Man explodes his Tesla car with 30 kg dynamite after being told repairs will amount to $22,480

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[–]NeedMoreCoffee 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

The guy is a moron. He said it broke down after 1500km and the battery needed to be replaced.

Eu has a 2 year guarantee policy. Tesla has a 4 year policy and 8 year guarantee on the battery. The car dealership was probably trying to rip him off. All he had to do was make 1 angry phone call to the major distribution dealership in Europe.

[–]iamonlyoneman 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

To add to his miseries, the car's warranty had expired as it was already eight years old.

I hope he didn't pay much for the car as its battery warranty was almost over!

[–]maxpower 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It was 8 years old and outside warranty

[–]package 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If only he lived in the US those nice people on the phone could have gotten him like 20 warranties by now

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only 20? Sir, you know nothing. I bought 50 warranties, and that's just from last week!

[–]NeedMoreCoffee 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

How do you own a car and only drive 1500km in 8 years?

If it was bought second hand from the tesla dealership he still would have had 2 years guarantee EU warranty and a 4 years of second hand warrenty from Tesla.

[–]maxpower 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ask him?

[–]hennaojichan 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Hey, 30 kg of dynamite guarantees you one helluva explosion. That is 66 pounds.

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Although the pollution from the explosion is probably not going to be fun. There's a lot of toxic chemicals in those batteries alone, not to mention the rest of the car. Guy should have just sold it for parts and put that towards a new car instead of trying to be some Youtube-famous douchebag.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I never have to look very far for my daily dose of schadenfreude.

[–]filbs111 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Good grief! Blew it to bits!

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tuomas was told that the issues can't be fixed without repairing the whole battery pack that would cost him $22,480 (Rs 17 lakh).

To add to his miseries, the car's warranty had expired as it was already eight years old.

It doesn't say what caused the damage. Was he in an accident or was it just routine wear and tear?

But yikes. That's almost the price of when of their new lower-cost models. Yeah, the battery does wear out and is the most costly thing to replace. I have relatives who had a Prius, and after a decade, they had to do the same thing. I think that was around $5k, so not as bad, but still an expensive repair on a decade old car.