Tesla Will Now Let You Finance Your EV Repairs... With Interest Rates as High as 36% APR - FuelArc News
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Let’s say your Cybertruck pops a tire, or needs a new windshield, or you just looked at it funny and the glued-on stainless steel panels fell off. No worries! Tesla’s got you covered. You can now finance your repairs through Affirm or Klarna, because if there’s one thing America needs, it’s more high-interest debt attached […]

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.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Not understanding the alternator bit. I’m not aware of any shop of any stripe that will replace only the regulator.

    EDIT: Leaving the above. Seems like back in the day you couldn’t replace the regulator alone. Looked at pics and it seems easy now days.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Depends on the model. When my first car was having alternator trouble, I replaced the regulator which required me to remove a whopping two bolts. Of course it’s not possible on all alternators, but it was the first example I could think of. Similarly, if you’ve got a bad valve body in your auto transmission, most main dealers would tell you that you need to replace the entire transmission. Etc.