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Tesla Will Now Let You Finance Your EV Repairs… With Interest Rates as High as 36% APR (fuelarc.com)
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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.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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.

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