Tesla ownership can be a living hell | Auto Expert John Cadogan

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[@MaverickAus]

As a professional driver who can spend 60 or more hours a week driving it's scary to contemplate that there is idiots like this sharing the road.

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

Agreed. I'm a chauffeur and the idiocy of others on the road astounds me.

[@charlevoix418]

There is even far worst: she will vote at the next election...

[@jimmcallister8907]

​@@charlevoix418Also, she's allowed to breed!

[@rossatkinson3160]

@@charlevoix418 heaven forbid she procreates.

[@TonyRule]

And they're apparently breeding.

[@Paul-b2s4j]

The main thing that tesla did to save her life was to continually shit itself and keep her off the road!

[@bruce_just_]

well… the most environmentally friendly EV car is the one you *can’t* drive 😂

[@larryberry2436]

@@bruce_just_ 😂

[@tehocamien323]

7 months pregnant and made to climb out the side window of a Tesla, and still a cult member, speaks volumes. They drive among us 😮

[@RealButcher]

Doodiedoodiedoodiedoodie....😂❤

[@peterroach3377]

Worse, they're breathing our oxygen AND breeding

[@BelloBudo007]

Ha, ha. Nicely said.

[@iffracem]

@@peterroach3377 and voting

[@CurtOntheRadio]

Worse, she climbed **in** (and out again later, presumably). That seems hugely irresponsible imo. Jeez.

[@dn059]

So the car is so great that she's taking the company to Court......got it 😂

[@nathanbunning2128]

LMAO :)

[@rcalltypes8230]

It’s just crazy

[@Ozcrazy49]

C'mon man, she's got rights !

[@LyuboA]

just look at the Cybertruck videos 30min. pointing all problems and it ends that's why i love it and it's the best car

[@archimedesnation]

The rats were subpar.

[@Leonardo555ZZZ]

It is easier to fool people , than it is to convince them they have been fooled.

[@CrimeVid]

They don't want to admit to being gullible !

[@markd_aus9809]

so true mate

[@michaelpatnaude]

"Mark Twain"

[@waynefisher4296]

Are you also talking about those who took the jab. Cadogan certainly falls in that category.

[@bruce_just_]

grifters are gonna grift

[@entropyachieved750]

This car has saved my life, it has tried to kill me a couple times.... These musk fanboys are unbelievable

[@thomasclayton169]

Yep they're beverage of choice is koolaid!

[@dea01ify]

Completely delusional more like it. And very scary.

[@leosheppard8517]

Musketeers fanboys showing as fangirls

[@greghudson9717]

My model Y is safer than my old Mercedes C Class. My Merc tried to kill me 3 times, (randomly shutting down, and requiring a reboot). My Model Y (AutoPilot) has only veered off the road once, trying to kill me, but I'm a two hands on the wheel kinda guy, so I managed to fight it to go where I wanted it to go.

[@entropyachieved750]

@@greghudson9717 well done. If you just drove the car you wouldn't even have had the trouble in the first place

[@JohnH1]

I don't want to disparage this woman but OMG, maybe she should visit a phycologist for her problem. OK I thought she was being genuine, but then the impaired driving admission and the FSD trying to kill her, she is trolling now.

[@davidnobular9220]

These are the types of people that see driving as a total chore rather than something to be enjoyed. Good candidates for a real, working autopilot......or a chauffeur...

[@barrettwbenton]

​​​@@davidnobular9220Or, perhaps, a ride-hailing service, á-la Lyft or Uber; one might carp about the per-ride cost, but considering the cost this owner has borne dealing with that dodgy (heh) Model S, she'd likely come out ahead.

[@greghudson9717]

FSD wasn't mentioned, it was AutoPilot (or adaptive cruise as everyone else calls it).

[@JohnH1]

@@greghudson9717 To do what she said happened it would have to have been Enhanced Autopilot with supposed lane changing and on/off ramp capability plus some other features supposedly, I called it FSD because in reality it's the same. It's called Supervised FSD now because it just doesn't work at a higher level than EA and he is trying to avoid more law suits.

[@greghudson9717]

@@JohnH1 I don't remember hearing a mention of off ramps, only AutoPilot. But I may be wrong.

[@williamgeorgefraser]

With EVs being sent to the scrapyard the first time they break down, they can hardly claim to be in the running for the title of "sustainable technology".

[@BradGrove]

"the first time they break down"... wow!

[@digitalversatilediscjockey3465]

Dude my Dad got a Model S, he regretted it instantly and literally a week later a wrx swiped him (light damage to quarter panel and one door) and that damage alone totaled out the $30,000 "car" (tesla) . How tf is that sustainable 😂 disposable ass cars. He's got a jaguar he's happy with now!

[@BradGrove]

@@digitalversatilediscjockey3465 Good thing he was insured... LOL!

[@erwin734]

Jaguar and happy hahahaha okay..

[@Youtubeispoo-o6d]

Got a bumper sticker I enjoy using a lot. It reads "still greener than a tesla" with an arrow pointing to the model and exhaust. Park it you know where, whenever I see one and I've the time. There's one with a personalized plate 'N0C02' that I hope to get tailgated by one day.

[@royferntorp]

I put 20 solar panels on my roof to charge my car. Council said I need a DA. I put in a DA for a wind turbine. No answer. I bought a small modular reactor from a Russian submarine for $1000. Still no answer.

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

No red tape to cut through when installing nuclear reactors in my shire. Much easier to do than even installing a carport or a garden shed.

[@georgesamaras2922]

:D

[@larryberry2436]

Across the pond, we would have to have permits to pour the concrete pad, a permit and inspections for the plumbing for cooling, a permit and inspections to hook up the electrical. As the reactor purchased from eBay? It’s not in their code book, no-problems.😮

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

@@larryberry2436 Ha. You guys are on a picnic over there. We'd need all of the above, we'd have to sit through a 5 day long nuclear reactor safety course followed by approval for a permit (annual fee attached, of course), have the ground on which it sits blessed by a local tribal elder, an environmental impact study performed to establish that the rare yellow cake bellied wombat doesn't breed in the area, and ensure that sufficient signage and fencing was in place and that an officer (certified, despite no certification process being available) be on site during hours of operation. Seven years later, when approval was almost granted, we'd then have to modify all of our existing infrastructure to meet new fire standard ratings. Once that was done, we'd then need to take out public liability insurance, fire hazard insurance and pay the new 1% net zero levy, effective 3 years ago. Then our local council may or may not approve the project. Most likely we would be then put on an interim operating permit subject to 3 monthly reviews by an independent auditor, at our expense. Of course, it has to be a council approved auditor with qualifications recognised by the council. Then, when visiting the site, all persons must go through a safety briefing and a three day long "inclusivity" course. You Kiwis have got it easy.

[@leosheppard8517]

Nice work matey

[@supremeflagship8965]

When John makes a video about Electric Jesus and Tesla, I'm like YESSSSSSS....

[@jongoffinet8511]

Always entertaining!

[@leosheppard8517]

The only clip I’ll be for te$la. Wishing te$la every success.

[@rbnhd1144]

Me too, they really are the Best, I wonder if E.J looks forward to them too.

[@Cotictimmy]

I think it's the same phenomenon as people queuing around the block overnight to pay $1500 for a disposable mobile phone. It's the manufactured trap of signaling your superior status and it's a triumph for the masterful use of psychology by the advertising industry. My last car was a used 60,000 mile Ford CMax diesel bought in 2017. It gave 7 years of affordable & trouble-free service. I've just swapped in for a younger diesel CMax (also with 60,000 miles on it.) I see advertising compaianies as the ENEMIES of ordinary citizens (brainwashing them into doing stupid & self-destructive things.)

[@rbnhd1144]

O.M.G. you know exactly what your talking about, I enjoyed every word, Advertising, I absolutely hate it, I cant explain why in a comments section. These companies just lie and screw people, and Yes Brainwashing is exactly what it is. Morons are just out to impress their so called friends who are just as fake and stupid as them.

[@Treshar]

$93k for a model S that was already several years old? What am i missing here, how was it so expensive?

[@phunk8607]

this was prior to the big EV onslaught in Australia...

[@MrPropanePete]

I’d say AB and hubby are cashed up nutcases.

[@Fanta....]

She rocked up and got taken for a ride. Hence the pregnancy

[@willnewby5204]

Great question, what’s the market going to be for a Y or model 3 when they all hit the used car market in ten years with failing batteries. How environmental are cars that only last ten years?!

[@nunchuckfilms]

@@willnewby5204optimistic of you to think secondhand market not scrapyard

[@igorcicimov6234]

My god she paid $93K in 2015...was she drunk?

[@timothykeith1367]

But, she never paid for an oil change

[@gardengnome3249]

@@timothykeith1367 How many sets of tyres though?

[@joytotheworld9109]

Maybe. Probably fooled by the "certified used" lark. It's probably not worth the paper it's printed on.

[@thomasclayton169]

Some people need a license to own money and use it wisely!😂

[@rustykilt]

And her previous was a TOTOTA ECHO? Bit of a jump from a $13K car to a $93K second hand car.

[@MattBlack6]

Sustainable technology. I know, you're sick of hearing about my 1995 LandCruiser. I started it today for the first time in about 3 months (I did have the battery on a battery charger, Noco 5, so it wasn't flat. Started instantly. Well you know, it feels instant but it's about half a rotation of the crank. Went for a little 40min gentle jaunt just to give it a run. Performed flawlessly. As far as cars go, that's what I call sustainable technology.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

11 mpg👀

[@MattBlack6]

@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape about 18mpg with the roof cage on. Drive carefully with the cage and racks off, can get 23mpg. I guess talking mpg you're American and thinking of gasoline LandCruisers. Mine is a 1HD-FT turbo diesel. 4.2 litre inline 6cyl.

[@paulnewman9275]

​@@GreenCanvasInteriorscapeStill better for the planet than buying ANY new car EV included.

[@thomasclayton169]

I'm with you mate. I have a 2013 VF sv6 holden commodore. 204,000 km not a single noteworthy repair or problem and feels just run in. I drive at least 18 hours a week and I love it. Long term average is 9.9 litres per hundred over a range of city, suburban and highway conditions. Sure its not quite as frugal as a smaller car but it's size (a wagon) comfoet and versatility means I will keep this car for as long g as possible.

[@MattBlack6]

@@thomasclayton169 comfortable car. Keep up the oil changes, 5000km.

[@stevemcintyre4398]

Hand your licence in Lovey. If you are "sleep deprived" as stated, do not drive any car even Elon's shitheaps!

[@av135]

So what do parents of young kids do? They literally go through years of sleep deprivation.

[@rossatkinson3160]

@@av135 all good, but do not admit it publicly

[@xoctor]

@@av135 Good point. Parents of young kids are absolutely an exception and it's not their fault at all when they injure and kill people when they choose to drive while impaired. 🙄

[@SignerUpto]

@@av135sleep deprived, drunk, stoned it’s all the same! Stay home, catch an Uber, most of us are mothers (and fathers) - you’re not special.

[@perryelyod4870]

@@av135 Stop breeding. You aren't special to think there needs to be another generation of your DNA out there.

[@RedDog265]

We're screwed John, these people are breeding.

[@partymanau]

And voting.

[@18_rabbit]

YES-- that IS a mega scale problem!!!

[@sidecarmisanthrope5927]

I bought a used SAAB 9-5 about 9 years ago. In that time I have not had to have it towed at all and never had to climb through the windows. Best $5000 I ever spent.

[@Juntasification]

How can it be a relaxing drive, and constantly await your car to do something stupid on its own? What if someday, right in front of that oncoming semi, your reflexses are a bit slow? So relaxing.

[@stusue9733]

I wonder if she has been keeping count of the times its saved her v the times it's tried to kill her?

[@greghudson9717]

Oncoming semis are not the problem, it's the ones behind you that you need to be aware of. WHY? Because of Phantom Braking when autopilot is on. My Model Y can, but not always, suddenly slam on the brakes when the 'superior camera system' see's a bridge or tree shadow on the road and thinks it is a car, truck or some other immovable object. After several hundred iterations I am used to it, but it still scares the shit out of my passenger wife, hence the reason she is afraid of AP and refuses to use it. I can't really blame her though... BTW, the problem is easy to fix... SLAM my right foot on the accelerator, which does nothing for a calm smooth ride... SO... BE WARNED...

[@jevgeniardassov]

How is this possible that a Driver can go on Record stating she “drives” relying on purely autopilot while being heavily sleep deprived and not be charged and drivers license revoked??? 🤦‍♂️💩

[@ScottMurrayBestFamilyCars]

There are times in life when things can be two things at the same time. Feet: bizarre and fetishized; blue cheese: disgusting and delicious; Alfa Romeo: beautiful and unreliable. This is not that. This is oxymoronic at its most personified, in my opinion - which is also a fact.

[@janebrown7231]

Indisputable. Maybe we need some additional vocabulary for this mindblowing oxymoronic cult? Hoxymoron - an idiot who will do anything (yes anything) for Electric Jesus. Foxymoron - Shallow fanboi who has nothing going for him except his looks - just like his Tesla. Boxymoron - fool who believed EJ's methed-up Cyberf*ck was a truck.

[@katwat8682]

that is a fair point, but does that mean you would label an Alfa as the 'best car you'll ever drive', especially given the driving part requires a car to be functioning as an important aspect of its value

[@MrButtonpresser]

If you see a pothole, you have a chance to react. If the 'Auto Pilot" glitches, do you even get a warning?

[@greghudson9717]

NOPE. You need to pay attention ALL the time. (from my personal experience)

[@MrCarrera28]

"Not as reliable as a Land Rover" it doesn't get much more harsh than that 🤣🤣🤣

[@Allan-es2hz]

Somehow an 80s Yugo is now very reliable in comparison.

[@partymanau]

Holden Camira says Hold My Beer.

[@MrCarrera28]

@@partymanau Comment of the day!!!

[@moonshine3333]

See 5:59

[@MrCarrera28]

@@partymanau Too true, do you think there are any left on the road?

[@joblo341]

"Random" errors sounds like either a bad ground connections somewhere or worn wires that are shorting randomly (that happened to my parents. The wiring harness on their brand new ICE VW was pinched by the 12V battery when it was installed at the factory. Visits to several dealerships during a road trip had no luck pinning down the cause of random errors. Finally, after another unsuccessful troubleshooting visit to the dealer. At the last minute, the problem was diagnosed by the minimum wage car wash kid washing the car before returning it. He was power washing the motor when he noticed the pinched wire loom. All the high priced diagnostic computers were upstaged by a pimply high school kid who kept his eyes open.

[@tomnewham1269]

That’s gold.

[@michaelstreeter3125]

I do agree with you _"you shouldn't drive a car if you are impaired by sleep deprivation -- this is socially unacceptable. Technology is not a countermeasure for fatigue [and] thinking that it's okay to drive while impaired in this way... is functionally insane"_

[@av135]

What do parents of young children do?

[@calebgriffiths9062]

She should borrow my Hyundai. Not terribly exciting or prestigious, but it works like a bought one. I don't have sleepless nights worrying about whether I can drive to the far flung outskirts of Sunny Sinney at the drop of my Akubrabra. I'm sure it will last another 20 years - and save the planet that way - by minimal use of resources.

[@markd_aus9809]

same here mate

[@gsd4me00]

I also own a Hyundai, an I 30. It has fairly new tyres and had a service a few days ago. I would quite happily depart on a trip around this wide brown land tomorrow and feel confidant of returning home without mechanical incident.

[@NeilBarratt]

She owned an Echo for 13 years. She hasn't always been silly.

[@thomasclayton169]

​@gsd4me00 yep you're right there. A friend of mines mechanic has a security company with a fleet of i30s that are still driving with 600,000km plus on the clock. Hyundai nailed this nameplates reliability right from day one!

[@markd_aus9809]

@@thomasclayton169 awesome mate are they GDI or newer ones or older models mines 2015 MPI still strong...just minimal servicing

[@kevinW826]

On June 21 a grandmother from Arizona had to call 911 and get the fire department to rescue her granddaughter from the family Tesla model Y because the 12V battery died and she couldn’t open the doors. Tesla support wouldn’t remotely open the doors because the Tesla wasn’t in her name. The fire crew didn’t have the tools to open a Tesla so they had to cut through the windows to get the girl out. There was a billionaire woman from California who drowned in her Tesla because it ended up in a lake and the doors and windows wouldn’t open. Real good vehicles this guy approves.

[@Fanta....]

to be fair, the woman was drunk and the only reason she died, was because "Opening doors is for peasants"

[@Ozcrazy49]

Well, driving is risky you know.................

[@nunchuckfilms]

@@Fanta....also the water pressure would prohibit opening of the doors 🚪 n any vehicle.

[@nunchuckfilms]

If people are fucking stupid to learn where the manual( internal) door handles are they probably aren’t really needed for the future of humanity

[@Patrick-857]

The (societal) problem solves itself.

[@goansunborn]

I know someone who bought one of the early jaguar EVs, it’s been in and out of the workshop constantly. They had to threaten jaguar with legal action to fix the now faulty battery out of warranty. On top of this apparently a letter has been sent out to owners of this year and model telling them to not park / charge in garages due to fire risk. Unbelievable.

[@davidwild66]

How on earth (or Earth) did Ram manage to get on top of the JD Power reliability list?

[@wetbadger2]

They paid to get there. JD Power is an advertising firm.

[@JohnShalamskas]

JD Power is a scam. Companies pay them to engineer a report that makes the company look good. For example, they might define a category that makes your vehicle the only one that fits the category, so you win that category.

[@puddytat54]

I know, above Toyota and Honda. What a fucking joke.

[@smokeyrandy7572]

I owned a 1989 Honda Accord that I drove until it died with over 800,000km on the clock! The only "Major Problem" I had in the entire ownership was the engine blowing up because I didn't put oil in it!!

[@Fanta....]

No wonder there was so much oil in the trailer park eh

[@smokeyrandy7572]

@@Fanta.... I don't usually talk to strangers but I will tell you this...... It costs 10 bucks or 6 Dairy Queen coupons if you wanna party!

[@Gunshow86]

I love watching people in their Teslas at public charging stations. I always beep, point and laugh

[@jlobo5529]

Every time I hear a story like this, I'm so grateful to nature that imbecility is not contagious.

[@mikeholling8830]

😂👍🏻

[@partymanau]

I am glad my parents werent siblings.

[@grahammcgrath6453]

We can only hope AB was talking “tongue in cheek “. If she is for real then that’s a concern. We sedate people like AB at work and take them to ED to get them some help and someone to talk to. Another good topic JC.

[@richardwalsh5570]

Spot on JC about not driving when sleep deprived. Not fair to others on the road or around it even if you dont care about yourself. Technology will fail one day.

[@stusue9733]

The thing is, it's not about the tech failing, the tech just isn't up to the job. So don't blame the tech.

[@av135]

What do parents of young children do?

[@richardwalsh5570]

@@av135 not drive if not okay too. Common sense I would have thought?

[@stusue9733]

@@richardwalsh5570 Common sense is not all that common. It would seem most of them would be terribly concerned with how dangerous it was if you were to do such. After all "won't some body think of the children". But happily justify doing such themselves.

[@richardwalsh5570]

@@stusue9733 very true

[@JustPeasant]

"Tesla is the best car that I will ever own." Yep... you're in a cult, my darling.

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

The "ONE OF US" cult....😂....the MacMaster vid a couple of months back...

[@nunchuckfilms]

To be honest is she would spend that much on a car then she would probably buy a Mercedes or bmw so she is probably correct anyway

[@hobo1704]

Just a show until they settle.

[@thomasclayton169]

That's why i refuse to join this club of stupid people. I have a 2013 VF sv6 commodore with 204,000km and factually this is the most reliable troubelefree car I've ever owned. Everything in this car feels like it's built to last, just do regular maintenance that's it. Also the contoured dash in this car is far more endearing and interesting than Tesla's flat panel ipad dash!

[@carltondial2749]

What did Forrest say..... Stupid is as Stupid does.

[@kevinbarry71]

Battered wife syndrome

[@stusue9733]

Batteried?

[@Fanta....]

When life gives you battered wives, make a fish and chip shop

[@Raturidesagain]

Is that Alexander Downer?? Wasn’t funny then.

[@Shanes_Shed]

The autopilot quote also scares the shit outta me too. Ive got a work colleague who has said somethng along similar lines in regards to driving aids. Basically admitted to having an ambulace with full lights and sirens pull up behind him and being totally unaware of it while the car was driving basicaly driving itself.

[@scottmurray247]

Ms Bishop and her Tesla... Two faulty units made for each other.

[@timmcooper294]

Driving thru Berkeley last year, I saw the best Tesla vanity license plate ever, it said "SAVIN U" LOL !! The perverse notion that everything must have a touch screen to operate, and that everything now comes with "smart" technology , along with constant obsolescence has completely saturated all aspects of modern society. Silicon valley is the blackest, greasiest smudge against sustainability........It's even worse than the horrible petroleum industry. Cult like mind control on many levels.... We really are up s**t creek if people continue to be drunk on "technology".......

[@bostonbob0007]

Dude I have been on the highway before doing 70 miles an hour and looked over in the fast lane and a guy in a Tesla was on his laptop driving 70+ crazy things people do.

[@markiangooley]

It’s called fully self-driving! They admit it really isn’t, but people believe the label rather than the truth.

[@Fanta....]

Gotta put in more overtime to pay off the tesla somehow

[@chrissmith2114]

In the UK the EV are normally in the 'slow lane' trying to preserve their battery level...

[@Allan-es2hz]

​@@chrissmith2114I always see that and I smile.

[@coweatsman]

A nine year old used EV. That's a lottery.

[@willnewby5204]

$0 residual value. Ten year old cars off to scrap metal, how environmentally friendly is that going to be?!

[@imoverhere]

Have a look at car sales, model s and x's holding value really well

[@willnewby5204]

@@imoverhere That’s the asking price,man’s not a significant sample size that you’d need for a depreciation schedule, hence that is why there still isn’t one for EVs.

[@hoyks1]

Isn't the autopilot they have here really just a glorified lane keeping assist with adaptive cruise control?

[@hobo1704]

Yep

[@Bern_e]

That Model S is rat infested. Why would you try to analyse all the symptoms of chewed wiring?

[@alimfuzzy]

I read this article. I knew this was coming

[@hikaru9624]

These folk who say evs don't need maintenance just don't understand how that makes no sense. I'm not an engineer by any means but even I know that if its mechanical and it moves, it needs maintenance. My pc needs maintenance for crying out loud! An ev certainly needs to be maintained and failure to do so could be catastrophic.

[@Allan-es2hz]

I bet a poll would show that most of these owners never refilled their washer fluid reservoirs either. That act alone is a form of maintenance.

[@YZJB]

Yep, they still have brake fluid and brake pads and brake rotors and suspension bushes and dampers and ball joints and tyres and cabin filters and transaxle fluid and filters and a whole friggin cooling system with coolant and hoses and thermostats and pumps and fans and heat exchangers and heat pumps and HVAC systems… I can’t stand when people bang on about EVs being “zero maintenance” machines because they just are not!

[@greghudson9717]

@@YZJB You are correct, BUT... 'most' of those things rarely need maintenance (but not zero).

[@tonybennett638]

Prime example of the many people who can't admit a mistake be it in buying cars , listening to government or our media/ propaganda .

[@karlp8484]

Two main things save EVs as far as customer satisfaction survey results are concerned. Most EV owners are cultists and as such would rather bite the head off a chicken than admit their car is crap. Secondly, (official stat), 86% of them also own at least one ICE vehicle as well. Which can pull them out of the shit when the EV goes down, or they need decent range.

[@Allan-es2hz]

Yes but now you have two cars requiring taxes and insurance. The EV being the temperamental sibling you will have a love hate relationship with.

[@karlp8484]

@@Allan-es2hz Well, that's the whole thing isn't it. If you have an EV you almost need to have another ICE vehicle to make up for its limitations. Unless you have a hybrid in which case problem solved.

[@greghudson9717]

I've been in the shit with my Model Y, but don't have an ICE machine as a backup. Had to get a tow truck 😞

[@karlp8484]

@@greghudson9717 You really do need a back up, even if it's some cheap second hand bomb. Did Tesla give you a loan car?

[@greghudson9717]

@@karlp8484 I got bogged in my neighbours lawn (mud pile) whilst I was delivering a load of wood to her. the mud/grass was only 5cm deep, but I was STUCK. Yes, I called Tesla, and they tried to get me out using software (snow mode/mud mode) but being rwd only, I didn't go anywhere. So *I* had to get a tow truck (Tesla wouldn't do that for me). My own fault, so I took the consequences.

[@chrissmith2114]

Love the fact that we now have 'dog years' and EV years'.....

[@chrissmith2114]

Those rats liked to live dangerously, building a nest next to an unexploded bomb.

[@dwindeyer]

Those JD power IQS results are a bit strange. Having Dodge and RAM on extreme opposite ends of the results seems unlikely to be true in reality.

[@puddytat54]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[@Parawingdelta2]

I'll go along with AB. It's about time car manufacturers took responsibility for our criminal negligence. When's that model that drives you back home from the pub when you're hammered coming on to the market?

[@geoff37s57]

I cannot imagine anything more terrifying than driving in a vehicle with Auto Pilot turned on.

[@richardturton6900]

You have obviously never driven in the South of Essex.

[@benchapman5247]

Except the fact that those happy to do so are breeding....

[@avanap8096]

That's cute, always looking for how Lego sculpting peeps make a living. (More imagination isn't a bad thing)

[@animal355]

The lobotomised walk amongst us, or worse, drive amongst us in these chemically dangerous road going land mines. And still a EV fan, the brain conversion is complete. Awesome

[@rrvancilful]

"You have been assimilated!"

[@russh394]

Tesla electric drive train problems in the model S are "known" issues and have been for years. It has to do with the cooling system leaking into the inter workings over time. In "Merica I believe these has to be warrantied for life, or the life of the original owner, whichever comes first.

[@robertkubrick3738]

Happened to my Cousin's M S several times, they can't seem to fix it.

[@russh394]

@@robertkubrick3738 OR they are ignoring and trying to workaround a known issue with Tesla electric motors

[@brucemckenna7035]

I wonder if AB might want to purchase my 2000 model Toyota Hi-Lux 2x4 Petrol utility. Only done a mere 508,000kms and still going well.

[@Ozcrazy49]

Manual? If so she'd never be able to drive it. Three pedals and only two feet? Total confusion.

[@rbnhd1144]

@@Ozcrazy49 Cute remark, loved it.

[@Ozcrazy49]

@@rbnhd1144 👌

[@iggyboo]

It would have been nice if everyone would have just perfected the plug in hybrid first before going all in EV. Transition instead of flip the switch.

[@fortunateson7852]

Not only are they far too expensive (which cancels out fuel savings) but they have little to no re-sale value. It’s not really a difficult choice. That’s why so many have have chosen to not go down that path.

[@pererscope6531]

Have you actually looked at the second hand market, or do you just believe everything you read it your newspaper (boomer sh*t tickets)?

[@brendanpells912]

There are devout pilgrims that demonstrate their faith by beating themselves on their backs with a whip. Is this the equivalent for the Branch Muskidians?

[@nunchuckfilms]

Self fladulation the I am better than you of cultists

[@Allan-es2hz]

Like putting fingers or thumbs in the cyber dumps openings to see if on closing, it will do any damage to them.

[@jluke168]

She's probably talking in the context of being a new parent, with regard to the sleep deprivation lol.

[@av135]

Great work pointing this out. This comment section is filled with really thoughtless people.

[@av135]

Great work pointing this out. This comment section is filled with really thoughtless people.

[@marcelgood6875]

In what way does this make driving impaired more acceptable? If she snorted cocaine to cope with new motherhood, would it still be ok for her to drive?

[@jluke168]

I don't know the woman, but I think it's safe to say she doesn't drive the Tesla to cope with motherhood. She drives the tesla, to maintain the economic means by which to raise her child in the best way possible. Like, she's gotta go to work fam, and some times she's tired from the fckin baby screamin all nite, yeah, you get me?. And then she's real glad for the autopilot. I don't know though, mostly I'm just trying to be detective clusoe and figure out the rationale of her making that statement, she's earnt enough money to buy two overpriced battery bombs, I'm assuming she's smarter than me or you, shitheads of the internet. But simulatenously her statement is surface level stupid. She must have some lawyer level reasoning.

[@MattBlack6]

I had an owner trapped, literally, sort of in his model Y last week. I posted a bit of a thread about it on your Twitter.

[@greghudson9717]

The idiot probably didn't read the user manual telling where the REAL door handle is.

[@Gunshow86]

John, you should collaborate with MGuy. His hate for EVs and Chris Bowen makes my day

[@janebrown7231]

Nah, I watch MGuy, but he is an opinion merchant, whereas JC channels facts. JC is also well-informed in his views on climate change. MGuy is laughably ignorant. I quite enjoy MGuy's rants, but we're talking about a different class altogether with the knowledge and integrated reporting that JC offers us.

[@simoncrooke1644]

They've already been in same car together. A Hyundai Ionic 5N.

[@spinnymathingy3149]

No way, MGuy is a full on nut job, his comments are about as informed as those by the Electric Viking, albeit they are on opposite sides of the fence

[@janebrown7231]

@spinnymathingy3149 Yes, his knowledge is shallow, and his entrenched opinions are a world apart from JC's engineer-based approach. MGuy has finally found a small niche doing a daily EV news round-up, but that's his limit.

[@davidfalconer4260]

At the start, what are those green arrows and him looking at them? I dont see anything on my screen.

[@coweatsman]

Full self driving. Nature has already beaten us to it. It's called the horse and it comes with, not artificial intelligence, but with natural intelligence or horse sense.

[@maryharlow420]

You are 😎 And I hope you've got that shirt for sale... That makes ya even more awesome! Peace from California Where your truth Is a beacon For those of us left here With common sense... God bless you Peace

[@charlestoast4051]

Correction - the Pacific is not doing fine. Fukushima continues to chug highly radioactive water into it, with no prospect of that ending.

[@Ozcrazy49]

Nice blue water glowing in the dark. Can't wait.

[@theairstig9164]

Source ? I seem to remember the excess water from the cooling pond was pumped out not leaked out

[@tecnaman9097]

Don't know if I need to laugh or cry.

[@peterroach3377]

@@tecnaman9097 the human race is doomed

[@Randomness400]

First car I have ever owned with lane assist is a Chevy Equinox and I hate the feature. First winter driving it in southern Ohio on icy roads it would randomly detect I wasn't in my lane and try to correct course which made for a white knuckle ride. I keep it turned off now, but have to remember to do it every time I start the car. I'd pay money to watch a car with auto-pilot drive in similar conditions lol.

[@lizardinparadise]

I'm wondering that if Mrs & Mr AB ever get a divorce, which one gets custody of the brain cell they share.

[@slowercuber7767]

6:55 FSD 12.5.1 (Supervised) is pretty damn good. Nowhere near perfect (imho), but it can do a lot of driving for you (in the USA anyway). The highway stack is currently older, but drives pretty well on the highway, because that job is simpler than the side roads. In the next month or two, it will be updated. I've heard that the Autopilot (beta) (lane holding/autosteering) that comes with all Tesla's is about five years old and does OK on the highway, too.

[@RichardCummins-ni4em]

My long departed Dad once told me "Some people will buy poop on a stick".

[@roydybing2588]

This is the "modern" Software approach to product release. It is shipped and sold knowing full well there will be issues. Some known and on the todo list of fixes, some cropping up after time in customers hands reveal them. Which is well and fine for apps, services and indeed firmware that can be updated online - not so dandy when the result of electronic or mechanical components crapping out. And whilst EVs are mechanically more reliable than ICE cars (fewer moving parts), they are by order of magnitude more reliant on electronic components that can be very very fickle. Especially in a harsh environment like a moving car is. Vibrations, minor shocks, all kinds of temps and humidity situations. It all adds up to electronics going cactus as you Aussies would say.

[@colinbastow1057]

Why would anyone want to buy a Tesla 😮😮😮

[@jasonmcintosh3448]

Model S Made in PRC? The better ones now are made in the PRC.

[@Allan-es2hz]

Just seeing the cheap bland and very ugly interiors put me off wanting to even sit in one.

[@colinbastow1057]

@@Allan-es2hz better that the buying a ev from that creepy 😳 guy called Elon Musk. Tesla's are getting dated and in my view are very ugly. But Love my MG4 long range it a great first ev. Plus the large solar system on our house means the MG4 is charged off grid.

[@jasonmcintosh3448]

@@Allan-es2hz Well don't buy one 🙅? I think Model Y interior in uncluttered, minimalistic & reckon it looks fine

[@Allan-es2hz]

@@jasonmcintosh3448 I would not waste my money on a poorly finished toy.

[@PeteTAus]

Dear John, I am reasonably well acquainted with the owner - Mrs Anne Bishop, and her ongoing trouble in getting Tesla Australia to do the right thing in regards to its obligations under Australian Consumer Law. I do hope as a long time Patreon supporter (well until just a couple of days ago actually because of problems with Patreon - but that's another story), but could you please do a follow up to this video because your knowledge and advice on the ACL and Tesla Australia's alledged failings in this case would help provide viewers an understanding of their rights and perhaps provide some balance to this story please mate. Sincerely Peter Thornton @ Canberra

[@VMVarga-yf6eg]

This just confirms the level Tesla buyers are functioning on. My car is a shit box so I bought a second one. I need a nap so I will use autopilot.....

[@fourpoint64]

I don’t get why the door handles need to be overengineered

[@stuartwood7252]

An ex of mine insisted that head checks, whilst driving, were pointless, because we have mirrors. Relying on self driving is an escalation of such stupidity.

[@AutoExpertJC]

Head checks ARE completely unnecessary...

[@MattBlack6]

Stewie. You must not have been here very long. I bet your mirrors are reflecting the sides of your car.

[@stuartwood7252]

@@AutoExpertJC as a motorcyclist and a non bells and whistles twin cab ute driver, I'll have to respectfully agree to disagree. A quick peak over the shoulder will cover most blind spots.

[@stuartwood7252]

@@MattBlack6 Matty. As a 30 year temporary Australian ( motorcyclist) and twin cab work ute driver, I'll stand by, head checks saves lives.

[@shadowdancer5x5]

​@@MattBlack6 Of course. How else am I meant to know if the side of my car is still there otherwise?

[@trevorbaker-l3f]

Hey JOHN, Is it correct that you can't use h/f radios in E.V's because it fucks with their electrics...same as you can't fit an A.M. radio cos it won't work....just curious...?

[@willnewby5204]

What’s a 10 year old EV with a failing battery going to be worth on the used car market?

[@georgesamaras2922]

the funniest part is when old hardware can't run the "latest FSD" software

[@andrewdouglas3091]

I daily drive a 24 year old Toyota Echo. What a great little car. Besides oil changes, petrol and tyres. The only thing I have had to fix was the gas struts on the tailgate. They cost $20.00. I bet she regrets getting rid of hers. 👍

[@SalihGoncu]

only when we get the "user replacable standard size battery" in the EVs they will become viable. The price of the battery and the price of the car should be separated. Then, you can have a healthy second hand market for EVs and also a proper handling mechanism of the batteries after use.

[@davidvanderklauw]

It shouldn't be too hard to design one. A standard size with a sensible way of joining the terminals that suits high current. Some sort of robust (aluminium/titanium) frame around each battery allow it to slide into place and be secured. If A.I. is as good as they claim, A.I. should be able to design the ideal battery.

[@domahern1046]

The shipping container, the pallet...all standardised objects. Indeed why not a standard EV battery module made to a universal standard and decouple the battery market from the car market. Alas I'm sure this has been discussed and then shot down countless times in the industry...

[@SalihGoncu]

@@domahern1046 the reason it was shot down countless times is the reason car vendors cannot agree on one standard. Chinese have such modules for their internal market already. I was expecting the Germans would go ahead with standardization. They also couldn't get their act together

[@mickc8738]

Nesting rats.. with no taste.. Hahaha! That got me rolling!!!

[@iffracem]

Wait.. what? Over 90 thousand micro-peso's for a second hand Te$la...... You would have to be running a beta version of Elon's self driving code upstairs to even consider that. Oh wait.. it is still beta, isn't it. This has to be piss-take.. surely.

[@Kris_M]

When the outside door handle doesn't work, one can also not open the door from the inside by sticking your arm through the window instead of climbing through the window?

[@volentimeh]

Aren't electric only door latches fun!

[@greghudson9717]

There are physical door handles as well... They are not obvious though.

[@whya2ndaccount]

Surely this is a late April Fools Day article????? Stung once and then bought two more items from the same company? Driving while sleep deprived? Self drive is great because it only tries to kill you "sometimes" ... ?

[@MadIIMike]

I'm trying to imagine the mood in the court... Tesla offering her to replace the car if she just shuts up about their full suicidal driving and what not and the judge looking for the hidden camera.

[@Big_Yin]

Electric Lemon utopia

[@thewholls7176]

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[@53af00d]

the toyota echo would have been the greener vehicle

[@paularbon1093]

Yes, and it would be a lot cheaper and probably still running perfectly

[@dmitrijr7065]

Can't understand how you can be sleep deprived in an EV, you have to stop for 1 hour every 3 hours to charge, so just take a nap.

[@robpinter5431]

WHAT......A vehicle less reliable than a Land Rover......I was thinking it before you said it John....LOL

[@spidermania5726]

Good joke dad

[@alanrix5344]

Riding down the highway on my motorbike with this thing coming towards me is quite honestly the scariest thing I can imagine

[@BradGrove]

Every car I have ever had has had some failure at some point even though I'm a car nut and look after them like prized possessions. This includes my current 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Highlander which inexplicitly required a new transfer case and differential despite never having been used for any serious off-road or 4W driving. Regardless, this video is more about the stupidity of a specific person who bought a second hand 9 year old Tesla at a time when Tesla were still learning how to make cars (like Hyundai was more than a decade ago), and, who also made some rather profoundly illogical comments about her ownership experience and general automotive philosophy. Instead of taking a piece of ultra right-wing, anti-EV gutter journalism from the toilet (which is anything proclaiming to be news media owned by Murdoch), and then adding your special style of adolescent anti-Tesla sarcasm and embellishment to produce a near 15 minute rave, try taking a new 2024 Model 3 performance (or long range) sedan for a spin... or maybe a review on this channel.

[@velvetcream1289]

No, he’s not going to do that. It doesn’t fit in his agenda, and it would also require taking a step back looking at it with some objectivity. I would challenge him to actually drive an EV day to day for six months and learn to live with it. And then at the end of that period provide his informed opinion on the pros and cons. Finally, I want to thank him for his videos. They make good examples of why change management is difficult.

[@TheSouthern75]

John, where did you get your shirt? I love most of your shirts but this one I have to own myself.

[@schrenk-d]

I've never felt compelled to by a Tesla... Or anything else made or designed in America.

[@AutoExpertJC]

Aussie Teslas are made in China...

[@schrenk-d]

@@AutoExpertJC I know... Which is why I added "or designed"...

[@tigertiger1699]

I have zero compassion… they highly likely took taxpayer $, purchased for all the wrong reasons.. to have a flash one ups/ pretentious illogical toy…

[@ghs7714]

Nice gay t-shirt John!!! Did you lose a bet against a BYD owner?

[@michaelstreeter3125]

Hmmm... 2015 models were for people that simply wanted to buy because they were early adopters; the kind of people that must have the latest iPhone regardless of the specs. She should have asked for full lifetime warranty, which probably will never be possible on a second-hand car.

[@kevinloftlofty8065]

Just wondering how well the cameras used in your productions work with dirty lenses. The Toaster system is camera based so I would assume a dirty or faulty camera could be problematic. Until new legislation is introduced "Full Self-Driving" is not available from any manufacturer. Trials have not been carried out by the regulators in any state as far as I am aware. The Toaster's Autopilot is just the same as many other car manufacturers, Traffic-Aware Adaptive Cruise Control and Autosteer with Lane Keep Assistance. Too many car models and manufacturers to list with this technology.

[@kramerinoz5557]

Any chance you could let me know which mid north coast town of NSW this Fruit Loop lives in please John. I have some trained seagulls that might just be able to teach her how to fly.

[@paulclarke245]

i reluctantly worked on a model 3 with screen issues, i swear i have seen better wiring looms in 1980's alfas! every single connector looks like it came from temu