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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So the point of this story is ????
He’s lucky the dealership did it.
Insurance would have covered the blue-book value or whatever. By the time you find a comparable used car that you would trust to buy you’ll be out quite a bit. I imagine even a Tesla depreciates after driving off the lot.
The airbags in my old truck went off when I hit a deer and totaled it. I was hoping to get another 6 years of life out of it until I retire from my work.
Instead they gave me $4,000 for it and I ended up paying $15,000 more for something comparable that I could trust.
Wow, the therapy will be long and difficult...
You got that right. When I was a member at the YMCA, they put up a row of signs at the parking spots closest to the door: "Low Emission Vehicles Only." I made it a point to park my scabby '97 Neon there when I could. I figured, "low emissions compared to what?" Also, I didn't remember anything in my membership contract that allowed them to discriminate based on what car I drive.
One time when I was getting out, this guy in a Tesla had to park across the lane. He gave me a "WTF" look and a questioning head flop. I kept going in. I had a tight schedule for working out on my lunch break. I figured he didn't want me going off on him how many emissions are released making a new car, how it wasn't my job to make him feel good about his ego, and how sorry I was that he came to exercise and had to walk across one additional lane.
“Which almost never happens.”
Give it a few years. There is no battery made that does not have a limited number of charge / discharge cycles.
This is not unique to Tesla or EV’s
Yabbut, being a virtue signaling bauble, most working at the dealer are “woke”
Guaranteed.
I used to shop on-line for older cars on several auto websites, using a wide diameter to gauge availability. There used to be a large handful of 60’s and 70’s vehicles available. Not anymore. Either people are hording them, or they are gone forever.
The airbags deploying would have contributed to that.
They are so expensive to replace if they deploy, that once they are used, the car is considered totaled even if there’s almost nothing else wrong with it. Replacing the airbags can come out to more than the value of the car.
In that case, “totaled” doesn’t mean wrecked. It means it cost more to repair it than the vehicle is worth.
Your car burned up.
Yes, that's what I've heard, if the car is a couple of years or more old (not so much on brand new models.) It's amazing. Even fender-benders will total a car today if it is old enough.
Much like Biden’s three-letter word: J-O-B-S.
“When I was a member at the YMCA, they put up a row of signs at the parking spots closest to the door”
Closest to the door? A person goes to the gym to work out yet worries how close his car is to the door? LOL
“Hello, we’re calling about your car insurance...”
-PJ
“Give it a few years. There is no battery made that does not have a limited number of charge / discharge cycles.”
Nor is there any engine that does not have a limited life.
BTW, have you heard about Tesla’s “100 year” battery?
No And Yes,,,
Fletch: That’s Babar.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: Two bs?
Fletch: One. B-A-B-A-R.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: That’s two.
Fletch: Yeah, but not right next to each other. I thought that’s what you meant.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: Isn’t there a children’s book about an elephant named Babar?
Fletch: I don’t know. I don’t have any.
Dr. Joseph Dolan: No children?
Fletch: No, elephant books.
That was better than a Sears Wish book imho
“You need a battery”
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