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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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no excuse imo. its a car. Its even stupider that it failed from rain (even bad rain) in a car park. Cars can deal with 1m water easily (most batteries are that high, the air intake for the engine is easily that high (I will ignore Lambos and similar, built for different purposes).
In the worst case for a 'normal' car (what is the TLA for them now?) a replacement battery would cost you a couple hundred bucks at most.
Even if water got into the intake, the whole overhaul would not cost $20k or whatever it was.
If water gets into the intake the engine is a rightoff and often the car. You need to watch more bengreggors at the Ford matey.
well aware of how it works. just a little dramatization for shits and giggles. But I disagree that it is an instant right-off. it can be salvageable 90% of the time.
On the dime of the company who produced the car?