Could this be the worst designed car ever made? I really wish we could have a Top Gear episode on it.
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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I mean, how many times have they recalled these same, like, 5,000 trucks? This is at least the third massive recall.
James did a test drive and he seemed to kind of like it, it was on drive tribe I think.
Yep. He wasn't really reviewing the nuts and bolts, just the drive experience. I didn't get the impression he got a ton of time with it and only spent an afternoon puttering around. It felt below his standard honestly for thoroughness.
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I'm pretty sure it was on his Gin channel
Yes actually, I do recall him making a plug about his gin now that you mention it! Thank you!
I would probably like it too if i didn't have to pay for it and keep it and maintain it. These cars aren't on the streets anymore in 10 years. They will never be street legal in a non shit hole country
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Based Tesla makes a car that vandalizes itself
This has exposed the sales numbers, and impressively, it's sold even worse than the Fire Phone.
I’m not sure that really says much. I hate swasticars as much as y’all do, but like, $400 phone versus $100K car. Makes sense the fire phone sold better. And I mean, it wasn’t being pushed by a literal Nazi so that helps.
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46k trucks sold so far. For comparison, rivian sells about that many of their trucks every year.
I still can't believe that 46k people are both that stupid and have 100k to spend.
the vast majority of them i see around my area have branding decals plastered all over them. no doubt they are being used as a business expense or some other dumb shit.
A van would be so much better for advertising. Much more space to put a logo and text plus it's higher up and therefor more easily visible.
You could put a blinking neon light ad all over the entire night sky, but if someone farted, you would still look around and ask "who farted?".
The Tesla is so stupid ugly that it attracts attention the same way.
I saw a local restaurant with its branding on it the the other day. Well, there's one restaurant I never need to try.
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. . . and have 100k to spend.
You can get an 84 month auto loan these days if you're dumb enough to do it.
I’m curious, does Tesla have its own financing division that gives out these loans?
They do.
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If you’re dumb, and you can get $15-17k from selling an existing vehicle, you can get a 3 year lease down to delta of $500-$600.
Telsa was pushing leases pretty hard because a lot of EV incentives are lease-only. I’ll bet they duped a lot of people into putting a shitload down for a lease.
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To be fair, Rivian is selling as many trucks as they can produce. Rivian could sell more vehicles if they had the line capacity.
Tesla is an older company with more mature manufacturing lines, and they can make more Trucks, but no one wants them.
I forgot the Fire Phone was a thing.
I will never forget, and I will hold onto my Fire Phones (yes, plural) until the day I die.
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The new models are being fixed by “nut clamping”
Is this a service rendered to the owners or the vehicles?
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The difference with the old trim is that the new one will have a better adhesive assembly and “a stud welded to the stainless panel with a nut clamping the steel panel to the vehicle structure.”
It's a good thing Elon doesn't think "exposed screw heads are cool.". This could have been fixed with a carbide drill bit and some self-tapping screws.
So what i gather is there's probably a readily available solvent to dissolve the glue and make any Swasticar Wankpanzer fall the fuck apart?
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I can't help but think "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" with this news
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And nobody who is familiar with how technology companies operate was shocked to hear that the 100k incel camino is literally held together with cheap glue.