Angry owner blows up his Tesla – IOTW Report

Angry owner blows up his Tesla

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A Finnish man who was shocked by the cost of a battery replacement for his Tesla Model S decided that blowing up his electric car with an Elon Musk dummy inside would be a more suitable solution.

The owner said that he lost his faith in Musk’s company after he was told to pay 20,000 euros (around $22,500) for a new battery for his car. He was apparently among the early buyers of the Tesla Model S, which had been around since 2012, so his warranty had already expired. more

25 Comments on Angry owner blows up his Tesla

  1. Yup. Motive power batteries use lots of hazardous chemicals and are VERY specifically sized and shaped to the vehicle in which they are installed as they are a MAJOR component in its steering geometry, traction, and CG. Sonce they are so specific there is usually only a single source for them, and that means you buy from them at whatever price they give you, or you get nothing.

    Sometimes the battery OEM decides there isn’t enough money in it and stops making it. Then you have NO battery source and a car that’s permanently bricked.
    …and wait till you find out what the hazardous waste disposal fees are…

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  2. I remember about 50 years ago a guy set fire to his Lincoln Continental on the lawn of the Ford offices in the San Francisco Bay Area. He always wanted to have a Lincoln and he scrimped and saved to get one. It turned out to be a dog and Ford offered little or no help to resolve the issues.

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  3. Norway: fought the Germans, lost.
    Denmark: fought the Germans,lost.
    Sweden: too wuss to fight anybody
    Finland: skinned all invaders alive,hung human pelts from trees.

    No one in Scandinavia really “does” Finland. Just too spooky.

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  4. Some of Häyhä’s figures are from a Finnish Army document, counted from the beginning of the war, 30 November 1939:
    22 December 1939: 138 sniper kills in 22 days
    26 January 1940: 199 sniper kills (61 in 35 days)
    17 February 1940: 219 sniper kills (20 in 22 days)
    7 March 1940 (one day after he was wounded): total of 259 sniper kills (40 in 18 days)
    Häyhä never discussed it publicly, but his own private memoir, discovered in 2017, shares a figure. He begins by stating that “this is his sin list”, and estimates the total number shot by him to be around 500.

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  5. How do you say I love you in the Scandinavian countries?

    Norway: Jeg elsker deg.
    Sweden: Jag älskar dig.
    Denmark: Jeg elsker dig.

    Finland: RAKASTAN SINUA.

    It’s like a picture of Colin Kaepernick with his three adoptive brothers. No one knows where he came from, one day he just started appearing in family photos. Same with Finland.

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