"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
08/10/2018 at 18:26 • Filed to: Tesla
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"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
08/10/2018 at 18:26 • Filed to: Tesla | 0
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Their “fuel” cover opens towards the rear lights. I can’t think of any other vehicles where, when you open the cover, your hand travels towards the rear of the car rather than towards the headlights. Doesn’t matter which side of the car your tank is on or if your cover is on the front fenders. This is unhinging, kin.
Granted, I haven’t refilled every modern car on the market nor keep tabs on this kind of thing but any legitimate cryptocarologist would agree with me here. Plus, the only reason the Model S and X are hinged “backwards” is due to the taillight shape and hiding the cover in the lights (like an old American car) was an essential design cue.
XJDano
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 18:49 |
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Yep, it’s probably an aero thing where they done want the fuel door screwed up by the wind when left open
ttyymmnn
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 18:59 |
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Looks like an internal gatling gun.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 19:09 |
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I feel like they’re usually hinged the other way so if some fool drives it with it open they don’t rip it off. If you bump a normal one into something it can close. This one would twist the wrong way and break.
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 19:19 |
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It’s not dumb, it’s innovation (tm)
kanadanmajava1
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 19:28 |
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That indeed is a bit weird. I cannot think up many others that would have the “ feeding lid” hinged backwards.
In the last years when F1 cars were still refueling during pit stops (up to 2009) the lids had some kind of mechanism to open when arriving to the pits. They also closed by themselves at some point. They were probably rigged to remain open while the pit speed limiter was engaged .
Some of the lids did open backwards. H ere’s a ‘08 Ferrari showing an example:
jimz
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 19:44 |
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it was easier to put the hinge on that end. #1 that side is longer than the opposite (which comes to a point,) and plus the hinge mechanism can be integrated with the tail lamp housing.
it looks weird, I know, but if you can’t do something the absolute best way, then the least bad way is your only option.
LastFirstMI is my name
> Wobbles the Mind
08/10/2018 at 20:04 |
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It doubles as an aero brake when re-entering the atmosphere.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Wobbles the Mind
08/11/2018 at 06:44 |
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i had never given it any thought whatsoever