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Why does everyone suddenly care about panel gaps? It feels like the quip everyone uses without any meaningful value.
by SkyPuncher 3y ago
Why does everyone suddenly care about panel gaps?
It feels like the quip everyone uses without any meaningful value.
- toast0 3y agoIf they don't put the car together well for the parts you see, how well did they put it together for the parts you don't see? Do panel gaps really matter? Probably not, but if I'm paying Tesla prices, maybe?
- irrational 3y agoMy two vehicles are 20 and 24 years old. Neither have panel gaps. If they were able to do that decades ago, why not now?
- pengaru 3y ago> Why does everyone suddenly care about panel gaps? There's absolutely nothing sudden about people caring about panel gaps on new vehicles. Cockeyed panel gaps are a tell-tale of a used/bodged vehicle, this has been the case my entire life. It's the last thing you want to see on what's supposedly a new vehicle, and it sticks out like a sore thumb.
- numpad0 3y agoPeople note frictions.
- _ZeD_ 3y agoBecause normally they are a given
- RedShift1 3y agoIt just illustrates what priorities Tesla sets. They are expensive cars yet their quality is low both in and outside. For example the interior lining of the doors is easily damaged, just moving a cardboard box against it rips it. This doesn't happen in my 11 year old BMW and it isn't even a top of the line model, just a bog standard 116d.
- saiya-jin 3y agoOr when talking about BMW, nobody know but they have some 3-layered paint that is much harder to scratch than typical paint of say VW or french cars. People like to bash premium cars but its exactly getting as much as you pay for