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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago

For a while, long before Teslas were around, my wife went through a phase where she didn't want a car with electronic door locks, "in case we crash into a retention pond."

So it came time for a new car, and while I'm talking with the sales people about price and such, all she wants to know is if she can get it without electronic locks. It seemed like she'd pay double if it didn't have the e-locks.

Finally I said, "I've never gone into a retention pond, and I don't know anyone who has ever gone into a retention pond. It seems like the real solution to the retention pond problem isn't skipping electronic door locks, it's STAYING OUT OF RETENTION PONDS! Let's try that solution first. if you go into a retention pond, then we'll discuss getting rid of e-locks."

It's been about 30 years, and I still don't know anyone whose gone into a retention pond, including my wife. But she still mentions the lock thing whenever we get a new car.

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Which is hilarious because:

A. Virtually all electronic locks can ^also^ be operated manually.

  1. By the time you're deep enough to prevent operating electronic locks, that door is not going to open, simply because of the pressure differential.
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[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I passionately hate the door handles on Teslas they are too perfect of a symbol of useless empty technological development that Tesla embodies. I can't swallow the firehose of poetic synchronicity it is too intense for me to be in close proximity to, my bitter sarcasm starts going haywire like a geiger counter near radioactive waste. Tesla door handles are affront to basic engineering principles and it terrifies me that the same guy who demanded them is allowed to own a company that sends humans to space.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

but there's not even a summary or link to the analysis in this article? where's the fucking data?

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