• Logi@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Not some gimmicky pos where you can’t even open the doors if the battery cuts out.

    There is a mechanical lever that you can use if the power is out. Probably it was required by regulators, but it’s there.

    I’m sure that wasn’t the deciding factor anyway.

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      7 months ago

      Like I’m going to find that lever when I’m drunk and sinking into a pond

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        7 months ago

        I don’t know that we have the full story on that, but if your car is deep enough to disrupt power to the door release, you’re already too deep to be able to open the door against water pressure. Is it really any better to be drunkenly ripping at a handle while you still can’t open the door and are drunkenly sinking into a pond?

        A lot of things went wrong for this person, but I don’t believe an electric door release was one of thenm