comment: >
  
  Funny how there aren't other car makers with mad employees...
  And aren't his production lines as high tech and robotic as possible?  It's not like he's using 30 year old plants
context: A steering wheel that doesn't fly off while you're driving, now that Is a good suggestion >
  
  A GREAT steering wheel, that doesn't whiff outta the window while i'm driving! >
  
  Too small!
  So when you get in there you're like "if the steering wheel fly off, I'm toast" >
  
  I think that is a good idea and I stand by it *chest pat* >
  
  NO. ROOM. FOR. MOTHER. IN. LAAAW! >
  
  That's not helpful >
  
  i’m doing the best at this. >
  
  STINKY >
  
  Maybe Jesus took it >
  
  That bastard! >
  
  Technically correct. >
  
  Did they let their steering wheel subscription lapse? >
  
  Tesla CS: We see that you did not check the "Steering Wheel Attaching Hardware" option >
  
  YOU FLINCHED! >
  
  NOW YOU HAVE TO MARRY YOUR MOTHER IN LAW >
  
  I actually do love my mother in law. >
  
  Oh my god. He admit it! >
  
  a bad steering wheel that WHIFF off while I driving >
  
  Stinky! >
  
  Read this headline and thought, “Another?!” Lol damn. >
  
  Another 8 more times and they will catch up to Ford. >
  
  I’m going out on a limb, but I’m guessing Ford sells more than 5 times as many cars as Teslas >
  
  True. 1.2 million recalled by Ford for the steering wheel falling off vs 252k Model Y's. 
  Wonder how long before Tesla does a recall. >
  
  When it becomes less expensive than not recalling them, and not a cent sooner. >
  
  I am Jack’s total lack of surprise. >
  
  I haven't been fucked like that since grade school! >
  
  IIRC the original line was "I want to have your abortion" and they were made to change it. >
  
  They weren't made to change it; one of the producers wasn't comfortable with it and kept petitioning director (and notorious control freak) David Fincher to change it, even after it tested well. Fincher finally agreed on the condition that the replacement could not be cut, then wrote a line that the producer was even less comfortable with. >
  
  Good thing it had a full self-driving autopilot!
  /s >
  
  "Elon, take the wheel". >
  
  That should be a shirt lol >
  
  It would probably be worn by Elon fanboys though >
  
  Probably >
  
  Definitely >
  
  A. This Tesla that was involved in the incident in Woodbridge this week...
  B. Yeah, the one the wheel fell off?
  A. Yeah.
  B. That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.
  A. Well, how is that untypical?
  B. Well, there are a lot of these Teslas driving all over the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don't want people thinking that Teslas aren't safe.
  A. Was this Tesla safe?
  B. Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
  A. The ones that are safe?
  B. Yeah, the ones the wheel doesn't fall off.
  A. Well, if this wasn't safe, why was it delivered to a customer?
  B. Well, I'm not saying it wasn't safe. It's just not maybe as safe as some of the other ones.
  A. Why?
  B. Well, some of them are built so the wheel doesn't fall off at all. >
  
  How long did they have to wait to have it towed out of the environment? >
  
  It's not in an environment,  it's beyond the environment >
  
  Just air, asphalt, and birds. >
  
  And steering wheels that fell off >
  
  And the 3 liters of blood that was spilled, but that's all. There's nothing there. Can you call me a cab by the way? >
  
  Why? Didnt you arrive with the ministers car? >
  
  Teslas are the worst fit and finish vehicles you can buy in the US. There is a whole industry built around fixing everything from panel gaps to missing hardware. >
  
  Tesla isn't a car company, it's a tech company. So the "vehicle" part of the vehicle is forever doomed to be an afterthought. >
  
  And the tech is equally shitty. lidar > vision. >
  
  The best would be a combination of the two >
  
  Musk has dictated vision only meaning they will never have real autopilot. Every other manufacturer is using vision lidar, and radar all together. >
  
  Yes obviously it’s impossible to drive a car using only two visual input devices. No cognitive system could ever accomplish such a task. >
  
  With a near 360* fob thanks to a gimbal and a highly developed extremely efficient computer, that’s good at creative thinking, pattern recognition, contextual thinking and interpretation like… idk… a human brain, it sure is. >
  
  That’s the joke. >
  
  Pretty sure that's not what they meant when they said Jesus take the wheel >
  
  Tesla fanboys: "Tesla is the Apple of EV."  
  Tesla haters: "Tesla is the Apple of EV." >
  
  Tesla isn't the Apple of EV, it's the Razer of EV >
  
  Razer is the Apple of peripherals and Windows laptops... >
  
  They make laptops too. >
  
  Hands freeeeeeeeeee >
  
  “There is just a lot of super talented hardworking people in China who 
  strongly believe in manufacturing,” the billionaire said. “They won’t 
  just be burning the midnight oil, they will be burning the 3am oil, they
   won’t even leave the factory type of thing, whereas in America people 
  are trying to avoid going to work at all.”
  This is what happens when workers are worked nearly to death. >
  
  I’m so glad I didn’t buy a Tesla when I was checking out Model 3’s in 2019.
  My friend has a $100k Model S and it has gaps in the panels, occasionally water leaks in, and the interior is what you’d expect from an upgraded Camry.
  Anybody who thinks that is a luxury vehicle has never been in a modern luxury vehicle. >
  
  My Mazda is more luxurious than a Tesla... >
  
  Until you drive it. Then you realize there's no comparison to an electric drivetrain and low center of gravity that EVs offer. >
  
  I mean other automakers have electric cars, it has nothing to do with whether a car is luxurious or not. >
  
  What's an electric car in the same price range as a Tesla with similar performance, range, and better interior?
  What I'm saying is, none of those luxury features matter once you start to drive it. The driving experience is just so much better, it dwarfs all other factors in my opinion. Who cares for ventilated seats when you have the instant torque of an electric motor quietly working without obnoxious fumes?
  EDIT:  To me more buttons does not equate to a better interior. Responsiveness, intuitiveness, functionality, comfort, ergonomics, is what makes a good interior. Tesla has this nailed. >
  
  Polestar 2.
  Kia GT6.
  Hyundai Ioniq 5 (if you can get over the bullshit dealer markups, like KIA).
  Volkswagen ID4 (SUV/MPV now, sedan next year).
  etc.
  Model S equivalent? Sure. Lucid, but they’re just getting started. Porsche Taycan, Mercedes EQS (although I would avoid it like a plague if you hate gimmick dashboard screens). BMW iX (which has a better more granular throttle response than even most high end EVs due to its motors). Etc. Many of them emphasize different aspects people like in driving other than ooga booga 0-60 in 2.5 seconds.
  If you are willing for a car with less battery capacity because you don’t need the range then theres the Chevy Bolt with 60kW/h and 200 miles and actually a good bang for your buck.
  To add: the safety perception of a Tesla is purely from inherent format of having the battery on the lowest flattest part of the car, which is not specific to a Tesla. Yes they do can do good engineering in terms of simplification sure.
  People who talk like you are the kind of people who only know that one thing thus make an entire gloss-over statement based on it.
  
  “and better interior”
  
  Oh you sweet sweet summer child. >
  
  These are built to rigorous roadside standards. For starters, the wheel's not supposed to fall off. >
  
  We just don’t want people thinking that Teslas aren’t safe. >
  
  Was this tesla safe? >
  
  Well obviously not because the steering wheel fell off >
  
  Mr. Musk, what can be done to protect the environment in cases like this? >
  
  Well, the Tesla was towed out of the environment. >
  
  Who was then charged 103.96 for the repair by the service center. Despite this literally being a manufacturer defect. The owner was also then informed that their is no return policy. All of this on a car under a month old. >
  
  
  The owner was also then informed that their is no return policy
  
  Isn't that pretty typical with cars though? >
  
  Depends on the reason for the return. If the car has a problem that can not be fixed, you can sometimes get a new vehicle instead. 
  My mom once bought a new Subaru and it had problems with the sun roof leaking. She visited dealerships for 2 months trying to get it fixed, but since nothing would work they just gave her something else. Not sure how often that happens though. >
  
  If you are ever interested in the exact details read up on the "lemon law" for your state/country. The general but is that if a vehicle has a persistent problem that cannot be fixed and is not normal for that vehicle, then the manufacturer is obligated to exchange the vehicle. Your exact luck proving the problem and getting the manufacturer to cooperate will vary though.
  You also have various standard parts warranties for new vehicles. >
  
  Glad to see the entire r/ithinkyoushouldleave sub showed up. >
  
  They didn't have to do the oral >
  
  Might fuck this whole thing up. >
  
  Doesn’t Tesla have airbags? I’ve removed a few steering wheels, there are specific procedures and bolts that must be removed so the airbag does not deploy. WTF >
  
  It does have airbags within the steering wheel, however it's easy to remove the steering wheel without triggering the airbag. >
  
  obviously. >
  
  Retweet to get banned! >
  
  Too small >
  
  I bet you love your mother-in-law >
  
  Removable like Elons hair..... >
  
  Elon: "Looking into it" >
  
  I had a steering wheel come off on car I was given to fix.
  Correct response is to take foot off gas, center steering wheel on column, and jiggle left-right until steering wheel registers on column and sets into place. Cautiously drive back to shop while firmly pressing down on steering wheel. The fix was to add a lock washer, Loctite 242, and torque properly on reinstall.
  Loose steering wheel nuts should be apparent to anyone paying attention. The wheel wiggles when you brace on it climbing out. >
  
  My favourite thing about Elon Musk stans is that something like this will happen and they'll all be in the Twitter replies insisting that having your steering wheel fall off is just one of those things that happens all the time with new cars. >
  
  That’s not supposed to happen. >
  
  I guess it wanted to drive itself >
  
  Damn, Tesla are REALLY pushing their auto-pilot onto their owners, despite knowing full well the system is dangerously flawed. >
  
  Obviously if you turn left too much, then the wheel will unscrew.  Just turn right enough times to even it out. >
  
  Elon Musk is tech Donald Trump. Can’t wait until he has company after company of his going bankrupt. >
  
  Tesla made $12.6 billion in profit in 2022 (up from $5.5 billion in 2021) - I don't think they are going to be going bankrupt anytime soon lol >
  
  they lost half their stock value in the last 2 quarters of last year. dropped from 400b+ to 130b give or take.... that's a pretty huge signal and even they don't really have a competitive advantage anymore. >
  
  The stock price has no effect on their bottom line and if you've been paying attention you'd realize Tesla stock is up ~60-70% in the last month 😬
  No competitive advantage is also laughable. They have close to 30% automotive gross margin and their still scaling up - other companies are either barely making any margin or taking losses while they scale up their EV production >
  
  Muskrats claim this is an anti musk conspiracy. Lmao. >
  
  Not clear that this is proof, just a possibility. >
  
  Reads like an apologist trying to defend Tesla. >
  
  Agreed.  I was just trying to be polite about it. >
  
  I work at a company that manufactures major parts for  Tesla cars. We constantly have to relax our criteria due to the company sending the raw materials doing that, but more extreme, and due to the need to meet Tesla's demand. Also, Tesla does not pay much for the parts; they pay 1/8th of what they charge customers. >
  
  A company run by a boss with "just get it done" attitude also has quality control issues. Weird. >
  
  Wouldn't you assume a car manufacturer would have figured this out after all these decades? Selling us on the safety of the self-driving feature doesn't bode well if they can't manage the basic mechanics of a vehicle. >
  
  Is there any other car brand that has this problem?  I sure haven't heard of any >
  
  That's the point. >
  
  Why do you need it, it's self driving anyway! /s >
  
  They can steer with the touch screen, right? >
  
  From these articles can you imagine how many Tesla drivers are testing their steering wheel on the daily? I imagine we’re going to be seeing more of this. >
  
  Elon, take the wheeeel, take it from my hands!
  Cause this song’s now stuck in your head >
  
  It's funny seeing how Teslas are turning into shitty beater cars. >
  
  It has self drive... right? :padme meme: >
  
  To fix the steering wheel falling off, they patched it with self driving options. Turns out it became a feature...a tale as old as time.
  But seriously imagine paying lots of money for a nice car and have your steering wheel fall off. That would make you wonder about your life choices. >
  
  Who did they bribe to get these vehicles approved for production?
  I feel the bare minimum requirement for a vehicle is that the fucking steering wheel stays attached and operational at all times.
  I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY ARE ABLE TO CLAIM AND MARKET A “SELF-DRIVING” VEHICLE. >
  
  I find their marketing irresponsible, as my understanding of the "autopilot" is that it mostly works like a slightly more advanced cruise control with kinda buggy "vision" >
  
  Same with the “self-parking cars” that are actually using parking assistance. 
  Way too many videos of people just letting their car smash into objects/people/vehicles because they don’t keep their feet on the brakes and pay attention. 
  Misleading labels/titles/marketing shouldn’t be allowed. >
  
  No. Good. Car. Ideas. >
  
  Waiting for people to say that steering wheels fall off of ICE cars all the time. >
  
  My friends jaguar happened to him 2x they made that car a lemon >
  
  This sentence makes no sense to me. >
  
  The airbag would have deployed if this occurred while driving. Stocks to hot. >
  
  that's not very typical I'd like to make that point >
  
  NOW ELON HAS TO MARRY HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW! >
  
  Well the wheel’s not supposed to fall off, for a start. >
  
  Teslas are garbage
  American big 3 are about to surpass Tesla in tech and production within the next 24 months. 
  Chevy is already moving full steam ahead for 2024 models . >
  
  You can think whatever you want about Tesla cars, but thinking that any legacy automaker will just magically switch to electric cars and corner the market is just plain wrong. 
  In reality their sales are slipping faster and faster. while Tesla's is accelerating. The big three will be happy to stay solvent... >
  
  It's already happened.  2024 models come out late summer or early fall of this year. 
  Your fan boy love doesn't equate to facts and what's actually happening in the real world outside of reddit.
  Tesla is dying and 2024 into 2025 will be it's death via Detroit, Michigan baby!
  Bye bye >
  
  
  Your fan boy love
  
  How do you expect to have a normal conversation while writing things like this? >
  
  When a tech company makes cars. >
  
  This doesn't seem Oniony. >
  
  STINKY!!!! >
  
  Elon Musk has NO good car ideas! Plus he probably LOVES his mother-in-law. >
  
  Lmfao. I can’t believe this shit. >
  
  Oh yeah, well, that's just one side of the story! Let's hear from the Tesla PR department!!!
  Oh... you say they don't have one. Awkward... >
  
  Kind of symbolic for Elon and his handling of Twitter.  He don't know which way to turn. >
  
  Nah, Elon and Twitter made a far right turn. >
  
  Doesn't surprise me.
  The early models were fun to drive and felt great on the road. I test drove a newer model last year and it felt like a playschool foot pedal car for toddlers. 
  It also smelled like the garbage brand of crayons instead of Crayola. >
  
  The unpaid intern that put that steering wheel on is so fired. >
  
  Glad to know I'm not the only one whose brain immediately went to I think you should leave >
  
  luckily its self driving… >
  
  As a person who has hated everything about Teslas for years (and been constantly laughed at).... The last few months have been my favorite time to be alive. >
  
  STINKY! >
  
  that's some really pathetic engineering
  do the people downvoting disagree? >
  
  elon: oh well.
  Customer: you owe me money!
  elon: Hahaha, right. Read your subscription.
  Sub: Steering Column is Free until driven. To keep the Steering wheel, please subscribe to You'readumbass dot com, and realize you still look like an idiot driving it. >
  
  "What do you guys think, where can we cut costs? Maybe we don't bolt the steering wheel on? The car's supposed to be self-driving eventually anyway, not like people will need a steering wheel." >
  
  Tesla offering smart steering wheel package at $29.99/month. >
  
  Seems like a wild accusation, you could say he went flying off the handle >
  
  I was hoping half the comments here would be ITYSL quotes, and I am not disappointed. >
  
  A steering wheel is something that’s been on every car since they were invented.. this isn’t something that should be failing. That’s like saying the tire just popped off.. no, tires are required for this to be called a car. This isn’t rocket science. >
  
  Evidence Tesla is a poorly run company #3168 >
  
  On other cars I've driven, the steering wheels typically don't fall off, I'd like to make a point of that. >
  
  I saw it happen in a dodge once >
  
  Yes but that's not typical >
  
  If the steering wheel go a-flying out the window, I'm toast >
  
  You know, I felt like Teslas may not be so bad after that whole family survived their father driving them off a cliff in one, but now I'm not so sure. >
  
  Tesla tech here: And here I was thinking Elon was the "loose nut behind steering wheel", so I just ignored it. 
  Sorry. Honest mistake. >
  
  I really wish other automakers would have taken advantage of Musk’s offers to license supercharger technology. The supercharger network is the only thing that still makes me want to consider a Tesla for when I buy an electric car maybe 5 years from now. Hopefully the other networks catch up. Because I really, really don’t wanna be forced to buy a Tesla… >
  
  They won’t because one of them terms is that Tesla can also use ALL of their IP. >
  
  Non Tech person here. What does that mean? >
  
  IP isn’t a tech term. It stands for Intellectual Property. >
  
  This shows you just how confident Tesla is in their auto driving functionality >
  
  Let me guess, the logs say it was driver error? /s >
  
  “A steering wheel has never fallen off, obviously having all of these quality control people is a waste of money! Let’s get rid of em!”
  
  Tesla probably
  
  Edit: Elon lovers hate the truth, what a bunch of losers. >
  
  Just wait until you discover all the deadly defects in cars you dont hear about. >
  
  Should’ve gone through more focus groups >
  
  
  It's worth noting that while a strange incident, a steering wheel detaching isn't necessarily a Tesla problem. In fact, Ford recalled 1.3 million vehicles in 2018 for the same risk
  
  I know everybody has Tesla hates owner right now this is a pretty important point to know that manufacturing problems happen to everybody >
  
  Controversial take possibly, but I don't think that's supposed to happen... >
  
  The front fell off? >
  
  $8 >
  
  Tesla trying to talk their way out of this one >
  
  Some Elon Stan downvoted every comment 😂🤣😂 >
  
  Elon Musk is a "Steering wheel absolutist" >
  
  That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point. >
  
  You won’t see this on Twitter for sure. >
  
  Elon is saving money on Tesla screws and fasteners I see >
  
  I mean, a steering wheel in a Tesla is just for decoration anyways. >
  
  Until it accelerates into a pedestrian thinking they’re a highway on ramp. >
  
  Isn't the steering wheel the least used part of a Tesla? >
  
  So this isn't a feature for us to get out of the car easier? 🤔 🤣 >
  
  If I had a nickel for every time a Tesla steering wheel has fallen off while driving I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. >
  
  No problem as there is autopilot, right? >
  
  🎶 Jared Kushner take the wheel🎶 >
  
  So what's a good premium EV? I like the appearance of Tesla a lot but everything about the quality seems shoddy at best >
  
  I believe Polestar is well regarded. >
  
  They didn't write enough code! >
  
  Didn't a guy just get charged for trying to kill his family by driving off a cliff in a Tesla Y. 
  Something smells about that story too. >
  
  This would be a great feature if it only happened when the car was stolen. >
  
  It's a racecar. >
  
  Seriously one day, Elon is gonna fuck around and find out there are some angry Indians in Edison who paid a lot of money for that car and pulling shit like this, I'm just saying.  There's like a good chunk of us buying this car.   It'll stop. >
  
  The front fell off. >
  
  Known car modder who constantly swaps stuff out. The steering spine, even without the column bolt, is easily steerable, and not easy to remove. Another bs post >
  
  You get what you pay for >
  
  So Funny. All front comments. 
  In reality, someone who installs steering wheels in a factory, is Very Mad at Musk.
  Hence, what you see here.