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My brother-in-law works at a very high end car detailing/film shop. He works on Ferraris and Lambos and McLarens and the like, but also Mercedes and Audi level
by isbjorn16 7y ago
My brother-in-law works at a very high end car detailing/film shop. He works on Ferraris and Lambos and McLarens and the like, but also Mercedes and Audi level of cars.
He also has to spend a lot of time detailing Teslas. Since his job is literally going every centimeter of the car with the proverbial fine tooth comb, he has come down hard against Tesla regarding the fit&finish compared to cars in the same price range. He geeks out hard over the drive train and performance, but when it comes to the interior and exterior panel fits, he's stated repeatedly how ... uneven everything is. Each car is extremely inconsistent, which he doesn't notice with the Audis and Mercedes and BMWs and such he has come through.
Even with all of that, I'd still be interested in a Model S. I would just like for the tolerance levels to be tightened before I do.
- rootusrootus 7y agoI remain interested in a Tesla coming to my garage, for me the deal killer right now is uncertainty about their future, and horror stories about service. I have a fairly low tolerance when it comes to being inconvenienced by my car.
- AndrewBissell 7y agoIt's almost like Silicon Valley "move fast & break things" ideology, applied to auto manufacturing, leads to the manufacture of defect-ridden cars in a tent.
- isbjorn16 7y agoIn the abstract, I can see it being a valid strategy; do that, see what parts need improvement, refine your process to address the issues, see if it's good enough yet. I don't think it's reasonable to ask a brand new car company to have the same levels of detail/polish available to companies that have been around for like 70 or 80 years; those companies probably had to learn a lot of shit too. I can see this being a valid thought process. That doesn't mean I want to be the guinea pig.