Tesla Model 3: End of the Internal-Combustion Engine?
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bpw
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Designing anything that automatically retracts without a protective cover and some sort of safety release is pretty poor engineering. Anything that moves randomly can be a pretty big safety hazard since you don't intuitively expect it to start moving with no input form the user.
Also, since it is designed to push there is no reason to have it retract so strongly without some sort of weak link or breakaway, or even to make it loop shaped and able to trap fingers.
Also, since it is designed to push there is no reason to have it retract so strongly without some sort of weak link or breakaway, or even to make it loop shaped and able to trap fingers.
aminalmutha
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Well the X doors just keep getting dumber.
AbsolutEnduser
Throttle Pusher
JFYI here is a tweet about this with a video (actually two videos, if you scroll up)
https://twitter.com/Stealthwater/status/1179546151957098496
"Ok so I got concerned
..
but definitely a design flaw. This thing should release on bind. ../not willing to test with my finger of course.
This should not happen though."
^^^ from a Koolaidrinker BTW.
https://twitter.com/Stealthwater/status/1179546151957098496
"Ok so I got concerned
..
but definitely a design flaw. This thing should release on bind. ../not willing to test with my finger of course.
This should not happen though."
^^^ from a Koolaidrinker BTW.
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Eldritch
is insensitive
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Numbers McGee
aminalmutha
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You might be confused, this isn't the cinnamon roll thread. :laughing
I put all sorts of things in my cinnamon roll.
Sharky
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Well thats a knee jerk reaction isnt it?
Killroy1999
Well-known member
I'm an overall Tesla supporter - duh - yet, the hole in the "iced crusher" is a obvious design flaw. I wonder it it will turn into a recall.
TheRobSJ
Großer Mechaniker
It should. In this day and age, anything that involves occupant safety, only needs one or two cases (especially if they make national news) before the manufacturer puts out a countermeasure and recalls everything.
A year ago, American Honda recalled all 2017 Acura NSXs for a potential fire risk. No customer car ever actually went up in flames as far as I know, but they saw some fuel seepage from a couple of fuel tanks. They identified the design flaw in the tanks and recalled all the cars to have the tanks replaced.
Then of course there’s Takata airbag inflator fiasco. They’re so paranoid about those things now, we’ve recalled and replaced the same inflator on some vehicles three times now.
If Tesla wants to be stubborn about this finger smasher thing, they’re only going to lose more. Whoever is Tesla’s General Counsel should be fucking fired immediately for letting this go to court and not just settling with the family and make this silently go away. Then also silently send an over the air software update to the vehicles to disable this thing. They’re saying in this case the vehicle was outside of a warranty covered area and was in a prior collision so they think they’re absolved here? Ok, so what’s stopping anyone who’s looking for a big payday that isn’t too attached to their pinky finger from just going and buying a new Tesla right now...or not even buy it, just do it right in one of their showrooms...and “inadvertently” get their finger stuck in there to get injured?
AbsolutEnduser
Throttle Pusher
Oh it has. Probably happens all the time..
... but not in a hydraulic press.
Not to mention the finger pops out by itself (annoyingly covered with door latch grease)
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aminalmutha
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This would all be true were Tesla a car company.
mrzuzzo
Well-known member
LOL, all 5 of them?
TheRobSJ
Großer Mechaniker
Well I replaced the tanks on 12 different cars myself at this point, so they may have sold a little more than 5.
But yeah I get it, the car has not exactly been a sales success.
mrzuzzo
Well-known member
All the killer deals were on a week ago.
In addition to price, they gave away 2 free options and also free unlimited supercharging.
