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Model 3 - Totaled or Repairable?
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S&B's M3
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Hmmm, if the car is totaled, can you request the FSD programming be moved to the new car, Afterall, he did buy it? Just curious...
ODWms
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davewill
Active Member
Submit your claim to your own insurance company. Clearly the other company may be the "Root" of your problem!
my insurance company budgeted 74K to fix my MYP and said they will go as high as they need to because they don't like to total teslas......basically they don't want to give tesla any money and would rather give it to the body shop. Depends on your insurance company....wide range of opinions and agendas. Insurance companies DO NOT like tesla because of the power tesla has to dictate the industry right now
ODWms
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No, tesla will not move FSD from one vehicle to another. I am going to put a pin in that discussion here though, and direct any and all further discussion of moving FSD to another vehicle to the autopilot subforum.
Everyone has wanted Tesla to allow FSD to be transferred to another vehicle for a long time. And I wish they would allow this in situations where your car was totaled through no fault of your own. And maybe allow a transfer if you bought a new Tesla, with a small transfer fee. I understand why they don't do it, it's revenue they will loose if you can keep transferring it over and over as FSD get better and better. The problem is that we've been promised FSD and robotaxi stuff for years now and it's not happened and just won't happen anytime soon. And now Elon said that FSD is increasing to $15,000?! It's not worth $2,000 because it isn't here yet and the features they released still aren't worth it. But I guess we have to think of FSD as a crowd funded thing, they have our money and we only hope that one day we get the perk.
When I bought my LR Model 3 at the end of 2018 I paid the additional $5,000 for EAP, because I wanted to experience the tech (basic autopilot wasn't included). I decided against paying the extra $3,000 for FSD. Then the following year Tesla offered FSD for $2,000 and I got it, only because there was a chance for hardware upgrades that are included, which did happened with the new board. But I really doubt my car will get a feature complete FSD in its useful life. My warranty expires in December and that's when repairs get expensive with a Tesla, so I had hoped to buy a new Model Y but not likely now with all their price increases. So, I may end up buying an EV from another manufacture, but not sure yet. But if Tesla could bring prices back down then they might have me as a customer again, but no way I'd get FSD as it's ridiculously expensive, maybe I'd get EAP. Although, basic autopilot is good enough.
While yes insurance will consider FSD if your car is totaled or stolen, you will never get back the full amount you paid for it or the new increased price of FSD when you have to buy a new car, and yeah it sucks.
When I bought my LR Model 3 at the end of 2018 I paid the additional $5,000 for EAP, because I wanted to experience the tech (basic autopilot wasn't included). I decided against paying the extra $3,000 for FSD. Then the following year Tesla offered FSD for $2,000 and I got it, only because there was a chance for hardware upgrades that are included, which did happened with the new board. But I really doubt my car will get a feature complete FSD in its useful life. My warranty expires in December and that's when repairs get expensive with a Tesla, so I had hoped to buy a new Model Y but not likely now with all their price increases. So, I may end up buying an EV from another manufacture, but not sure yet. But if Tesla could bring prices back down then they might have me as a customer again, but no way I'd get FSD as it's ridiculously expensive, maybe I'd get EAP. Although, basic autopilot is good enough.
While yes insurance will consider FSD if your car is totaled or stolen, you will never get back the full amount you paid for it or the new increased price of FSD when you have to buy a new car, and yeah it sucks.
Who cares. I don't even want to have the slightest knowledge in the back of my mind that damage that bad has been repaired. No thanks, there are millions of other cars in the sea.
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
And you know what "Root" means in Australia right?
Don't forget, just because they "offer" you something doesn't mean you have to say yes to it. In my (fortunately) limited experience with insurance settlements, I've found that saying No means they come back with something better. In fact a "repair" became a "totaled" for me when I stood my ground
Worst comes to the worst, just drop the phone then pick it up and apologise, saying it was because of the stiffness you've been having in your neck recently . . .
