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@cstross

@cstross agreed. Number one fault of my model 3 (there are several)

@cstross @jgobble I had to put little “Door Open” stickers on the button. This is the *least* of the very poor user interface in this car, which — unlike regular cars — gets worse over time because of software updates and lack of tactile controls.

@cstross i'm no tesla fan, but i think the purpose of this is different and deliberate -- make the owners feel good for knowing how to open the door, unlike the dumb n00bs who can't even open the door … doesn't that fit what you'd expect from elon's tesla?

@cstross What baffles me is that Hyundai makes a much better and comparably priced electric sedan, the Ioniq6, but the Tesla Model 3 outsells it in the U .S. by about 10 to 1. Madness.

@cstross do they also provide instructions for the "3 shells" ? 😅

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Oh, Teslas are fucking death traps.

@cstross while this is bad, my favorite of these was the BMW i8. There was a video of a a training session for sales people at a BMW sales room. If someone asked to see the engine bay, only a factory trained technician was allowed to open it.

1. You needed a special tool 2. Open driver side door 3. Put tool in hole in door jam, grab hook and slightly pull 4. Repeat on passenger door 5. With two people lift hood 1.5 inches vertically. 6. Tilt hood from towards the front upto 45 degrees.

@cstross I've been half-arsedly looking at 2nd hand cars as my car needs replacing this year. Every lot I've been to, the Teslas are the ones with misted windows in the cold. Not that I'd buy one.

@cstross The chance of me being found in a Tesla showroom is as likely as penguins in the wild in the arctic near polar bears. The car obstructing my user basic instincts is unforgivable.

@cstross Yes... THere are many things on Teslas that are really non intuitive, or simply worse than what they replace. Change for the sake of it. The customer must bend to adapt to the "design" rather than designing for utility... What do you expect from a ketamine addled nazi?

@cstross tja, design is like a joke: if you have to explain it, it wasn't good.

@cstross As the NTSB guy said: "All that safety is built on the wisdom of dead bodies."

More amusingly, my favourite design fail photo (from a toilet)

@cstross I read a book titled “The Design of Everyday Things” in college that greatly influenced my design philosophy as an engineer. The author’s main point was “doors should not need owners manuals.” This example clearly fails that test.