coconutboy84
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So you damaged your car and are blaming Tesla. Awesome.
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Long Road Trips. My Experience and Why Tesla's are Currently Unfit.
- Thread starter mduflos
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So you drove your car into a curb in a parking lot, with an impact so severe that you damaged a tire such that it became unsafe to use, and you blame your Model 3 for ruining your vacation because you could not immediately source a suitable replacement tire in a small town (population 32,000) in Wyoming.
I’m having trouble understanding that chain of reasoning.
My point is that the Model 3 tire size is very hard to find and that Tesla's roadside assistance is useless. I blame myself for hitting the curb.
I blame Tesla for not being able to swap my wheel, I'm the one to blame for hitting the curb.
Oops they close at noon on Saturday and are closed on Sunday. Looks like the Wild Hogs are staying in Madrid until Monday.
If it's going to take me eight hours to get a to a ski resort, I prefer there is snow, affordable lift tickets, and no line at the lift. You should try it, you're even closer than I am!
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Mmm, you said they would, for $900. You can’t expect them to bring just a tire do you? How would they mount it? A mobile mounting and balancing truck? $900 is a lot but they are bringing you a tire and a wheel in BFE on a Saturday night. I would hope they would keep the old one for you to pick up later and put your matching tire on, but gees, sell it on e-bay for $300 when you get home and only be out $600 or keep it as a spare.
Yes, my friend who owns a Model X recently had a similar incident in an urban area. Tesla dispatched a mobile service that swapped the wheel while the damaged one was sent to a Tesla Service Center for repair. The only cost was the actual repair.
I had a similar experience with difficulty getting a tire replaced. Went to a party out of town a couple weeks ago and the valet drove into a curb damaging the sidewall and blowing out the tire.
Tesla was unable to provide towing or a replacement tire by that evening. Ended up having it towed to my house via my auto insurance company so I could put on spare all seasons myself.
After discussing this with my friends, I think the best solution was to see if Tesla would put a couple spare tires and jack at each supercharging station in a lockbox. Then in emergency, have Tesla unlock the box so the tires could be replaced.
Second best was to post to a local forum and see if anyone had a spare and was willing to help. I have a group of fellow model 3 ers in town but none had their own low profile jack.
Sorry OP for the rough time.
I suggest to stick to short posts to avoid headaches and disappointment.
There's not a single manufacturer that provides their own roadside service. Tesla is the only company that even tries with the mobile rangers, who can do things like bring a spare wheel and tire, or service your car on location.
You wrecked your car in Laramie WY. That's a small city far away from anything. That's not a Tesla problem, that's a you wrecked your car in a small town problem.
How can you blame the car You were unprepared for your road trip Traveling through rural areas requires you to be prepared There is a reason areas like that are Truck Country That town was most likely the largest area to get supplies for people who lived in an even more rural area. Sounds like my kind of Town
