Recent content by molder101

Let's get to 1k yes votes and I'll tweet Elon with the thread. If we can sneak it in before the end of the quarter as a Coronavirus discount, I really think we could get traction. Very few cars are being built, so this is current owners way to give and get back.

I suspect many of us tesla owners will not be getting any checks from the $2T deal. Glad you are getting a piece.

What's the chance we could get a group buy together for FSD? Really wished I got FSD when they had it discounted last year (only bought autopilot for 2k/though that's now include "free"). Think we could get 500 people to go in at 3,000 each? I know that's only 1.5M but maybe Elon would be...

I emailed the Owings Mill Tesla body shop photos of my 3's damage along with the estimates I already received. Saw numerous mentions that those shops only do minor body work. Guess I'll find out what minor means to them. Hope to hear back from them soon with good news they can handle.

No, the shop manager responded back to me with that. He wants to be on the forefront as he sees electric as the future.

Other party had min limits... Paying out of pocket. Will attempt to reach out to them tomorrow. Would be very happy if they can do it... Esp if I get a car in the meantime.

I'm in NJ-south near Atlantic city. I'm not aware of any tesla in house body shops... Seems like most of those are in CA. Closest "certified" shop was an hour away. Looked it up and the closest tesla body shop is... Tesla Body Repair Center - Owings Mill That's 2.5 hrs away, about 120...

I don't necessarily disagree, however the affected area is not the front bumper or the rear bumper. For those areas, I do believe I would want tesla to handle because of the electronics in it. This is side door damage and should be able to be fixed by any body shop.

Looks like there may be a process... though I can't tell if that is to be an actual "authorized shop" or simply the minimum to show proficiency with working on Teslas. https://service.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/public/tabs-info/Tesla_Body_Repair_Program_Training_Overview.pdf Forwarded...

I really thought I read somewhere that you had to get a "certificate" and then you could order parts. Trying to track that down. There's no reason why you can't buy parts from Tesla direct. They sell clothing and all already... add a parts catalog.

I'm all for the company - car is awesome and they are doing great things. Unfortunately it's your weaknesses that bring you down/hurt you and Tesla definitely has them - most of us just overlook them or vent on TMC! If you never have ancillary needs, the car will be great. Unfortunately, that's...

I do suspect it's not their "direct" intention to have a monopoly but it's difficult to manage a supply chain and further a network of repair facilities. That said, they do need to do it, because otherwise they are damaging their brand on top of ending up with angry customers. While there may...

Fair points and I don't necessarily disagree. That said, a "Tesla authorized" shop should not be 4x the price and tell me I could be without my car for 30+ days and it could be thousands more. The guy there made it sound like the world was ending... I wouldn't take anything there to be...

At this point, I'm not opposed to it. There was another poster on here that said he had access to parts so I'm going to see if that's still viable. I'm definitely not worrying about it, since it will only hurt Tesla by doing silly things like this. What really hurts is that the individual the...

Girl backed into my car and did driver side damage. My local body shop quoted and I authorized them to proceed. They figured they could get it done without the parts, but were going to order just in case. Got this email after the body shop attempted to get parts... I’m sorry but [body shop...