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Man Drops Off $155K Tesla for Repair, Then Hears the 4 Words Every Car Owner Dreads - Report
Western Journal ^ | 09/14/2022 | Matthew Holloway

Posted on 09/14/2022 11:51:02 AM PDT by DFG

The owner of a $155,000 Tesla Model S Plaid told the Elon Musk-focused outlet Teslarati that he received a call that any car owner would dread just days after dropping off his vehicle for service in Plano, Texas.

The man, identified only as Jeff, said he left his car at the Tesla Service Center in Plano on Aug. 24 and was contacted by the service center on Aug. 30.

According to the report, the Tesla employee said four words every car owner dreads: “We have some bad news.” Then he added, “Your car was totaled.”

Jeff, understandably, couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “I thought it was a joke,” he told Teslarati.

“I found out very soon it was not a joke.”

Jeff said that when he arrived at the service center the next day, he was greeted by his black Model S Plaid. The passenger rear door had been crushed inward, and its airbags were deployed.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: automotive; models; plano; tesla; teslarati; texas
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To: JustaTech

“Especially one that isn’t a red Corvette.”

Corvette 0-60. 2.9 seconds Quarter mile 11.2 seconds

Tesla. 0-60 1.9 seconds 9.2 seconds.


101 posted on 09/15/2022 2:24:14 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: TexasGator

Why don’t you stick your stupid overpriced glorified golf cart where the sun doesn’t shine, you Tesla shill. I do hope Tesla is donating some of the money they pay you to shill for them to Free Republic. After all, it’s only fair.


102 posted on 09/15/2022 2:25:42 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: al baby

We had a Green Stamp catalog.


103 posted on 09/15/2022 2:27:02 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: Nik Naym

“Why don’t you stick your stupid overpriced glorified golf cart where the sun doesn’t shine, you Tesla shill. I do hope Tesla is donating some of the money they pay you to shill for them to Free Republic. After all, it’s only fair.”

Dude, get back on your meds.


104 posted on 09/15/2022 2:28:11 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: TexasGator

Loved going to the Blue chip stamp store it was magical you gave them a book of stuff and out a little door would come your prize. So I love lucy ish


105 posted on 09/15/2022 4:24:18 PM PDT by al baby (Yes i know it was Gere )
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To: DFG
the 4 Words Every Car Owner Dreads:

"We Can't Fix It"

106 posted on 09/15/2022 4:27:12 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: TexasGator

That is what the Insurance Adjuster told me when they totaled my car.....and frankly you can stop any time with the insults.


107 posted on 09/15/2022 5:07:51 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: caww

“That is what the Insurance Adjuster told me when they totaled my car.....and frankly you can stop any time with the insults.”

I doubt an adjuster would say that. Think! One doesn’t total a $50k car just because an airbag deploys.


108 posted on 09/15/2022 5:14:24 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: TexasGator

So now you’re calling me a liar? To be true what i said is exactly what he told me.


109 posted on 09/15/2022 5:15:57 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: caww

“So now you’re calling me a liar? To be true what i said is exactly what he told me.”

No adjuster is going to total a $100k car for a $2k repair.


110 posted on 09/15/2022 5:30:13 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: TexasGator

There is always another faster car, somewhere.

Most of my dreams are set in the future, and in those dreams I’m driving a red Corvette. So it feels like destiny.

I’m waiting for the day I can acquire that red Corvette for one Bitcoin or less. It’s coming.


111 posted on 09/16/2022 12:57:32 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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