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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain (www.carexpert.com.au)
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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain::undefined

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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just in case anyone thinks this is a problem with Teslas, I have driven mine through several dozen heavy rainstorms and even a hurricane and my Tesla does just fine in that.

And as everyone knows, science is comprised of my personal experience.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't think anyone thinks this is a universal problem with Teslas. It's just a possible case of quality control failure. That said, quality control has been a problem lately.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been hearing of quality control problems when it comes to everything Tesla for years. This hardly seems like a recent thing.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Quality control is a problem with every product. Once you reach a certain point it just makes more financial sense to fix any issues when they're discovered and reported by the consumer rather than going over it with a microscope. Most consumers don't care about panel gaps.

Until someone completes and publishes a scientific study on the matter, and compares them to other OEMs, I'll continue to assume that these are just anecdotes from click-hungry publications that know anything to do with Tesla or Elon drives clicks, because everyone I know and every Tesla I've seen (with the exception of S/X) is totally fine.