How to "Fix" a Tesla that is out of warranty!

Remember this? $57k repair quote on  a minivan engine. 

In reply to Keith Tanner :

But where's the clickbait if the headline is "Man blows up used, out-of-warranty exotic vehicle because dealer wants lots of money to fix it"?

It even says in the article that he could have had an indie do it for $5k, but sometimes we just need to push a narrative...

Oh come on, grow a sense of humor!
After all, "Your car, do what you want with it" is a constant refrain here.

After viewing several creepy EV fanboise/totalitarian "You will be assimilated" vids last night this is the perfect response.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

Ahh, dammit. I mean, I didn't have any plans for this week, but now I wanna read that thread through again. All because someone is upset they don't make hand crank starters or points systems anymore.

I do love the foreshadowing one page one.

pointofdeparture said:

In reply to Keith Tanner :

But where's the clickbait if the headline is "Man blows up used, out-of-warranty exotic vehicle because dealer wants lots of money to fix it"?

It even says in the article that he could have had an indie do it for $5k, but sometimes we just need to push a narrative...

Actually, it says some other owner got it done for $5K, and that option may not have been available to this owner.
He only got 15K usable miles from the original batteries, how long would the second hand set last?

RichardSIA said:

pointofdeparture said:

In reply to Keith Tanner :

But where's the clickbait if the headline is "Man blows up used, out-of-warranty exotic vehicle because dealer wants lots of money to fix it"?

It even says in the article that he could have had an indie do it for $5k, but sometimes we just need to push a narrative...

Actually, it says some other owner got it done for $5K, and that option may not have been available to this owner.
He only got 15K usable miles from the original batteries, how long would the second hand set last?

The guy got 1500 km on his used car before he discovered there was a problem. Nowhere does it say the car has 15k total miles unless you have access to information not in the article you linked. 

I bought a used Toyota truck one time. It was running a bit rough. Turns out most of one piston was in the oil pan. Obviously there was no point in replacing the engine because the piston would have just ended up in the oil pan again. 

Now I'm scared to buy a used Tesla. I heard somewhere that they can blow up when the batteries are out of warranty.

AAZCD-Jon (Forum Supporter) said:

Now I'm scared to buy a used Tesla. I heard somewhere that they can blow up when the batteries are out of warranty.

Gotta be careful which sticks you put in the battery pack. I recommend sticking to 18350s and not the stuff that says ACME on the side that's been supplied by your friendly neighbourhood coyote.

Yeesh. You're fired up about this, aren't you?

Nobody is coming for your ICE cars. You're fine.

In reply to RichardSIA :

We get it, you're a broken record. Nobody cares anymore, you're just annoying about it. It's not even fun to make fun of you about it anymore, it's just sad. 

RichardSIA said:

First they came for the...........

If you had viewed some of the vids I saw last night I have to hope you might not be so complacent.
 

The Federal government could never mandate anything like that. [.........redacted......] They'll even tell you they can't.

Wow dude. Don't let the algorithm send you off the deep end. If you watch one semi extreme conspiracy video they feed you more. Spend a few minutes  of your video time watching "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix. 

RichardSIA said:

First they came for the...........

 

Buggy whips??

Appleseed said:

I'm not going to base an opinion on what some rich idiot does.  (If you buy an expensive car and then blow it up because you had a temper tantrum, you're a rich idiot)

On a more serious note, we've been at "10 years of oil left in the planet" since the 60s. Sooner or later, we're really going to be in the last years of oil because cost of extraction will outweigh potential profit. There aren't any more dinosaurs decomposing than there were 100 years ago, and we already got most of the easy access stuff we can find. What will you do then if you're still alive? Wood fire? Steam? Flintstones mobile?

At the same time

We now have silent, 400+ mile range, 0-60 in sub 4 second EVs with all the torque all the time, and they're only getting better year after year.

What is the problem other than "change bad"?

I'd like to seen one of your Sprites run a 10 second quarter mile or hit 400 miles on a tank, or even merge onto a busy highway these days. 

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Appleseed said:

I'm not going to base an opinion on what some rich idiot does.  (If you buy an expensive car and then blow it up because you had a temper tantrum, you're a rich idiot)

Or a YouTuber chasing views.

In reply to BoxheadTim :

Depending on their metrics, another flavor of rich idiot 

I know some people do very well for themselves with revenue sharing and Patreon support and merch.  I am not saying they aren't working for it, on the contrary.  But the people I pay attention to aren't the shock-jock types.

RichardSIA said:

First they came for the...........

If you had viewed some of the vids I saw last night I have to hope you might not be so complacent.
 

They can't even strongarm 40% of the population into getting a COVID shot, and you're worried about them taking away your internal combustion vehicles and forcing you to drive a Tesla?!?

Thou doth protest too much.