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You are holding it wrong, don't drive it over large metal objects at high speed. I love the boldness of the Tesla, I'm truly impressed by the PR skill of Mr Mu

You are holding it wrong, don't drive it over large metal objects at high speed. I love the boldness of the Tesla, I'm truly impressed by the PR skill of Mr Musk and his team. Let's hope they have enough data now to diagnose.

objclxt 13y ago
> I'm truly impressed by the PR skill of Mr Musk and his team It's certainly a bold strategy, but perhaps a little risky. They must be confident it's not really a problem though, because if there was a real risk of fire in the car putting a release out like this could be problematic if, in the future, another car went up in flames and the driver did not escape uninjured. Slightly unrelated - their PR team does alright, but they've had their fair share of mis-fires (if you'll excuse the pun). This is the same company that put together a libel suit against its critics that was so "gravely deficient" (the judge's words) it was thrown out of court (and a libel-friendly English court at that). [1]:http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/top-gear-libel-case-tesla-struck-out http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/top-gear-libel-...
- headgasket 13y ago
  I was not aware of this libel suit; but it fits well with how I perceive the PR handling; what remains in the zeitgeist is a company fighting the right(?) battle using all means. The fact that said suit was gravely deficient most likely went largely unnoticed, and in the immediate it creates a us vs the rest mentality with the owners/enthusiasts; something that shows in this driver's account. Unless the driver is also a stockholder.
nonchalance 13y ago
When Tesla does it, it's lauded as bold; but when the same thing is done by Steve Jobs (antennagate), it's derided
- headgasket 13y ago
  The jealous derided, but all in all it was pretty solid handling; they shipped a few bumpers for free, and discovered they could sell them for 29$ a piece at an even higher markup than the hw. Somehow I don't think this will go away with a free bumper, but with this type of strong will, it will be interesting to watch.
jlgreco 13y ago
This is less like "you are holding it wrong" and more like a hypothetical response of "don't drop it" prompted by complaints of screen fragility. Holding it wrong isn't an accident in the same way that hitting debris or dropping something is.

objclxt 13y ago

> I'm truly impressed by the PR skill of Mr Musk and his team It's certainly a bold strategy, but perhaps a little risky. They must be confident it's not really a problem though, because if there was a real risk of fire in the car putting a release out like this could be problematic if, in the future, another car went up in flames and the driver did not escape uninjured. Slightly unrelated - their PR team does alright, but they've had their fair share of mis-fires (if you'll excuse the pun). This is the same company that put together a libel suit against its critics that was so "gravely deficient" (the judge's words) it was thrown out of court (and a libel-friendly English court at that). [1]:http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/top-gear-libel-case-tesla-struck-out http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/23/top-gear-libel-...

headgasket 13y ago
I was not aware of this libel suit; but it fits well with how I perceive the PR handling; what remains in the zeitgeist is a company fighting the right(?) battle using all means. The fact that said suit was gravely deficient most likely went largely unnoticed, and in the immediate it creates a us vs the rest mentality with the owners/enthusiasts; something that shows in this driver's account. Unless the driver is also a stockholder.

nonchalance 13y ago

When Tesla does it, it's lauded as bold; but when the same thing is done by Steve Jobs (antennagate), it's derided

headgasket 13y ago
The jealous derided, but all in all it was pretty solid handling; they shipped a few bumpers for free, and discovered they could sell them for 29$ a piece at an even higher markup than the hw. Somehow I don't think this will go away with a free bumper, but with this type of strong will, it will be interesting to watch.

jlgreco 13y ago

This is less like "you are holding it wrong" and more like a hypothetical response of "don't drop it" prompted by complaints of screen fragility. Holding it wrong isn't an accident in the same way that hitting debris or dropping something is.