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Old 12-03-2018, 04:26 AM   #795 (permalink)
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And you really believe Tesla is unable to figure that out?
That they made a very complex and unnecessarily heavy wheel well because they weren't able to figure out how to do it in one piece, or just the idea never occurred to them?

Well I don't know, but maybe they made them extra heavy and sectioned for crash safety reasons.
Legacy cars have a lump of steel between the wheels, Teslas a crumple zone.
I bet guarding mud is not their only function.
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