Consumer Reports’ latest used-car reliability leaderboard has some surprises.

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    9 hours ago

    It’s not actually that over the top, Tesla beats the Ford Pinto in percentage of fire-based deaths, a car most well known for catching fire.

    control and/or cut it’s data connection to Tesla

    To my knowledge you can’t, at least without a level of rewriting the car’s code that you’ll effectively be writing the whole car from scratch. Just buy a different brand, literally any other brand of electric car.

    Since it’s used, I’m not giving Musk any money,

    The moment you need any replacement parts you’re giving Musk money. Tesla does not provide repair parts to repair shops. I work at a repair shop, ask me how I know. If you call them and request a part they will tell you to bring the car to them and then hang up on you, so, hope your car never needs maintenance because it isn’t getting any outside of a Tesla shop.

    Even if we could get parts we still refuse service on Teslas at my shop because they’re such a liability risk.