Model S For S-thetics

"Future Heap Owner" (aperiodic) 07/11/2018 at 23:21 • Filed to: Meeting those targets tho

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I’m coming back home from picking up a few things at the vet, and I notice a Tesla pass me, then see the “Model S ” on the rear bumper. “Huh,” I think to myself, “I wonder if those fitment issues are as bad as the internet says.”

I pull up alongside it at the stop light, look over to the right, and see:

a window trim alignment issue easily noticeable from across my car and the gap between us.

DipodomysDeserti > Future Heap Owner 07/11/2018 at 23:38

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That paint job looks a bit interesting as well.

Future Heap Owner > DipodomysDeserti 07/11/2018 at 23:41

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How so?  The paint seemed fine to me.

HammerheadFistpunch > DipodomysDeserti 07/11/2018 at 23:44

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His Stigness > DipodomysDeserti 07/11/2018 at 23:46

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That’s a lot of orange peel. 

Spaceball-Two > Future Heap Owner 07/11/2018 at 23:47

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My boss has a brand new X and it gives me OCD when I walk by it in the morning. The door handles, the trim and the aero left up while he’s parked just freaks me out.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Future Heap Owner 07/11/2018 at 23:48

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Fun fact: the only thing that won’t fit in a Tesla panel gap is Elon Musk’s ego.

Spanfeller is a twat > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 07/11/2018 at 23:51

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But will it fit in Mars?

The Snowman > HammerheadFistpunch 07/12/2018 at 00:01

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I feel like ora nge peel is the norm lately. Are there any normal cars that come with flat paint anymore?

Ash78, voting early and often > Future Heap Owner 07/12/2018 at 00:08

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The fourth-gen Odyssey (one of the most common vehicles on the road in my area) has virtually the same exact issue where the front sail panel chrome ( just aft of the A pillar) meets the chrome trim on the door.

And that’s Honda. On a vehicle they made for 6 years and hundreds of thousands of examples . And it never got corrected. By a company that wrote the book on anal retentiveness in auto design and manufacturing.

It sounds minor, but it can’t be unseen.

Not the best pic from the web,  but you can almost see the kink/gap from a distance. Up close, it’s very obvious — just above the mirror.

His Stigness > The Snowman 07/12/2018 at 00:10

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I think the only completely flat paint might be with higher end cars like the S Class. But in the normal realm, I don’t notice any orange peel on either of my e-Golfs, nor do I notice any on my MKVI Golf, and I looked. But I’m not saying their paint is completely flat. But it looks a hell of a lot better than that Tesla which is probably twice the price of my Golfs.

Future Heap Owner > Ash78, voting early and often 07/12/2018 at 00:19

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Good thing all the Odysseys around here are older than that.

Honestly I wish everyone would stop with the c hrome window trim. I think it looks tacky.

ranwhenparked > Future Heap Owner 07/12/2018 at 00:22

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I passed a trailer full of them in Virginia over the weekend, was surprised to see them being transported on the Interstate without any protective wrapping - though, I suppose, they could have been getting moved from a shorter distance than from the factory. 

C62030 > Spaceball-Two 07/12/2018 at 00:28

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I see Model Xs all the time in Portland with the spoilers left up when they park. It always strikes me as a bit obnoxious.

C62030 > Future Heap Owner 07/12/2018 at 00:29

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I think that’s a Model S. Model 3 door handles are fatter at one end. Also the Model 3 doesn’t have a model name badge, whereas the Model S says so on the back.

DipodomysDeserti > Future Heap Owner 07/12/2018 at 00:30

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It seems very ripply, especially for black. Might just be the lighting.

AdverseMartyr > DipodomysDeserti 07/12/2018 at 01:37

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I thought it was dirty.

Future Heap Owner > C62030 07/12/2018 at 01:55

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Yeah it was an S. Even worse!

Ash78, voting early and often > Future Heap Owner 07/12/2018 at 14:31

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I’m about ready to plasti-dip all of it once I have some downtime. Too few minivans with any mods, even subtle stuff