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[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Okay so for starters this article is clearly just a dig at Elon. If it wasn't they would never have mentioned him but Elon makes headlines.

Second, I don't buy it. We're getting one side of the story here. They've been selling these cars by the millions for years at this point. If the cars were failing "while driving in the rain", it would be a much bigger deal.

The " Elon Musk could buy everyone in the world a Tesla if he wanted to." line makes it clear that this is just more Elon/Tesla clickbait.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

We’re getting one side of the story here.

Yeah, what most readers don't know is that the Cannonmills / Edinburgh area has been flooding a lot for the past 2-3 weeks. It's not only happening right now with Storm Babet but it was also happening with a different storm the 7th into the 10th...which is when the car came up damaged.

It's a pretty safe bet that the car was submerged at some point. It wouldn't be the first time the guy has suffered flood loss in the area either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And is that really how Tesla and/or repair shops in Scotland work? "We fixed it! Surprise, you owe us a kidney!"

I've always gotten a call from any shop to get my acceptance of a quoted price for a specific repair, service, diagnostic process, etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Exactly, because they have to approve the repair before anyone will start work. I don’t buy it either.