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b_b · 4320 days ago · link · · parent · post: Elon Musk vs. The Times: Why This Can't End Well for Tesla
You would be surprised at how dumb "real owners" of cars are. In my former life as a engineer at DaimlerChrysler part of my job was doing warranty inspections on engines that had failed. You could tell the problem just my checking the mileage of the engine without even looking at it. One in a bunch was a factory problem, which would fail around <1000 miles. The overwhelming majority failed around 25,000, and resulted from the owner never changing the oil. Just be cause a car is expensive doesn't mean the purchaser is knowledgeable or even has common sense. The sad part of engineering is that you have to assume that your average customer is of below average intelligence.