I used to work in insurance. This might actually be the biggest blow to Testla, even more than stock prices. If people keep vandalizing the vehicles, eventually the insurance has to come due. And repair costs are not cheap, its basically only dealers and a limited number of repair places that partner.
And insurance companies always make sure they get their money.
- Paint probably.
  Also I would never support anything illegal. As the law requires.
  
  Well, a 1:1 mixture of chlorine bleach and vinegar should damn near instantly and permanently corrode the steel. Don't breathe the fumes, but I have toyed with the idea of a squirt gun filled with instarust.
  
  Overnight, bologna can do some serious damage to paint, not sure what it might do to untreated aluminum.
  
  Like others said, paint is expensive AF, but also the classic "Slash 3 tires" is expensive
  Extra expensive because Tesla's (Well, EVs in general I'm pretty sure) need special and more expensive tires due to the weight
  
  I wouldn't go after individual Tesla owners. It wasn't always like this. They adopted the earliest and cheapest (in the US) EV. I won't buy one now, but I would have three years ago.
  I understand the dealership thing. Are most of them directly corporate?
  
  Rip off a sidepanel. Not even the smartest people on space x can fit a new one.
  
  I want to see if those are mentioned in future news coverage.
  In Minecraft, right?
  
  Tiny water balloons filled with brake fluid.
  
  IIRC, if one or two tires, or all four tires are damaged, insurance will cover it. But insurance won't cover three tires being damaged if I understand correctly. So slash three tires per car.
So it's actually working!
That makes it more expensive to own a Tesla, and that's one more thing that will make it less attractive to buy, either new or used.
It's debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.
Hahahahahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is fucking hilarious.
It turns out, property damage can solve a problem
- Could the Americans be figuring out how to protest properly?
  
  I wouldn't say this is properly, but at least they're finally starting to protest. This is teething while they figure it out.
Reminds me of the Kia and Hyundai challenge.
- What the heck is that?
  
  Basically those two manufacturers made cars that were easier to steal, and then it became a thing on TikTok.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Challenge
Now this kind of thing could actually be the downfall of Tesla. Good job people!
- I'm proud of my fellow Americans
Ironically, even without the vandalism these cars were ridiculously expensive to insure. When I bought my EV I checked insurance premiums, and it would’ve cost $100/mo more to insure a model 3 similarly priced EV from another maker.
this is what the fanbois never bragged about when the brand used to carry some level of prestige
Makes sense. They should make cars that don't spontaneously combust.
can people even insure wank trucks?
Some higher being observing Earth from a far distance must be intrigued by the pattern recognition of us destroying one specific car while completely ignoring the thousands of others.
Like, imagine when we look at single-cell organisms and see them swarm something. We’d never apply any kind of nuanced interpersonal/sociopolitical reasons to be the cause.
- If it works out it could be the template for a lot more action
  
  I think it goes Luigi > Tesla Removal > and some time down the road, we’ll be in what would later be historically considered a revolution— what’s crazy is with how interconnected we are today, it could be a global revolution of some kind.
Tesla had to create the own insurance because many companies and states won't insure the cyber truck.
Bwahhahahahaaahaha!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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