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For Tesla Owner, Losing a Wheel Was Just the First Surprise
http://www.nytimes.com ^ | By NEAL E. BOUDETTE and ANNALYN KURTZ

Posted on 06/12/2016 10:03:04 AM PDT by BBell

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To: BBell

Tesla is untouchable.


41 posted on 06/12/2016 12:20:45 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (New York Senator Kristin Gillibrand will be the next President of the United States)
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To: BBell

Will the astronauts or passengers be required to sign a nondisclosure agreement if something goes wrong?

...

It wasn’t an NDA. This story is being promoted by a short seller and it isn’t accurate.


42 posted on 06/12/2016 12:27:32 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: BBell

Damn it feels good to be a liberal gangster...

He can get away with unsafe cars, massive mining operations, huge inefficient factories on protected lands, ALL because he’s a liberal making the golden calf of liberal idolatry. The electric car.


43 posted on 06/12/2016 12:32:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Mr. Lucky

Your waist is a terrible thing to mind.


44 posted on 06/12/2016 12:36:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Fresh Wind

Right you are.

Tesla over-promised and is reluctant to back it up. A three or four year old car model with 70,000 miles shouldn’t have widespread suspension problems. Tesla’s suspension problems have been noted in the automotive press.

When a company like Jaguar promises the moon in a warranty, they can back it up because they have profit margin and deep-pockets ownership. Dealers will frequently attempt to keep their customers happ too. Tesla, however, is probably not in a financial position to fix a major widespread design problem.

The guy could have bought a Mercedes E-class, a BMW 5-series, or an Audi A6, along with enough gas for 100,000+ miles and been money ahead.


45 posted on 06/12/2016 1:30:23 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

Sounds like the Rolls that was driving across a field in Spain and broke the axle on a rock.
Rolls sent a repair crew to fix it.


46 posted on 06/12/2016 1:48:02 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: katana; mowowie
In the immortal words of click and clack the tappet brothers:

Where there's smoke, there's a saab.

47 posted on 06/12/2016 4:11:40 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: 03A3

yea the radio crapped out the climate control was wonky then the climate digital readout died then knocking noise from a timing belt pully etc
ugh, i cannot ever win.
it was a Infiniti J30

My 87 Supra Turbo was really dependable though, put over 300K miles on it with little problem.
when i sold it engine still purred like the day I bought it.
even after sitting next to the garage for 3 years.
i really miss that car...


48 posted on 06/12/2016 4:55:58 PM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for deportation)
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To: Fresh Wind

70,000 miles is practically new in my book... that’s a heavy car and it didn’t appear as if those ball joints were greasable... looked “sealed” to me...


49 posted on 06/12/2016 5:19:08 PM PDT by oscar_diggs
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