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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

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Post by fred_is_fred »

brianwawok wrote: post #18
teruakohatu wrote: post #8

Can 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?

Mostly looks unless extreme or in certain spots. All cars have them. If you want to stare, you can find them in a brand new BMW or other well regarded brand. Just a little more common in Tesla I guess. (I have one that bothers me. I got Tesla to 75% fix it. Doesn’t really bother me now)

I don't understand why they couldn't fix it and why you didn't insist after paying a lot of money for a new car?

Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y

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Post by anoncareer0212 »

canada_dry wrote: post #15

Were this found on a production model from one of the big 3 I'm guessing there would be calls for a massive recall, but because it's just part of the fluid/continuous-updates manufacturing process that Tesla has maintained, it certainly won't. Personally, I am amazed that their factory process is this innovative/flexible - though I'd be pissed to find Home Depot material holding the insides of my car together like so…

man this absolutely broke my heart when I read it, thanks, that was the wake up call I needed to take this stuff more seriously

Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y

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Post by brianwawok »

fred_is_fred wrote: post #21
brianwawok wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mostly looks unless extreme or in certain spots. All cars have them. If you want to stare, you can find them in a brand new BMW or other well regarded brand. Just a little more common in Tesla I guess. (I have one that bothers me. I got Tesla to 75% fix it. Doesn’t really bother me now)

I don't understand why they couldn't fix it and why you didn't insist after paying a lot of money for a new car?

1) it’s on my trunk which is a moving part. I suspect the perfectly aligned setup doesn’t close or scrapes. I would rather have a trunk that closes perfect and looks a tad off, vs a trunk that doesn’t close right and looks perfect. I am a form over function guy

2) the car is far and away the best car I have ever owned or driven. If someone sitting behind me at a stoplight sees my trunk is 1mm off perfectly centered? Sorry not going to take my car back for that. At this point I don’t see myself buying a non-tesla again.

3) what car do you drive? Have you measured panel gaps with a caliper? If so, why haven’t you gotten them all adjusted to perfect?

Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y

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Post by fred_is_fred »

brianwawok wrote: post #24
fred_is_fred wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why they couldn't fix it and why you didn't insist after paying a lot of money for a new car?

1) it’s on my trunk which is a moving part. I suspect the perfectly aligned setup doesn’t close or scrapes. I would rather have a trunk that closes perfect and looks a tad off, vs a trunk that doesn’t close right and looks perfect. I am a form over function guy 2) the car is far and away the best car I have ever owned or driven. If someone sitting behind me at a stoplight sees my trunk is 1mm off perfectly centered?…

No on #3, but nothing on my car is obviously misaligned. If it's to that point for yours too then of course don't worry about it. But you are far from the only person to have these issues in a Tesla, and panel alignment issues simple don't exist in large numbers for other car makers.

Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y

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Post by BoorishBears »

brianwawok wrote: post #24
fred_is_fred wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why they couldn't fix it and why you didn't insist after paying a lot of money for a new car?

1) it’s on my trunk which is a moving part. I suspect the perfectly aligned setup doesn’t close or scrapes. I would rather have a trunk that closes perfect and looks a tad off, vs a trunk that doesn’t close right and looks perfect. I am a form over function guy 2) the car is far and away the best car I have ever owned or driven. If someone sitting behind me at a stoplight sees my trunk is 1mm off perfectly centered?…

1) Trunks with even panel gaps that are well aligned are very much a thing.

Your use of perfect seems to be a slight deflection, even "ok" would have been a fine goal.

But that photo is worse than anything I've ever seen on a car, period. I've seen overblown complaints about panel gaps on Teslas, but most manufacturers would not let that out into a dealership.

2) That's great for you, but it's hardly a defense against general complaints about a car. After all the Model 3 is not the best car others have driven. My most driven car these days is my new S4, a car with less interior noise despite an ICE, comparable performance (I'll trade the .7 second difference in the quarter mile for driving a car not put together with scraps)

3) None of my gaps are so horribly misaligned I ever had the inclination to!

There are two common complaints about panel gaps in general: too big, or misaligned.

I can forgive too big, I really don't care. But seriously misaligned like that picture? It looks like a bad body repair job, and it's right out if the realm of what can be ignored. Not for the sake of others, but for the sake of knowing I paid for a precision instrument and am getting a bodge job.

Re: Found this little gem on my $55K Model Y

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Post by fred_is_fred »

BoorishBears wrote: post #26
brianwawok wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) it’s on my trunk which is a moving part. I suspect the perfectly aligned setup doesn’t close or scrapes. I would rather have a trunk that closes perfect and looks a tad off, vs a trunk that doesn’t close right and looks perfect. I am a form over function guy 2) the car is far and away the best car I have ever owned or driven. If someone sitting behind me at a stoplight sees my trunk is 1mm off perfectly centered?…

1) Trunks with even panel gaps that are well aligned are very much a thing. Your use of perfect seems to be a slight deflection, even "ok" would have been a fine goal. But that photo is worse than anything I've ever seen on a car, period. I've seen overblown complaints about panel gaps on Teslas, but most manufacturers would not let that out into a dealership. 2) That's great for you, but it's hardly a defense agains…

Thanks for the good explanation. It befuddles me that someone can willingly pay $55k for a car and just do a Tesla Shrug about the fact that it looks like it was built in a high school shop class. I wish I could come up with a business plan who had fans that loyal.
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