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That's beyond fucked up. This essentially guarantees no market for second hand Teslas in the future. It was already questionable with the battery situation whet
by mnm1 7y ago
That's beyond fucked up. This essentially guarantees no market for second hand Teslas in the future. It was already questionable with the battery situation whether these cars would sell on the used market after say $100k miles or whatever the initial battery is limited to before it dies and requires an expensive replacement. But now it's clear. I certainly won't be buying this garbage. This is not revolutionary. With no resale market, I doubt they are even more environmentally friendly than ICE cars which can and are resold and won't need expensive battery replacements. This is devolution not evolution. So much for Musk's genius. He seems more like the typical silicon valley billionaire asshole that he truly is every day.
- knorker 7y agoRead the article. Nobody paid Tesla for these features. The title implies that the owner change triggered the disabling, but that's not at all what happened here.
- frumper 7y agoIf I am buying a used Tesla and I will pay more for it if it has the features. I wouldn't assume those features are a mistake and will be turned off.
- knorker 7y agoI agree, and that sucks. Fact remains that nobody paid Tesla for that product.
- resoluteteeth 7y agoThe dealer bought the car from Tesla with the features enabled, so I would say that they did actually pay Tesla for them.
- knorker 7y agoRead the article again.
- mnm1 7y agoWhy don't you take your own advice. The dealer clearly paid for it and the buyer paid for it from the dealer. > When the dealer bought the car at auction from Tesla on November 15, it was optioned with both Enhanced Autopilot and Tesla’s confusingly-named Full Self Driving Capability; together, these options totaled $8,000. You can see them right on the Monroney sticker for the car: [1] Further, this is not the only instance. > I sell dozens of Teslas a year, and sold my father in law a Model X P90D with ludicrous speed package. 60 days after the purchase of the car, Tesla removed his ludicrous speed package. Upon complaints to them they said he never paid for it. We have video evidence and multiple pictures of the vehicle with it. They even removed the line under the P90D. I am still shocked at these acts. Tesla can claim it was not paid for, but that in no way makes their claim valid. The car had this feature and they took it away. They are thieves. [1] https://jalopnik.com/tesla-remotely-removes-autopilot-features-from-customer-1841472617 https://jalopnik.com/tesla-remotely-removes-autopilot-featur...
- sriram_sun 7y agoI love the stock. However, I've taken to looking up YouTube videos and fixing my Ford Escape 2004. I work from home and don't burn a lot of gas. It's got about 100k miles and with decent maintenance the baby should be good for another 100k miles. Though intimidating at first, at the end of the day there is the satisfaction of figuring out how fuel pumps and ignition coils work. I wouldn't recommend any painting in your garage though! If I buy another car, its going to be a Tesla - not used. I'm generating more electricity and donating it to the power company for pennies on the dollar. Until true Autopilot, backup sensors and a rear view camera are good enough.