I think the whole thing comes down to: - who owns the car and consequently - who is responsible if there is a safety issue with the car? If the answer is: the driver, then Tesla has no right to restrict the owner from doing with the car what he wants. What if he wants to drive the car only on his private property, because it is not allowed on public roads? Plenty of vehicles can only be used on private property far that reason and who is Tesla to take away the rights to the enjoyment of the car owner?
On the other hand - if liability rests with Tesla then they are right to require inspection before re-enabling, because at least part ownership of the consequence of that enabling lies with them. As it looks now, they are only refusing to enable the car out of concern for their brand image... Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 1:55 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EValert: !Don't buy a salvaged Tesla EV to repair &drive! (video) On 1 Oct 2014 at 11:01, Rick Beebe via EV wrote: > If they're happy with the inspection they'll reactive the car. Control freaks. Maybe other folks are fine with this. More power to you, no pun intended. But blast it, I already have enough things in my life that spy on me and/or restrict my rights, even though I've paid for them and SHOULD own and control them. I don't need one more. Bummer, because Tesla makes a nice EV. Not that I could afford one anyway, but still. BTW, a lot of EV folks cheered Tesla on in their spat with that reporter who tried to trash-talk the car. But the whole "We know what you did, you drove in circles in a parking lot to kill the battery" deal was just plain creepy. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
