dspp wrote:A colleague has one of these. His are white if I recall correctly. Yeah, they clean up good. I'd probably choose them myself* I could buy a Model 3 estate (aka station wagon for the USians around here) if they were a) available and b) affordable and c) on-street slow-charging were available, but I digress.
Did you notice that this chap had a seat replaced at 25,000 miles due to "some stitching issues".There is the problem I was hinting at. (see my #171595 Postby dspp » October 5th, 2018, 9:14 am). Occasionally I know what I am talking about
regards, dspp
P.S. Who actually made the particular seat in question ? Seats are hard for everybody.
* the aircon in Summer when parked issue. Not because I want to look like a pimp on vacation (though they tend to prefer the two-tone look).
The article demonstrates many of the issues with social media and informations reliability.
We don't know whether these were Tesla made or not.
What were they made from? At other times I have heard folk say the seats in the model S and X are leather but those in the 3 are not. But this video suggests that the seats in his car which I believe is an S are synthetic and treated with some kind of stay clean coating.
We also don't know how common the stitching issue problems that led to a replacement of his rear seats are.
Lots of questions but the quoted production numbers are large and the number of "Tesla are poor quality" articles is not that great given the number of cars Tesla is selling, but is this because folk love Tesla and won't complain or are the cars well made? One always sees these "iPhones are rubbish" articles after a new iPhone is launched, things like antenna gate, but folk keep buying iPhones.
I try and look at the big picture and the general mood music of the social media along with what ever facts are clear such as production numbers.
If one takes out the Musk tweet storms it looks to me that Tesla are doing well for such a young company, outselling BMW in the US is to me a significant data point.
If one looks at the Tesla share price it has lost and more all the recovery after the SEC settlement. This however in a very weak market for tech with last nights revelation that Google+ had been hacked and although the company knew they said nothing for years; similar issues at Facebook. Moreover many funds have made a lot of money in tech this year and so that natural tendency is to grab profits and wait to see if re-entries at lower prices look sensible.
As Musk mentioned in one of his conferences calls if you can't handle volatility stay away from Tesla stock and this applies to many of their tech cousins. They are currently predominantly traders stock with lots of the profit giving movement that traders seek. But if Tesla continue to execute there is likely imho much higher prices ahead for the stock. Most people given what I read in the social media have no idea how to trade and no idea how to avoid being influenced by the media. These kinds of folk are likely to sell low and buy high and are probably best staying away from volatile stuff like Tesla or if they feel a great need to have positions sized such that if they go to zero it is not crippling. The effort and discipline needed to learn to trade is likely too much for most folk to handle.
Regards,
