What does that have anything to do with a car being broken down and sold for parts to keep other cars on the road?
And their value isn't dropping, people are paying big bucks for cars just to get the battery packs and drive units.
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A sad day. Got T-boned today.
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What does that have anything to do with a car being broken down and sold for parts to keep other cars on the road?
And their value isn't dropping, people are paying big bucks for cars just to get the battery packs and drive units.
nayr14
Member
You'd think this would be one of those repairs that could have used spare parts. We know the Model 3 totals easily.
I don't know the extent of the firewall damage, but I'm guessing it was totaled because the firewall isn't exactly an easily replaceable part, even though it could be repaired or left alone and be likely fine. Unfortunately it couldn't be brought back to "factory condition" so it's totaled.
Demand for junk yard drive units and batteries will likely go down with the number of Tesla's on the road. Unfortunately the batteries can never be used by a certified Tesla repair shop again. Tinkers are buying them, but with the proliferation of the Model 3, the market will eventually start to flood with junk yard packs, which could be permanently damaged discharging while awaiting auction or processing. The efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable path is to fix the car. Unfortunately due to insurance companies, our throw-away society and Tesla, this isn't the case.
I would say it's due to our legal liability system more than any of the above. With enough damage to a car, it is extremely difficult to repair it to a point where you're positive that it's in excellent condition. If the car is ever in an accident in the future, whoever repaired the car, and any insurance company that went along with the repair, will be looked at very, very hard for liability. So, it is a society related thing, but it's due to the litigiousness of our society rather than the throw-away mentality.
Has nothing to do with a “throw away”‘ society and everything to do with safety. Today’s cars are built as an integrated system, designed to protect the passenger compartment at all costs. Parts aren’t as simple as bolt-on, bolt-off. They’re sacrificial to protect the occupants.
Here’s what happens when a modern, integrated car crashes with a bolt-together “pile of parts” car.
Everyone pines for “the old days when you could actually work on your car” until you realize just how deadly that is. I’ll take modern crumple zones and modern UHSS structural design any day of the week.
... and you’re flat out wrong about how “wasteful” this is. The vehicle will be decomposed, usable parts resold, and all other components (steel, aluminum etc) fully recycled.
In the “old days” a car would be crushed and tossed in a landfill. Now it’s all decomposed and recycled.
Sorry to hear the car was totaled. It literally gave its all to protect the humans inside.
Tesla design made a clear decision-absorb energy across a lot of the structure to minimize risk of penetration or stronger initial shock.
If they had tried to localize impact damage to the door structure they would have risked either penetration to passenger area through deformation, or less energy absorption/severe passenger acceleration by making the door and frame stronger.
As mentioned earlier, the air bags didn’t deploy because widespread deformation did a good job absorbing energy and decelerating Mr/Ms T-Bone’s vehicle more slowly. Which probably left them in better shape.
You would have less expensive repair but badly shaken passengers.
Tesla design made a clear decision-absorb energy across a lot of the structure to minimize risk of penetration or stronger initial shock.
If they had tried to localize impact damage to the door structure they would have risked either penetration to passenger area through deformation, or less energy absorption/severe passenger acceleration by making the door and frame stronger.
As mentioned earlier, the air bags didn’t deploy because widespread deformation did a good job absorbing energy and decelerating Mr/Ms T-Bone’s vehicle more slowly. Which probably left them in better shape.
You would have less expensive repair but badly shaken passengers.
But my understanding is that when you self-refer you only get one side of the incentive, not both.
I don't know for certain - I've seen it posted both ways - but my Google-Fu says that's the current policy. So it's better off using someone else's referral code -- even a forum member or some such. No gain to be had by self-referring anymore. Looks like they closed that door.
Gvardaman
Member
Interesting, I just self-referred for my m3 using my Cybertruck code. I did wonder if that would give me a credit when I got the truck, though who knows what the situation will be by then (2022?)
My old car is now in an insurance auction yard :-(
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2211+TX-21,+Dale,+TX+78616/@30.1262131,-97.6195357,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8644a5a533f775a7:0xbf1d5bf0637dc224!8m2!3d30.0676394!4d-97.5806021
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2211+TX-21,+Dale,+TX+78616/@30.1262131,-97.6195357,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8644a5a533f775a7:0xbf1d5bf0637dc224!8m2!3d30.0676394!4d-97.5806021
btownalset
Member
Fwiw - a friend of mine did a self referral and only received 1k. This was recent...ordered in Nov, car delivered in Dec (just before they announced the free supercharging for a year incentive).
I got the one year free supercharging. The 1k miles self referral is only good for 6months as per my SA.
CyberGus
Not Just a Member
Google Map Link (I had trouble with the link above)
Satellite photo showed about 4-5 thousand cars at the auction house! Wow.
