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Tesla Will Now Let You Finance Your EV Repairs… With Interest Rates as High as 36% APR (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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With Tesla, you can turn a $2,442 windshield installation into a $3,174 windshield installation through the power of interest.

This is being reported by the Teslasphere as an "excellent option" to restore affordability to a car market that desperately needs more affordability.

Only, neither of those numbers is even in the same ballpark as affordable.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

get insurance that covers windshield replacement

it's money very well spent

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Insurance premiums for Teslas have been skyrocketing because of this.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

another reason it's not worth buying a Tesla

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

They would have been decent EVs had they not put all that stupid proprietary tech in it. They essentially enshitified cars.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Drive to your local LKQ distribution center with stock and an extra $100. You won't make it past the 3rd installer you see show up in a van before someone will take your $100 with a new windshield installed within 30 minutes. Never buy a car unless LKQ makes reproduction parts. That is where 90% of auto body repair parts come from in the USA. Anyone can walk in and pay cash too.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

idk .. i can get the auto glass people to come to me and I don't pay anything, it's covered by insurance

I've had to replace 2 windshields in the last 5 years

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Florida mandates windshield replacement from any insurance coverage, and they can't raise your rates for that repair. We sorely need more of that kinda thing.