Absolutely epic Tesla explosion... with Elon inside.
#16
I think that episode they were trying to prove how indestructible that car is. Older Tesla are a headache. One of my friends is already worried his 2016 model S is approaching 70k and he wants to get rid it soon. I was reading somewhere that 2021 about 25% of all cars sold were EV. Tesla is selling like hot cakes.
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#19
Also this guy removed the battery pack and probably most everything else because it has substantial value. I wonder how much it cost to buy all the explosives and rig it up.
#20
Wonder what this insurance company thinks of this stunt, although I'm going to assume that, under these circumstances, he's not going to make a claim, which would be obvious fraud.
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Tesla : consumer had enough of Tesla's terrible reliability and exorbitant repair bill and destroyed the Tesla out of spite
Toyota : Top Gear wanted to demonstrate how wonderfully and literally bomb-proof Toyota products were build-quality wise and proved it on camera. AAAND the truck was still running after having a few hundred tons of building fall on it.
I mean, some posters can quote me Tesla sales figures/projected sales figures all they like but it's just papering over the terminal disease that's haunting Tesla. It wasn't Toyota or one of Tesla's competitors that paid that Finnish man to blow up his own Tesla.
Fact of the matter is : a Tesla gave such a horrible ownership experience to a legit consumer that rather than moving on quietly, he decided to make a public example of Tesla and on his own initiative.
Like I said before, Tesla enjoyed the first-adopter benefit of having technophiles turn a blind eye to its build quality, QC and maintenance issues. Technophiles make up a tiny proportion of mainstream auto buyers. Once EVs come out with mainstream level build quality, daily-driver functionality and serviceability, for eg those built by Toyota, those mainstream buyers will invariably go to those products which give them the least headaches and which enhance their actual day to day lives rather than the children's trinkets that Tesla builds.
I don't hate Tesla or EVs. I may consider the Genesis GV60 when it comes to my region or a Lexus EV. I'm just dispassionately analyzing Tesla and it's flaws and one glaring fact remains is that Tesla reliability, QC and serviceability is just not ready for primetime, despite being in the market for over a decade.
Last edited by natnut; 12-25-21 at 11:25 PM.
#25
Nope.
Tesla : consumer had enough of Tesla's terrible reliability and exorbitant repair bill and destroyed the Tesla out of spite
Toyota : Top Gear wanted to demonstrate how wonderfully and literally bomb-proof Toyota products were build-quality wise and proved it on camera. AAAND the truck was still running after having a few hundred tons of building fall on it.
Fact of the matter is : a Tesla gave such a horrible ownership experience to a legit consumer that rather than moving on quietly, he decided to make a public example of Tesla and on his own initiative.
Tesla : consumer had enough of Tesla's terrible reliability and exorbitant repair bill and destroyed the Tesla out of spite
Toyota : Top Gear wanted to demonstrate how wonderfully and literally bomb-proof Toyota products were build-quality wise and proved it on camera. AAAND the truck was still running after having a few hundred tons of building fall on it.
Fact of the matter is : a Tesla gave such a horrible ownership experience to a legit consumer that rather than moving on quietly, he decided to make a public example of Tesla and on his own initiative.
Oh, guess these guys are your typical Toyota owners...
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