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The dumbest "minimalism" was removing the turn signal stalk. That's how Teslas can keep their margins higher than the Detroit Big3. And no union helps Tesla I g
by joshl32532 3y ago
The dumbest "minimalism" was removing the turn signal stalk. That's how Teslas can keep their margins higher than the Detroit Big3. And no union helps Tesla I guess.
- mmanfrin 3y agoMy Model 3 has a turn signal stalk, unless you're talking about something other than the lever you tap up or down to turn on your signal. e: So apparently that's been removed in newer models. What a stupid fucking decision.
- mcpeepants 3y agoIt has been removed on the "refreshed" M3
- dzader 3y ago[dead]
- 542458 3y agoLots of news articles about this - they dropped it from the latest iteration of the 3 a little while ago, after dropping it from the S and X a couple years ago. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2023/09/08/tesla-drops-the-stalk-on-model-3-highland-posing-safety-questions/?sh=371ed83039c4 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2023/09/08/tesla...
- digging 3y agoThey're probably referring to this example in the first paragraph of TFA: > "the replacement of turn signal stalks with steering wheel buttons on the facelifted Model 3"
- rcdemski 3y agoThey removed them on the Model S and replaced them with capacitive steering wheel buttons when they launched the steering yoke
- sp332 3y agoModel S a couple years ago https://jalopnik.com/lets-bitch-about-teslas-removal-of-the-turn-signal-stal-1846151374 https://jalopnik.com/lets-bitch-about-teslas-removal-of-the-... Model 3 recently https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2023/09/08/tesla-drops-the-stalk-on-model-3-highland-posing-safety-questions/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2023/09/08/tesla...
- latchkey 3y agoThat's right up there with changing the purpose of a column in a SQL table, after a certain date.
- olyjohn 3y agoI don't know which models or years they did it in, but they deleted the stalk on some cars, and moved the signals onto the touch area on the steering wheel.
- iimblack 3y agoYeah the model x has a different design too https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-1C209641-AA23-47AC-B0D1-3FE3779CF222.html https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modelx/en_us/GUID-1C20964...
- glitchcrab 3y agoI drove a Lamborghini Huracan a while back and whilst I loved the car, I absolutely hated that the turn signals were buttons on the steering wheel. It took me a while to even find them at first.
- steveBK123 3y agoExactly Turn signal & horn moving to touch buttons on the wheel.. which move when you spin, is insane ergonomics I got tired of how touch-centric the Model 3/Y was and saw the Model S/X as being slightly more traditional and then he goes and nerfs them too.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoCrazy how much Tesla can get away with. That's the power of Elon. He could convince the desert to buy sand.
- killingtime74 3y agoAs an aside, desert countries do buy sand for construction because desert sand is not very good for anything.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoBuyers doesn't seem to complain. In fact they seem to be call everyone else a luddite. Wonder why?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoBuyers are too proud of their purchase to dare complain as that would undermine their purchase decision and get them made fun of.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoFound a Toyota buyer
- Kirby64 3y agoHorn is still on the airbag 'button' in all Tesla cars. They added the functionality back to the Model S ones that did not have it (apparently it needed some software update?).
- dzhiurgis 3y agobefore you bark - have you tried using it for any meaningful amount of time?
- joshl32532 3y agoYes, I drove a model X on a road trip before. Hated the yoke turn signal.