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This is fucking hilarious.
It turns out, property damage can solve a problem
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Could the Americans be figuring out how to protest properly?
I won’t be the one to indulge in vandalism but i do want the company to fold… higher price of ownership is part of the decision process for prospective buyers… let’s just say i won’t judge those that do choose the dark side!
I used to work in insurance. This might actually be the biggest blow to Testla, even more than stock prices. If people keep vandalizing the vehicles, eventually the insurance has to come due. And repair costs are not cheap, its basically only dealers and a limited number of repair places that partner.
And insurance companies always make sure they get their money.
What kinds of vandalism are most costly to repair, without endangering the lives of drivers, passengers and people nearby? I want to see if those are mentioned in future news coverage.
IIRC, if one or two tires, or all four tires are damaged, insurance will cover it. But insurance won't cover three tires being damaged if I understand correctly. So slash three tires per car.
Rip off a sidepanel. Not even the smartest people on space x can fit a new one.
I wouldn't go after individual Tesla owners. It wasn't always like this. They adopted the earliest and cheapest (in the US) EV. I won't buy one now, but I would have three years ago.
I understand the dealership thing. Are most of them directly corporate?
I had thought they were all corporate. Does tesla have non Tesla owned dealerships?
They don’t do third party dealerships. All showrooms & service centers are owned by them.
Paint probably.
Also I would never support anything illegal. As the law requires.
Like, painting a Cybertruck?
Its not vandalism, its just courtesy. The poor machine didn't come with any.
some of the stickers you can easily find end up ruining the finish.
the more you know
I sure love bologna
Well, a 1:1 mixture of chlorine bleach and vinegar should damn near instantly and permanently corrode the steel. Don't breathe the fumes, but I have toyed with the idea of a squirt gun filled with instarust.
"Don't breathe the fumes" seems like a bit of an understatement for a reaction that produces chlorine gas.
If you are using household concentrations you won't generate enough chlorine gas to be harmful in a ventilated area, like outside. If you put it in a bag and huff it you are going to have a bad time, but enough to cause damage can be tossed into a mason jar, shaken, and thrown pretty safely.
That, and it doesn't sound great to put in a squirt gun, which is almost certainly going to leak to some degree
So dual wielded super soakers, one bleach filled, one vinegar filled!
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Overnight, bologna can do some serious damage to paint, not sure what it might do to untreated aluminum.
Like others said, paint is expensive AF, but also the classic "Slash 3 tires" is expensive
Extra expensive because Tesla's (Well, EVs in general I'm pretty sure) need special and more expensive tires due to the weight
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So it's actually working!
That makes it more expensive to own a Tesla, and that's one more thing that will make it less attractive to buy, either new or used.
It's debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.
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Ironically, even without the vandalism these cars were ridiculously expensive to insure. When I bought my EV I checked insurance premiums, and it would’ve cost $100/mo more to insure a model 3 similarly priced EV from another maker.
this is what the fanbois never bragged about when the brand used to carry some level of prestige
Reminds me of the Kia and Hyundai challenge.
Yup, my rates soared and insurance companies were dropping customers left and right. I had to abruptly trade it in and it definitely put me off buying Hyundai/Kia for the foreseeable future.
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