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Read this headline and thought, “Another?!” Lol damn.
Did they let their steering wheel subscription lapse? >

Tesla CS: We see that you did not check the "Steering Wheel Attaching Hardware" option >

A steering wheel that doesn't fly off while you're driving, now that Is a good suggestion >

I'd prefer a car with no room for mother in laws >

The difference between in laws and outlaws is that outlaws are wanted. >

Noice! >

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. >

I remember a time not long ago when they were "the safest cars you could buy" according to most. Man, did time prove that wrong. >

That's the irony of it all. If you remove all the Tesla from it and drive it like a 2000s 4 door it is basically a Volvo and super safe. All the Tesla things make it crash prone. >

The irony being is that Volvo's driver assistance tech is probably just as good or better than Tesla's at this point. Volvo is beating Tesla at all the "Tesla things" now, too. >

I'm not sure it's ironic that the manufacturer who has prioritized safety for a long time (Volvo) is still pretty good at safety. >

No, but it is a little ironic that the company that prioritized self-driving is now average (at best) at self-driving. It's also especially ironic, because Tesla keeps removing key sensors - LIDAR, RADAR - that every other car company and every robotics researcher agrees is currently necessary to perform self-driving calculations reliably.
Its like Tesla keeps deliberately making the problem more & more difficult for themselves, while also betting their entire future on being the first ones to completely solve the problem (lv4/lv5 automation). >

Honestly, it's kinda par for the course, for Tesla. From the start they've been trying to do things differently from traditional automakers. They've been learning the hard way where they can and can't do that.
Over promising, while delivering late and over budget, has kinda been their thing since the early days. When I first read up on Tesla, it was the Model X that kept getting delayed with numerous problems, just like the 2020 roadster, Cybertruck, semi truck, and autopilot have been in recent years. I'm unsurprised.
If anything, it's surprising that a silicon valley company has even been able to survive this well, in the the automotive industry. The temperaments needed are very different, for the two industries. Silicon Valley's favorite strategy of "move fast and break things" was never going to make them a leader in safety.