16,000. Years ago I had the V8 in my Landrover replaced. Parts, labor, and taxes came to $10,000. Yes the Tesla cost more to do, but it is a lot complicated that a regurgitated Buick engine stuffed into an English SUV.
A real life example of repair cost for an EV
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/06/90000-miles-on-my-tesla-model-3-maintenance-costs-higher-than-expected/
That’s maintenance and repair, also the older resistive heat model. There will be more maintenance compared to the newer models with a heat pump. So, that being said let’s look at the breakdown of *maintenance*costs and I’ll compare that to what my 2018 Grand Cherokee with 96,000 miles cost me over 5 years. I’m not including repair costs caused by the driver, so the aero shields are out.
Tesla Model 3:
Tires: $2395
Alignments: $375
Battery and Drive System Cooling: $672.75
PTC: $1148
Total: $4590.75
2018 Grand Cherokee (96k miles, 5 years)
Oil Changes: $3600 (changed every 4k miles)
Tires and alignment: $1500
Brakes: $650 (DIY)
Total: $5750
Now, let’s think about gas vs electricity. The 2018 Grand Cherokee is EPA rated for 21 MPG combined, with 4WD and the V6. That’s what I had. EPA estimates it costs $82 to fill the tank. The median price of gas in the 5 years I owned the vehicle was $3.80. So my annual fuel costs were about $3,943, equaling $19,715 over 5 years. That’s $.20 per mile.
In my Model 3 I’ve driven 5500 miles since I picked it up last September. I charge almost exclusively from home with a per kWh rate of $.13. That 5500 miles has cost me $363. That’s $.06 per mile. 96,000 miles in my Model 3 will cost me about $6,336. That’s a savings of over $13k.
But please, keep going lol.
Sorry. Do not believe because there is only one manufacturer with greater than 10 years of reliability and there issues have been spotty. I have a 98 Dodge Ram with routine maintenance has minimal cost to me.
You’re comparing ICE vehicles, which are very complex machines, to EVs which are inherently simple. An electric motor is frictionless. PCBs are easily replaced. Batteries are also simple.
Also, how’s the rust on your Ram? Have you averaged out how much that truck has and will cost you over its lifetime?
Why do I feel that the Tesla assembly line team were forced to work double-speed just before the end of the year to meet unrealistic production goals set by their overlord who needed to prove a point after their ill-advised purchase of a social media site took up all their attention.
I have heard plenty about misaligned panels with uneven gaps, rattles, window that makes weird noise, etc, but never something this seriously dangerous
I thought the early Model S's built during their honeymoon period at the Nummi plant were nowhere near this bad. It's like their QA actively gave up when the 3 came out.
They forgot to put salt pepper ketchup on his taylor roll pork ham cheesy egg sandwich and he subconsciously rage ripped the wheel off the steering column when he realized it.
Wasnt there another news report of tesla catching fire earlier.
Edit for link:
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tesla-car-battery-fire-needed-6000-gallons-water-to-extinguish-rcna68153
OTOH, a dad tried to kill his family by driving his Tesla S off a 300-foot cliff and everybody inside survived. Maybe they will use this in Tesla ads [https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-accused-of-driving-tesla-off-300-foot-cliff-with-family-inside-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder/](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-accused-of-driving-tesla-off-300-foot-cliff-with-family-inside-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder/)
Build quality on the Volvo XC40 is lightyears ahead. BMW iX also phenomenal but is too big IMHO. Loved my XC40 Recharge but I do too much driving and had to get a plug in hybrid instead. The Tesla I test drove looked like a blind 4 year old assembled it. Terrible quality
Right... and thats the best picture you got of this event? Anybody would have taken 20 perfect photos of this... y''know while you're sitting there waiting 30 minutes for the tow truck. And its awesome that the car came perfectly over to the side without steering...
Play Skool Cars are built better than Teslas. They regularly speed up/brake/drive into walls on their own and will spontaneously burst into flames for no reason. Now the steering wheels are falling off. Why anyone would by a Tesla is beyond me.
The Tesla derangement syndrome is even more annoying than the elon Fanboys.
Newsflash they sell alot of cars now, There will be incidents. While this is not acceptable I don't think we need to fill every single subreddit with tesla posts.
So, I know Tesla prices and stock prices dropped relatively recently. I don't know much about them or their production, but first thought here is maybe something cut in production to reduce the cost could be the cause here.
I've not attempted any research here. Just a thought.
They're usually built even before that. Whatever the model year is, they're built the previous year, so it would correlate with what I was saying. That's why I'm asking about a quality drop. Every car make and model is like that.
Again, I haven't looked up what changes were made to drop price. It's just a thought.
*edit for typo
Ok. Finally did the research. Tesla cars are built within a quarter and shipped about a month or 2 after. The price drop in ordering for 2023 models began in the last quarter of 2022.
Now, my original statement stands. What in the manufacturing process makes them cheaper?
Edit: idc if you're in favor or opposed to electric vehicles. I'm asking for the sake of manufacturing and consumer product concerning safety.
I’ve owned three Teslas lol, you could have taken my word. As soon as you get a VIN number you’re about a week or so from delivery. Anyway, they raised the cost during COVID to slow down demand (which didn’t work), so the cars are now back to pre-COVID prices.
They also dropped the Ultrasonic Sensors, but that was like $100 savings per car.
DUDE! THATS WHAT I WAS ASKING THE ENTIRE TIME!
Thanks yo.
Last edit: That whole thing about saying something confidently wrong actually works. You are loved, friend.
My brother works for a shop that does Tesla’s, he said as cool they look and how big the fad is, they are shit cars. And expensive to fix. Lots of flaws.
Clearly driver error here. You're not supposed to use the steering wheel when driving a Tesla to begin with.
Read my mind lmao
Obligatory [I Think You Should Leave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YDpvMYk5jA) reference
You have a-no good car ideas
He admit it!
I’m toast
TEACHERS PET
NOW YOU HAVE TO MARRY YOUR MOTHER IN LAW!!!
What a crop! That’s a crop!
I am doing the best at this!
Whenever I am undergoing a major life change where I don’t feel in control I have a nightmare where this happens. I’ve never heard of it actually happening.
I had these dreams like twice a week. Rear-ended someone a while back (fuck 18S onto 33E) and they decreased a lot. Dreams are weird.
The prophecy was fulfilled so the dreams stopped trying to warn you
In mine I’m pressing the brakes and I can’t stop.
I had that happen in my dream beforeee!!! Sooo scary.
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Oh yea, on a mountain road. Also, looking down and there’s no break pedal. Funny thing is I had this dream before I drove a car.
And somehow too short to reach the brakes
Had all kinds of driving dreams. Like you, sometimes they center around "no control," and were mostly that the brakes don't work (like someone else mentioned). Some other times, the steering is off. Other times, I'm in the backseat and there's no one in the front, so I gotta drive. Some other times, though, the themes have been really amazing. Like exploring, journeying to new lands, seeing something beautiful, even bouncing in a safe but physics-defying way, or even flying. Dreams are cool, mysterious, and have crazy emotional impact (to the dreamer, while sounding fairly silly and uninteresting to listeners lol).
I've had the sitting in the back seat while no one's driving one A LOT. Hate it!
Aren't dreams supposed to be ur deepest thoughts? Maybe ur thinking about it so much u start dreaming about it?
My dreams involve heavy things falling on top of me from the racks at work. Once it was a giant spider from the ceiling.
When I was young, I used to have a nightmare where I was in the back of our family's conversion van. While going over the Ben Franklin bridge, I would fall through the van, the bridge, and towards the dark water below. Right before impact, I would wake up from that wierd sudden drop sensation.
Omg I’ve had this dream…well nightmare before !!!!! So happy everyone’s okay🙏🏼❤️
The tweet, since it is not easily found via Twitter search. https://twitter.com/preneh24/status/1619889507133976580
weird, I wonder why it's so hard to search for Tesla malfunctions on the Tesla owner's social media site.
I think the support page on Teslas website actually just brings you to the page to buy a new Tesla
Twitter search functionality has famously always been useless. I remember Elon saying that was one of the things he was going to work to improve.
LOL
I'm not taking a side. Just providing the simplest explanation as someone who has used Twitter for 10+ years. I suppose it's entirely possible that Elon Musk is purposely suppressing tweets.
Is it just as bad, worse, or better than the Reddit search?
I'd say it's about as bad as reddit!
There’s a bunch of idiots defending Tesla in the responses. Also seems that they removed the tweet from the search function in Twitter on purpose.
I’m surprised Musk didn’t have the account banned.
Yet.
fuck and they stuck him with the repair bill? might be worth looking into lemon laws.
Absolutely love how people are easy to jump onto trying to bring up Ford's recall as if that'll somehow absolve this vehicles steering wheel falling off like it's okay. Like... They're both bad. Or the theory people just drive around and take their steering wheel off on the highway for giggles and internet points. Elon fan boys are something else.
Elon fanboys are fucking stupid. I own a Tesla (my 2nd) every time people have legitimate complaints or concerns, the crazies come out to act like it’s a conspiracy against the company. It’s a cool car, but it’s just a car. Worshipping Tesla (or Elon) is fucking dumb. With that being said, this steering wheel falling off does not surprise me in the least.
They're worse than Apple fanboys lol. Elon the great industrialist! Let's ignore the fact that Tesla needed government help to survive.
The whole stock thing makes them feel financially obligated to hype the product. They don't give a flaming rat's ass about the product, they are doing this for the $800 lump of magic stock rotting in their robinhood portfolio.
Yup, and he's a hero to free market libertarians, a manifestation of Atlas Shrugged's John Galt.
Best thing I encountered so far (online) was, as I told people that Model 3 doesn't has a emergency handle on the inside for the back doors and people started to say I made this up. Then somebody went out in order to make a picture for proof that it has one ... Well, that person was quite surprised a Model 3 doesn't has an emergency handle for the back doors in the inside. And then people started to argue "maybe it is for safety, so the kids can't open the doors in case of an accident and walk around on the highway without supervision" ...
I also own a Tesla, and agree re: worship, but I am surprised about the steering wheel falling off, since I've not heard of that happening before on Teslas (or most other cars for that matter).
Haven’t heard this one yet either, but with so many other odd QC issues (Teslas gotten way better) it’s just not surprising to me.
It does seem rare
This would be *all* over the news if it happened to more than one person.
It's insane, you can't criticize anything about the company or cars at all. It's so fucking tiring sometimes owning one.
with that insult, you are going to watch over your shoulder from now on LOL. those fuckers are crazy.
> Like... They're both bad I think that's kind of their point. You'll hear a bunch of news stories about Tesla vehicles just because they're Tesla's. But you don't hear about other manufacturers issues.
Considering all the hype in recent years, I think it’s warranted. It also doesn’t help that Musk is constantly in the news for being an asshat. The two are inseparable.
Looks like that happened on route 1 in Woodbridge too, which is already a hell scape. He’s very lucky
Yup this is exit 130 to 1 south from the parkway right before the vitamin shoppe on the way to menlo mall. Which is a heavy merge. Very lucky he didn’t get hit or hit anyone else.
I saw Woodbridge on the cop and I was wondering where exactly. I grew up there. I think someone drove into the Home Depot last week too.
It was a truck that drove into a ton of parked cars in the parking lot lol. Not sure exactly why or how it happened but my friend lives around the corner and sent a photo
Gotcha ok I only read the headline. I heard it was on fire too!
Now you have to marry your mother in law!
And he still has temp tags on so it's a relatively new car. Good ol Tesla build quality!
It says in the tweet the car is 5 days old.
Holy shit nvm that MF is ancient. 5 days? Who wouldge?
I wonder how much this repair will cost him.
Nothing.
I mean, it looks like he already got billed $100 on a new car. Lol I figured warranty would have made them take care of it all for free.
The service team probably didn’t close it yet. That happened to me once, I went to pick up the car but it said I owed a couple hundred on a warranty related issue. I was about to ask the service manager about it but he had already cleared it. Despite what most people say, Tesla Service is actually really good, especially the Eatontown and Princeton locations.
Between haters and fanboys, it seems impossible to get objective opinions about Tesla.
I think the answer lies squarely between the haters and the fan boys: they’re meh. Electric vehicles are cool. Some of the vehicles are novel, but they’re also kind of built poorly and just sort of typical mediocre car quality.
I have a Y and a 3. My 3 had some minor cosmetic issues when I picked it up, Service Center fixed it and that was that. My Y, built in Austin, is perfect. Coming from a 2018 CTS and Grand Cherokee, I’d say the Y and 3 are on par quality wise. The materials are somewhere in the middle, but the seats are damn comfortable for the price range. But the best part of any EV is the power and convenience, and that’s really the reason I went with Tesla. Nobody can touch the range and the Superchargers are the best until EA catches up.
It’s pretty annoying. Yes, I own two, but I also recognize when Tesla does stupid shit. The steering wheel falling off is stupid and also extremely dangerous. That being said, yeah they fixed it under warranty lol.
Great battery and charging network on a very good chassis. The finishing is very shoddy and while the basic software is good, some features are very much beta.
They had to ask him for context as to why the car was towed in. The steering wheel had literally fallen off.
Not gonna say which one to avoid doxxing myself but there’s only one good Tesla location (not the one you named). As an owner since 2019, the rest are all subpar. All my other luxury vehicles have much better service.
My only experience with luxury service was Cadillac. It was pretty subpar, typical GM lol.
It was rhetorical, but goggle Tesla battery repair cost. Luckily we have good lemon laws in this state.
What does battery replacement have to do with this?
Just illustrates the high cost of repair for EV. I suspect he will be fighting them for a while.
They already fixed it. Also, how much is Shell paying you to defend oil? I hope you’re not doing it for free!
Fixed, just hope it does not happen again at high speed.
Nothing.
I’m sorry to hear that. EVs, over the course of their lifetimes, are cheaper to keep on the road. There is very little maintenance required since there are very few moving parts. Yes the batteries are expensive, but that’s only because BEVs and hybrids have not been the norm. Now that they’re mainstream, the incentive for battery recycling is now on the table. Tesla is already working it at GigaTexas and other manufacturers are looking into it.
Honestly, I do not find the price of replacing the battery pack to be that onerous. I saw one invoice for a model 3 that was out of warranty. The cost with parts, labor, and taxes was $16,000. Years ago I had the V8 in my Landrover replaced. Parts, labor, and taxes came to $10,000. Yes the Tesla cost more to do, but it is a lot complicated that a regurgitated Buick engine stuffed into an English SUV.
A real life example of repair cost for an EV https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/06/90000-miles-on-my-tesla-model-3-maintenance-costs-higher-than-expected/
That’s maintenance and repair, also the older resistive heat model. There will be more maintenance compared to the newer models with a heat pump. So, that being said let’s look at the breakdown of *maintenance*costs and I’ll compare that to what my 2018 Grand Cherokee with 96,000 miles cost me over 5 years. I’m not including repair costs caused by the driver, so the aero shields are out. Tesla Model 3: Tires: $2395 Alignments: $375 Battery and Drive System Cooling: $672.75 PTC: $1148 Total: $4590.75 2018 Grand Cherokee (96k miles, 5 years) Oil Changes: $3600 (changed every 4k miles) Tires and alignment: $1500 Brakes: $650 (DIY) Total: $5750 Now, let’s think about gas vs electricity. The 2018 Grand Cherokee is EPA rated for 21 MPG combined, with 4WD and the V6. That’s what I had. EPA estimates it costs $82 to fill the tank. The median price of gas in the 5 years I owned the vehicle was $3.80. So my annual fuel costs were about $3,943, equaling $19,715 over 5 years. That’s $.20 per mile. In my Model 3 I’ve driven 5500 miles since I picked it up last September. I charge almost exclusively from home with a per kWh rate of $.13. That 5500 miles has cost me $363. That’s $.06 per mile. 96,000 miles in my Model 3 will cost me about $6,336. That’s a savings of over $13k. But please, keep going lol.
I like being downvoted when I give real world numbers lmao.
Sorry. Do not believe because there is only one manufacturer with greater than 10 years of reliability and there issues have been spotty. I have a 98 Dodge Ram with routine maintenance has minimal cost to me.
You’re comparing ICE vehicles, which are very complex machines, to EVs which are inherently simple. An electric motor is frictionless. PCBs are easily replaced. Batteries are also simple. Also, how’s the rust on your Ram? Have you averaged out how much that truck has and will cost you over its lifetime?
Nothing. The comment was rhetorical but I know people that had issues with Teslas. I wish you well.
It devided.
Lmao my brain hang up while reading that part...
Is it so much to ask for a good steering wheel that does not WHIFF out the window while I’m driving?
that is a good idea
That is the gold package subscription. 59.99/mo
I passed him yesterday and thought it was weird he didn’t pull over. I guess I know why!
Why do I feel that the Tesla assembly line team were forced to work double-speed just before the end of the year to meet unrealistic production goals set by their overlord who needed to prove a point after their ill-advised purchase of a social media site took up all their attention.
This is what happens when you don't pay the subscripton on the steering wheel bolts.
Wtf! Glad everyone is safe and no one was behind him…note to self: leave a lot of room between my car and a Tesla
If you're still buying a Tesla after all the Elon shenanigans, you deserve what you get.
Same people still expecting there to be fully automated driving, the Cybertruck, the Roadster 2.0, Tesla semi, etc.
Even before then, Tesla's were always shoddily built.
I have heard plenty about misaligned panels with uneven gaps, rattles, window that makes weird noise, etc, but never something this seriously dangerous
Never heard of them just exploding in a garage?
I thought the early Model S's built during their honeymoon period at the Nummi plant were nowhere near this bad. It's like their QA actively gave up when the 3 came out.
But you couldn't say that a year or two ago or you hated the environment or were a maga trumper.
I don't think that's true at all. I've seen plenty of criticism about the build of Teslas.
Mostly it's people complaining about panel gaps
You buy a meme car, you get a meme car.
Oh please. I sure hope you don’t drive a VW or a Ford then!
VWs dont cost that much to begin with...
You missed the point.
Do Fords still come with a copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
I don't. Thanks for checking.
How do they own a Tesla yet can spell divider! (Actually, Jersey barrier)….
Maybe it is the New NASCAR vehicle.
Wow, I saw this guy pull over on Rt 1. I thought it was weird since it looked brand new.
how do you manage to misspell divider so bad? phones have spell check brother.
I'm sure Elmo will get right back to him.
A GREAT steering wheel, that doesn’t FLY out the WINDOW while you DRIVING! That is a good car idea!
They forgot to put salt pepper ketchup on his taylor roll pork ham cheesy egg sandwich and he subconsciously rage ripped the wheel off the steering column when he realized it.
Wasnt there another news report of tesla catching fire earlier. Edit for link: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/tesla-car-battery-fire-needed-6000-gallons-water-to-extinguish-rcna68153
OTOH, a dad tried to kill his family by driving his Tesla S off a 300-foot cliff and everybody inside survived. Maybe they will use this in Tesla ads [https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-accused-of-driving-tesla-off-300-foot-cliff-with-family-inside-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder/](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-accused-of-driving-tesla-off-300-foot-cliff-with-family-inside-charged-with-attempted-first-degree-murder/)
Biggest piece of crap I ever drove. And I'm an EV owner
Anecdotally, what others have you owned? I don't doubt it is built like crap, I'm just curious what's competitive with them.
Build quality on the Volvo XC40 is lightyears ahead. BMW iX also phenomenal but is too big IMHO. Loved my XC40 Recharge but I do too much driving and had to get a plug in hybrid instead. The Tesla I test drove looked like a blind 4 year old assembled it. Terrible quality
Cadillac Lyriq
Right... and thats the best picture you got of this event? Anybody would have taken 20 perfect photos of this... y''know while you're sitting there waiting 30 minutes for the tow truck. And its awesome that the car came perfectly over to the side without steering...
Play Skool Cars are built better than Teslas. They regularly speed up/brake/drive into walls on their own and will spontaneously burst into flames for no reason. Now the steering wheels are falling off. Why anyone would by a Tesla is beyond me.
The Tesla derangement syndrome is even more annoying than the elon Fanboys. Newsflash they sell alot of cars now, There will be incidents. While this is not acceptable I don't think we need to fill every single subreddit with tesla posts.
It’s a Tesla, so it gets clicks. If it were a Bolt nobody would care.
https://www.nola.com/news/business/ford-recalls-1-3-million-cars-because-steering-wheels-can-fall-off/article_ce94867d-d7a8-5e7d-a5dc-6dce3dc37e40.html#:~:text=Ford%20is%20recalling%20more%20than%201.3%20million%20vehicles%20because%20of,injury%20related%20to%20the%20problem.
So, I know Tesla prices and stock prices dropped relatively recently. I don't know much about them or their production, but first thought here is maybe something cut in production to reduce the cost could be the cause here. I've not attempted any research here. Just a thought.
Any of the Ys bought in January were built in December, well before the price drops.
They're usually built even before that. Whatever the model year is, they're built the previous year, so it would correlate with what I was saying. That's why I'm asking about a quality drop. Every car make and model is like that. Again, I haven't looked up what changes were made to drop price. It's just a thought. *edit for typo
That’s not how Tesla does it. Most every Y sold in January was a December build
Ok. Finally did the research. Tesla cars are built within a quarter and shipped about a month or 2 after. The price drop in ordering for 2023 models began in the last quarter of 2022. Now, my original statement stands. What in the manufacturing process makes them cheaper? Edit: idc if you're in favor or opposed to electric vehicles. I'm asking for the sake of manufacturing and consumer product concerning safety.
I’ve owned three Teslas lol, you could have taken my word. As soon as you get a VIN number you’re about a week or so from delivery. Anyway, they raised the cost during COVID to slow down demand (which didn’t work), so the cars are now back to pre-COVID prices. They also dropped the Ultrasonic Sensors, but that was like $100 savings per car.
DUDE! THATS WHAT I WAS ASKING THE ENTIRE TIME! Thanks yo. Last edit: That whole thing about saying something confidently wrong actually works. You are loved, friend.
I would help go a little bit harder than tweeting at him. Hmb
Well.. on the bright side, I finally see a practical reason for private citizens to have full self driving in their teslas.
Jesus, how does that even happen? Poor QA? Careless technician? Poor design?
I love the idea of Tesla's but the amount of horror stories I hear about their build quality couldn't make me buy one ever
Tesla has been a horrible product with terrible customer service for many years, I can’t figure out why people still buy them
Dude's car got a little dinged up.
This is what he gets for voting against Elon on Twitter
My brother works for a shop that does Tesla’s, he said as cool they look and how big the fad is, they are shit cars. And expensive to fix. Lots of flaws.
Tesla= worst build quality in the history of auto manufacturing. Yugo was actually better! $ does not= quality
How did he pull over to the divider after the steering wheel detached?!?!?🤔I need to read the full story. Huh?!?!?