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Originally Posted by Comfy.n
I don't know what to make of it. Even if I knew I wouldn't be public about it.
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It's not -- quite -- a scam in that it is a functional vehicle.
But the claims of precision, premium manufacture are a joke. Each panel is allegedly precision laser cut, but frequently the edges and corners are several millimeters -- very visibly -- off of true. Each panel has a slight convex curve but the curvatures are inconsistent across a single vehicle and across multiple vehicles. And there are other fundamental design problems like the sill in front under the lights collecting snow and blocking visibility, and the cameras getting frozen over. The "stainless" steel Tesla are using is a lower grade steel than the 18/8 grades you might be familiar with -- they're cagey about the exact alloy but it's a bit softer than 18/8, rusts and stains more easily, and shows off all the scratches and fingerprints.
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And it looks even sillier on the roads than it does on a stage with a steel ball embedded in the supposedly steel-ball-proof window.