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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A person trained only by watching YouTube videos, and equipped with $100 worth of Harbor Freight tools and some Bondo, could get that ready for paint in an afternoon.

No sympathy for that owner’s plight. That is a textbook example of an easy, fix-it-yourself repair. We are becoming a nation of highly educated people who can’t do sh*t.

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It’s not easy because it might require a panel replacement if the dent is unfixable.  That’s the problem so many people who buy niche brands like rivians, Lucids, etc. completely ignore - the parts supply chains for those extremely rare cars don’t exist, so when S breaks (which they inevitably will) a repair goes from a few thousand dollars to fix to a $40k+ fix.   This example in the link isn’t unique either. Other Rivian owners who got into a fender bender and needed the bumper now replaced also report getting quotes for over $30k to fix it.

It’s absolutely absurd. It’s the risk dumb buyers take though when they wanna be contrarian by buying a small niche EV that isn’t Tesla because hurr durr durr ElOn MuSK BAd!!!

Have fun dumping another 40 grand into your money pit for what should be a relatively minor fix because there are supply chains that exist for parts. [/quote]

Elon Musk is pretty terrible.[/quote]

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