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New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - Tiangou - 07-06-2023
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/the-reacher-is-teslas-solution-to-left-hand-drive-in-the-uk
https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-gave-uk-owners-this-clawed-backscratcher-instead-of-right-hand-drive
https://electrek.co/2023/06/30/tesla-gives-new-owners-uk-grabbing-stick-after-forcing-left-hand-drive/
Tesla gives new owners in the UK a grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
Tesla has started to deliver new Model S and Model X vehicles in the UK with a grabbing stick after they forced buyers to get left-hand-drive vehicles.
Last month, we were surprised to see Tesla announce that they stopped producing new Model S and Model X vehicles in right-hand-drive configurations.
The automaker decided to stop selling Model S and Model X vehicles altogether in some smaller left-hand-drive markets, like Australia, Singapore, and Thailand, and started offering right-hand-drive vehicles in bigger markets, like in the UK.
This upset many buyers who saw their orders canceled. Some of them had been waiting for years since the Model S and Model X refresh was announced to get the new vehicles. They had been waiting to get the latest Plaid top-performance Tesla vehicles.
Now Tesla buyers in the UK who decided to go through with their purchases despite the change to left-hand-drive found that it comes with a gift called “The Reacher”...
Thought it was a joke, but it's been widely reported.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - AllGold - 07-06-2023
Yikes.
I think it's weird that the world never standardized on one side or the other.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - cbelt3 - 07-06-2023
AllGold wrote:Don’t get me started on Metric…
Yikes.
I think it's weird that the world never standardized on one side or the other.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - Sam3 - 07-06-2023
cbelt3 wrote:Don’t get me started on Metric…
[quote=AllGold]
Yikes.
I think it's weird that the world never standardized on one side or the other.
Well... the world did standardize on metric, it was just one kind-of big country that decided it was too special to do that.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - ztirffritz - 07-06-2023
Every time a Brit or an Aussie says, "You should use metric" I say "And you should drive on the correct side of the road."
But they're right, we should use metric.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - Rolando - 07-06-2023
AllGold wrote:
Yikes.
I think it's weird that the world never standardized on one side or the other.
It did, except for UK & Japan and a few smaller markets.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - JoeH - 07-06-2023
Sam3 wrote:Don’t get me started on Metric…
[quote=cbelt3]
[quote=AllGold]
Yikes.
I think it's weird that the world never standardized on one side or the other.
Well... the world did standardize on metric, it was just one kind-of big country that decided it was too special to do that.
And the US was on the path towards metrification until one certain president cancelled that.
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - RAMd®d - 07-06-2023
Whitworth for the win!
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - DeusxMac - 07-06-2023
For the record, the UK is NOT guilt-free. They still use miles per hour for highway speed limits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_speed_limits_in_the_United_Kingdom
Re: New Tesla accessory, probably not fake... - mattkime - 07-06-2023
DeusxMac wrote:
For the record, the UK is NOT guilt-free. They still use miles per hour for highway speed limits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_speed_limits_in_the_United_Kingdom
Also, they measure beer in pints, not liters.