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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.
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.
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!
Hell, just bleach alone will eat through stainless steel!
The acid makes it rust in seconds instead of days though, instantly visible and quite permanent damage.
DO NOT MIX BLEACH AND CHLORINE, unless you want die or seriously injure yourself. When bleach is combined with acetic acid it produces chlorine gas, a literal chemical weapon/warcrime. If you want to corrode stainless steel use regular bleach, it does the job just fine.
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
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?
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.
Hahahahahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is fucking hilarious.
It turns out, property damage can solve a problem
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!
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.
Now this kind of thing could actually be the downfall of Tesla. Good job people!
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
Makes sense. They should make cars that don't spontaneously combust.
can people even insure wank trucks?
Some higher being observing Earth from a far distance must be intrigued by the pattern recognition of us destroying one specific car while completely ignoring the thousands of others.
Like, imagine when we look at single-cell organisms and see them swarm something. We’d never apply any kind of nuanced interpersonal/sociopolitical reasons to be the cause.
Same pattern of white blood cells recognizing a pathogen. Search and destroy
I assume people wear masks when doing it because of the monitoring cameras on Teslas
The same cameras that drove one into a painting of a road? Only the best imaging.
