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I half-thought about one of these just to have something to rip around in. Until a colleague in a Model Y hit a turkey and the very minor front end damage turn
by kotaKat 2y ago
I half-thought about one of these just to have something to rip around in.
Until a colleague in a Model Y hit a turkey and the very minor front end damage turned into a $9000 insurance claim.
I don't want to buy a $20k used Tesla and immediately run into a 4-5 figure repair as soon as one minor thing goes horribly wrong, even with insurance.
- bhhaskin 2y agoThat's pretty much any new car today. Modern cars are pretty safe, but at the expense of damage to the car itself.
- grugagag 2y agoFor a frontal collision with a larger object maybe this true but with a turkey? It seems the dammage is a bit excessive for that
- esperent 2y agoIt depends how fast the turkey was going when it hit you.
- steve_adams_86 2y agoNot to mention what it was travelling in. SUVs are absolute tanks these days.
- mcpeepants 2y agotoo many gas gobblers on the road these days
- indemnity 2y agoWe had a minor 10 km/h collision in my wife’s SUV (non-Tesla). To me it looked like it would just be a minor bumper respray and realignment of some panels. Unfortunately the parking sensors were damaged too, so it’s a few grand to repair.
- yourapostasy 2y agoMy US friends share with me that car repair costs have followed inflation and not general population wage growth (unfortunately, mechanics other than independent mechanics likely aren't seeing a commensurate increase in invoice bottom lines). Unless you wrench it yourself, on some vehicle like an old 80-90's diesel pickup, 4 figures invoices are common now.
- qazxcvbnmlp 2y agoSwitching to a 15 year old pickup that I could repair myself was the single best financial choice I made in the past 2 years.
- nozzlegear 2y agoHow often do you need to repair your vehicle? I bought a new car at the end of 2022 and haven't had to bring it into the shop at all except to get some new tires, and I've put 30k miles on it so far.
- nunez 2y agoThat doesn't sound right. Maybe they got a very cheap insurance policy with ultra high deductibles for collision and UMP. That would be a $1500 job for me, at most.
- kotaKat 2y agoNah, not when it takes out one of the headlights and they've gotta swap in the brand new matrix headlights on both sides to replace them, plus the big unibody front bumper, plus misc sensors... Apparently parts availability also forced unintentional upgrades.
- jerlam 2y agoIs this specifically because Teslas can only repaired by the dealer? They aren't rare cars and presumably there are many in junkyards that can be stripped for parts.
- Schiendelman 2y agoTeslas can be repaired at many body shops. Mine has.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoNot too many teslas in junkyards yet. And they don't have dealers.
- nunez 2y agoBut that's the whole point of the deductible. Any costs beyond it are covered by the insurer. This is one reason why GEICO dropped Cybertruck coverage in some states.