Good information, but it turned into a horror show at around the 27 minute and 40 seconds mark... I'm not going to lie... I almost cried
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Hi.
I am a Norwegian that have reserved aModel S. So I have not yet seen any of these live.
However, in this video I see a possibleconcern. If you see 29.3 into the video, you can see some very poorlyexecuted welds. I hope this is just due to this car only beingassembled for this demonstration.
Is there any way to see these weldswithout doing what they do on this video? If so have onyone checkedon your own cars if these welds are better?
In the case that these can not in anyway be seen, have any of you removed some panels or orther items sothat you have seen welds which are normally not visible? Do the weldlook like good quality welds?
The main reason for concern iscorrosion, however I guess nobody has had their cars long enough tonotice if that will ever be an issue. Unfortunately, where I livethere is a lot of salt on the loads.
The overall quality was also somethingI was thinking of when I saw the weld. From what I have read on theNorwegian forum there are different opinions regarding that.
Hi.
I am a Norwegian that have reserved aModel S. So I have not yet seen any of these live.
However, in this video I see a possibleconcern. If you see 29.3 into the video, you can see some very poorlyexecuted welds. I hope this is just due to this car only beingassembled for this demonstration.
Is there any way to see these weldswithout doing what they do on this video? If so have onyone checkedon your own cars if these welds are better?
In the case that these can not in anyway be seen, have any of you removed some panels or orther items sothat you have seen welds which are normally not visible? Do the weldlook like good quality welds?
The main reason for concern iscorrosion, however I guess nobody has had their cars long enough tonotice if that will ever be an issue. Unfortunately, where I livethere is a lot of salt on the loads.
The overall quality was also somethingI was thinking of when I saw the weld. From what I have read on theNorwegian forum there are different opinions regarding that.
I wouldn't worry about corrosion as a) those are painted over, b) the car is alumin(i)um.
I would imagine most if not all cars will have similar welding when it isn't on display, there is no need to smooth out welds that cannot be seen in normal situations.
I might be a little paranoid when it comes to this, since I am working as a structural engineer for the offshore industry. However, I am used to also aluminum welds being better. If the surface treatment is very good it might not be a problem.
However, automatic welds are often better, depending on how the robots are programmed. How are the more visible welds looking?
This was probably a very, very early preproduction car. One built while they were still assembling the cars by hand before they had all of the robots programmed.
I haven't noticed any issues in the visible welds on my car. Search for the "frunk revealed" thread and you can find several pictures of the frunk and rear end on production cars disassembled. I'd recommend taking a look at the welds revealed there.