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Lots of us petrolheads like electric cars. What we don't like are cars plagued by build quality issues and that we're not even _allowed_ by the manufacturer to
by busterarm 5y ago
Lots of us petrolheads like electric cars.
What we don't like are cars plagued by build quality issues and that we're not even _allowed_ by the manufacturer to wrench on it ourselves (a quality we also strongly dislike about modern ICE cars as well). The black box nature is what makes it antithetical.
The rates that Teslas are getting totaled out for what should be repairable issues are also a hot issue for us.
- 6f8986c3 5y agoWait, does that mean that you can pick up salvage title Teslas…?
- busterarm 5y agoYes, but you won't be able to supercharge them (if not now, then at some point soon). Rich Rebuilds has gone over the headaches of this extensively and you'll notice the last year or so of his content has nothing to do with Teslas.
- dlsa 5y agoIf you can it sounds like a wild ride getting various parts to coexist. I'm expecting components to be "smart" enough to self-report and disable each other in obscure ways. I recall a few people doing mod work on recovered teslas and building a working one from two broken vehicles, but then having various usage issues.