Panel fit.

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 08/30/2017 at 19:22 • Filed to: None

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What’s the worst FACTORY panel fit?

CB > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 19:26

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Does the Focus ST’s hood gap answer this question?

jimz > CB 08/30/2017 at 19:29

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Obviously you’ve never seen anything from tesla

CaptDale - is secretly British > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 19:31

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Tesla

CB > jimz 08/30/2017 at 19:31

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I saw CaptDale’s post, and you know what? He wins.

ranwhenparked > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 19:34

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OK, I was going to suggest Fiat Chrysler, but that is way worse than anything even FCA is putting out at the moment, so, yeah, its Tesla.

jimz > CB 08/30/2017 at 19:39

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I didn’t see captdale’s post at first, but now that I have I agree. He wins.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ranwhenparked 08/30/2017 at 19:39

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It is really really bad

jimz > ranwhenparked 08/30/2017 at 19:41

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But... but... but... they’re just a startup!

Er, even though they’ve been selling cars for 8 years now, that is.

Rainbow > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 19:43

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Ariel

His Stigness > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 19:46

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Holy christ on a cracker! How can they be THAT bad?!?!?

ranwhenparked > jimz 08/30/2017 at 19:48

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It seems like they may be getting worse with time.

promoted by the color red > His Stigness 08/30/2017 at 19:49

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Because good panel fit is a sign of fitting in and we all know TESLA IS DISRUPTING THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

Reliable supply chain, JIT, and implementing quality measures? DON’T GOT TIME FOR THAT WHEN YOU’RE DISRUPTING/HACKING/CO-OPTING THE INDUSTRY.

CaptDale - is secretly British > His Stigness 08/30/2017 at 19:51

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#focusonthetechandmakereallyboringcarsand thentrytodigaholetoluachvacuumtrainsforspaceandforgetaboutcarquality

promoted by the color red > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 19:53

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The Baja SAE car I helped build in college, and yes, I helped make some of the body panels.

We were more concerned with having a working rules-compliant car whose suspension didn’t break, which meant we didn’t have time to address things like the fact we had to take out a frame rail to swap the engine. Or the fact that the shift linkage was at best a “suggestion”.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 19:56

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Lada. And Land Rover (Defender and Series mostly). In my experience...

AestheticsInMotion > His Stigness 08/30/2017 at 20:03

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In fairness, that particular car certainly isn’t the norm for panel fit on a Model X.

Tesla certainly struggles with this issue, but there are other manufacturers that are just as bad

shop-teacher > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 20:04

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Holy hell! That’s horrifying!

I need to start looking at Teslas more closely.

CaptDale - is secretly British > shop-teacher 08/30/2017 at 20:05

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It’s not good

Berang > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 20:06

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I was going to say Wartburg, because you could fit a slice of toast through those gaps... but at least the gaps are pretty even.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 20:13

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I’m generally a Tesla fan. This is ... really bad. Please tell me these were all pre-production prototypes.

How does panel gap that bad actually happen?

CaptDale - is secretly British > BaconSandwich is tasty. 08/30/2017 at 20:15

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As far as I have heard cars leave the factory this way...

I like the idea, but the cars are too boring for their price. Hence why I would prefer a Fisker Karma

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > CB 08/30/2017 at 20:27

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You have clearly never seen a GM product, especially from the malaise era.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 20:28

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Are we sure this wasn’t in an accident or a prototype?

For about $400 bucks, a Tijuana body shop do a better job fixing a totaled car than this.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/30/2017 at 20:31

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Reddit

Tesla Forum

Google

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Rainbow 08/30/2017 at 20:33

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I think that doesn’t really count because it doesn’t have panels.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/30/2017 at 20:46

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Tesla

Captain of the Enterprise > promoted by the color red 08/30/2017 at 21:22

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I’m a Formula FSAE vet and we had similar issues at times.

His Stigness > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2017 at 23:06

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I work on cars for a living and have never seen something so bad. And Most of the Tesla’s I see around have noticeable problems with body alignment. When I can see it in my rearview mirror you know it’s bad.

I’m not trying to be a Tesla hater, I’m just talking about what I’ve seen.

His Stigness > CaptDale - is secretly British 08/30/2017 at 23:07

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If you don’t already own Tesla stock you should go buy some, because you just figured them out.

His Stigness > promoted by the color red 08/30/2017 at 23:41

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“Do you want your car to look like everything else on the road, or do you want STAND OUT IN A CROWD?!?!?!?”

That’s what I thought.

promoted by the color red > His Stigness 08/31/2017 at 00:04

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SORRY BRO CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF ME TRYING TO HACK THROUGH THE STATUS QUO AND DISRUPT ANOTHER INDUSTRY FROM MY STUDIO APARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO. 

His Stigness > promoted by the color red 08/31/2017 at 01:55

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“Your Tesla is in the shop again? WHY?”

Oh, bro that’s just because it’s so awesome and disruptive it takes a lot of work to keep it going. But it’s okay, I’m part of a new generation of car owners who are changing the world by turning it upside down!

ateamfan42 > Berang 08/31/2017 at 14:04

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... but at least the gaps are pretty even.

Most people will agree that big, but even, gaps look a lot better than inconsistent gaps of any size.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > mkbruin, Atlas VP 08/31/2017 at 14:56

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The worst was probably a Triumph from the 1950s-1960s. They were giving the Soviets a run for their money back then. I’ve seen some you could stick your hand in between the door and the fender. We’re talking gaps that I can’t fathom anyone could have thought were even slightly okay. I question whether they even had QC.

Interestingly, one of the better example pictures came from Jalopnik...

Rainbow > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 08/31/2017 at 20:00

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Because they didn’t fit.