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Also: Tesla can make a nice car, but doesn't like doing so very often. Please look up the pre-delivery checklists. Tesla is not like a regular manufacturer wh
by tenpies 5y ago
Also: Tesla can make a nice car, but doesn't like doing so very often. Please look up the pre-delivery checklists.
Tesla is not like a regular manufacturer where you can walk around a vehicle and determine if you want to accept it. You have to actually test things - even the things that we've been doing right since the Model T. These things are built in tents by staff that is treated quite poorly, and you should be skeptical in proportion to that information.
Here is a good example: https://github.com/polymorphic/tesla-model-y-checklist https://github.com/polymorphic/tesla-model-y-checklist
Although I noticed it's missing "check that the roof and trunk are in fact water proof".
Getting any of these things fixed after you take delivery is a huge PITA.
- jsight 5y agoChecklists like that make things sound much worse than they are. Common issues are really minor compared to the things listed there. And, tbh, hang around some forums for the company that has been "doing right since the Model T" and you'll see some of the same things. Roof alignment in particular has been a little bit of a problem for the Mach E. With both companies, there are some horror stories after delivery too. With both companies, the vast majority of cars are great and end up with really happy customers.
- leesec 5y agoYou're blowing things out if proportio lol. Teslas are extremely loved cars by their owners on average. I doubt they would be so highly rated if they had regular issues are you're suggesting.
- panick21 5y agoModel S Plaid just had amazing reviews by pretty much ever reviewer. Check list make sense for all manufactures. > These things are built in tents by staff that is treated quite poorly, and you should be skeptical in proportion to that information. People are obsessed with this tent. Its just a simple stable structure that you can build quickly. It changes nothing about the manufacturing line being in a building. The tend idea was set up when a guy with 30 years of manufacturing experience from BMW and other German car makers. They knew what they were doing, and its actually the cars from the tend that improved the quality problems they had early on. > Getting any of these things fixed after you take delivery is a huge PITA. Most of these things can be fixed by the mobile service, they can do it while your are not even there. Often the fix it while you work.