The Fantastic Case of the Missing Tesla
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends the series as a cautionary tale about buying used Teslas and dealing with Tesla service.
What it is
The final chapter of Rich Rebuilds' saga about buying a used Tesla Model X that went missing, with cameo appearances and the end of the dispute. It is part of a longer series on the problems he had with Tesla.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2019 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec 2Ccltvcm · 2019-05 · on “Repair delays for Tesla owners”
Anybody involved with Tesla in any way should at least watch The Fantastic Case of the Missing Tesla by Rich [this video]
Recommends kylec · 2019-04 · on “Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag”
You should watch the Rich Rebuilds series of videos about the problems he had buying a used Model X from Tesla: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [this video]
Cites sschueller · 2019-02 · on “Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent About Polar Vortex Affecting Cars”
The door handles on a Tesla are an issue in normal cold weather already [1] although I am not sure if the model 3 has the same ones as the X. Most cars you can yank the door handle open even if it's iced up. [1] [this video]