Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
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Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
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Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#2In all fairness, he didn't pay "full price". That would be their flagship model, the S.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#3The _way_ this was discovered is more interesting than the bodge itself, really. This was discovered due to the owner feeling that they needed to personally disassemble and reassemble their entire car to fix other, obvious manufacturing defects, _after_ the dealer damaged the vehicle while trying to fix them!
I think I'm also quite surprised that the strap holding the condenser has persisted in spite of its obvious manufacturing inefficiency / manual process overhead (albeit sometimes with less improvised edge protection) - it seems like a workaround for an inadequately designed retention system for the condenser to begin with.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#4In all fairness, he didn't pay "full price". That would be their flagship model, the S.
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Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#5In all fairness, he didn't pay "full price". That would be their flagship model, the S.
What a lame excuse. No vehicle should ship with laminate edge detailing from a DIY store to be used as a brace to hold a component in place. That's just poor design and a lazy fix to hit your numbers, plain and simple.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#6The _way_ this was discovered is more interesting than the bodge itself, really. This was discovered due to the owner feeling that they needed to personally disassemble and reassemble their entire car to fix other, obvious manufacturing defects, _after_ the dealer damaged the vehicle while trying to fix them! I think I'm also quite surprised that the strap holding the condenser has persisted in spite of its obvious m…
The whole thread is interesting... As you said the mis-aligned panels, but also the variety of different materials used in the production patch job (faux wood, white plastic, clear plastic), like Tesla grabbed whatever they could find. Then some customers unwavering faith that Tesla can do no wrong despite evidence staring them in face.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#7In all fairness, he didn't pay "full price". That would be their flagship model, the S.
What a lame excuse. No vehicle should ship with laminate edge detailing from a DIY store to be used as a brace to hold a component in place. That's just poor design and a lazy fix to hit your numbers, plain and simple.
Probably poor supply chain rather than poor design. I doubt the designer mandated Home Depot™ #xxxxxxx detailing.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#8Can someone explain the panel gap issue mentioned in the linked article, and often referred to somewhere. Are the panel gaps defective (noisy, leaky or unsafe etc.) or just don't look very nice?
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#9I will already never buy a Tesla, because it's essentially spyware on wheels, and their criminally poor build quality makes me want to even less.
Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What a lame excuse. No vehicle should ship with laminate edge detailing from a DIY store to be used as a brace to hold a component in place. That's just poor design and a lazy fix to hit your numbers, plain and simple.
Probably poor supply chain rather than poor design. I doubt the designer mandated Home Depot™ #xxxxxxx detailing.
Yeah, but why molding? They are using steel strapping, why not standard strap corners? Eg: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-3474/Strapping-Protec...