I remember there was a similar thing here in canada where electric car dealerships were accepting diesel cars for huge trade-in value, almost 40% the price sometimes. One of my mechanic buddies told me stories of people buying extremely cheap diesel-volkswagens and hyundai's, getting them barely road worthy, then "flipping" 3 or 4 of them for brand new teslas.
(Should add a bit of context: those two car brands are notorious for having the worst diesel cars of all time, stemming from a design flaw where they assumed they could put lightweight/plastic parts near an engine that burns 200 degrees hotter than a gas one)
Yeah, I've seen a few of his videos and they seem more click-baitey than anything. "This car is a TERRIBLE purchase, don't buy", proceeds to spend 10mins talking about how one ford-f150 he repaired had a small wheel issue.
Because electric cars are riddled with issues too? I'm not sure if you saw the videos, but their batteries are huge environmental hazards that can melt asphalt whenever they catch fire. More recently it was also discovered that older teslas have poorly-built axels, albeit it's due to their "battery saver" technology which puts a ton of pressure on them when braking.
I remember there was a similar thing here in canada where electric car dealerships were accepting diesel cars for huge trade-in value, almost 40% the price sometimes. One of my mechanic buddies told me stories of people buying extremely cheap diesel-volkswagens and hyundai's, getting them barely road worthy, then "flipping" 3 or 4 of them for brand new teslas.
(Should add a bit of context: those two car brands are notorious for having the worst diesel cars of all time, stemming from a design flaw where they assumed they could put lightweight/plastic parts near an engine that burns 200 degrees hotter than a gas one)
Yeah, I've seen a few of his videos and they seem more click-baitey than anything. "This car is a TERRIBLE purchase, don't buy", proceeds to spend 10mins talking about how one ford-f150 he repaired had a small wheel issue.
Damn you shoulda got in on that. I mean, why didn't you?
Because electric cars are riddled with issues too? I'm not sure if you saw the videos, but their batteries are huge environmental hazards that can melt asphalt whenever they catch fire. More recently it was also discovered that older teslas have poorly-built axels, albeit it's due to their "battery saver" technology which puts a ton of pressure on them when braking.