• ramenshaman
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    4 months ago

    They’re more/less in the place you would expect them to be but they’re blended in with the rest of the door. You have to pull up on the thing in front of the window button.

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      4 months ago

      I’m sorry… They actually have handles all this time? So WTF?

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        4 months ago

        Only in the front, unfortunately. Somehow there are way too many Tesla owners who don’t know about them. The back seat is another story. There IS a mechanical release under the rubber liner in the door pocket. You have to pull the liner out and pull on a steel cable to open it. Some people have cut holed in the liner and added little handles to get around this put it’s still a huge oversight by Tesla IMO.

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            4 months ago

            Imagine trying to do that in any car with the child lock on - something that has been in cars for decades.

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          How bad can you be at design that it’s in plain sight and nobody knows? Jfc

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        Yes, and they are so conspicuous, about 90% of passengers use them instead of the button until briefed otherwise.

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      4 months ago

      That’s the actual lever? In that case that’s uh actually pretty obvious.

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        In that case that’s uh actually pretty obvious.

        Really? Because I have 15 people who burned to death because it isn’t.

        That’s not where people look for door handles. It’s not marked. It doesn’t stand out in any way. It’s obvious only if you already know it’s there. Otherwise it’s a death trap.

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        4 months ago

        I thought so too. Slightly less obvious for the driver side. See my other comment about the back seat though.

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          4 months ago

          Same thing in front of the window buttons? Still obvious enough.

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            On that side it isn’t obvious at all. It blend in with the window buttons and looks like it is just a plastic panel. A design flourish or convenience, not a functional lever.

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            Yeah… Some people really are not observant and car manufacturers need to cater to those people as well.