there was a wife of a billionaire who drowned by accidentally driving a tesla into a pond on her estate, because of the touchscreen gearshifting problem. I’ll try and look up a source of anyone wants it
Unrelated, but my elderly uncle drove a minivan with an automatic transmission that he drove like it was a manual. He would start from every stop by putting the shifter into “1” and then “2” and then “D” and then back to “N” when he stopped. He was a former Navy pilot (A-1 Skyraiders) and I guess he just couldn’t accept the loss of control that goes with an automatic. It doesn’t seem like this could possibly have been good for the transmission, but I dunno.
On some Teslas, even the gear selection is done through the touchscreen. Fucking awful design.
there was a wife of a billionaire who drowned by accidentally driving a tesla into a pond on her estate, because of the touchscreen gearshifting problem. I’ll try and look up a source of anyone wants it
Was that Mitch McConnell 's sister in law?
No. Way.
How is that legal?
Oh wait, it’s not a manual of course…
It’s a modern EV… It doesn’t even have a transmission.
All you’re picking is Park, Drive, Neutral, or Reverse.
Yeah, you aren’t changing gears while driving, you’re switching between forward and backward, so you’re already stationary.
Just like on my own EV car with a knob for backwards and forwards (and neutral) 😆 I was tired when posting that comment lol
Unrelated, but my elderly uncle drove a minivan with an automatic transmission that he drove like it was a manual. He would start from every stop by putting the shifter into “1” and then “2” and then “D” and then back to “N” when he stopped. He was a former Navy pilot (A-1 Skyraiders) and I guess he just couldn’t accept the loss of control that goes with an automatic. It doesn’t seem like this could possibly have been good for the transmission, but I dunno.