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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain::undefined

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 54 points 2 years ago (17 children)

This isn't surprising at all. Have you ever looked at a Tesla up close? The fit and finish is bad. Like really bad. I have never understood how anyone could walk up to one, look at it and think "I'll buy this". Tesla has absolutely miserable quality control.

[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's why they sell them online. So you can't walk up to it in a dealership and see them up close.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tesla has showrooms. It's just they're fully part of Tesla, instead of being little franchises with wingnut owners and weird regulatory capture.

Musk is a jack-ass, but the showroom model makes sense.

[–] Sea_pop@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tesla was only able to open these showrooms on American Indian Tribal Land due to car dealerships. Pretty smart workaround and I'm assuming a large money maker for some of the reservations.

[–] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good god what are you going on about? The majority of showrooms are in malls. The delivery centers and repair centers that aren’t in malls are located in the middle of large cities.

[–] Sea_pop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here and Here

There is also a delivery/showroom in Fife, WA but that's entirely on Puyallup Reservation.

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