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Tesla door handles look like out of an alien spacecraft

Discussion in 'Tesla' started by Chuck., May 17, 2013.

  1. Chuck.

    Chuck. Former Honda Enzyte Driver

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    I saw a Tesla Model S and wish I had my camera.

    While this YouTube is good, you don't see the LEDs illuminating it that makes me think of a flying saucer landing in Roswell with the door opening, lights, etc.



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    #1 Chuck., May 17, 2013
  2. The Electric Me

    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    Great.....

    So now in 20 years I can be the old guy that sit's around saying...

    "In my day, door handles just were attached to the sides of vehicles. They didn't retract! We just reached out and grabbed em' because they were alway there!"....

    I have to admit though....that's pretty cool....
     
    #2 The Electric Me, May 17, 2013
  3. Kit Shah

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    Wow. That's freaking beautiful. I wonder if these will ever fail and you won't be able to climb into your Model S...
     
    #3 Kit Shah, May 19, 2013
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    I know according to a recent Consumer Reports YouTube post, they DO in fact fail...


    if you were curious and all, that's the YouTube link...
     
    #4 Captain Lucian Chiroptera, Aug 15, 2014
  5. hill

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    I like the handles on the "custom" door version . . . one of a kind;

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    I guess if you can afford the car . . . . you can afford to customize it ~
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    #5 hill, Mar 19, 2015
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    what if you need to pull someone out of a wreck?
     
    #6 bisco, Mar 19, 2015
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    It's a Tesla.
    If a drunk doing 100mph+, and take out a cement divider and tree, and still run away from the scene, I don't think pulling someone out is a likely scenerio to happen.
     
    #7 Trollbait, Mar 20, 2015
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