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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/542998

"It does suck, because everybody kind of makes fun of the Cybertruck. To the outside person, it's kind of weird, it's ugly, whatever. Once you actually get in it, drive it, you realize it's pretty frickin' cool," he says. "It's kind of been sad, because I've been trying to prove to people that it's a really awesome truck that's not falling apart, and then mine starts to fall apart, so it's just... Yeah, it's kind of unfortunate and sad."

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 23 points 3 hours ago

"I bought a very expensive piece of shit, and everyone else thinks it's a piece of a shit, but when I try to convince them that it's not a piece of shit... it ends up doing piece of shit things. I just don't get it."

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Whatever glue they're using has a different expansion/contraction rate than the stainless steel, and the fairly smooth metal doesn't give much surface area to hold, anyway. So in cold or hot days, you're going to see separation.

And it doesn't help when they don't even glue the right pattern from the factory.

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

I find this offensive, it can't possibly be true, because Elon knows more than anybody else on this planet about production. He has said so himself!!
And one thing we know for sure, is that you can trust Elon. We will have FSD by 2017, and a manned base on the moon by 2024. And Hyperloop will revolutionize public transportation.

/s

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If I spend 100 grand on something, it better not be fucking glued together.

I didn’t even glue my wife’s glasses together when they broke, I soldered them. Because glue sucks for attaching metal to anything.

Could have done bolts on the inside, or fucking rivets, or just welded the edges and it would have been better.

Cheap ass product sold for premium prices.

[–] soul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

The correct glue in the correct amount with the correct pattern against the correct surface will be perfectly fine. That said, they should be bending the edges of the panels around to hold things in place. But I'm sure they're not.

[–] imvii@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 hours ago

A Tesla owner who wraps the vehicles for a living has come up with a hypothesis as to why his truck lost a piece of its bodywork at speed.

The car is shit and poorly built. I don't think there is much of a mystery here.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Elon promise: 10nm precision Elon Delivers: truck stuck with glue.

I think the problem with Tesla is that they have too many legacy hires making decisions.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What's a legacy hire?

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

*too many legacy buyers FTFY

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 43 points 9 hours ago

Ah, Spring. When the Swasticars shed their winter coats...

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 30 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The fuck is this website ?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

You went further than I did. I closed the tab as soon as I got that "press and hold" crap. If they value their page that much, they might as well keep it.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's some CDN doing that because I got that exact page trying to go to digikey yesterday. I had to disable Firefox's tracking protection to get past it

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 11 points 6 hours ago

I grey-listed px-cdn.net and a couple of related things in UBO and was able to get in. It's not worth it. Article summary: "They used glue instead of welds/bonds/clips, and the glue is turning brittle and separating from the steel when it flexes (sometime simply due to temperature change)." More details: "It occurs more frequently, the higher the VIN."

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

It’s going through puberty obviously

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 44 points 13 hours ago

Toughest truck ever built, bullet proof, yada yada yada.

Well apparently it's not even wind proof. 🤣🤣🤣

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 52 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If the in-car cameras don't see you do Heil Hitler before every ride, they will occasionally instruct the computer to drop parts of the car. That is a standard feature. If you do the V sign, it will engage autopilot and crash you into the nearest wall. Pro-tip: if you want to do some sort of anti-nazi activity in your Cybershit, do it in winter, or early spring, as the "truck" can't do fuck, as the wheels don't work on snow or mud.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago

Bit of Christine then, but it hates its owner.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 143 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

the trim piece that flew off of his truck is connected to a plastic frame bolted directly to the car; that trim piece, he says, is stuck to the frame with adhesive rather than welded or bolted to anything. That adhesive has seemingly failed in multiple places on his truck, leading to the loosened roofline trim panels.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 113 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

How the hell is that thing legal to sell??

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 hours ago

There's a reason why Musk is paying to dismantle the government.

[–] Palerider@feddit.uk 20 points 10 hours ago

It's not over here in the UK. They're not road legal.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 31 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a reason why the EU won't allow the sale of cybertrucks and it all has to do with ~~build quality and~~ safety.

Edit: strikethrough added based on incorrect assumption as pointed out below

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was purely due to inadequate rounding of angles on the body due to stricter pedestrian safety laws that the EU has. Does the EU have some kind of build quality testing and standard that the cybertruck failed?

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 10 points 8 hours ago

I actually didn't quite remember the reason, so I checked it. The rounding is one main reason and the fact it is so heavy it requires a drivers license for trucks, as well as basically no demand. So no build quality requirements failed, but definitely safety related.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 116 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (13 children)

I worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont for a bit and most of every car is held together with adhesive. They claim it's super strong and once heated, it's stronger than welding... But, I mean... They are still falling apart and I don't know if that's because the adhesive sucks or if it's because every single day, they had to have someone remind everyone that the glue pattern posted at every station where it's applied isn't just a suggestion, it's an engineering requirement for the structural integrity of the part. People were just slapping the adhesive onto shit in any old way they pleased a lot of the time.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Essentially every car has a windshield and trim attached only by adhesive, and has for decades. This ought to be a solved problem.

Is that trim piece steel? Maybe something about the material, usually they’re gluing on plastic trim pieces. They’re relying on heated adhesive but it’s a long skinny piece made of a material that conducts heat?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, used properly, adhesive can be stronger than just about any other form of fastening. Properly is the key word. Contaminates, or improperly prepped surface will drastically reduce the effectiveness.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 5 hours ago

Hell, surface coatings to protect against rust are a multi-billion industry and they often require very specific application methods and even a little deviation can fuck up the bond.

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[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 21 points 14 hours ago

There's no consumer protection agency anymore. I wonder why.

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