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Tesla owners fuming as they get £17,000 bill to fix car after 'driving in rain' (www.mirror.co.uk)

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[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 182 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wasn't like... a huge deal made about how the Teslas are so waterproof they could double as a boat? I mean they can in fact ford much deeper than ICE cars because they don't need air, but also there's definitely tweets about this.

Edit: he said it about both the cybertruck - loads of stories about this - and the model S: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a21421/elon-musk-model-s-boat/

This is entirely separate of course from the much more basic issue that a car that breaks because of some fucking precipitation is not fit for purpose and this damage report would be indefensible just about anywhere in the world. Precedent for manufacturers taking responsibility for bad products was first established in Britain centuries ago.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

This is not as easy, I mean they're are some things that makes it easier than ICE, but electronical components also cannot get wet and those big boats run on fossil fuel after all.

But what's ridiculous is that rain could damage it (from article doesn't sound like car was flooded, as that would be understandable).

Yesterday I saw comment: imagine that the typical home printer was your car. That's the experience of typical Tesla owner.

This seems to match the article.

[+] rikudou@lemmings.world -6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, what if I never had a problem with a printer? I realize I might be just lucky, but I never got the fuss about broken printers.

Now if we're talking 3D printer, yeah, that shit needs constant repair.

Edit: Holy shit dudes, never expected to get into the negative score for stating objective facts. Get help, pretty please.

[-] Norodix@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

3D printers have obvious and fixable defects. When they break you can see the broken part, you can diagnose and fix it. Regular printers are just fuck you machines.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 11 months ago

They didn't used to be.

And I suspect the same will happen with 3D printers over time.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I've had my brother printer for around 10 years now with no problems. Assuming they are still made the same, I highly recommend them.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Brother as far as I know produces only office printers. Most people that complain about printers talk about those home inkjet printers that they bundle with PCs.

Kind of side note. 20 years ago I remember buying PC at best buy. It came with Canon (I think) printer. I told them that I didn't want it, saying that I already had a printer at home going to get lower price. After the sales guy removed it, the price was actually higher. They apparently were paying them to include it.

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure my brother is a home printer. It's bulky, for sure, but that's probably part of the reason why it has lasted so long. But yeah, I get what those people are complaining about. I bought a brother specifically because everyone always complains about crappy printers, so I looked up which one wasn't crappy and paid the premium to have something I wouldn't soon need to replace.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I think I misunderstood you. And you were just giving comment about brother.

Coincidentally my brother printer croaked but I think it might be 10-15 years old, so it served well.

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