🍋#Tesla launched its own car insurance. These drivers say it's a lemon
#Musk promised cheaper, better, even “revolutionary” auto insurance after Tesla started losing sales because of high premiums. But understaffing left some customers waiting weeks or months for compensation as they continued making payments on crashed cars. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-insurance/
@martinicat I absolutely LOVE mine. I've had 2, the first in 2015, then in 2018. And now they've stopped making them. I was heartbroken. @Doppelganger75
@martinicat I know! In fact, the Mustang EV is pretty awesome. But my car is so solid, it will indeed last for years until I need more range. Then I'll have to switch.
@JayElbey No. I have an old 2018 BMW i3 that they don't make anymore, so the range is not nearly enough. The newer EVs have way better ranges than mine (which is only about 180) and I do see them on the road up. We use Mr. Laffy's car to drive that far. @martinicat@Doppelganger75
@GottaLaff@martinicat@Doppelganger75
I was thinking an i3 might be a little cramped for a long drive with you, Mr. Laffy and Hammy in it for extended periods of time, but I have no first-hand experience with one.
Thinking of buying an EV next, but I'm hoping to get another 3-5 years out of the current one. By that time I hope the charger situation will be much improved!
@JayElbey We need an SUV for all the stuff we drag to Canada, so my car is too small. For every day trips, it's plenty big for Hammy and us. @martinicat@Doppelganger75
@GottaLaff everything Musk puts his hand in becomes trash. When he hyperfocus in one company like Tesla and Twitter the people at SpaceX can work. Twitter also used to be better.
@GottaLaff We should go back to gas guzzlers, then. Or make a flawless product from the start. No car manufacturer is without similar lawsuits. In the famous words of Condoleeza Rice, "Growing pangs".
@Teop_Versant LOL, do you own stock in Tesla? And seriously, to make it so black and white as to say “We should go back to gas guzzlers then…” is not at all responsive to the problems Tesla has had. “Growing pangs”? Tesla’s been around for years now.
I’ve driven BMW i3s since 2015, with ZERO issues. No lawsuits.
In fact. Musk is the only one who I’ve seen with this many issues. And lawsuits.
@GottaLaff In the interest of fairness, yes. What exactly is everybody expecting. People just want to dog other people, and the process. It will take awhile to perfect any product. If I owned a Telsa, I would not drive on autopilot cause it is clearly not full fault free, and possibly never will be. All car manufactures have similar problems.
@GottaLaff@Teop_Versant I doubt very much that's a real account. Musk had thousands of bots on Twitter defending and promoting Tesla BEFORE he bought Twitter.
@philip_cardella Exactly. I remember years ago when I got my i3 and some Tesla owner (supposedly) started telling me how mine was a piece of junk compared to his Tesla. I'd never encountered that before, and ended up realizing what he was doing after a brief exchange.
Bro is a far right religious dude who pretends he's not and goes around bashing Biden while telling people to wait and see about Trump. It's a brand new account too.
Total batshit but somehow always very reserved and controlled and measured when they're Just Asking Questions™. But nah, they know Satan when they see em. Looks like Biden, clearly. 🙄
@GottaLaff@Teop_Versant The Volt PHEV was first sold in 2010 with the Prius PHEV in 2012. Between those teams, the BMW electrics, Ford's push into the field...this is a decade plus old market for the rest of the field. What I can't find is any major recalls or lawsuits associated with any of the major hybrid/PE vehicles in this period. I'm sure there are some but the issues have been with non-EV components like the big airbag recall a few years back or the Toyota window switch.
@GottaLaff good. I thought troll at first read. Changing the topic of the conversation with bombastic claims... that's twitter political madness boiled down into one easy step. No need to expose yourself to that
Follow the link in his bio to his book of poetry on Amazon. I think he's a genuine loon. Came within a hair's breath of blocking him myself after a long thread of slapping down his magical "individualist" bullshit regarding his stance against unions. He gave up first.
@Schlining@GottaLaff ah. I think suspension is done by ones own instance. So he may be suspended on your instance and not on mine. And a human has to intervene to make that happen, I assume.
@GottaLaff I drive a Chevy Bolt. Thanks to lawsuits and, more to the point, GM's response, I got a four-year-old car with a one-year-old battery and the same range as a Tesla Model 3 for a fraction of the price. Bolt owners are loyal to the brand for reasons that have nothing to do with status: the car is reliable, practical, and easy to drive. Gas guzzlers generate lawsuits too, and there are plenty of EVs to choose from that don't come with the baggage that results from the company being owned by an absurdly wealthy narcissistic fascist.
@GottaLaff I had i3s on my list but decided I need more range, since I live in fire-prone boondocks. I replied to you because you asked for responses. You blocked the guy who brought up the issue, so his handle didn't show up in the response list, and if he's a troll, I'd rather not interact with him.
@BatSara Got it! Yes, I had asked, but then I edited my toot. Sorry for the confusion, and I don't blame you for not interacting with him. Ugh.
I need more range too, but for that I use Mr. Laffy's car. Mine is for local use, so I totally get that. Just as BMW was increasing the range, they stopped producing i3s! The Mustang EV looks great too.
@GottaLaff We certainly have similar taste in cars as well as politics! I also looked at Mustangs, but they were pricier and more car than I strictly need. What I love best about the Bolt is that it's like Mary Poppins' bag: bigger on the inside than the outside, so it's small, but if we have to evacuate, it'll hold the whole family and all our go-bags.
@GottaLaff@Teop_Versant growing pains? The Roadster came out in 2008, the model S in 2012, the model 3 in 2017. If you can’t get it at least basically right after 15 years? Did Elon pick you for being the guy in the meme?
@GottaLaff@iuculano I would argue the latest car designs are terrible (removal of the stalks), but the supercharger network is fantastic. The superchargers are the only truly good thing they've done. I bought a Model 3 when they first came out thinking I was supporting electrification. The car has been to service so many times. And service acts like a shady mechanic (doesn't answer calls/texts) but is actually useful when you're in person. Planning to get a different brand when it dies.
@nashenas I can’t tell the difference in designs. They all look fairly sleek to me. But now whenever I see one on the road, all I see is a swastika. @iuculano
Teslas do 3 things better than most cars: accelerate, crash, and spy on their owners.
And now with his new insurance's pay-through-the-nose option, your collision claim is processed some time after you make the final payment on the car, depending on how obsequious you are to Musk on naXi.
@GottaLaff well now, that's quite a surprise! Musk launched an "insurance" product which is good at accepting your money but not so good at paying out claims. Who could have imagined?
@GottaLaff It is weird, isn't it?
Especially at this point. Maybe people could plead ignorance a couple years ago. But the idea of anyone buying anything from him at this point boggles the mind ...
@GottaLaff I just try to be happy that someone is driving an EV rather than a fossil fuel burner when I see one on the road.
I also give them plenty of space in case they're not actually driving themselves ...
@GottaLaff It never ceases to amaze me just how much of what this man says is wildly too good to be true, and is, on inspection, running on such a shoestring that there's no way it EVER could have worked at scale. I swear some of it feels like "I did some napkin math of a best case scenario and that proves it will work!" ... That might be generous even assuming such a calculation was made.
@GottaLaff
Definitely a mystery. I even see some here. Some of them must be ones purchased before it was widely known what an asshole he is, then you have to find some other asshole to sell it to.
@GottaLaff It is so astonishing that an individual is so wealthy, that taking a $44b purchase, made with credit/investors, and making it worth half that (if that), doesn't impact your life.
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