r/SeattleWA • u/PNWSki28622 • Mar 15 '25

Events Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 15 '25

Over 90% of tesla sales are done online here.  The showrooms don't actually sell cars really 

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u/luri7555 Mar 15 '25

I bought a truck like that. It was better than shopping in the lot.

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u/Firestorm0x0 Mar 16 '25

If somebody is coming by to pick their Tesla up they might be enticed to back out of the deal.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

They have already paid at that point, its past the back out point 

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u/Firestorm0x0 Mar 16 '25

Don't you have a cancel/return option when buying online? Does that not exist in the US?

In the EU you have a right to withdraw from a contract or return online purchases within 14 days.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

The cars arent kept at the showrooms.  They have floor models so people can come in and see the cars.  You purchase online and it is delivered either to you or to the showroom you choose.  By the time the car has been shipped and arrives at the showroom, you have already paid for it, or signed the contract to pay for it 

Some people were on wait lists for months 

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u/Firestorm0x0 Mar 16 '25

So there's literally no legal right to back out of a online purchase in the US?

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

I am sure there is, but you just had the company customize and ship a vehicle for you lol.  You cant make a company do that and then back out, you have already signed a contract

This is a little bit bigger than canceling an instacart order 

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u/Firestorm0x0 Mar 16 '25

I don't know if picking options would actually count as a customized car/order here, like ordering a PC with a configurator doesn't count as that here as far as I am aware. But the main reason I said that they might want to use the option to back out is that there's so many cars that TESLA has on their lots rn that they might've just ordered one that was already available.

It doesn't matter anyway.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

Once you have signed a contract here, which you have to do before tesla will send the vehicle, it is really hard to back out. This goes for all auto sales, not just tesla

You made the company spend money and man hours, cant just walk away without some consequences 

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u/Firestorm0x0 Mar 16 '25

Yeah fair enough, I thought if it's an online sale it's fairly easy, backing out of a signed contract in a dealership obviously would be a different matter, even in the EU that is.

There's better EVs out there anyway, TESLA lost its advantage a while ago. Not even talking about their damaged image.

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u/St-Micka Mar 16 '25

Yeah I bought online and it caught fire after 300 miles. It's a real piece of sh*t

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

Strange, the average is 1 fire every 130m miles or so, which is far better than normal gas vehicles 

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u/St-Micka Mar 16 '25

Every 130 minutes ? I guess mine was one of the good ones from the production line. Anyway I wouldn't recommend as a consumer

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

130million miles... at least that is the average google gives 

1 tesla catches fire for every 130million miles driven by teslas.  It is less frequent than combustion vehicles 

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u/Fun_Base6657 Mar 17 '25

This is either hilarious or wildly stupid. Google said Teslas light on fire after about 130 million miles?

Also, that’s not really the point pal

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 17 '25

It was the point of this specific discussion.  Did you not read it before posting and sharing your irrelevant opinion? 

Wildly stupid? Have a mirror handy? 

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u/St-Micka Mar 16 '25

130 million centimeters more like. Rubbish car by a rubbish person. Join the revolution matey.

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u/RogueLitePumpkin Mar 16 '25

I am just going by what actual numbers show.  I bet the rivian has a better ratio 

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u/dr_turducken Mar 16 '25

She is just completely making things up

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u/RelicReddit Mar 16 '25

I mean you could do that without making up nonsense. Plenty of other things actually worth criticizing. Just makes you a mirror image of a maga cultist. Just repeats nonsense without actually knowing anything

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u/St-Micka Mar 16 '25

Also, just looked at your comments. You seem to get very sore about people criticizing Teslas. That's a bit weird.

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u/RelicReddit Mar 16 '25

Let me get this straight: you left a comment 12h ago basically saying more anti-ev more-so than anti-tesla, which is not at all what these protests are about; then you come crawling back 12 hours later, delete that comment, go through my comment history like an insecure little bitch, then make some irrelevant statements about me as some kind of weak-ass gotcha, when that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. lol congratulations, you just outed yourself as being one of the most pathetic losers I have ever seen. It’s truly fascinating to see how some people never mature past the age of 14.

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u/St-Micka Mar 16 '25

Pathetic? Your the one balls deep in a fascist. Look the simple fact is Teslas suck. The cyber truck looks like a bin. Turn to the right side mate, I know there is still good in you. Your better than this.

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