Maybe the people who bought one should complain to a consumer watch dog agency.
Oh, wait. Do those even exist anymore?
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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Until a few years ago, every $500 Tesla door handle had over a dozen contact switches, motors, microprocessors, and other points of failure, all exposed to moisture and thermal cycling.
Now they just have 2 motors, a couple hall effect sensors, and a microprocessor encased in plastic so they're 10x cheaper to make and don't fail nearly as much, but still cost $500.
Its so poorly made it's not allowed in europe. And normal teslas had issues getting allowed to be sold in Finland cause they are just built to such a low standard. You are getting scammed when you get a tesla.
In my country, you would'nt even be allowed to drive it with a passenger car licence, as it exceeds the max weight for that.
You can't drive it in most of Europe because of the hood height and the fact that all angles of the cars bodywork are sharp. UK has minimum "sharpness" laws for instance
At least it's practical. I mean a kei truck is more practical. But then again a kei truck already takes a fat dump on the crossovers with a tiny flatbed that americans call a truck.
American here, just confused by what you mean? Crossovers with a tiny bed?
Elon doesn't want you washing the swastikas off.
I'm sorry, I'm normally on your side on this issue but calling it a "swastidumpster" is tasteless and makes you look bad. even if you want to liken it to a dumpster please use the correct term, which is a dumpstika.
two people (so far) did not read your post to the end lol
those are my proudest comments
got me in the first half etc
genius space man! thats a dumb flaw if ive ever seen one. congratulations on the new ford pinto.
Jesus Fuck.
I had to look it up.
It actually does void the warranty.
So not only are you not allowed to sell them (your own property) within the first year of buying one. But you also can't take it through a carwash?
And you have to pay $80k starting for one?
Man, I already thought the people who owned them were dumb. But holy fuck. Why would you do that to yourself?
Where did you find this? Just curious as I know teslas have an actual “car wash mode” that disables some mirrors and other automatic parts of the car.
Their own website states that damage from car washes void the warranty and that you must put it in car wash mode. But car wash mode doesn't prevent the damage indicated in OP's post. Also, you're expected to remember to put it in car wash mode instead of just going through the car wash like every other vehicle.
Also, if the damage from OP's pictures is real, what's to stop Tesla from just saying it was caused by taking it through a car wash when it was really just out in the rain or you hand washed it at home?
Bottom line is these things are a liability that aren't worth it unless you're dumb and have funny money to burn.
Where do you see that? I only see: Tesla does not recommend taking Cybertruck through an automatic car wash. Warranty should be fine. That said next section says damage through mud voids your warranty which is a very weird thing to say.
Two more paragraphs down
Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage (for example, to the charge port or windshield wipers). Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty.
I suspect that it's specifically the WankPanzer model rather than the regular cars.
I love that for every bozo who bought one in Florida now the we're about to enter hurricane season in a few months.
Not a problem! They got rid of NOAA so that means no more hurricane seasons
I want to scream now that you just reminded me of that. Saw an interview with GOP politician in some red tornado state complain about how they got rid of NOAA and imploring the admin to bring it back because they provide a vital service. Didn't have that on my bingo card.
North Mississippi just got flattened by a bunch of tornadoes. Totally red state.
Did y’all see the bit about the space x rocket being less effective of the oldest rockets made. Calculation error means it can only take up 400 tons of the 1000 it supposed to. No way to fix it. NASA did it better.
Thunderfoot said this like 5 years ago
Poor Thunderf00t. Dude has been right damn near every time some bullshit tech "innovation" rears it's head, but still gets ignored.
The guy spent years being an anti-feminist generally, and shitting himself over every little thing Anita Sarkeesian ever said or did in particular, while being unable to grasp even the most basic of feminist positions. So, I'm not entirely surprised that he's currently being ignored.
Fair enough. I've only watched him enough to watch his debunking videos of tech innovations or kickstarters. I never really knew about his anti-feminist views. I can understand disliking Anita, but getting caught up on everything she does is way too far. You can dislike her while acknowledging she has had a positive impact for female representation in games.
you can be right, and still be an asshole in general. thus people will start ignoring you.
THis guy was, and likely is (tbh, haven't watched a video of him in years), a giant asshole and annoying in general
just drill a few holes in that plastic, problem solved.
That's casted aluminum and is the actual frame of the vehicle I believe. Check out the jerryrigeverything video where he breaks the frame on one of these, I think it's the same stuff. Super thin cheap foamy casted aluminum so cheap it looks like plastic.
Edit: link to video
in that plastic
Excuse me, but that is a frame made of the finest aluminum that Tesla has to offer!
You can still use the plastic working tools, just take care to not snap the frame.
Not enough Jpeg ! I can kind of make out part of the image.
I need MORE red circles!
Just buy a new one if it's stained.
Good for the american criminals, I guess, since the police departments using Teslas might be prone to shorting out on pursuits during heavy rain, I guess.
W Freedom (to commit crimes).
"What are you doing turning into this car wash? The cops are right on our tail! " " Yeah, but the cops are looking for a dirty car, right?" " Boss, you're a genius! "
Ah yes, the ol', Pay n' Spray technique. Classic!
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"We need to cut costs! Why are we spending extra to drill these stupid holes all over the vehicle?"
"Sir, that's a drain h—"
"Yeah, I don't care what they are, I want them gone, or you're fired."
And other such great hits like "why are you using six bolts to hold these together? Can't we do it with two? Do it with two." The man is an imbecile.
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What about if it rains. Or like…you clean it yourself??
Owners are expected to lick their cars.
Most do it without knowing it's mandatory.
Is the entire frame just cast aluminum!? It legitimately looks like he had his rocket engineers build this one.
You can't get more disparate inspection/maintenance schedules than aerospace vs. Automotive.
They're all-in on these large monolithic aluminum castings. He has branded it giga casting. I've always assumed it was to make them non-repairable.
Well you can engineer a fatigue life with aluminum so if your goal is to prevent a second hand market and promote car as a service it's one way to go.
E: I'm aware of the software and other subscription stuff they do.
As an enthusiast, I would never own a second hand Tesla. They have terrible build quality and you just see too many rollers (major power train or battery issues). 10 year old cars mechanically totaled is the opposite of an eco friendly vehicle.
Yeah, i was suggesting that may be intended as planned obsolescence on Tesla's part. Just dipped a bit too deep and made it obvious XD
I read the biography of him and yes, it's molded in one piece (or was at the time of the book from memory) it was inspired by the bottom of a toy car. The issue of water ingress was apparently brought up but he didn't think it would be an issue.
I doubt there was significant concern for fretting/fatigue here. These frames look like they're almost intended to last only 5yr.
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