--- title: "Instead of paying the $22,600 repair price, a Tesla owner blows up his Model S" description: "Katainen sent his 2013 Tesla Model S to Pommijätkät, a YouTube gathering of blast specialists who like making things go \"blast.\"" author: "Harsh Srivastava" published: 2021-12-27 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1139/instead-of-paying-the-22-600-repair-price-a-tesla-owner-blows-up-his-model-s category: "technology" tags: ["news", "technology news"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Instead of paying the $22,600 repair price, a Tesla owner blows up his Model S Do you go with the [expensive](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/94/why-can-a-group-by-or-order-by-clause-be-expensive-to-process) fix, carry it to the junkyard, or get rid of it when confronted with a [maintenance](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/333912/maintenance-made-simple-how-online-tools-enhance-property-management) charge that is half of what you purchased for your vehicle? When given such a problem, **Finnish Tesla proprietor Tuomas Katainen** decided to accomplish something somewhat **more extremist** — however possible significantly more pleasurable — by seeing his vehicle burst into blazes, as per a report from Gizmodo. ### Read more- [DuckDuckGo is developing a desktop browser that prioritizes privacy](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1134/duckduckgo-is-developing-a-desktop-browser-that-prioritizes-privacy) In the wake of getting a citation for **$22,600** for a battery substitution, Katainen sent his 2013 Tesla Model S to Pommijätkät, a YouTube [gathering](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80953/church-religious-gathering-makes-france-the-centre-of-coronavirus-pandemic) of blast specialists who like making things go **'blast.'** 'Indeed, the first **1,500km [932 miles]** were beautiful when I procured that Tesla,' Katainen said. **'Then, at that point, came the blunder codes.'** After taking his Tesla to fix, Katainen discovered that the best way to reestablish the vehicle was to supplant the total [battery pack](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85092/mg-comet-vs-tata-tiago-ev-battery-pack-range-dimensions-and-features), which would hinder him basically **20,000€ ($22,600).** Considering that the base cost for another 2013 Tesla Model S began at **$57,400** and in the end expanded to **$59,900** when the vehicle at first came out, I figure anybody would be very disappointed around then. Indeed, even an [essential](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12260/why-it-is-essential-to-be-proactive-about-your-retirement-financial-planning) used model currently costs around **$30,000** at any rate. That is in all probability why Katainen removed the Tesla from the shop and informed the repairman he was going to **'detonate the entire vehicle away.'** To place things in context, these cars accompany an **eight-year (or 150,000 miles)** battery and drive unit [guarantee](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12905/microsoft-mcp-ai-100-test-preparation-material-pass-with-guarantee), yet prior models' guarantees are beginning to terminate, showing the expected cost of full battery substitution. Electrek detailed in September on a Tesla proprietor who required a battery substitution on a **Model S** that was not generally covered by the maker's guarantee. As indicated by the story, he was cited **$22,500** by Tesla however got a **$5,000 fix** from an outsider business. Katainen's [explanation](https://answers.mindstick.com/blog/94/neural-network-simple-explanation-with-real-life-examples) came from Tesla also, and it's indistinct on the off chance that he approached an alternate auto shop. Tesla emits in a chunk of fire, with what seems, by all accounts, to be a great many parts dispersed across the frozen [territory](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34833/from-which-country-did-the-united-states-buy-the-louisiana-territory-in-1803), when Katainen enacts the blast from inside a close by fortification. The gathering assembles whatever survives from the vehicle, which is simply a hill of pieces. **'No, never partaken in this much with Tesla!'** Katainen says when inquired as to whether he's at any point had as much fun in the driver's seat of a Tesla. ### Read More- [Google risks a fine of roughly $100 million for failing to remove banned information](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1136/in-russia-google-risks-a-fine-of-roughly-100-million-for-failing-to-remove-banned-information) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1139/instead-of-paying-the-22-600-repair-price-a-tesla-owner-blows-up-his-model-s Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.