henderrj
Active Member
I assumed my moving to Oklahoma and getting a new title there is what caused them to suddenly kill my ability to supercharge. Apparently it was not. But on a stranger note I've owned my car for more than 5 years and more than 200,000 miles. I've had warranty repairs done from before 50,000 miles (under the bumper to bumper warranty) and had my drive unit replaced twice under warranty. I've also supercharged that whole time. And, before I bought my car, knowing it had been in a wreck, I called Tesla and a rep there told me the car was under warranty and would have free supercharging for life. (Confirmed by their doing warranty repairs.)
So, mine is a little bit different circumstance as I never knew it was salvaged and, apparently, neither did tesla. This may be because no insurance company ever totaled the vehicle. Apparently it was just some rich guy who didn't want to screw with it so he left it at the junkyard and they just sold it that way. There's some small chance that the state of New york, apparently where it was wrecked, Will reverse the decision. But it doesn't sound like it. In any event, because mine is this unique situation I am planning to push Tesla pretty hard. In fact, I'm definitely going to have a working car by the time we're done with this! I also would avoid going to court in every way possible, and I'm a big Tesla fan, but I am going to get a car that runs and charges so that I can now enjoy my retirement, which is why I kept this car after all.
We also suffered the "out in the middle of nowhere when we were shut off" issue. Had to rent a car to our destination, and then go back and get it after an overnight charge at a Tesla service center.
I agree with everybody, this is just a nuts thing to do. To me the most difficult part of it all is that the Tesla employees, all the service people I've ever worked with have been good people, are now getting hit pretty hard by a bunch of angry people. This cannot be good for company morale! I honestly believe it will cost Tesla a lot more than just future sales. It's going to cost them some good people.
So, mine is a little bit different circumstance as I never knew it was salvaged and, apparently, neither did tesla. This may be because no insurance company ever totaled the vehicle. Apparently it was just some rich guy who didn't want to screw with it so he left it at the junkyard and they just sold it that way. There's some small chance that the state of New york, apparently where it was wrecked, Will reverse the decision. But it doesn't sound like it. In any event, because mine is this unique situation I am planning to push Tesla pretty hard. In fact, I'm definitely going to have a working car by the time we're done with this! I also would avoid going to court in every way possible, and I'm a big Tesla fan, but I am going to get a car that runs and charges so that I can now enjoy my retirement, which is why I kept this car after all.
We also suffered the "out in the middle of nowhere when we were shut off" issue. Had to rent a car to our destination, and then go back and get it after an overnight charge at a Tesla service center.
I agree with everybody, this is just a nuts thing to do. To me the most difficult part of it all is that the Tesla employees, all the service people I've ever worked with have been good people, are now getting hit pretty hard by a bunch of angry people. This cannot be good for company morale! I honestly believe it will cost Tesla a lot more than just future sales. It's going to cost them some good people.