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0 pointsribosometronome3y ago0 comments

>I far prefer the transparent pricing of Tesla

An interesting comment considering this is above a story of Tesla cutting functionality via a software update for a customer years after purchase and demanding thousands to undo it. That sort of stuff, their lackluster QC and the erratic behavior of the CEO has me pretty skeptical of them as a company.

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BobLaw3y ago

If you read the story or the comments the car had a 60kwh battery replaced under warranty but only a 90kwh was available. Procedure was to set the battery firmware to 60 kwh but for whatever reason that didn't happen. The car was then sold twice until someone found the discrepancy and fixed it. Nobody received anything less than they paid for from Tesla.

The current owner may have been deceived by one of the previous sellers but that's not something your can really blame on Tesla

alasdair_3y ago

If it shows up in Tesla’s software as a 90 kwh battery then it is absolutely something you can blame on Tesla.

BobLaw3y ago

What kind of insane argument is that?

If you order a Toyota Camry and the transporter drops off a Ferrari at your door screaming WELL IT SAYS FERRARI ON RIGHT THERE ON THE CAR isn't in any way a valid argument.

They're just going to tell you that's nice but so what that's not where the discrepancy is in the first place. The order says Toyota, the invoice say Toyota, the transport slip says Toyota, etc, etc.

yellowapple3y ago

Okay but Ferrari can't remotely turn that Ferrari into a Camry.

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yellowapple3y ago

If you read the comments, you'd have seen the analogy to Apple repairing a laptop with slightly better parts and then deciding multiple years later to software-nerf it. I don't know about you, but I'd be livid - in both cases.

BobLaw3y ago

You would be livid you got exactly what you paid for?

yellowapple3y ago

In this analogy, I paid for the full hardware. That Apple or Tesla didn't charge some previous owner ain't my concern.

pkaye3y ago

Tesla has its issues but the dealers barely give any value to the customer.

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BobLaw3y ago

The current owner may have been deceived by one of the previous sellers but that's not something your can really blame on Tesla

alasdair_3y ago

If it shows up in Tesla’s software as a 90 kwh battery then it is absolutely something you can blame on Tesla.

BobLaw3y ago

What kind of insane argument is that?

If you order a Toyota Camry and the transporter drops off a Ferrari at your door screaming WELL IT SAYS FERRARI ON RIGHT THERE ON THE CAR isn't in any way a valid argument.

They're just going to tell you that's nice but so what that's not where the discrepancy is in the first place. The order says Toyota, the invoice say Toyota, the transport slip says Toyota, etc, etc.

yellowapple3y ago

Okay but Ferrari can't remotely turn that Ferrari into a Camry.

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yellowapple3y ago

BobLaw3y ago

You would be livid you got exactly what you paid for?

yellowapple3y ago

In this analogy, I paid for the full hardware. That Apple or Tesla didn't charge some previous owner ain't my concern.

pkaye3y ago

Tesla has its issues but the dealers barely give any value to the customer.

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