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2021-12-28 -Great Cultural Revolution

Finnish Man Blows Up His Tesla to Protest $22,600 Repair Cost

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-28 03:15|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Repaired?

The Verge reports that a Finnish Tesla owner named Tuomas Katainen recently received a quote on having the battery in his 2013 Tesla Model S vehicle replaced.

At sometime those magical electrical cars have got to have their batteries replaced, not to mention disposed of (as in NIMBY).

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-28 08:12|| 2021-12-28 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Ideally, a market for replacement batteries would lead to third-party vendors and some price competition. In practice, the market is tiny and Tesla would probably fight it tooth and nail, just as Crapple does with replacement parts for their slavery-made phones.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-28 08:18|| 2021-12-28 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Finish Tesla -- early.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-28 08:19|| 2021-12-28 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Hope he took the batteries out first.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2021-12-28 08:51|| 2021-12-28 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 "Well when I bought that Tesla, the first 1,500km [932 miles] were nice. Then, error codes hit."

Is Windows 95 installed?

Posted by Raj 2021-12-28 09:11|| 2021-12-28 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Finns will cut off your scrotum if you piss them off enough.

Posted by badanov 2021-12-28 13:40|| 2021-12-28 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 The Tesla whisperer would have done it for half that.

Posted by KBK 2021-12-28 15:00|| 2021-12-28 15:00|| Front Page Top

#8 If the vid is monetized, he might make enough to buy a new car.

Posted by KBK 2021-12-28 15:01|| 2021-12-28 15:01|| Front Page Top

#9 #6Finns will cut off your scrotum if you piss them off enough.
Posted by badanov

So, like Divorce Court?

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-28 20:34|| 2021-12-28 20:34|| Front Page Top

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