So stilton, camembert, or gruyere to go with this? I can't decide.
The bad attitude and unrealistic expectations displayed here are what is not winning you much support.
2. The option exists.
3. You pretend it doesn't.
See what we're dealing with here?
I have an old Model S85, ordered in January 2014. It is one of these old cars. It was within the first 32K cars they built. It is out of battery warranty now. My wife and I recently talked through what we are going to do with this for the future. I really like how the car is, so we decided we are going to keep it going for as long as we can and repair as needed, including battery replacement when it fails. There is a company called 057 Technology that has done many battery replacements on these old cars, and they have now created warranty service plans for this. We considered the warranty plans, but decided we are just going to go without, and whenever the battery fails, we will look at what options are available for battery replacement. Tesla will probably still offer it, but I don't know how price competitive they would be, so we will probably have 057's shop do the replacement. Those are choices. Those are options. They exist--stop pretending they don't. And we are going to evaluate and choose one of those options when the time comes. That's what you can do when you have an old product that is out of warranty.
The bad attitude and unrealistic expectations displayed here are what is not winning you much support.
"Disturbing", that Tesla is doing the same as every other OEM manufacturer? Why would that be disturbing? That is the normal standard behavior that companies do. Having a program to retrofit newer upgrades into old products would be extremely unusual, so I don't know why you have this expectation that a company would do that.So when the battery died, it was disturbing to learn that Tesla wouldn’t offer or much less allow you to pay for an upgrade.
Ha! No, that's not how warranties work, and that is specifically not what the wording of the warranty says. It says it will be at least equivalent to how your battery was at the time of failure--not brand new or like new level. Warranties replace it to functional again, not exactly like new.Being thankful that the warranty was covering the cost of a replacement at least I’d be restored to a battery with at least the capacity as originally designed prior to the failure.
That's not what they're doing.Or do we just slow them down, retire them sort of and maybe just take them off the road so that owners are forced to just replace them
This is misleading and misguided. Tesla is still doing battery replacements. The theme of your post is this false premise that Tesla is refusing to service these cars or do battery replacements. That's not true. Get it repaired if you want.I guess when it comes to technology over time these things become expensive paperweights because a decision was done for you that it’s just cheaper to replace than repair (little said for the environmentalist).
It's hard to find actual "NEW" parts of old technology sometimes. IDE hard drives and parts for CRT TVs are not going to be very readily available new...and with any other VEHICLE you can replace the part with a NEW one and keep the VEHICLE on the road; even the battery.
It's not. Why do you not want to get it fixed and pretend like someone else is doing this to you?My point is at what point is it no longer considered a vehicle? A dead battery out of warranty in a car shouldn't be an excuse for landfill.
Then do that.I love the car, I would just like to be able to keep it on the road longer than its spent plugged in
Then don't discard it.Tesla is just too SEXY to be discarded like an iPhone or old CD Player
You are stoking that with your deceptive statements and accusations. It is legitimately aggravating.Why are you so defensive?
You DO have the option.I just suggested we should have the option...
Then why did you make false claims about what the warranty said?this has nothing to do with warrantee expectations.
And right there is another one of your false accusations. You are trying to make up those words to put in someone else's mouth.It seems though you consider the warrantee an expiration date; which is something VEHICLES shouldn't have if taken care of.
Then DO THAT! No one is stopping you!I bought a SEXY Vehicle and want to keep it on the road and out of a landfill
*sigh* Not for wanting to get your car fixed, but for this playing the victim tactic you are doing and the false claims, etc. Sorry (kinda), but it deserves it.and you are shaming me?
1. You "would like the option"However the unique point that I’m making is I would like the option like with other vehicles to modify and update the vehicle to keep it on the road.
2. The option exists.
3. You pretend it doesn't.
See what we're dealing with here?
A lot of years does not necessarily equate to a very large market share or quantity of products to be supported by third parties. And again, the third parties are there, and you can use them. Why are you insisting on not doing that?It’s been 10years and barely any third party applications.
...and neither did Tesla. Again, you are making things up.I can still bring my 1955 TBird to my the Ford dealer and they’d never suggest disposing of it because it’s out of warranty.
I have an old Model S85, ordered in January 2014. It is one of these old cars. It was within the first 32K cars they built. It is out of battery warranty now. My wife and I recently talked through what we are going to do with this for the future. I really like how the car is, so we decided we are going to keep it going for as long as we can and repair as needed, including battery replacement when it fails. There is a company called 057 Technology that has done many battery replacements on these old cars, and they have now created warranty service plans for this. We considered the warranty plans, but decided we are just going to go without, and whenever the battery fails, we will look at what options are available for battery replacement. Tesla will probably still offer it, but I don't know how price competitive they would be, so we will probably have 057's shop do the replacement. Those are choices. Those are options. They exist--stop pretending they don't. And we are going to evaluate and choose one of those options when the time comes. That's what you can do when you have an old product that is out of warranty.