A disgruntled Tesla owner blew up his own car after being told he would have to pay a small fortune to make his old model operational again.
Tuomas Katainen from Finland has hit the headlines around the world after teaming up with local ‘bomb dudes’ known as Pommijätkät to blow up his Tesla S Model 2012.
As the motorist revealed, his car became useless after its battery failed. Since the car was already too old and had too many miles to be covered by Tesla’s warranty, Katainen was forced to cover the costs of battery replacement himself.
After reaching out to a Tesla dealer, however, the man was told that the replacement of the entire battery cell would cost him over $22,000. He was allegedly also told that permission from Tesla was required for the repair.
“The car was about a month in a Tesla dealer’s workshop and finally I got a call that they can’t do anything for my car, the only option is to change the whole battery cell,” Katainen said.
“The cost would be at least Euro $22,000 and permission for the operation has to be asked from Tesla.
“So I told them that I’m going to explode the whole car away because apparently there was no guarantee or anything.”
Though everyone in their right mind would think that the dissatisfied customer was joking about blowing up his own car, Katainen was determined to make his problem known to the world.
After teaming up with local ‘bomb dudes’, the man blew up the old Tesla using 66 pounds of dynamite. The entire spectacle was also caught on camera by the vlogging team Pommijätkät.
The explosion took place in snowy rural Finland where high-def cameras were placed all around to capture the spectacular moment. Going the extra length, Katainen and the team even placed a dummy with the picture of Elon Musk’s face inside the car before blasting it to pieces.
Expensive battery replacements remain one of the main complaints Tesla users have been reporting over the years. While replacements can cost as much as $22,500 at Tesla service centers, some people had to resort to third-party, independent garages to get their cars fixed and operational again at a lower cost.
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