Tesla responds to "bricking" issue

Re:Tesla responds to "bricking" issue by mkramlich on Saturday February 25, 2012 @04:58AM (#3632628)

And to continue your logic, if you buy a new car for $20k, it's entirely possible through neglect and failure to follow manufacturer's maintenance requirements that you'll end up with a car that no longer works and requires at least $6k to get the engine and transmission back into good shape again.

R < B and R (is proportional to) B

The pattern being that sometimes things which are expensive to buy are also expensive to repair. In a gas-powered car, the engine+transmission is probably the most expensive component to brick and replace. In an electric car, it seems to be the battery system.

Neglected maintenance on a $500k house can easily create situations requiring $100k in repairs or liability.

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Re:Tesla responds to "bricking" issue by btbuilder on Saturday February 25, 2012 @12:49PM (#3633400)

How much neglect do you need to get a car's engine and transmission to fail?

Even if you didn't change the engine and transmission oil for 18 months that wouldn't happen. I bet it wouldn't happen if you didn't change it for 24 months.

Compare and contrast with not plugging in a car for < 4 weeks.

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