Build quality aside, my fear is that they’ll begin to institute “user subscription fees” for everything from turn signals to radio station presets. While other carmakers may consider some of this, too, I fear Tesla will run this scam far in excess as other automakers.

It’s also going to hurt consumer confidence in their new products (eventually). Tesla thinks it can do no wrong because the current demand for their products is high; but any economist or marketing professional worth their salt will tell you that demand shifts happen ALL THE TIME. Once you’ve earned a bad reputation,…

Not really, it has tons of volunteers to act as their PR.

If you have the HD wood trim holding your battery in it’s going to be a collectible. Just wait and see.

Because if there’s one thing the average driver is much better at doing it’s patching a tire compared as opposed to changing one out.

This is just one recent example of why Tesla really needs to reconsider it’s stance on a public relations/communications office.

We are of the same mind.

lol, just typical tech baron shit. I appreciate Tesla for all its done in mainstreaming EVs and building a car company from scratch. Truly impressive feats. However, as someone who will most certainly by an EV here in the next few years i wouldnt ever consider buying one from Tesla. 

A company that shipped cars with parts sourced at the local Home Depot would do this? I am shocked, shocked I say.

A Canadian engineer. A real life engineer, not a pretend one the states produces by attending a few online classes.

Both. I think it’s both.

and its the worst take of the lot. Congrats!

as cathartic as that would be. It is the wrong way to go.

Trailer Park Boys was a documentary. 

This goes way beyond shipping costs. This whole thing has opened up the eyes of companies to the consequences of adopting lean without mitigating against the bullwhip effect. This is what I’m always on about utilization rates. High utilization = high efficiency, but also extremely low disruption tolerance. Your…

Good deduction on the trunk latch.

This is the biggest question I had. How was his vehicle impounded without being searched? An entire body was in the trunk. A huge ball was dropped here.

Sure seems like a lousy target for that - a 25yo kid with a Civic? You want an old dude in a Mercedes for that caper.

Certain trim levels of Civics offer the ability to warp the space-time continuum.

It sounds like this would work like the magnetic bases used in machine shops, etc. You can turn the magnetic field on or off, but it isn’t an electromagnet.