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ralph
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You “push to pull”? Why would that confuse people? Peeps been pushing the “start” button on Windows, to turn it off, for decades.
Steve
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It’s nothing at all like a “start” button. My mother-in-law has had a hard time entering the Tesla, even after the fifth time. You have to kind of push the lever in with your thumb, then it kind of angles out, and with the rest of your fingers, you grab it and pull to release the door. Now, after years, I just push it gently and then pull by the edge metal of the door to open it.
You have to try it once to truly understand.
Close, but not quite. That has a bit that protrudes, and has grooves giving a hint. The Tesla handles do not protrude, and the only hint is that one end is wider. A bit subtler, I think.
On the driver’s side the thumb part is only convenient for the left hand, so of course on the passenger side the right hand is the easy one. I have managed to use the other hand, but it is awkward. When I am carrying something I often have to swap it to the other hand. Note that the illustration of the Pontiac looks like it will require both hands; that left thumb on the protrusion doesn’t put the fingers where they need to be for the pull.
Which makes it perfect. Pull the door open with your left and your arm does not obstruct getting in the car. Then, once in the car, pull the door closed with your left. easy peasy.
Steve
Kind of! But much more flush with the body (and black in recent models). And those Pontiac models didn’t electrically release the door (and open it an inch or two) upon the first thumb press.
What I do is push the lever thing with a finger and then instead of pulling on the far side of the lever, I hook my fingers in the gap created when the door popped open and pull the door by its own mass (instead of pulling it by the small lever of the handle).
The Cybertruck is completely different and doesn’t have any lever or handle at all. Just a small touch area that releases the door and then you pull on the door itself to open it.
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Interesting. With my Model Y, which I got in Dec 2021, pressing in causes the window to come down that bit it has to, and the door moves out a bit, but it is still latched. Fingers in the gap won’t open it, the handle is needed to release the rest of the latch.
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Hmmm, that’s very odd. I just went outside and checked my '21 M3 (Sep 2021) and the window moves down a bit as usual, but the door is unlatched and can be pulled all the way open easily. I thought the Model Y works exactly the same way.