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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IIRC, PedoJoe once muttered...
“I’ve got a 3-letter word for you....J-O-B-S”
That was 5 words, not 4...
“Your car was totaled.” Looks like 4 words to me.
Just call Car Shield. Before......
Of course, it's possible that the undamaged parts are worth more than the rebuild. Especially in Joe Biden's Supply Chain Nightmare. I wonder if they were able to save the chips.
"“Jeff contacted me personally and told me Tesla has officially shipped a Model S Plaid identical to his now-totaled vehicle,” Teslarati reported. “‘I just got a call from Tesla, a clone of my Model S Plaid is on the truck heading for Texas as I text you today.'”
$155K is too much money to tie up in a car.
Especially one that isn’t a red Corvette.
I hope they are NOT sending him a car IDENTICAL to the one that was totaled. But I know what you meant.
Yep. Even some of the snake oil stuff was fun to think about == like those “superchargers” that were just screens installed under your carb to get better atomization. Those iced up most of the time.
So who was the passenger?
F*cked Over Rebuilt Dodge
First on race day?
Last I knew anytime airbags are deployed Insurance companies “total” the vehicle.
I have seen your many many posts and replies here pushing Tesla. I have to suspect that you are either heavily invested or an employee or principle of the company.
I Do Not Want A Battery Powered Car.
And I know I speak for millions. Make them available if you want, but don’t try shoving them down our throats.
And no, I have never heard of the “100 year battery” nor do I believe one will ever exist.
There is no getting around the fact that EVs are impractical, extremely expensive to buy, limited in range, inconvenient at best to “refuel”, heavy, and extremely expensive to drive when you factor in the cost of replacing the battery pack. Never mind the environmental destruction caused by the manufacturing and mining processes required.
Based on that rant I have to suspect that you are heavily short Tesla and losing you butt on it.
“And no, I have never heard of the “100 year battery” “
No wonder you post baseless, biased rants. If you don’t know the technology you have no basis for your rants against the technology.
“There is no getting around the fact ...”
Your calling it a fact does not make it a fact. It is still your biased, uninformed opinion.
If the electric car industry is paying you, this message is for them.
It is not working—your flack is convincing nobody of anything.
Save your money so you can pay off more crooked politicians.
“Last I knew anytime airbags are deployed Insurance companies “total” the vehicle.”
If you claim that as part of your knowledge base I suggest your brain should be totaled and a new one installed.
“It was a Telsa dealership, when you charge that much for a car you better have GREAT OUTSTANDING customer service!!”
Tesla doesn’t have dealerships.
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