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Comment on Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’ve been in a Model S, and don’t get me wrong the acceleration was absolutely phenomenal

But my Skoda Fabia (which for the first owner probably cost £15k instead of £70k+) absolutely beat the shit out of it for how well-built it was.

Everything is rigid and you’d need a sledgehammer to shift it. In the Tesla you could just grab random parts of the interior and wobble it about.

The paint on my Fabia is flawless - it’s of equal thickness everywhere, whereas for the Model S some parts were clearly thinner than others.

The panel gaps are a meme for a reason. On the Fabia, sure the panel gaps are wider than they are on a Porsche or something, but they’re exactly the same everywhere. On the Tesla you’d see it completely flush at the top of some panels, and a 6mm gap at the bottom! It was so inconsistent.

And the rear passenger-side door’s rubber seal where the window comes up was peeling off. This car is only 3 years old ffs

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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Skoda was the brand we’d take the piss out of in the early 90s.

I wonder if 2030s kids will be laughing at their friends being driven to school in a clapped out Model S, with half the panels falling away, one door a slightly different colour to the rest, and a battery that goes maybe 40 miles, going “Ahhh, your mum drives a Tesla!”

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- cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Skoda’s and Lada’s were the classic cars to rip people for having. Communist junk. VW really did a LOT to rehabilitate the Skoda image.
  
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  - mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Some Skodas are better looking than their VW brothers. Especially the crossovers.
    
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raptir@lemdro.id ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s funny because my Jetta felt like it was going to rattle itself apart.

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Rednax@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m currently driving a Scoda Fabia myself. The globe box just broke, because something inside got stuck, and the 20 year old plastic handle just didn’t want to budge, and broke instead. Meanwhile, I just drove 1500km in it over the span of 3 days. It just keeps chugging along.

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