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Man purchases used Tesla unknowingly banned from all Supercharger stations
nypost.com ^ | Oct. 7, 2025 | Caitlin McCormack

Posted on 10/07/2025 5:36:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN

An unlucky man purchased a Tesla from a used car dealership only to learn that it was nearly impossible to charge the electric vehicle after driving it off the lot.

When the first charger didn’t work, Boycott sought out a few more stations. When none of them worked, he turned to the Illinois dealership and Tesla.

A Tesla representative eventually got back to Boycott and let him know that “the car is currently unsupported for supercharging and warranties are voided due to [it being a] salvaged vehicle.”

Tesla does offer an inspection option for customers trying to get their Tesla back on the Supercharger network, but for a fee of a couple thousand dollars.

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KEYWORDS: automotive; tesla; used

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As if I needed one more reason to not own an EV 😏

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1 posted on 10/07/2025 5:36:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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“Boycott admittedly neglected to look into the Carfax vehicle history report until he purchased the vehicle, so at first glance, the word “salvage” didn’t make sense, he said.”

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Caveat Emptor

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2 posted on 10/07/2025 5:38:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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You're a day late. Car was salvaged and declared a hazard by Tesla,

A scam artist fixed it up and sold it, hiding the fact it was banned by tesla.

3 posted on 10/07/2025 5:38:06 AM PDT by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: V_TWIN

Does he still get his virtue points?


4 posted on 10/07/2025 5:42:30 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: V_TWIN

We just took my diesel sedan on a 700 mile road trip up to Canada. We started with a full tank and when we got home I filled it with 15 gallons. The “miles until empty” thing said 88 miles. So 788 miles on one tank of diesel! Why would I *possibly* want to consider an EV.


5 posted on 10/07/2025 5:43:57 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: V_TWIN

It used to be buying a car was a hardware purchase. Now it’s a software purchase. If you get a new transmission on many new cars there will be a charge for a software update running potentially into the hundreds of dollars. Without it, your transmission won’t work, and the car is “bricked.”


6 posted on 10/07/2025 5:44:48 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Has anyone seen my tagline? ...I know it was here...)
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To: Ikeon

Why would a salvaged car be a hazard? Batteries?


7 posted on 10/07/2025 5:45:12 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: V_TWIN

Buy as is with no warranties implied. Buyer Beware.


8 posted on 10/07/2025 5:47:02 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: V_TWIN

Precisely. ‘True pandemic’

Clickbait.


9 posted on 10/07/2025 5:47:08 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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EV lose control. Gassing up is rarely curtailed for any reason. Electric/Networked cars are controlled the third parties.


10 posted on 10/07/2025 5:47:32 AM PDT by CodeToad
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Tesla has the power of life and death over ALL Teslas.

Congratulations, Oh Ye Suckers !

You have been excommunicated from the Tesla “church of worship.”

America’s corner gasoline sources cannot ban you from refueling your old gasoline-powered beater.


11 posted on 10/07/2025 5:48:40 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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This is why no one will ever restore a Tesla....


12 posted on 10/07/2025 5:51:18 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher )
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The good news... They are very attractive lawn ornaments.


13 posted on 10/07/2025 5:53:54 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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The good news... They are very attractive lawn ornaments.


14 posted on 10/07/2025 5:53:54 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I hear ya.

My neighbors across the street recently bought a $55k KIA EV suv.....they just left this morning for a 3 week trip to points west of here.
Mississippi, Oklahoma etc......did they take the EV? Oh no, they ran out and rented an ICE SUV.....kinda defeats the purpose wouldn’t you say?
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OBTW, I notice the have the habit of charging it in the driveway, opting for not charging it in their garage...now why would that be? 🤔


15 posted on 10/07/2025 5:58:36 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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He should sue the dealership for not telling him that this care was ‘persona non Greta’....................


16 posted on 10/07/2025 5:59:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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All the more reason to, if buying an EV, get one that uses the generic CCS protocol for Level 3 charging (roadside charging) and generic J1772 for Level 2 charging (like at home).

Those charging protocols don't have a single company that maintains all of those chargers. Another thing, and I did this while test driving EV's when looking for a NEW EV, all the more so if I was buying a USED one, take the EV out and charge it as part of your test drive.

When I test drive a gas car, I sometimes fill it up, drive it for a while, then fill it again to see how much the real world mpg is (miles I drove between fill ups divided by gallons used for the 2nd fill up). I did that with EV's (charge to 80%, drive a bit, then charge to 80% again) to see the real world miles/kWh I'd get (something that's not even published for EV's, they use a fake metric called MPGe that's about as contrived as the lies from my ex-mother-in-law). That's part of the math on whether or not to get an EV (the gas savings is real, but only if you drive enough miles charged from home for the gas savings to add up more than the costs of owning an EV).

17 posted on 10/07/2025 6:00:04 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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“Tesla has the power of life and death over ALL Teslas”
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Yep, being forced to take my vehicle back to the dealer for any and all maintenance is just plain old un American IMO.


18 posted on 10/07/2025 6:01:09 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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I remember buying my first car a 1965 Pontiac GTO. It was 11 years old and they were asking $450. I got it down to $435 and told my dad. He was so proud. He also asked if I took it to the mechanic to have a look at it and I said no. He said I “wish you all the luck”. The car lasted six months.


19 posted on 10/07/2025 6:01:11 AM PDT by albie
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To: CodeToad

A third of all recharges fail.


20 posted on 10/07/2025 6:02:09 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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