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Nobody's writing new articles about people getting their Toyota's parts replaced either, because there's a robust marketplace of parts and service providers tha

Nobody's writing new articles about people getting their Toyota's parts replaced either, because there's a robust marketplace of parts and service providers that can get the job done. What's remarkable about Tesla (but should be entirely obvious) is that given their small market share relative to ICE vehicles, this marketplace doesn't really exist. Your options are to 'wing it' with DIY or somewhat iffy greymarket fixes (such as the one described here), or deal with Tesla, which from an outsider's perspective seems to have some severe quality and customer service issues when it comes to maintenance and repairs.

poink 5y ago
> which from an outsider's perspective seems to have some severe quality and customer service issues when it comes to maintenance and repairs. From another outsider's perspective they have these same issues when it comes to just getting you a decent car in the first place. Some big tech influencer was posting on Twitter the other day about how he was accepting his new Model Y even though it was a piece of crap, because he was worried he'd get an even worse piece of crap if he sent it back based on photos he'd seen from other Model Y owners. Seems real cool...