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lunitiks
Cool James & Black Teacher
Candleflame
Active Member
VRM3
Member
The first picture is so very puzzling. The angle of the shot catches the roofline just right as to make it look like an all metal roof. Add to that the missing charge port door, and this picture has me tilting my head slightly to the left.
JeffK
Well-Known Member
Looks like the same shot and some photoshopping.
If anyone gets a chance with a real camera, they can easily get the second picture by panning the camera with the car as it moves and a slower shutter.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
Charge port door probably broke off because of the flimsy single offset hingeThe first picture is so very puzzling. The angle of the shot catches the roofline just right as to make it look like an all metal roof. Add to that the missing charge port door, and this picture has me tilting my head slightly to the left.
melindav
☰ 2018
its the outside (reflector) cover thats missing, not the entire doorCharge port door probably broke off because of the flimsy single offset hinge
Thomas Edison
Active Member
Sure looks like the entire door to me, look at the darker circle in the middle there. Looks like the same location as the port.
Man, bummer that they really didn't "solve" the trunk opening issue, despite Elon's assurances.
alseTrick
Active Member
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
I think they did make the trunk opening as large as it can be in a sedan (still a trunk rather than a hatch). The S is a hatch. The X is a hatch. The Y will be a hatch. The Model 3 is a sedan.
Most formed sheet steel has a fairly low yield strength. I am not buying that they can't get the seam where the trunk meets the C-Pillar flush and aligned at the factory. I have seen it done once. They ought to be able to do that every time.
So when I see that seam misaligned, I think the trunk/deck lid is getting bent slightly during use.
Hoping to get them to bite the bullet and put in a little extra cost to make the trunk lid less fragile.
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
Nothing in that picture is able to prove or disprove anything has changed.
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
Not sure about that, I see darker circle in the middle which would be the charge port.
I'm intertesteed to know how you can determine that from a single photo taken from the side of the car, a photo that doesn't show the trunk opening, and you do not have any dimensional data for the Model 3 trunk opening at the 3/31/2016 reveal nor do you have any for the latest Model 3 RC vehicles.
When I see that I think it was hand built, and hope the release versions will be better. I highly doubt there will be any stress on the sheet metal - all of the stress should be on the hinge.
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