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The drama isn't because of a parts shortage, it's that Tesla forgot to install brakes on this car. If you don't have break pads, don't deliver the car back to t
by dymk 5y ago
The drama isn't because of a parts shortage, it's that Tesla forgot to install brakes on this car. If you don't have break pads, don't deliver the car back to the owner.
- maxdo 5y ago
- Larrikin 5y agoHow much are you invested in Tesla, so that you're willing to vigorously argue for and justify delivering a car that is missing brakes in multiple comments. Elon fanboyism doesn't make sense in this case.
- vkou 5y agoThe three-week waiting period to install a break pad once the issue was identified is a parts shortage. It hearkens back to Soviet auto manufacturers. For obvious reasons, Soviet central planners wanted to get cars into the hands of consumers. For obvious reasons, Soviet auto manufacturers were driven to get as many cars into the hands of consumers as they could. The obvious outcome of this incentive was that the manufacturers had zero interest in shipping any spare/repair parts for any of their vehicles. Why ship parts, when you can ship cars instead? Nobody at the politburo is going to give you a pat on the head for supporting aftermarket auto repairs...
- dymk 5y agoNot really sure I'm getting your point, or at least, I don't follow how this is super relevant to the GP comment about how they don't get the "drama" around this issue. If Tesla took a month or two to install new brake pads, that would be pretty bad. But they forgot/cut corners and failed to install brake pads entirely, which raises this to outrageous.
- vkou 5y agoMy point is that Tesla is borrowing an old Soviet trick of prioritizing shipping cars, over shipping parts necessary for fixing those cars. Which is why the customer was quoted three weeks shop time to install a freakin' brake pad.