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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain (www.carexpert.com.au)
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Scottish couple facing $33k repair bill after driving Tesla in heavy rain::undefined

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[–] Toes@ani.social 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The number keeps going up every time I see someone post about it lol

[–] SnapZinger@monyet.cc 8 points 11 months ago

This article had more info than the last one I saw floating through the feed (The article I saw had been "enhanced" by AI writing and you could tell).

In this article "A couple from Edinburgh was shocked after receiving a £17,374 (A$33,370) bill"

The last article floating through the feed didn't really cover any real ponts about what happened and seemed to be targeting Elon in a negative scope.

This article had information about the issue they faced when attempting to leave and waiting 5~ hours for Tesla RSA. Then calling Tesla and talking to a manager that that was covering Tesla's ass with warranty talk.

[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Were the currencies the same? In CAD it would read like something similar to $28,961.42.

[–] Toes@ani.social 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All the posts keep using the $ symbol. But I bet that's exactly what's going wrong.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Earlier it was listed at 17k Euro which is only $18k USD or $28k AUD. Somehow it does keep rising.

[–] shunir@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From the article.

A Scottish couple has been confronted with a £17,374 (A$33,370) bill after their Tesla Model Y wouldn't start after a night out.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

Them exchange rates be crazy. I wonder if it really fluctuated $5k between the time of the article and when I looked it up yesterday.

[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That's why I mentioned it, it gets me sometimes lol