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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by fiftyfifty on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:03AM (#22348589)
Agreed, I have a 2019 Model 3. My car does have a few panel gaps that are not the exact same width from one side of the car to the other, but you are literally talking about a millimeter or two here or there, no one would ever notice. I've never heard of anyone complaining about the paint job on a Tesla, the paint on ours looks perfect. The interior seats are super comfortable, probably the most comfortable car seats I've ever sat in, and I've never seen any defects with the seats either.

Overall Tesla's customer satisfaction is really, really high. Most owners are extremely satisfied with their cars, even if they have a few warts. They really are the Apple of the automotive world.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by threeseed on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:18PM (#22351419)
> Overall Tesla's customer satisfaction is really, really high

That's because most of the owners have new cars.

Wait until they need to have their car serviced by Tesla or until their batteries degrade and are subject to a forced OTA "upgrade" that removes capacity i.e. Model S.

https://electrek.co/2019/10/04/tesla-software-updat-battery-...

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by whoanow on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:31PM (#22351532)
I've had mine serviced a couple times, and it's been an absolute pleasure compared to my Audi or Porsche.
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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by rootusrootus on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:58PM (#22353571)
There are horror stories as recently as today in r/teslamotors. Some of the service centers are quite good, some are just terrible.
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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by beart on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @08:29AM (#22355863)
I'm not sure how this is unique to Tesla
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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:58PM (#22358314)
Aye, I've dealt with Ford and Mazda dealerships that were utterly abysmal. Others were better. Hit or miss quality of dealerships and service centers is not a surprise and not a flaw of the brand per se.

"But Tesla is a luxury model that competes with Porsche and should make me feel fancy and be super nice etc etc" ...eh kinda, but not really, IMO. The S model does but future models are aimed at a more down-market segment and are going mainstream.

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