Car (or bike) Chat!

[struth]

Tesla drivers say they have been locked out of their cars after an outage struck the carmaker's app.

Dozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles.

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk personally responded to one complaint from a driver in South Korea, saying on Twitter: "Checking."

Mr Musk later said the app was coming back online.

The Tesla app is used as a key by drivers to unlock and start their cars.

Owners posted a multitude of complaints online about not being able to use their vehicles.

"I'm stuck an hour away from home because I normally use my phone to start [my] car," one owner tweeted.

About 500 users reported an error on the app at around 16:40 ET (21:40 GMT) on Friday, according to the outage tracking site DownDetector. Five hours later, there were just over 60 reports of an error.

Maybe a key would be better.

[walpurgis]

Just give up and get an old Morris Minor and keep the plugs & points clean .

[CageyH]

Using an app seems sensible….

WFT is wrong with a key?

[Macca]

Just give up and get an old Morris Minor and keep the plugs & points clean .

I'd rather have a mk3 Cortina than a Tesla. Better looking and I could fix it myself. Shame you don't see any around anymore. Would have to be the Ghia in Bronze with the vinyl roof and the velour though.

[Barry]

I'd rather have a mk3 Cortina than a Tesla. Better looking and I could fix it myself. Shame you don't see any around anymore. Would have to be the Ghia in Bronze with the vinyl roof and the velour though.

[Roy S]

Ooh Rostyles

Had them on my Viva HC

[Alex_UK]

Very rare 2 door GXL there Barry, even when they were current. I love the “coke bottle” lines of the Mk 3, though I had a Mk 4 2.0 Ghia in gold with brown vinyl roof and “Tobacco” velour interior - loved it.

Today in a 50 mph limit I had to overtake a 50cc moped doing 30 - made me think, I can’t remember the last time I saw a moped on the road, let alone a country one. In my day, everyone started with a 50, progressed to 100 or 125 when they were 17 and then either did the bike or car test or both. I started with a Vespa 50 Special, then a Yamaha RXS 100.

[Barry]

Ooh Rostyles

Had them on my Viva HC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostyle_wheel

[Macca]

That's the one.

[walpurgis]

At least it doesn't appear to have a sunroof. The manufacturer's sunroof drained out down the inside of the screen pillars and rotted out the 'A' section. My Capri was the same.