Amazing, the Model 3 tells you if you are trying to close the console lid too hard.
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Is this the one that if you close it too hard it opens back up?
Then that was meant for me.Bingo.
I'm really fascinated by the logic behind this message. There must be some sensor that notices you're slamming the door. But the reason people close it too hard is because it's hard to close, and the natural response is to close it harder, which doesn't work. So they added a sensor and software? Wouldn't it have been better to change the mechanism so it would stay closed when closed forcefully? It's been a long time since I did an FMEA, but I feel like the result should have been "prevent the failure mode" rather than "detect and respond"
Tesla is more of a tech company than auto
^^This^^
You can only go so far in making things fool-proof because fools are so ingenious. From a software perspective .. there is always someone out there that will do/use something in a way that the developers never even imagined was possible, in that case all you can do is give them an error message that says "Stop it".
It’s realIs this a April fool joke? I have never seen that message! When I first took delivery I tried to close that thing like 5 or 6 times but it kept popping back up. Finally I realized it needs a very very soft touch. That error message would have helped... is there really a message or I am being punked?
Maybe it is the engineer in me, but if you have to program a software message to tell someone they are closing something incorrectly, maybe it should be designed to close more easily instead?
The software engineer in me is saying that once again we need to create a software patch to fix a hardware problem.
What if, mechanically, that's simply not an option?Maybe it is the engineer in me, but if you have to program a software message to tell someone they are closing something incorrectly, maybe it should be designed to close more easily instead?
Yep. There are other little interesting messages you can get, but me no spoiler.