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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)
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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Probably the same person who let them on the road with a screen-swipe control for shifting with NO indicator of the gear you are in.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did not realize how fucking stupid the gear selector was. I'm even angrier than when I started, and I started pretty angry.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those are only the newer versions from the last year or so. They used to have regular fucking stalks. Even after they swapped the wheel for the yolk.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Wow that's a extremely stupid shifter control

Stupider than the "volume knob repurposed as a shifter" from Jeep