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Absolutely horrible design was the yoke. Almost crashed into neighbours' car due to it. Had to dump the car itself since I hated the steering so much. Who came

Absolutely horrible design was the yoke. Almost crashed into neighbours' car due to it. Had to dump the car itself since I hated the steering so much. Who came up with such a dumb idea. This is as dumb as the touchbar on the mac pros.

vkou 4y ago
It was probably a cost-saving measure, just like the touchpad in lieu of a physical console.
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  Is a boxy yoke cheaper than a round wheel?
- xiphias2 4y ago
  On Model 3 it's needed to have cost saving measures, on Model S it isn't.
  - vkou 4y ago
    Which is what makes it doubly tragic when they are not needed, but shipped anyways.
int_19h 4y ago
I suspect that a lot of Tesla design decisions boil down to positioning it as "innovative" and "disrupting" compared to normal cars.
SilverBirch 4y ago
Well, we've watched this at Twitter right - Musk will come in with a really strong dumb opinion on some weirdly specific issue, and then insist on a specific solution and only relent after the decision has been implemented and shown to be wrong. The yoke is the Tesla version of the Twitter Blue Tick. The rumours are that the guys at SpaceX are just much better at managing Elon and avoiding this, but it makes you wonder what weird decisions have been made there too.