With Tesla, you can turn a $2,442 windshield installation into a $3,174 windshield installation through the power of interest.

This is being reported by the Teslasphere as an “excellent option” to restore affordability to a car market that desperately needs more affordability.

Only, neither of those numbers is even in the same ballpark as affordable.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      Florida mandates windshield replacement from any insurance coverage, and they can’t raise your rates for that repair. We sorely need more of that kinda thing.

    • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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      Drive to your local LKQ distribution center with stock and an extra $100. You won’t make it past the 3rd installer you see show up in a van before someone will take your $100 with a new windshield installed within 30 minutes. Never buy a car unless LKQ makes reproduction parts. That is where 90% of auto body repair parts come from in the USA. Anyone can walk in and pay cash too.

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        idk … i can get the auto glass people to come to me and I don’t pay anything, it’s covered by insurance

        I’ve had to replace 2 windshields in the last 5 years