Primarily I just dip into the UK and Ireland section of this forum, but I was reading through some of the other TMC forums over the weekend and I was struck by the number of threads regarding build quality/paint issues/quality control problems started by USA forum members. Admittedly most of these were older topics (suggesting teething issues), but many of them were fairly recent. I've not seen anywhere near as many stories of issues within the UK section of the forum.
Is it that the USA built Teslas are not as good as the Shanghai built cars?
Is it that the law of averages dictates the country with the higher sales numbers will experience more issues with the product?
Or is it that UK owners have a higher tolerance and are willing to accept the odd issue here and there?
There were a few threads regarding mismatched paint (mainly on white cars) on American built cars (some of the photos showed some terrible matches!) though it was the first time I'd read of such issues - I don't think I've heard of this issue coming out of Shanghai - or maybe I've not read enough of the threads here!
Is it that the USA built Teslas are not as good as the Shanghai built cars?
Is it that the law of averages dictates the country with the higher sales numbers will experience more issues with the product?
Or is it that UK owners have a higher tolerance and are willing to accept the odd issue here and there?
There were a few threads regarding mismatched paint (mainly on white cars) on American built cars (some of the photos showed some terrible matches!) though it was the first time I'd read of such issues - I don't think I've heard of this issue coming out of Shanghai - or maybe I've not read enough of the threads here!