Posted on 09/16/2022 5:17:50 PM PDT by qaz123
A Canadian Tesla owner claims that after the battery on his $140,000 car died, the automaker told him a replacement would cost $26,000 and locked him out of the vehicle until he pays for a new one.
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The notion that electric car owners will know all the tricks and tips of owning an electric vehicle is amusing.
You can’t figure it out—if the product is not idiot-proof idiots will make a mess out of it.
“Just like you jump your car.”
i’d i open the hood after opening the door... which seems to be the problem
how is it done on a tesla?
Unless you have some kind of attachment device for conventional 12VDC, that ain’t gonna make it work. Where do I clamp the positive? Where do I clamp the negative?
LOL
My bud owns and runs a used car dealership. All he does is contact this Indonesian guy whose known in L.A. as the “tesla battery guy” where he recharges/replaces the battery for a fraction of the cost, when he buys a Tesla at auction or someone trades it in. $26K is highway robbery.
Right, dead Teslas are just a trickle. In a few short years, there will be an avalanche of dead Teslas and the suckers who bought them will be up in arms.
+1.
“ pop the clutch.”
These days with the current crop of moronials and gen zzzz, you cannot possibly engineer a more effective anti theft device for a car than a clutch pedal
My first car, in high school in 1968, was a used 1963 Dart with the Slant-6. It had 85,000 miles on it, and I drove it until 1980, when my income level allowed me to pay cash for a brand-new car. It had 405,000 miles on it by then and, while it definitely showed its age, it was still running. Great car.
If you have a battery powered radio and the battery is dead YOU have to replace the battery or it won’t work.
This is the same. It’s a battery powered car.
Not for long.
90% of the “migrants” flooding across the border can use a clutch pedal. Its not until their dreamer kids can drive and take over the family business are we are safe again.
“Yes, you should buy a new car before the mandated kill switch is installed on all cars.”
Most newer cars appear to have some sort of cellular connection (SOS or something) that is connected into the vehicle ECM bus.
Being an anti-gov type, I wonder if that link can give them control over your vehicle.
When a get the roundtuits saved up, may dig in and disconnect mine.
“The notion that electric car owners will know all the tricks and tips of owning an electric vehicle is amusing.”
Most UCE car drivers don’t know how to open the hood.
Had one for 35 years, my wife drove it every day to work.
1972 Dodge Demon with the 225 slant 6 and Holly one barrel. My wife's parents bought it for her in October 1971 when she was 17 (I still have the original bill of sale). We sold it when she was 53, original engine with 175k on it. She's now 69 and still on her second car LOL.
Problem with those cars is they leaked something awful. They all rusted out. Ours was not left outside. Even then, at about 30 years we had to have some of the floor cut out and replaced because of rust.
Our daughter estimated that by keeping that car for 35 years we saved enough money to pay for a home.
Funny story. When the car was 2 years old it needed brakes, shocks, and muffler. She had all done at Midas. For the next 33 years I never pad a dime for brakes, shocks or mufflers. And they were done a number of times. Our local Midas took pride in suggesting when it was time for any of that. They thought it was cool.
The car had a HUGE trunk.
There is a 12 volt accessory battery that charges from the drive battery. You can jump them.
If the battery is bad WHY would the have to lick him out?? The car wouldn’t be going anywhere anyway right??
Lick = lock
When the overlords decide we can’t drive anymore, they’ll have our smart cars disabled.
Haul it to Mexico (hotshot rig), report it stolen, file your insurance claim.
I had a slant-6 Dodge Lancer, push button transmission. It ran great for a lot of miles in the couple years I had it.
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