{"id":176659,"date":"2021-12-27T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/?p=176659"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T15:36:14","slug":"guy-decides-to-explode-his-tesla-model-s-instead-of-paying-a-22-6k-repair-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/guy-decides-to-explode-his-tesla-model-s-instead-of-paying-a-22-6k-repair-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy decides to explode his Tesla Model S instead of paying a $22.6K repair bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wanted to make a problem go away by blowing it up? Well, that’s what one Finnish Tesla owner decided to do when he received a $22,600 repair bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of paying Tesla for the required repair services, he teamed up with a YouTuber<\/a> that specializes in explosive content, to send the sky-high repair bill, umm, sky-high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Finnish owner, Tuomas Katainen, loved his Tesla Model S<\/a> for the first 932 miles (1,500 kilometers) after he bought it. That’s when the trouble started, according to him, with error codes constantly appearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As any dutiful car owner would, he took it into the local Tesla dealer’s authorized repair shop to analyze the issue. A month went by, with the repair shop saying that it wasn’t going to be a cheap fix. The only way to get rid of the error messages? A complete battery replacement, priced at 20,000\u20ac ($22,600) or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katainen’s response? He told the mechanic that he was coming to pick up his car, so he could “explode the whole car away.” Seems reasonable, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An out-of-warranty Tesla battery replacement is roughly that price, half of the price of a whole, same-year Model S in Finland. So, why not just strap dynamite to the defective car and make a big bang? Here’s the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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