But in automotive terms a 'wear item' is something that a reasonable person could expect to replace or maintain, and is accessible through normal tools in a repair shop that works on multiple makes of vehicles. Such as tires, brake pads, brake rotors, belts, hoses.
Where it currently is assembled into the vehicle requires either:
1) much longer expected service life, make it a non issue
, or
2) greater ease of replacement, and or more graceful, utilitarian failure mode performance.
1) Is tolerable, and still shitty,
2) is, or could be, reasonable, and an annoyance tops.
As things are now, the whole affair is a big dodge. I would be very unhappy.
Fail fast, and all that rapid innovation culture has implications the mature auto manufacturers know well. I have friends with these cars and they are having a lot of fun. When the fun started, I talked about real costs and risks yet to play out.
Well, now they are.
Some of those people can afford the adventure. Ok fine, they got what they paid for. And they have options.
Many secondary adopters may feel the pinch of these things far more. Sad day for them. Hope Tesla recognizes who they are selling to now and ups their game.
I am a fan. The cars are fun, but there is no way I would own one personally. Maybe someday.
Transportation to me needs to be cheap ass dollars per mile and either highly reliable, or easy for me to fix and maintain.
