Act of God Or Act of Elon...

"SBA Thanks You For All The Fish" (santabarbarianlsx) 07/14/2020 at 10:23 • Filed to: None

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Or, are they the same thing???

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Tesla Build Quality— It’s a State of Mind.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:30

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Yup....you know you build quality automobiles when a large puddle can disassemble them!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:30

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Yeah, but how about the build quality of the wiring to that taillight?

SiennaMan > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:32

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 It's an OTA upgrade, his car now gets an extra 5 miles of range per charge.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:32

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Is this recent? I remember reading an article on a bumper flying off of a 3 right when they came out.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/14/2020 at 10:35

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Yeah, recent. It’s posted over on a fan site... and even they are scratching their heads with “WTF?”, since it was presumed fixed in 2018 when those early build cars did it a lot.

The “fix” apparently didn’t.

user314 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:37

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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 07/14/2020 at 10:37

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Future next gen S2000 owner > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:38

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Why does it look like the bumper cover extends underneath the car and that portion is painted to match the body? Does it actually do that? And if so, why?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:42

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Yikes. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/14/2020 at 10:42

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I assume to control air flow under the car to improve range. Why it seems to be painted though and not just bare plastic doesn’t really make sense.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Future next gen S2000 owner 07/14/2020 at 10:44

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It’s for aerodynamics. I haven’t seen the bottom of a Tesla but I would guess the bottom of the bumper interlocks with a smooth panel along the entire bottom of the car. I would guess what happened here is that the bottom of the bumper separated from the bottom of the car, making a giant parachute scoop which then gulped in a bunch of water, ripping the bumper off.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 07/14/2020 at 10:48

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That was indeed the reported scenario back in 2018.  

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:48

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Honestly not surprised Tesla won’t cover it. I don’t think any other manufacturer would either.

Future next gen S2000 owner > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 07/14/2020 at 10:48

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Maybe it is molded as one piece? When it goes to paint they paint it all to control where the paint line is. If you paint the whole thing, you never have to worry about inconsistent paint lines. Plus the paint at that scale would be cheap.

facw > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 10:58

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Granted I did see the bumper cover fly off a VW on the highway in Houston on a windy day. Though perhaps VW is not known for their build quality either.

PatBateman > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 11:43

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“Maybe putting all those cameras on the cars and allowing owners to access the videos was a bad idea.”

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > PatBateman 07/14/2020 at 11:50

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“...Research still indicates that LIDAR would do a better job identifying and tracking loose pieces of Tesla bodywork exiting the vehicle at random times...”

Urambo Tauro > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/14/2020 at 20:57

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The rear fell off? I thought they knew better than to use cardboard derivatives...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Urambo Tauro 07/14/2020 at 21:01

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Leading Edge Tech... As always from Musk, 100% recycled!