• Cralder@feddit.nu
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        1 year ago

        I mean I like bashing on Tesla as much as the next guy, but any car can end up like this regardless of price. They probably bumped into something that broke the locking mechanism and this is probably just a temporary solution until they get it replaced.

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          1 year ago

          Breaking the locking mechanism while doing no damage to the plastic fender is an amazing feat.

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            1 year ago

            Also, there’s usually a 2nd safety mechanism that prevents it from popping up.

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          how do you bump it into something enough to break the latch without messing up bumper, number plate and bonnet? all of it looks intact

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            1 year ago

            It was just an example. There are a thousand other ways to break the latch without messing up the rest of the car

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        Yeah buddy of mine mended his lease car with duct tape. He rear-ended someone at a roundabout at 30 km/h. Couldn’t get it fixed quickly, had to wait 3 months for the garage.

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        Despite the insistence of a couple generations of shadetree mechanics and even its own manufacturers, the proper nomenclature for the material in question is “duck” tape, not “duct” tape. It was never intended for, and performs very poorly at the task of sealing ducts.

        “Duck” is the name of a type of densely woven cotton cloth, treated with wax. The waterproof nature of this cloth is where the name comes from, as duck feathers famously repel water.

        The original duck tape was made by applying a pressure sensitive adhesive to strips of duck cloth. Modern variants still use a fabric matrix for strength, but have added a layer of plastic to provide water resistance.

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          TIL!

          That said, reading the Wikipedia article, there very much were tapes made for repairing ducts.

          It was commonly used in construction to wrap air ducts.[20] Following this application, the name “duct tape” came into use in the 1950s, along with tape products that were colored silvery gray like tin ductwork. Specialized heat- and cold-resistant tapes were developed for heating and air-conditioning ducts. By 1960 a St. Louis, Missouri, HVAC company, Albert Arno, Inc., trademarked the name “Ductape” for their “flame-resistant” duct tape, capable of holding together at 350–400 °F (177–204 °C).[21]

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape