How is it worth to lose the UK, AU and Japanese market with this move? I'm seeing a lot of Teslas in London, I don't see how eliminating the right-hand configuration is justifiable economically. Yeah it might be a ball ache to design a car that supports both driving styles, but all brands with global reach have to deal with it. The grabbing stick is equivalent to being told "fuck you for living in one of those countr…
Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
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Re: Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
#32If they are going to continue writing about cars they really need to clear up the difference between left/right hand drive and driving on the left/right of the road.
Re: Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
#33How is it worth to lose the UK, AU and Japanese market with this move? I'm seeing a lot of Teslas in London, I don't see how eliminating the right-hand configuration is justifiable economically. Yeah it might be a ball ache to design a car that supports both driving styles, but all brands with global reach have to deal with it. The grabbing stick is equivalent to being told "fuck you for living in one of those countr…
Re: Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
#34I didn’t realize it was legal to drive left hand drive cars in the UK. Isn’t that generally less safe? I’m really surprised a company this large would end support for the right hand drive configuration.
It's also legal to drive right-hand drive cars across Europe. It's less safe, but not against the law.
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#35I didn’t realize it was legal to drive left hand drive cars in the UK. Isn’t that generally less safe? I’m really surprised a company this large would end support for the right hand drive configuration.
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#36Teslas shouldn’t be allowed on the road
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#37Re: Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
#38Sounds like The Onion.
As an aside, The Onions video social media nowadays is on fire - they play the serious delivery of stupid stories far too well.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I didn’t realize it was legal to drive left hand drive cars in the UK. There is a tunnel from UK to France, would be weird if only British cars would be allowed to use it :P
That's a train tunnel.
Re: Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
#40How is it worth to lose the UK, AU and Japanese market with this move? I'm seeing a lot of Teslas in London, I don't see how eliminating the right-hand configuration is justifiable economically. Yeah it might be a ball ache to design a car that supports both driving styles, but all brands with global reach have to deal with it. The grabbing stick is equivalent to being told "fuck you for living in one of those countr…