Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Tesla bills customer $21000 for driving through the rain while they're still in warranty 🤦" video.

I researched cost of ownership of cars for a book I was writing. The best thing to do is to buy an unsophisticated, nearly new, very reliable car say a diesel Volkswagen. And run it until literally falls apart. Maintain it very very well, preferably at the main dealer as they will do preventative maintenance checks. The bottom line is the most cost-effective motoring is when you've paid for the car you're not making monthly payments anymore. You're just paying for service and fuel. And if you replace parts before they totally wear out, you won't even have breakdowns. People do amazing mental gymnastics to justify buying a new car. Oh it's unreliable it's cost me $3000 in repairs this year, I'll get a new car that costs me $600 a month. That's more than double what you paid and repairs...
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WE USED TO TAKE THE P!SS OUF OF THE USSR FOR BEING BACKWARDS having lived here for 15 years we were the fools - they were NOR backwards - they were repairable. When the electrical connector broke on my 1929 tailors iron I bought a replacement for $2, 400m from my apartment in the little hardware store cos the USSR NEVER changed the connector on things that get hot. NOW, this does mean things have to LOOK old. But if your philosophy is easy repair this is a trade-off you have to make. They were NOT stupid, they had different VALUES.
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THE INFANTILIZATION OF THE WEST is a genuine issue - no one knows how to do ANYTHING now. I know - Im an author on psychology and the collapse of civilisations, I'm studying this. Your average Chinese teenage girl has more engineering knowledge than the average US 45-year-old man.
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It 100% comes under Scottish consumer protection law, which is even more strict than EU law. No way on gods earth they getting away with this.
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WE USED TO TAKE THE P!SS OUF OF THE USSR FOR BEING BACKWARDS having lived here for 15 years we were the fools - they were NOR backwards - they were repairable. When the electrical connector broke on my 1929 tailors iron I bought a replacement for $2, 400m from my apartment in the little hardware store cos the USSR NEVER changed the connector on things that get hot. NOW, this does mean things have to LOOK old. But if your philosophy is easy repair this is a trade-off you have to make. They were NOT stupid, they had different VALUES. Values that I now REALLY appreciate in 2023.
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There is no way on gods earth. This is legal in the UK. They categorically will have to replace it under warranty. Especially in Scotland, which has its own consumer protection laws that are higher than even the EU.
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