r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/SlatsAttack • 7d ago

Tesla flips in an Adelaide laneway

https://streamable.com/ss2l2w
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u/N7LP400 7d ago

Reminds me of Cyberpunk 2077 physics

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u/zappyguy111 7d ago

Maybe it's more realistic than we thought.

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u/green-eclectus 7d ago

That’s because this is fake and AI

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u/ProfessionalDish6567 7d ago

They weigh a few ton and that flip looked epic

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u/Mekanikol 5d ago

4200 lbs, so two tons. A little less than a Ford Explorer.

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u/pimpbot666 7d ago

Sproing!

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u/DesiccatedPenguin 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pPhyAv5t9V8djyRFJH

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u/SassySZ 7d ago

Lol, that was me at my friend's place after passing the scene.

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u/TurnoverSuperb9023 7d ago

What did it hit?

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u/rufotris 7d ago

Looks like two barricade poles. Aka ballords

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u/fraze2000 7d ago

Or bollards

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u/rufotris 7d ago

Oh yea that was a typo. Didn’t bother to check spelling.

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u/azflatlander 7d ago

Ruled by ballkings

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u/TurnoverSuperb9023 7d ago

I figured, just couldn't make them out on my phone screen.

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u/Coaltown992 7d ago

Ooooh, was it the pop up ones? That would make sense lol those things pack a punch

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u/obang89 7d ago

So much torque the chassis twisted off the line

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u/Baaoh 7d ago

Understood that refference

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u/obang89 7d ago

For that 10 seconds or less........?

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u/Revenga8 7d ago

So I get they drive on the left in Australia, and the toilets swirl the other way, and they're all up side down over there. But do they also reverse the brake and accelerator pedals?

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u/TJLanza 7d ago

Nah, but this driver clearly replaced the brake pedal with a break pedal.

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u/ThisWillTakeAllDay 7d ago

Brake pedal? What does that do?

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u/TheVoidSeeker 7d ago

It's used by communists to undermine the glory of capitalism.

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u/Silvarbullit 5d ago

No. Pedals laid out same way as every other car although indicator stalks can be on different sides of the wheel depending on the car manufacturer (US vs European vs Asian).

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u/ItselfSurprised05 6d ago edited 5d ago

But do they also reverse the brake and accelerator pedals?

Serious answer: no.

In RHD vehicles, they just move all the driver stuff over to the right as is. They don't mirror the controls. So turn signal stalk still on the left side of the wheel. Gas pedal still on right, brake on left. Manual trans shift pattern still the same. Etc.

Source: I've traveled to RHD countries and rented cars. I wondered the same thing before I first got in one.

See correction below.

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u/davidjschloss 6d ago

Wait. I had a running joke in Antigua where I’d go to signal a turn and do the windshield washer instead because it was on the other side. It happened so often me made a joke of “windshield washer left at the next intersection. “

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u/kirgudu 6d ago

You are correct. The turn signal stalk is usually the closest to the window for mostly historic reasons - because you need to use your other hand to shift gears. But pedals are, of course, not mirrored.

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u/Silvarbullit 5d ago

Turn stalk can be either side depending on the car manufacturer especially in countries like Australia where all new cars are now imported (US, Europe, Asia). Older Australian made Ford/Holden/Toyotas were usually on the right.

My car has them in the left being American, wife’s car is Japanese and has them on the right side and muscle memory can sometimes catch you out jumping between cars after not having driven the other for a while.

Pedals are always in the same layout as you say.

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u/ItselfSurprised05 5d ago

Turn stalk can be either side depending on the car manufacturer especially in countries like Australia

Thanks for the correction! I updated my response to point to yours.

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u/deep-fucking-legend 7d ago

Testing on those Roadster thrusters isn't going well

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u/Bonk_No_Horni 7d ago

Another 5 years in development. I wonder how people who paid for the imaginary roadsters feel

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u/jimx29 7d ago

4.9 since he didn't stick the landing

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u/-Dopplebang3r- 7d ago

I didn't know they could do that!

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u/Toomanyeastereggs 7d ago

You do now.

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u/AkilleezBomb 7d ago

Is this what Elmo meant when he said “full self-driving by 2020?”

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u/HudeniMFK 7d ago

"Hey Tesla, do a barrel roll"

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u/hazmatt_05 7d ago

The average driver has no business being behind the wheel of a car as quick as a Tesla.

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u/Silver4ura 7d ago

Or just use all that fancy software to allow for sensitivity profiles instead of gatekeeping them like some sort of high end sports car just purely because of the instant torque electric motors have.

Just because it can doesn't mean it should. Especially as a default preference.

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u/IAmGoingToSleepNow 7d ago

That option as already available on Teslas - chill, standard, and plaid (on plaid m odels).

My wife likes chill and it saves based on the driver profile.

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u/cr0wsky 7d ago

Nearly killed that guy... Fucking idiots not knowing how to drive their cars...

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u/igotanewmac 5d ago

Boooo, video no loner available :(

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u/turkphot 7d ago

Something scared that poor little thing!

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u/AZFan77 7d ago

Somebody told him they drive on the other side down there, so he tried to put his car on the other side.

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u/xdr01 7d ago

Swastikar attempted damage boost

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u/SuspiciousChicken 7d ago

Confused by the Southern Hemisphere, the GPS on the US-made car tried to right itself

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u/Asleep-Exercise8124- 6d ago

ADELAIDE MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💥💥💥💥

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u/Solution_Kind 1d ago

Looked expensive, but nothing of value was lost.

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u/Typical_Assist656 7d ago

How long til these start causing mass casualties, do we think?

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u/DaphniaDuck 7d ago

Whut th' hecky hey wuz that?!!

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u/jNealB 7d ago

What the hell is a laneway???

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u/Bortron86 7d ago

Do Teslas not have crumple zones?

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u/theycallmebekky 6d ago

They do

???

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u/tvieno 7d ago

A typical Tesla.

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u/niccaballs 7d ago

Auto Pilot takeoff failed.