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This isn't a Tesla problem:
"the car is currently unsupported for supercharging and warranties are voided due to salvaged vehicle."
"I was told it was clean. The CARFAX said it was clean, and I trusted that," he said.
Tesla said it's a safety issue connecting a damaged vehicle to the powerful superchargers.
The vehicle was deemed totaled and sold to him as a normal used vehicle. I want to know what the title says, salvage or no? Not sure where he should direct his ire or legal firepower, if he has any.
The article states that the state confirms that the car has never had a salvage title.
Nope, that's still a Tesla problem. They're mumbling about safety as an excuse to avoid sending electricity down a plug. It's not trivial... but it's not exactly cryptic.
Carfax is not the authority on title status. They only get what’s reported to them.
Spend a few bucks and do a title search with the state.
The owners said Illinois Secretary of State Police investigated and confirmed it has a clean title, and has never had a salvaged title.
DRM in cars makes me want to stick to a car-free life even more.
This is a rather petty comment but I still remember reddit repliers ganging up on me a long time ago for joking about this kind of thing happening in the future. I was saying people would probably have to jailbreak their car to get around shit like this.
In hindsight it's all so predictable now. If it angers the average herd of tech bros then it's definitely a bad idea and they're probably going to do it anyways.
People focus too much on if they would and too little on if they could. Better they can't, than to trust they won't.
Oh no... anyway
Sounds like the issue is that his car was previously damaged. Tesla knows about that and for liability reasons doesn't want him supercharging.
I'm sure someone is concerned of the possibility of his car bursting into flames during charging because of physical cell damage.
That is... Not a bad thing to be concerned about.
Okay but they charge extortion prices to repair it
Pfft gas it up
Those don't take gas. So, like, to set it on fire?
You don't need gas for that 😈