Posted on 07/17/2023 9:29:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I just feel like there's some stuff they're not telling us about these electric cars...
A Rivian owner said his R1T electric pickup truck cost about $42,000 to fix after it was hit at a stoplight earlier this year, according to a report The New York Times.
Chris Apfelstadt told the publication that while he'd expected the repair wouldn't be cheap, it was a "shocking number."
The incident, which occurred February in Columbus, Ohio, was at first believed to be somewhat minor, according to the Times report, which said the other driver's insurance offered to pay about $1,600. But, after the electric car was taken to a repair shop that was certified to work with Rivian products the cost jumped to $42,000, the publication said.
Yeah I think it goes beyond that. "Shocking" is when you get the bill for dinner at La Guccia's and you find out that glass of wine cost $80. This is something else entirely.
The price tag was so high in part because the very minor accident "affected a panel that reaches from the back of the vehicle all the way to the front roof pillars of the truck," and the repair required the removal of both the ceiling and front windshield.
The extremely limited number of licensed Rivian repair centers also drives the cost up.
This is a cautionary tale, ladies and gents. If you ever find yourself ready to drop $90K on a robot-looking electric truck ... make sure you've got another half of that socked away in case someone looking at their phone bumps into you at a red light. 🤷♂️
Insanity. EVs are just not there yet, man.
A friend paid $450 for a 1995 F-150 with a 6 cylinder. It need a lot of work, but after about a year and $2,000 it is up and running and good farm truck. He bought it from a West Texas city getting rid of their older service trucks.
I owned a Mini Cooper coup for a few years. My Mini had two fule pumps (low pressure and High pressure). both failed at the same time. Total cost for repair was $4500.00. I sold the car right away.
I maxed out on my Auto liability coverage specifically because of EV’s. They are a dime a dozen out her in Kalifornia.
#27 Wait till the democrats block the sun....
HOA, new Nazi’s
And yet the stock keeps going up. Tell me Wall Street is not crooked. Go ahead and tell me.
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