[Video] Finnish Man Passes on Paying $22,600 to Replace His Tesla's Battery, Blows Up Car Instead

[DarinCT]

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Finnish Man Passes on Paying $22,600 to Replace His Tesla's Battery, Blows Up Car Instead


There are times in life when you have to choose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. For him, it apparently wasn’t worth it, so he decided to team up with a YouTuber to blow up his Model S with 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of dynamite instead.

According to Katainen, his Model S ran “excellent” for the first 932 miles (1,500 kilometers) after he bought it, but then the error codes started to appear. He sent his car to a Tesla dealer’s repair shop, where it remained for about a month, and was told they couldn’t do anything for his car. His only option would be to replace the entire battery, which would cost more than $22,600, and he would have to ask Tesla permission to carry out the repair.

To put this in perspective, $22,600 would go a long way to buying another used 2013 Model S in Finland, which appear to sell for more than $42,900. But Katainen decides that’s not for him, proving that there is indeed a thin line between logic, rage, and insanity.

“So I told them I’m coming to pick up the Tesla,” he said in the video. “Now I’m going to explode the whole car away.”



To carry out his master plan, Katainen enlisted the help of YouTuber Pommijätkät, which roughly translates to “Bomb Dudes,” according to Google Translate. (Whether that’s an accurate translation or not, it seems appropriate considering Pommijätkät likes to make things explode).

While blowing up a car with dynamite may sound fun, it’s not an easy task. Katainen and Pommijätkät set up the operation in a quarry at Jaala, a small rural town in Southern Finland. The group had to consider factors like the explosive’s huge pressure wave and the direction the blast would go in order to ensure safety.

In the fascinating video, which features a dummy of Tesla CEO Elon Musk that’s dropped from a helicopter and ends with the very big explosion of Katainen’s Model S, Pommijätkät asks Katainen what is better: a working Tesla or exploding the car with 66 pounds of dynamite?

“Sort of both,” he said. “Maybe more explosion.”

 

[Richard V.]

YouTube video is mid-article if you just want to scroll down and watch it

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Finnish Man Passes on Paying $22,600 to Replace His Tesla's Battery, Blows Up Car Instead


There are times in life when you have to choose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. For him, it apparently wasn’t worth it, so he decided to team up with a YouTuber to blow up his Model S with 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of dynamite instead.

According to Katainen, his Model S ran “excellent” for the first 932 miles (1,500 kilometers) after he bought it, but then the error codes started to appear. He sent his car to a Tesla dealer’s repair shop, where it remained for about a month, and was told they couldn’t do anything for his car. His only option would be to replace the entire battery, which would cost more than $22,600, and he would have to ask Tesla permission to carry out the repair.

To put this in perspective, $22,600 would go a long way to buying another used 2013 Model S in Finland, which appear to sell for more than $42,900. But Katainen decides that’s not for him, proving that there is indeed a thin line between logic, rage, and insanity.

“So I told them I’m coming to pick up the Tesla,” he said in the video. “Now I’m going to explode the whole car away.”



To carry out his master plan, Katainen enlisted the help of YouTuber Pommijätkät, which roughly translates to “Bomb Dudes,” according to Google Translate. (Whether that’s an accurate translation or not, it seems appropriate considering Pommijätkät likes to make things explode).

While blowing up a car with dynamite may sound fun, it’s not an easy task. Katainen and Pommijätkät set up the operation in a quarry at Jaala, a small rural town in Southern Finland. The group had to consider factors like the explosive’s huge pressure wave and the direction the blast would go in order to ensure safety.

In the fascinating video, which features a dummy of Tesla CEO Elon Musk that’s dropped from a helicopter and ends with the very big explosion of Katainen’s Model S, Pommijätkät asks Katainen what is better: a working Tesla or exploding the car with 66 pounds of dynamite?

“Sort of both,” he said. “Maybe more explosion.”

I think the battery pack could have been serviced. I would doubt that ALL the cells/BMS and circuits were defective. He could have seek a second opinion on the whole issue. Perhaps the local dealer did not have the expertise to open the pack and find the problems. So the easy way out is to say change the entire pack for a new one.

 

[larryboy31]

I think the battery pack could have been serviced. I would doubt that ALL the cells/BMS and circuits were defective. He could have seek a second opinion on the whole issue. Perhaps the local dealer did not have the expertise to open the pack and find the problems. So the easy way out is to say change the entire pack for a new one.

It all boils down to a single misspelled word. It should have read Foolish man instead of Finnish man.

 

[Crissa]

Man destroyed eight year old car because engine block was damaged wouldn't be a story, now would it? Everyone would say, 'well, you could go to a third party dealer and buy a new engine there'.

The price he says he was quoted is way above the price that has been recorded before.

-Crissa

 

[FutureBoy]

So I guess the warranty doesn’t cover this vehicle… I wonder what the insurance appraiser would say.

 

[CyberCFP]

$22,600?

I need clarification on why it's so expensive.

 

[John K]

$22,600?

I need clarification on why it's so expensive.

Guessing parts availability in Finland

 

[Richard V.]

$22,600?

I need clarification on why it's so expensive.

What if you add to the parts/shipping exacerbating labor shortage/costs.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Anyone know where in Florida this happened? I spent all afternoon looking for Finland, FL and just cannot seem to locate it.

 

[Mythrainder]

Anyone know where in Florida this happened? I spent all afternoon looking for Finland, FL and just cannot seem to locate it.

LoL, that there was right funny dude!

 

[MEDICALJMP]

Evidently Rich Rebuilds needs to open a Finnish branch office.

In the US this is a perfect argument for Right to Fix legislation.

 

[Deleted member 11233]

The (former) owner looks a bit like a younger Jon Voight.

 

[FutureBoy]

YouTube video is mid-article if you just want to scroll down and watch it

Source: Gizmodo

Finnish Man Passes on Paying $22,600 to Replace His Tesla's Battery, Blows Up Car Instead


There are times in life when you have to choose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. For him, it apparently wasn’t worth it, so he decided to team up with a YouTuber to blow up his Model S with 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of dynamite instead.

According to Katainen, his Model S ran “excellent” for the first 932 miles (1,500 kilometers) after he bought it, but then the error codes started to appear. He sent his car to a Tesla dealer’s repair shop, where it remained for about a month, and was told they couldn’t do anything for his car. His only option would be to replace the entire battery, which would cost more than $22,600, and he would have to ask Tesla permission to carry out the repair.

To put this in perspective, $22,600 would go a long way to buying another used 2013 Model S in Finland, which appear to sell for more than $42,900. But Katainen decides that’s not for him, proving that there is indeed a thin line between logic, rage, and insanity.

“So I told them I’m coming to pick up the Tesla,” he said in the video. “Now I’m going to explode the whole car away.”



To carry out his master plan, Katainen enlisted the help of YouTuber Pommijätkät, which roughly translates to “Bomb Dudes,” according to Google Translate. (Whether that’s an accurate translation or not, it seems appropriate considering Pommijätkät likes to make things explode).

While blowing up a car with dynamite may sound fun, it’s not an easy task. Katainen and Pommijätkät set up the operation in a quarry at Jaala, a small rural town in Southern Finland. The group had to consider factors like the explosive’s huge pressure wave and the direction the blast would go in order to ensure safety.

In the fascinating video, which features a dummy of Tesla CEO Elon Musk that’s dropped from a helicopter and ends with the very big explosion of Katainen’s Model S, Pommijätkät asks Katainen what is better: a working Tesla or exploding the car with 66 pounds of dynamite?

“Sort of both,” he said. “Maybe more explosion.”

I have to say. This story has been mentioned to me SOOOOOOO many times recently. It really seems to have caught the public's attention. There are especially a lot of ICE enthusiasts that find out I like Tesla and then try to throw this example back as to why EVs supposedly SUCK. I basically ignore their ignorance of the story and the issue.

But yeah, this one story has been quite the attention grabber lately.