[TheMagicHorsey]

I see. So for a fear of future possible abuse by a future possibly big company, today we should ignore this blatant extortion attempt by a lawyer, in order to sympathize with this "poor, helpless" consumer?

This isn't a whiny post. This is exactly how companies should use social media to weed out these parasitic lawyers. Where the fuck is your concern for all these garbage costs that get put on the consumer because of these parasites? You should love this use of social media, because it actually makes our economy and legal system work better.

[Shivetya]

No, they should be using courts of law and not the court of public opinion to solve the case.

Once they win the later then they can take it to the former. Honestly what they are doing is in bad taste. You certainly don't go an attack like this.

I like Tesla's cars, I certainly don't like paying people to buy them and I really don't like tactics like this. Face it, if Ford or GM tried this stunt people here would be crawling up their ass.

[ntakasaki]

Did you see the viral video that the lawyer made?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaelOgVXLe-1a3PUpob3upQ&...

Looks like Tesla is justified in trying to neutralize that slimy attempt at publicity.

[JaggedJax]

It's great when he is showing how the door handles take about 5 touches before they work. You can clearly see the rear lights flash as someone hits the unlock button right as it magically starts working.

[jabelk]

Jesus.

As someone on youtube noted, take a close look at around 0:50. You can see lights flash, which seems very likely to have been from someone unlocking the car. Right after, the door handles miraculously start working again. The whole thing reeks.

[oh_sigh]

Does anyone know how teslas behave when you touch their door handles? Do the rear lights ever flash?

[tadfisher]

I have a problem with this notion: they are being tried in the court of public opinion as we speak, the prosecution has made its case, the media has disseminated theirs, and you expect Tesla to take the high road and plead the fifth?

[delive]

I'm not sure I agree. This morning and yesterday, I saw several news articles about how Tesla was being sued for lemon laws. It seems reasonable to me for Tesla to defend it's position both to the public, and in the courts, which they are doing.

The comparison to Ford or GM doesn't really work as they wouldn't have such widely popular articles about being sued for lemon laws.

[danielweber]

"The remedy for bad speech is more speech."

I don't always agree with it -- sometimes lawsuits are necessary -- but Tesla is trying to resolve speech with speech.