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[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Lol Dutch lease drivers be like

They'll fix it sometime

[-] lemmy_st3v3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Not just that. I mean a 50k+ car that needs ducttape to hold the hood down! Wtf!? 🤣

[-] Cralder@feddit.nu 37 points 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.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

A permanent solution until it gets replaced 😹

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Its temporary, unless it works.

[-] stevehobbes@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] float@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] reinar@distress.digital 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Cralder@feddit.nu 0 points 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

[-] Ravi@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago
[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fuckin hell that was a long lunch. Was it in France?

[-] RushingSquirrel@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

That's a 100k car. It's an S

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's a 50k car disguised as a 100k car

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] poopkins@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Either are okay, because the history is actually linen tape ("doek" tape, from Dutch) and it was branded as both when Anglicized.

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[-] CreateProblems@corndog.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Dorgel@feddit.de 35 points 1 year ago
[-] CreateProblems@corndog.social 25 points 1 year ago

I know just what you're sayin'...

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 23 points 1 year ago
[-] Flashback956@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago

Don't tell me 'cause it hurts

[-] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 30 points 1 year ago

What's the worst that could happen? The bonnet pops up and covers the entire windshield while you're on the highway?

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yes. Could you imagine that happening at highway speed?

[-] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

It'd be even weirder if it happened while parked

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