ELI5 please

It is a deterrent and it's a contribution to falling sales. Not sure what else there is to say about it.

I'm north of you in Saskatchewan, similar thing here. You either drive your car for service or get it towed, simple as that. Yes inconvenient and 98% of people would not tolerate it. If you are lucky mobile service may be able to do minor things at your house but that's the minority in my experience. For the first many years of ownership I drove 500 miles to get service and stayed at a hotel waiting for Tesla to finish.

That’s your problem according to the felon

yeah, i saw that and i was like- forget them- not that there aren't other issues i see fewer than a few years ago

thanks

that's cool cause i know how to solve that problem

Care to elaborate

if i don't buy one i don't have that problem

Just tell FSD to go to the service center and hit "go" on your phone. Your car will drive itself to the service center, they will lube it up, then send it back to you using FSD. If there are people looking for rides in those directions, the car can also pick people up as a robotaxi and make you some money going to and from the service center.

who are you who are so wise in the ways of science [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtHZn5X5bXM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtHZn5X5bXM)

True

Service is usually easy enough. When my area didn't have a service center, they had mobile service. They'd have a tech come out in a Tesla or van and work on your car, or take it to a rented space and work on it. As far as collision goes, it's indeed a pain in the ass. Luckily these cars generally don't require service. I've got 100,000 on my Model 3 only had 2 service visits: one to fix a wheel alignment when I very first had the car delivered, and once more when a recall replaced a cable harness for the rear camera.

You can have a collision center fix your car due to an accident. It doesn’t have to be done at Tesla.

My insurance wouldn't allow it unless the shop was certified to work on Teslas. Despite the car having dozens of cameras all around it, my wife managed to hit a bollard at the grocery store (I tease her about it all the time).

Not sure about other areas, but there are plenty of Tesla certified body shops where I’m at. Also, some states have a law that allows you to go to any shop you want, regardless of what the insurance company is telling you. Not saying that’s a good idea btw.

Love the sarcasm.

Yeah, if you’re still in your warranty period and use noon-Tesla parts it may void your warranty. I don’t know if Tesla will sell its OEM parts to non-Tesla shops - or if it currently does, if it will continue to in future. It’s gonna be looking for other revenue pretty aggressively in the near future.

I don’t think there’s such a thing as non-Tesla parts in regard to collision repair outside of tires, windows and wipers?

I have no idea, but you’re probably right. And if someone tried to make them, he’d probably try to sue. If you are right, though, it might be the only brand that doesn’t have non-OEM parts available, except maybe Rolls Royce and a few super high-end low-production luxury/sports models.

People make it work by sacrificing their time and lives for the sake of fElon. This isn't for me. There are many scam aspects to tesla - look into it before getting in their eco system.

It's only a deterrent to rational people. And these are people who have bought a Tesla. So ... who knows?

in reading threads on the electric cars sub, I notice there seems to be a significant population that rates the infotainment system and UI as being very important in vehicle choice and the consensus seems to be that's the one place where tesla's excel. Perhaps that's a bit of the reason? To me they are vehicles first and foremost and things like comfort, build quality and road behavior trump the infotainment side of the equation by an enormous amount so i just don't get the appeal. There are many controls which are better of not on a screen in the middle of a car.