Comment on Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla

• moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did they always or is that more recent ones?

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  • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hard to say. Cars put out before the Model 3 were typically not sold at large quantities. So the lower runs were sold to rich people or fanboys at first and it’s hard to get an honest long term review about them.

    From what I’ve seen though, their earlier cars weren’t filled with tech like the newer ones which meant less points of failure so I’m betting the older ones were at least somewhat better.

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can't really speak for the early models but all the ones in recent years, so mostly the Model 3 I think, were plagued with issues.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve driven in a Model S from before the Model 3 came out, and the build quality was worse than the Model 3.

    Significantly worse than the Skoda Fabia I bought almost new for £12k at around the same time. That thing isn’t flashy but man it’s put together solidly. Nothing rattles, nothing wobbles, all stitching is consistent, no glued-on materials are peeling off, the panel gaps are consistent everywhere, the paint is thick. None of that was true for the Tesla.

    Don’t get me wrong, part of me enjoyed driving in that Model S, the acceleration was insane, but the build quality was absolutely appalling.

    I thought it was just car reviewers who are used to high end Mercs, Bentleys, and BMWs, needlessly trashing Tesla, and that the build quality would be fine. But it wasn’t, if anything they go way too easy on Tesla.

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• fosforus@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are they though?

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