That Damn Umbilical Cord!

That'll teach him to give the Prius a bad review. Or as we say in KY, That'll learn 'em.

 

Perhaps the AW person should read the Quick Start Guide.

 

That's very amusing. Heck, I've certainly done dumb things like this. Granted, when I do dumb things, it doesn't cause negative publicity on the web for an up-and-coming brand.

 

HAHAHA, he totally deserve that, at least Prius doesn't have problem with letting go!

 

Rotted deck, slab cracked all to hell, expensive car has no room in the garage ... or is it (s)he could'nt afford to wire the garage ... or the main service can't handle it. How do you spell priorities askew.
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I love the Contra (Konami) code suggestion! up up down down left right left right B A! My hands started going through the motions while reading it. Muscle memory! Hahaha

 

It's a reviewer Hill, and they likely didn't read the manual. Heck, I had some trouble starting up my Prius the first couple times. The Quick card probably needs to have been taped to the steering wheel. Do current Prii still come with a handful of the cards?

 

well....bless his heart

 

It's either A, the plug welded itself to the socket, of more probable B, a mechanical misalignment, or safety interlock that is preventing the extraction of the plug.
Being mechanically minded might help here, "It goes in, it must come out" Thuds First Law

 

You missed my point entirely. Imagine a Bugatti Veyron left overnight at a trailer park. Because that's where the reviewer lives? I've lived on the skids in my day. Nothing wrong with it. I'm just saying - From the marketing perspective - Tesla's image is such that they certainly wouldn't want to see their branding associated with the likes of me ... or any others with our cracked slabs.
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Love that comment:
You must have the key in your pocket (or hand or immediate vicinity) to unplug the charger. It will be comical to learn that this was why Rory could not get it disconnected....

 

When Revolution happens, all that tech will be worthless!





What a dumb show, but found it funny they turned a Prius into a planter. Now Thats a green car!

 

Then your point wasn't clear. The post sounded like you were criticizing someone for blowing money on an expensive car while having a crappy house. How else was "priorities askew" supposed to be taken?

 

My point wasn't clear. Whoops - sorry. Thinking faster than typing. Tied 2 thoughts together. Priorities askew related to high priced Tesla at a 'meager' home - whether it's a reviewer's home or the owners home or a renters. GM holds it as BAD marketing value when their brand new Caddy Escalade is parked at a trash filled front yard in Compton. Same with Rolex. Same with Tesla. You can be sure the marketing gurus of high end products like these go to great lengths to get you & I to believe their products are 'special' . Conversely, high end marketing/retailers are gauled no end - at the thought of seeing their products 'in-the-hood'. It kills the perceived value. It takes away from the perceived imagery. The 'priorities askew' are not just the home owner - or reviewer clicking pictures at their house but Tesla's prioritys askew also. Tesla, as a high end retailer/manufacturer/marketer has an obligation to its own branding to not allow its own image to be lowered. That is a Tesla priority... or it ought to be. Tesla maintains its image priority by not building a product known to catch fire - and they maintain their image by controlling how & where their product gets reviewed. Tesla dropped the ball. Priorities askew. Out of whack. The goal of the ad man of 6 figure autos creates a belief in a life style. I don't buy into it but I understand it. Our business has to do a lot of BS marketing. I saw that picture of that car in the driveway and it was just wrong - according to all that which is good marketing.

SGH-I717R ? 2

 

I do understand a high end brand not wanting to be seen in low class environs. On a whole, car mags don't photograph such cars in those situations. It might even be in the agreement not too. So I don't fault Tesla for handing a car off to a reviewer with a less than perfect driveway. The reviewer isn't going to write about that huge crack.

Tesla may be irked over the photo, but it isn't as bad as the plug not disconnecting in terms of publicity. For their case, I hope it is user error.