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Ford_Prefect

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17. For some time it has been self evident that driving a Tesla could increase your chances of unintended consequenses

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:12 PM

Dec 2024

Including death or serious injury due to poor design, lack of quality control, and irresponsible marketing promises.
This is only about how badly Tesla has performed as a manufacturer, not about EVs in general. I think they had a few good ideas, but they really missed the boat on proper vehicle design and assembly while rejecting well established best practices in this field. They could so easily have done better and still produced unique and ground breaking vehicles. Hubris, I suppose.

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Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2024 OP

what? RussBLib Dec 2024 #1

You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it. beaglelover Dec 2024 #6

Souldn't the catching on fire issue trump the tire presure monitor. The tire presure monitor broke doc03 Dec 2024 #2

Check with Discount Tire if you have one in your area. You can get those replaced for $60 Bengus81 Dec 2024 #4

We drove for about 100 years without them nt doc03 Dec 2024 #5

That was the advice on Car Talk BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #13

Those tire pressure monitors sell a lot of air though. I see a line of customers at the air pumps doc03 Dec 2024 #14

Proof that tire pressure monitoring should be DOGE eliminated on Teslas bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #3

Seem Tesla vehicles are spending more time in the shop than on the road. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #7

Except, there is no "shop", unfortunately... Woodycall Dec 2024 #8

And apparently raccoons are trying to break into Wankpanzers because they look like dumpsters. GoneOffShore Dec 2024 #9

"Wankpanzers." dchill Dec 2024 #12

My wife had to take her car back to the shop for exactly that reason. The same warning came on the screen DFW Dec 2024 #10

If everything can be fixed with a software update, Chinese hackers will have a field day. Wonder Why Dec 2024 #11

I swear... Ollie Garkie Dec 2024 #15

I'm STILL trying to wonder why anyone would want a cybertruck. sakabatou Dec 2024 #16

For some time it has been self evident that driving a Tesla could increase your chances of unintended consequenses Ford_Prefect Dec 2024 #17