Ever acquired an eye-watering restore estimate and wished to simply eliminate your automobile as a substitute?
A Finnish man lived the dream, selecting to blow up his Tesla rather than substitute the battery which value extra than a 3rd of the automobile’s authentic worth.
The Verge reported that Tuomas Katainen made the outlandish resolution after being confronted with a US$22,600 (RM94,535) citation for a battery replacement for his Tesla Model S mannequin that usually prices round US$60,000 (RM250,980) new or round US$30,000 (RM125,490) used.
Katainen stated he solely acquired round 1,500km of driving out of the automobile earlier than error codes began popping up, main him to take it to a Tesla restore centre the place he obtained the eventual, unacceptable citation.
He handed his electrical automobile over to YouTubers Pommijätkät (Finnish for bomb dudes), who strapped the automobile with 30kg of dynamite and introduced it to an outdated quarry in Jaala, Finland for secure disposal.
In the 8.26 minute lengthy video, the explosion, set to triumphant music, is seen obliterating the automobile, lowering it to a sprig of shrapnel.
Asked by the Pommijätkät crew if he had as a lot enjoyable driving the automobile, Katainen replied “No, never enjoyed this much with Tesla”.
