Monopolist Service Enrages Tesla Owner: $29K Bill for Minor Damage and No Delivery Date

As I’ve mentioned before several times here, monopolists are fascists by another name. That fundamental history lesson aside, I’m seeing more and more people admitting they’ve been had by Tesla’s saccharin brand of techno-utopian nonsense . …while shipping out about 300,000 brand new Model 3s with the same airbag, Tesla was unable [for several months] … Continue reading Monopolist Service Enrages Tesla Owner: $29K Bill for Minor Damage and No Delivery Date

2023 Tesla Steering Wheels Falling Off While Driving Due to Missing Bolts

The manufacturing quality of Tesla has always been sub-par compared with other brands, regularly ranked one of the worst in Consumer Reports reliability surveys. The latest 2023 results are especially concerning. U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off … Continue reading 2023 Tesla Steering Wheels Falling Off While Driving Due to Missing Bolts

Tesla Truck Officially Flops: Late and Unsafe

Tesla has made itself about as exciting to car buyers as a gutted Studebaker on blocks. “What’s a Studebaker”, kids will ask. “Exactly”, their parents will say. German regulators have inspected the Tesla truck and found it fails the most basic safety tests by design. German authorities state that the vehicle’s structure is too rigid … Continue reading Tesla Truck Officially Flops: Late and Unsafe

“Chevy Bolt, like a fine red wine, kept getting better with age.”

Motor Trend in 2017 wisely called the Chevy Bolt their car of the year. They’re now positively gushing over their prediction, calling the electric car’s engineering refreshing; very modestly it just keeps getting better and better. While most buyers largely ignored it, the Bolt, like a fine red wine, kept getting better with age. The … Continue reading “Chevy Bolt, like a fine red wine, kept getting better with age.”