and rightly so
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 August 2022 14:07 (two years ago) link
Bond villain or, I dunno, asshole conductor who stopped the performance because someone was talking.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 August 2022 14:12 (two years ago) link
A conductor who is legendary for his temper tantrums but can't conduct his way out of a paper bag.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 22 August 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
careful or you might ink a show deal with amazon
― look like Farley smoke like Marley (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 22 August 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
Would watch. Unless you are actually describing the premise of "Mozart in the Jungle," in which case, did not watch.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 August 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
(still laughing at this one)
When the Moon Patrol buggy fucked the Peavey logo. https://t.co/Peyjx6v43i— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) August 22, 2022
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 August 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/qECQXkl5TE— blaine capatch (@blainecapatch) August 22, 2022
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 August 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link
I think these two might buy it pic.twitter.com/Muf6bAbPd5— Tin Foil Awards (@TinFoilAwards) August 21, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 August 2022 21:00 (two years ago) link
I guess I've always labored under the misapprehension that vehicles in post-apocalyptic cinema looked that way out of practical necessity (limited materials available, must be able to cross the wastelands without being hopelessly ravaged by mutants, etc.) when I guess everyone just looted the warehouses upon warehouses filled with unsold Cybertrucks.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Monday, 22 August 2022 23:08 (two years ago) link
Tesla Steering Yokes Are Disintegrating Before 30,000 Miles
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 August 2022 01:04 (two years ago) link
probably just the Andromeda Strain mutating again, def nothing wrong with Tesla's scientific and product engineering genius
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 25 August 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
we made the shittiest possible steering wheel but dont worry its broken
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 August 2022 01:08 (two years ago) link
Still not sure how the yoke complies with regulations
― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 25 August 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
JFC
A variety of theories have been put forth by the Twitter community to explain the issue. Many posters quickly turned on the owners, accusing them of causing the problems through their personal vices.
Meet Kevin was facetiously accused of spilling beer in the interior, with a Twitter user hunting down a mugshot from his DUI arrest. Posters scrutinized images and criticized jf.okay in particular for excessive fingernail pressure on the yoke. Others spuriously asserted that excessive alcohol consumption could cause the problem via ethanol leaching out of the skin. Less cutting theories put the blame on hand sanitizers or lotions degrading the coating on the yoke.
― sleeve, Thursday, 25 August 2022 02:47 (two years ago) link
I forgot that Teslas have a fucking YOKE steering apparatus. I feel like that’s a tidy micro summary of everything that’s wrong with this dude’s hubristic “engineering genius”.
― circa1916, Thursday, 25 August 2022 04:20 (two years ago) link
More like Yeet steering, am I right?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 August 2022 12:29 (two years ago) link
excessive alcohol consumption could cause the problem via ethanol leaching out of the skin
lol these fuckin' nerds and the mental gymnastics to defend their god king Musk
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Imagine being so drunk all the time that you can literally dissolve plastics with your hands.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 August 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
I just call that "Friday"
― sleeve, Thursday, 25 August 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
I have had a tendency to wear down car trim just by my touch.
In the first case, it was the passenger "oh shit bar" on an ex-girlfriend's brand-new Subaru, which I had caused noticeable erosion on after just a few months of being her only semi-regular passenger.
In my own car, I wore down the steering wheel padding all the way down to the base plastic. This took several years of use as a daily driver. It took me a while before I noticed it was visibly wearing away, so I'm not sure when it started.
Also, I may have been more drunk than not during the time periods of greatest wear. Unknown if this is relevant.
Anyone else notice this in your non-Tesla cars? Not to apologize for Musk or anything.
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 August 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
I mean, there is some noticeable wear marks on the steering wheel and arm rest on the car I've driven for 10 years, but absolutely nothing I would consider actual "erosion".
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
the humorous minutiae people pretend to give a fuck about when defending their cult leader.
i bet that nerd had never even thought the words "fingernail pressure" in the same sentence before until his tweet.
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
wouldn't be talking about other people "squeezing too hard" bro
You must be squeezing too hard. Slow down and you won't have this issue. 😉— kobiyashi.eth 🥷🍔🔺🐵 (@kobiyashi_eth) August 23, 2022
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
This is being nit picky.— Brent Ericson 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@brent_ericson) August 24, 2022
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
spinaltap.jpg
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbBNet6UUAED5oE?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 August 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
lol the guy who says "that happens to all cars" is a suspended account now
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
Here, you take the wheel.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 25 August 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
some dumbass in that (two year old) thread also posted articles of other cars recalled for steering wheel "coming off" issues to point out that it happens to other cars, but it's like, no, you moron, THOSE CALLS WERE RECALLED, Tesla wasn't!
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link
*cars
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 August 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
There is a Permanently Attached luxury steering wheel option, just add $4400 to the MSRP
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 25 August 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
Tesla, hire this man
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/87c8f74ea777deab505c309892933de151601bf8/67_20_606_363/master/606.jpg?width=620&quality=85&fit=max&s=f8d4012c93ac9460cc24bf1409e67266
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 25 August 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
This just gets better... Teslas Can Be Tricked Into Stopping Too Early by Bigger Stop Signs
Twitter user Cowcumber discovered this when their Tesla came to a stop significantly shorter than it should have, but only on particular exit ramps. After pondering the problem, Cowcumber noticed that stop signs on exit ramps appeared to be larger than signs in their neighborhood, so they broke out a tape measure to confirm.As they suspected, the stop sign on the exit ramp is, in fact, significantly larger. Many of these signs measure just over 48 inches tall, which is around 60 percent larger than the 30-inch signs in their neighborhood."60 percent larger to the camera gets interpreted as 60 percent closer?" asks the Tesla owner on Twitter. "I still have the slow creep problem here [...] and it'll come to a complete stop while sitting in the near lanes even if no cars are around!"
As they suspected, the stop sign on the exit ramp is, in fact, significantly larger. Many of these signs measure just over 48 inches tall, which is around 60 percent larger than the 30-inch signs in their neighborhood.
"60 percent larger to the camera gets interpreted as 60 percent closer?" asks the Tesla owner on Twitter. "I still have the slow creep problem here [...] and it'll come to a complete stop while sitting in the near lanes even if no cars are around!"
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 August 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
It's Friday, so .. more #TeslaFireIssues updates in this ongoing Tesla 'safety' threadExample no. 346: a controlled test, at low speedRemember what I said about a Tesla scraping the sides or bottom. And your Tesla is .. (well, you know, 20x or 30x more often than other EV's) pic.twitter.com/mwNHn4OEYE— Ton Aarts (@ton_aarts) August 26, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:33 (two years ago) link
Controlled test ... did they set off the explosion/fire, too?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:52 (two years ago) link
youll just have to "do your own research"
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
I guess it looks like it just blew up, then. Sounds about right.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
you can read the thread if you want
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
i talked to the village tesla doctor, and they told me that if the car catches on fire when it's upside down, stop making it go upside down
i proceeded to tell some ruffians around the corner to kick this doctor's ass for me
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:11 (two years ago) link
you dont understand teslas only catch on fire when theyre very upset
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
"tesla, take me downtown""ok, i'll take you upside-down"
*immediate fire death*
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:16 (two years ago) link
me: ok i will just open the door and get outtesla: no lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:17 (two years ago) link
tesla, i don't want to dieok, you're gonna die though
*doors lock*
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
telsa please let me outim kind of busy right now (being on fire)
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I did read the thread. At first I thought they were *trying* to make it blow up, to show how easy it was. Instead I guess they were mostly trying to make it go upside down and get scratched, which in turn showed how easy it was to blow up.
Had a conversation with a friend the other day who is convinced self-driving cars are absolutely happening. He's not a Tesla/Musk stan, he just thinks it's inevitable. My counter was that it couldn't happen on a mass scale because there are just too many uncontrollable variables to account for, and as a counter tried to think of a single autonomous, untethered, easily lethal machine we regularly encounter and I came up with nada. Elevators could kill you, but they're on a track. Same with trains. But self-driving cars everywhere would be like swimming with sharks. You just never know which one is going to get you. Especially if you dress as a tiny stop sign and it thinks you are farther away than you really are.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
basically no one who works on autonomous vehicle tech thinks that full autonomy is happening any time soon if at all, and these are mostly people who thought they were close ten years ago, there has however been a lot of progress made in autonomous safety features lane assist auto breaking adaptive cruise control and so forth, of course when you take that stuff and market it as self driving it becomes not safe
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
Oh, wait, looking a bit more I guess the fire was faked/triggered? Can't vouch, but I found some translated German article:
"For safety reasons, it was not possible to ignite a real battery fire at an event with around 500 people, which is why a fire with pyrotechnics was staged," said the Axa press office in Cologne at the request of 24auto.de: "We wanted to use the fire the accident researchers: on the one hand point out the danger of a cell fire, which can result from damage to the underside of the electric car, and on the other hand point out the problems with fires in electric vehicles."
Anyway, looks like the Tesla has eclipsed the Pinto for number of people dying in fires. Interesting, found a couple of random articles comparing the two cars almost a decade ago!
https://qz.com/146604/why-tesla-doesnt-have-a-pinto-problem-with-its-car-fires-yet/
https://greenerideal.com/news/vehicles/0331-whats-difference-ford-pinto-tesla-s-much-really/
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 August 2022 14:53 (two years ago) link
thats dumb just have the 500 people stand back a bit whats the big deal
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 15:02 (two years ago) link
"Goggles on, everyone!"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 August 2022 15:03 (two years ago) link
a safety issue with evs in general is fast acceleration of a very heavy car is not a great combo
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 August 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link