"You don't care about a diverse and inclusive workforce, your entire hiring system is created by bigots and then outsourced to AI so you don't have to take responsibility." Absolutely stellar quote. Extremely relevant and on the head.

If the battery is non serviceable, then it should be water tight, if it's not intended to be opened, it should've been easy to seal it up completely.

The fact that my right to repair something I've spent thousands of dollars on is _controversial_ is nuts to me. I'm offended by the idea that I'm not allowed to repair literally _everthing_ I own, regardless of price point.

My dad is self employed, took the business over from my grandparents, and still is running some really old machines simply because you can repair them really easily. Are some of these machines slightly harder to use? Yes. But the ease of repair outweighs it by so much it's insane.

Thank you for carrying our story. Totally agree with you. We have since given up on the car, and purchased another brand. We had enough of Tesla - they are not a loyal brand and treated us terribly and we have heard from other people who have had similar treatment. Also point of note - it’s GBP (not brexit or Scottish pounds) 👍🌧️

The UK has a "Fit for Purpose" consumer protection law. If the car is not fit for driving in a bit of rain, then they should be entitled to free repair or refund, regardless of the seller's interpretation of warranty conditions.

There's no point in having a Tesla in Scotland, if you cannot drive it in the rain!

As a part of Gen Z I can tell you confidently: I do not know a person of my generation that would call a repair stupid. It is literally economically and ecologically meaningful and nessecary. But maybe that's just because I am not rich. Most people of my generation have barely enough money to buy stuff once and we'd like to use them more than just a bit. Thank you very much.

Great to hear your perspective! A few years ago I tore apart my washing machine to replace the bearings, and on the dryer replaced the felt strip and rubber belt. My friends and family thought I was crazy. It was a lot of work; I was in over my head, and almost gave up. In the end I got them all back together in working order, with no leaks and it was the best feeling ever. So much was learned and I also learned a lot about myself in the process. This is the main reason I will never buy a Tesla and instead opt for the most repairable, DIY friendly car on the market. Fixing stuff is a "green," and it's also fun.

Let me get this straight... a vehicle, intended to be operated in an exterior environment, is not designed to be water resistant? Not only would I not pay that bill, I would report it to the local consumer fraud agency.

The funny thing is, what Tesla doesnt understand is the damage for Tesla by not repairing this car under warranty is much higher than 21k$. I wonder how many people decide to buy another EV instead of a Tesla because of this behavior.

Many years ago my Boss owned a Rolls Royce which broke down on a trip through Ireland. He phoned them up and they flew a technician out by Helicopter to diagnose the fault, they then flew the part in a repaired the car. He told me that after several months he had not been billed and chased them up, only to be told he must nave been mistaken Roll Royce's do not break down so there could of course be no charge, since then he as owned two more. A lesson to other car manufacturers.

Preach brother 🙌 I'm so glad that you're spreading the right to repair, built in obsolescence needs to be resisted at all levels

I’m a mechanic. Typically mechanics are paid a flat rate for repairs they do. If the labor time in the book is 1.5 hours for a water pump they get paid 1.5 hours whether it takes them .3 hours or 3.0 hours to do the job. Many shops also pay commission on parts. So if I remove your turn signal switch and clean the contacts I get paid 1.5 hours for my labor including diagnostic time. If I replace your switch with a new one I get 1.5 hours labor. If I am only paid labor with no part commission I have no incentive to sell you that $225 switch. If I get commission. Often 10%. I make an addition $22.50 of the job. You may wonder why a shop that doesn’t sell parts, that is sourcing those parts from a local parts store would pay commission. They get wholesale pricing for the part. If MSRP on that part is $225 they may get it for $125 from the part store at wholesale price. They then mark it up on your bill to MSRP of $225. They cut the mechanic his share and profit an additional $87.50 on the job. Therefore everyone is incentivized to sell parts rather than fix them. Even in a shop where the mechanic only is paid labor and has no incentive to sell parts they will be pressured to do so. The manager may reject them fixing the part because it will not be durable long term. The customer may have an issue two years from now and become angry that they have to pay to have the same problem fixed. This is actually a valid and real concern. This does happen. However, the proper way to handle it is to give the customer the option. Let them decide. Truly though, the managers real concern is that they want to pad the ticket for more profit. All this said. In the vast majority of situations the part cannot reasonably be repaired. It is not cost effective for me to disassemble your blower motor, replace the bearings, and rewind the armature. The labor would far exceed the $125 for a new part. Yes though there are many annoyances. Such as not being able to rebuild alternators anymore. Or the fact that you can’t buy ball joints and bushings for control arms on many cars. You have it get a new assembly. What is wrong with the 20 pound chunk of steel that the ball joints and bushing are attached to? Or “loaded” struts. Why do I need a new coil spring. It literally takes me less than five minutes to swap from the old strut to the new. As for the Tesla battery. If the water penetrated it. Dirty potentially salty water it probably fried all the electronics built into the battery pack. I also have to wonder what damage was done to the cells. It is probably lucky the thing didn’t catch fire. I doubt the pack was salvageable. But like you said. How the hell did water enter the thing? That’s a manufacturing defect. I have never worked on a Tesla but I have worked on many Hybrids those batteries are sealed tight.

I'm disgusted with this *"only POORS ask"* attitude that companies have. You're on the mark. This is an increasing problem. At least 3 different companies that I've contacted over recent time, with an inquiry or a concern about something before making a purchase, have simply ignored the question I have asked. It really does feel like that we're expected to not ask, simply open up our wallets in silence.

Bravo Louis, as a now retired mech engineer who spent his working life in R&D I couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve always repaired on the basis that if it was designed by a human and assembled by a human then it can be repaired by a human. Mostly it pays off, which is nice.

The Fox was cute. I purchased a New Kia Sportage in 2017 and what I was amazed at was in the selling process it was suggested to me that the trend these days was to offload the car within 4 years. This was a car being sold with a 7 year warranty. The old fashioned idea you may keep a vehicle for 10 to 15 years is seen as yesterday thinking. And I keep thinking that so many companies must watch how Apple does business and it gives them huge ideas to basically do the same. Get customers use to very high cycling of new products even if you don't need to upgrade.

I was an ATM tech for about 10 yrs. A common issue we would have was a tolerance problem in the unit that scans the bills before dispensing them. This part is called the note qualifier. The standard pratice was to replace the qualifier. This costs thousands of dollars and takes hours to replace. I finally decided to figure out exactly what was happening. I found that it was caused by a 5 cent plastic clip braking. I probably fixed a hundred of them after discovering this. It takes 5 minutes and costs the price of a service tech coming out. So about $150 at the time. I fail to understand why it took me figuring it out when so many people worked there before me.

As a dealership technician for a german car manufacturer who is proud of my diagnostic abilities, I feel you man. The manufacturers don't even give us all the resources to completely diagnose issues and make more component level repairs, just enough to replace assemblies. That being said, it has been shared that a training program is on the horizon to give us the qualifications, skill and knowledge to repair batteries, not just replace the whole thing. I'm a firm believer of right to repair, so this makes me happy.

Louis: You've outdone yourself!! Not only have you fully addressed the topic at hand (& Handily!), but you've also managed to bring in your off screen wife, cat & fish as well as introduce us to a new member of your family & fully embrace his existence, vis a vis we all have a rightful place in this world.. Raw talent!! Thanks for so many informative and just plain fun videos!

I got into the electronics repair industry in the Navy in 1983 and in school we were taught to troubleshoot to the component level, and in my entire career I've had to balance repair vs replace and to me the solution is simple. If it cost more to fix than replace, then replace, but if it can be repaired, safely and economically then repair.

If we are to take an older Volvo, the company in Sweden boasted about how the car could cope in the rain. Volvo enlisted the help of the fire brigade who sprayed water from three different directions to see how water resistant the car was and a reporter sat inside the car and filmed everything that happened

Louis: Absolutely agree with you. Here in UK front-load washing machines are almost universal (as opposed to US top-loaders). Tub that rotating drum sits in used to be two halves bolted together. As the weak point on washers is the rear bearing (and pcb), which when worn renders machine unusable, it could be replaced cheaply by a competent diy-er taking out the drum, unbolting the halves and replacing bearing and seal ($20-25). Manufacturers (inc the likes of Bosch) then started using welded tubs on the ground that these were more 'reliable' (less likely to leak, presumably - though there's no evidence the previous design was weaker) - thus when that small, cheap part is worn the whole machine has to be scrapped. It's crazy, disgraceful built-in obsolescence. And yet these manufacturers will virtue-signal their green credentials! Green my arse.

I HATE not being able to get things repaired. About 2007 or 2008 we called a repairman for an old tv (back before flat tv screens) and they refused to repair it because "they couldn"t make any money from the repairs." They just told us to throw it away and buy another one. It seems like such a waste to me. I am not rich and can't afford to replace something when it breaks. I'm not mechanically inclined and I do want things like kitchen appliances repaired and not thrown away.

Some of these problems need to be solved in the product design phase. Some of these small repairs are getting super expensive because it can take hours of labor to even get to the part. Sometimes entire products need to be replaced because for the sake of being smaller everything is melded together into a single board.

What I believe is going on here is that Tesla gets the customer to pay for a new battery. Then Tesla is gracious enough to "dispose" of it for them. They then send it to their battery repair depot, put a couple of hundred/thousand dollars into repairs, and finally put it into a different warranty repair car or charge the next schmuck $21,000 for it. It's recycling and reselling all at the same time.

As a small boat marine engineer with nearly 50 years experience, I've spent my whole life taking things apart and repairing them; Starter motors, alternators, bow thrusters, fridges, gas cookers, virtually everything you can find in a cabin cruiser. Some manufacturers have made parts impossible to open so need replacing, but so much money can be saved by easy repairs.

I love that you take your cat for dental cleanings; it warms my vet tech heart. And not just for job security reasons. Also your grey fox is very cute. Thumbs up to keeping him around to guard the fishies.

You are perfectly right, we should repair much more than we do now. And its sad that our ingenuity is blocked because we are not allowed to repair. Let’s hope everyone will support the “right to repair”

Always loved the "you must be poor" responses. No better or faster self-indictment. And it's not limited to that they're bad with money, too stupid to figure anything out on their own or otherwise think for themselves, believe the ability to be stupid with money makes them superior, and are happy to be a product themselves. Almost as if there's a reason for how old the saying "a fool and their money are soon parted" is. Even better when their only response is yet another "you sound poor." Tell me your greatest fear without telling me your greatest fear. Oh, look, 1789 France.

There’s no feeling quite like finding that the only thing wrong with a $200.00 dishwasher PCB is a $2.00 relay that can be easily replaced. 5 years later when it finally dies for some other reason I wasn’t even mad. It owed me nothing at that point. What a great feeling that first wash with the new relay was!

With you 100% On this one. They used to be called Mechanics, but now they are known as fitters.

I've driven through 5 inches of water or more with my Forester. It's mad they'd let a $50,000 car ship while not being able to handle that. That being said, the headlights and taillights are LED and built into the housing. So they're like $140 a piece if they go bad. Edit: Replacing assemblies can actually be dangerous too because defective units ship. So it increases the chances of getting a battery that's a fire hazard, and sometimes repairing said battery might actually be safer in that regard.

I don't necessarily have the time or interest in troubleshooting most of my own things, but I want to be able to bring it to a repair shop and have it repaired by someone who can. This is why I will always support right to repair. Its good for the culture, the environment, and most importantly the wallet!

My motto was always "well if it's broken, I can't make it any worse" Fixed a lot of stuff that way.

As a repair tech in electronics that worked for 5 years repairing mobile phones in the 90´s you are absolutely right that prety much no one admits that they have water damaged their phone, i have repaired thousands of phones and seen many many water damages and also cleaned some of them with good results.

It's why I'm sticking to 2014 era vehicles. I've got tools to fix the mechanical, the OS tools are now cheap to buy and the lights are individual, because I learned under UK Law, I can't replace an LED light, I have to replace the Headlight unit.... Which also costs £1500 vs a £30-£50 light I can fit.

Eventually, if things like this keep happening, it'll be to the point where car companies will be like, oh a bolt is missing, replace the whole vehicle.

The funny part is that a lot of these companies who do planned obsolescence and would rather customers just re-buy a product instead of fixing it also claim to be going green. What a world.

In the late 90’s, I work for Sony Digital Camera Tech support. The techs used to SAVE the SAND/SALT found in cameras as evidence that the customer voided the warranty with their trip to the beach. Forget dropping it in the sand, just the AIR could take out your camera in those days.

I had issues with Keurig coffee makers. After running the cleaning cycle, they would no longer work. Dead as a doornail. Tore one apart and found a tiny reset button on some kind of thermocouple. Pushed I and reassembled the unit and it worked perfectly. It was inaccessible from the outside and the tear down was not fun. I will never buy a Keurig coffee maker again. I recommend the Instant Pod that handles both Keurig pods and nespresso pods. Initially somewhat expensive but is hundred times better than keurig. Hope this helps somebody.

I actually ran into an issue similar to this the other day. The odometer in my car is an LCD and it stopped working. A repair in the shop would cost $1,500 and they would just replace the whole instrument cluster. I found a video online that showed how to fix the issue by resoldering a few pins. The only difference was about 10 minutes of removing a few screws, resoldering the pins, a putting the screws back. But somehow it is better to replace the whole thing.

As someone who lives in Scotland that I can confirm that it rains 14 hours out of 24 hours.

Hi. Former Zookeeper here. A good diet for foxes consists of chicken eggs, grains, and veggies with a good bit of meat, whole prey preferred. You can buy mice rats and rabbits to feed them from any pet store that supplies reptile keepers. Personally, I'd mix some eggs into high grade commercial dog food and add some veggies then put a rodent or two on top. All in a big dog bowl. Look after your fox and he'll be an amazing little companion.

I remember buying used motorbikes in the 1990s and going out and buying a Haynes manual so I could fix most mechanical issues. I don't think anyone does this anymore. It used to be normal to do home maintenance and to have access to a lot of educational material and generic products to go out and fix your old car or bike, but sadly this is no more. Even if you want to do home maintenance, it is often impossible with silly things like bolts on car engines which are situated in such a way that it requires the engine to be removed from the car (which is not possible for the home DIY enthusiast!), if you want to work on the car and expansive LED lights which cannot have a bulb replaced but rather requires a whole unit to be replaced for a few hundred dollars.

OK, you convinced me, I'm making an appointment for a dental checkup and cleaning.

I remember when the lights on my motorcycle panel died, I got home from work and spend 2 hours opening the panel and found the burnt bulb, took it of, went to a motorcycle store, bought a new one for 50 cents, got home and repaired it, It was my first time tinkering with the bike, being able to repair YOUR OWN PROPERTY yourself not only should be legal, it should be INCENTIVIZED, because who would be more willing to do a good repair job to your things if not yourself?

I love the challenge of repairing my devices. I’ve been doing it for a decade now. I can’t say I’m great at it. I don’t solder well at all, but I can replace a digitizer, a battery, small cables, whatever other little parts that are easy to swap. My husband comes to me when his phone stops working and when he needs his clothes mended and I even got my mom excited to replace her own tablet screen when it cracked. So that’s a win.

This is why I still drive a 25yo car. The risk/cost ratio makes no sense for anything new. Thanks for keeping up the fight Louis 🙌

I’m a service engineer for a major auto mfg., you’re spot on! I love diagnosing and repairing; it’s infuriating when engineering tells us to replace components over repair.

I don't personally dare work on a car for anything that doesn't just require a quick unplug and pour; but I know a couple repair yards in the area that will do what actually needs done and the difference between what they want and the big name repair places is insane. I did get sick of this sort of issue in prebuilt computers where things weren't swapable so one small hardware issue was basically a death sentence for the system so i took the time and learned to build and maintain my own pc from parts and have had a smooth time for my last 3 pcs (well after the initial adjustments that can be a pain)

I agree 100%. The manufacturers need to know what the root cause of the issue so that they can modify the design to prevent future occurences.

Right to repair legislation must be made even harder on the manufacturers.

I feel this. My washing machine started to leak. I bought it used and have had it for 6 months. My dad said "it might be time to buy a new one" and I sat there like "Hell no, I've had this thing for 6 months. No way in hell am I getting rid of it yet." Diagnose the issue, it's a bad pump. 1 new pump later, works good as when I bought the thing.

I'm wondering if there is more detail to this story. Did they just drive in a heavy rainstorm, or drive too fast down a flooded street? If you go thru a large puddle fast enough, you could easily splash water into the air intake and then possibly the engine. That would not be a warranty repair either. A month or so ago I was driving and it rained so hard, and heavy that my blind spot warning kept getting triggered, and my wipers couldn't keep it clear enough to drive the speed limit. Car ran fine otherwise.

I recall a story I heard from a famous rock n roll drummer who was talking about some special high end amp. The amp manufacturer had a strict policy that he was only one allowed to repair his amps… even for simple fuse issues. The amps were famed to have legendary sound. The drummer summed it up by saying it was a take it or leave it deal. Back to fixing car EV batteries. From what I know there may be risk of shock during certain specific steps, such as disconnecting the power leads, so there are some important safety precautions to take. That being said, this is no more dangerous than doing an engine swap or jacking up your vehicle to change oil. Moreover, if one isn’t comfortable doing this work, then they should be able to take the vehicle to their trusted private mechanic.

We need to get repair taught in schools so the next generation learns the importance of having a right to do it.

When I worked for a car company (won't say which because they Google themselves constantly to track down former employees talking shit to sue them) we had an EV that had a battery not meant to be in humid environments or temperatures above 85f. We had so many people calling in with complaints of their battery sucking within a year because they had trouble holding a charge. Turns out the cells were dying because they lived in a humid environment above 80f.

My cousin is a car painter, he had a Walkinshaw Commodore come through his shop, with front end damage and needed a small electrical connector replaced. Holden, sold that connector in a $6000 dollar kit, which included bumpers, lights and a bunch of other gear. He managed to swindle a deal and paid around $700 for that plug. Absolute robbery.

Strong 1999 Mercedes-Benz vibes on this one, where they placed the drain hole for the rain pan in front of the window into the wiring loom, control modules, etc. It was under warranty, however Mercedes totaled and replaced all cars because they couldn’t figure out how te debug the system. This is in a car mind you, that locks you out (physical override included) from opening the doors if pressure in the ‘any of the chained ’door’-subsystem -modules is lost. E.g. the ones for the hatch , or maybe the vacuum pump of this vacuum subsystem has stared leaking, locking the actuators in the door to fail-unsafe neutral position.

Being an HVAC service tech, I see it more and more every day. Companies are not willing to fix old equipment anymore. Either they don't know how or they would rather make more money by condemning the equipment and replacing it with all brand new equipment. It's crazy to me when I go to a job after another company that has condemned something and i can fix it within an hour of being there..

"Actually trying to solve problems rather than just replacing entire assemblies and giving up is what actually makes the world green" Man is spitting facts. Besides, who tf will make a car that cannot drive under the heavy rain?

I had a 2010 VW Jetta... the user manual said to take the vehicle to a technician to change the headlight bulb... you quite literally twist it similarly to a gas cap, pull the bulb out place new bulb in, twist it back in...

Hey Louis I repair teslas third party at my shop. Once water has penetrated the battery and condenses onto every single component it wreaks havoc on every single connection inside that pack. It’s basically junk at that point. You’re right not everything is fixable and I’m one of those who try to fix it all. Tesla makes it extremely difficult for these packs to be opened so the can be repaired.

Winning right to repair may turn the tables for consumers vs corporations/manufacturers. Keep fighting the good fight Louis.

I have a degree in environmental sciences and Louis is 100% on the money with greenwashing BS. What we need is to stop throwing literally everything away because it can't be fixed!

I have a lot of experience in the car industry, and in the case you speak of, the customer is lying. Right from the get-go, their story? " We drove in the rain to a restaurant, we we left the car wouldn't start ". A Tesla does not start. The dashboard and accessories are run off of a normal 12 volt battery. There is just nowhere near enough information to make a remote diagnosis, all there is, is the repair shop saying it's because the battery pack is water damaged. Any car driven through deep enough water will destroy the engine, water does not compress, if water is sucked into the cyliders the engine will throw a rod, total destruction. No car warrenty will cover this type of owner inflicted damage. The Tesla has electric motors, they can be exposed to water and will not fail. Water damaged motors was not the diagnosis. What does this owner mean by " It wouldn't start "? If the dashboard computer would not power up, this is just a bad connection at the 12 volt battery. If the dashboard does activate, and everything works, but putting it in gear and stepping on the pedal does not power the wheels? This could be a bad battery pack, which was the diagnosis, but I doubt this was the actual problem. Unless the battery had physical damage that opened it up to potential water damage ( which is possible ), it is more likely that the battery is fine, the 12 volt battery is also fine, the computer is fine...but..the electric motor has an EMC, a circuit board with a large fuse on it. As I was saying, there is not enough information given, nut Occams razor tells me the diagnosis is faulty, the reaction of the manufacturer is not. Please provide a follow-up video if more information comes out, thanks Louis!

In regards to people, especially younger people, not wanting to take things apart and troubleshoot themselves.... I believe a big reason this exists is because people are afraid to make the problem worse. Especially when it comes to electronics, you can either make a simple problem more complex or completely break your device so easily. Another thing to consider is that warranties can so easily be voided if you try fixing something yourself. And lastly, and this is the most obvious reason....we aren't taught simple engineering/troubleshooting anymore. There's no shop classes or an electronic equivalent at most schools. And because of the first few reasons I mentioned, a lot of parents aren't showing their kids this stuff. Just something consider.

A thought just occurred to me: Ariens, specifically for their snow throwers, has parts manuals available online going back at least 30 years, probably closer to 50 or 60 years. Let's hold up Ariens as an example of what companies ought to be doing.

Louis is correct. I am an electrical engineer (Aerospace) and it generally makes sense to check the item's repairablity -- often there is a simple problem that saves time and cost, and it's truly a "green" approach. Considering entropy, the lowest cost solution is the greenest and least impacting to the environment.

Been following him for awhile and voted yes on question 4 in Maine. For the right to repair. Everybody should be fighting for this.

I agree with you whole heartedly on this. I work for a KIA dealership here in Illinois and we've already had one EV6"s with with a battery pack within the module (whole pack) go bad but was able to open up and replace, balance and return to the customer. On the same topic of open to diag/repair, we had another EV6 that would not run. There is no pinpoint testing of the major components, just swap the whole assembly, so the technician did and vehicle fixed. I'm waiting for warranty to not call it back so that me and the technician can open to diag if it was truly the motor or controller. My background is ebike repair, which has the same fundamentals for controller/motor controls. A lot of these new techs are lost when it comes opening up and figuring these things out, especially when it comes EV's.... it's a shame

If they admit there’s issues than that opens them up for lawsuits and forceful recalls. Tesla is the greatest example we’ve seen of automakers dodging issues in decades.

Louis & Linus hammering this point home are a big part of why I have started to repair just about anything I can when it breaks instead of replacing it.

One more reason to not buy a Tesla, they are totally crazy, a car that can not be driven in heavy rain and large puddles of water is definately not fit for purpose and the customer should get all the money back from the purchase.

As someone who owns an early 2010s Ford that cost me whats equal to a downpayment for a new budget car. It is still a car with cheap barebones parts and repairs. However, it borders on the era when stuff started becoming more integrated & 'value engineered'. Sealed LED lights, plastic intake manifold, etc. And finding quality 3rd party parts is non existent. Ill keep it as long as possible as i love the freedom of being loan / debt free.

I will absolutely put my hands up and say that for most of my life, I very much was the too-cautious type who always assumed I had zero chance of being able to repair or improve my own property. Thankfully, channels like yours have started me on the path to slowly changing that, but it's taking time, and I definitely agree that not getting people into that habit at an early age is a terrible idea

My late father was a fix-it guy. Whether plumbing, electrical, mechanical, carpentry he called himself “Jack of all trades, Master of none.” If he couldn’t fix something, then and only then, he and mom would buy new. He did work for friends and neighbors too…Let’s get Joe to fix it…😊 P. S. He also designed and built his own garage…he did everything except pour the concrete floor. He put so much rebar down, the floor never cracked, even after 50 years.

My ex had a 96 Mercury Sable with a check engine light. Ford said after throwing it on their diagnostic; "well we can change all the sensors." The sable and Ford Taurus were built with a 1 off 3.8L SOHC V6. 1996 was the first year of OBDII, and had about 22 (1/8") vacuum lines. Most likely their design was flawed and not the actual parts.

I spent 43 years as a designer for aircraft manufacturers and airlines. We spent lots of effort designing to facilitate repair. In 1970 we designed to repair on the aircraft as much as possible, but in the late 70's, the Air Force contracts were written for 3 levels of repair, on aircraft, off aircraft shop repair, and depot (overhaul) repair. That was logical, but now the commercial market has almost completely hampered on vehicle repair, and eliminated shop repairs and overhaul repair. Now, when it breaks down, just throw it away! That is NOT sustainable.

Never mind rain, now you must worry about washing the car too? Pretty insane. There needs to be strong class action lawsuits against this type of bullshit. Absolutely right in saying that if one company gets away with it, others will follow suit.

You’ve been a huge inspiration to me for getting into repair. I recently was shown how to solder and (with someone’s help) was able to reattach the charging port to the motherboard of a 1st gen amazon kindle. Now it works and I’m so happy. Later, I’m going to swap two Iphone 5s screens to try to revitalize my cousin’s old phone. I’ve had my iphone 6s repaired 3-4 times now because I refuse to unnecessarily upgrade to receive less hardware and worse features. Your repair advocacy has stretched into other parts of my life too. A while back my mom wanted to spend a couple hundred dollars to have someone come and repair our dryer. After convincing her, we were able to fix it. The problem? A sock, stuck in the lint area. These are just some recent examples, I have many more. Your message is powerful and resonates with more people than you might think :)

Water over the hood, it floods the engine, that's understandable. Water to the bumper killing the car, that's infuriating. My old commute would regularly flood in the spring, up to the bummer at a point. We all just drove through it.

I love how casually you spoke to the fox, and how he just kind of looked at you disinterested

Your channel has inspired me and my son in electronics repair. I'm a prior mechanic who was always nervous about the electrical side of repair. You've been inspirational in our lives. I really appreciate your hard work on this channel.

The "buy a new one" era is coming to an end. It existed primarily because as China industrialized low labor costs and cheap shipping made it cheap to manufacture overseas and ship to the US. Labor costs and shipping costs are rising, to say nothing of rising protectionism. People will soon have to try to fix things because there will not be replacements at the pricepoint people are used to.

100% agree - thanks to my grandfather he taught me to use my hands (and my brain) to fix stuff - and funny enough I love doing it. I must have repaired untold things in and around the house. Sadly my kids have very little interest in doing the same 😕

They used yellow weather warnings as an excuse? REALLY!?!>!>!>>!?!!??! From Traffic Scotland... "Yellow warnings can be issued when it is likely that the weather will cause some low-level impacts, including some disruption to travel in a few places. Many people may be able to continue with their daily routine, but there will be some that will be directly impacted and so it is important to assess if you could be affected." Spotted a problem with that? For starters, its not a flood warning... its a rain warning...

Rossman, you are the one who gives me a sliver of hope for humanity.

You hit the nail right on its head. Please keep fighting for the right to repair.

I thought that was some weird kind of segway into an advertisement for a koi pond security system, but no.. it's actually a fox defending your koi pond. lmao

LOL i really enjoyed the outtake at the end. The way he talked to his cat sounded like how he talks to us. Always interesting to see the similarities (or differences) in peoples performance and personal personalities

AGREE 100%!! I have never had any electronics repair training in my 44 years but never let that stop my from disassembling, troubleshooting and fixing numerous electronics. I didn't get a win on every attempt but have learned a lot in the process. I always figured if it i was going to throw it away anyhow at the end of the day it wasnt any more of a loss if I was unsuccessful.

The greed of all these corporations operating in basically every sector is at truly outrageous levels

As a mechanic who has saved my clients thousands if not millions of dollars (accumulative). Fixing things is not only more satisfying, it also keeps garbage out of the landfills and supports many other businesses. Machine shops, fabrication shops, welders, parts suppliers, plaftermarket parts manufacturing and a few more I mean we are talking sometimes two or three more people involved in ONE repair. I have a personal distain for parts changers (as in won't care to fix a smaller part and just replace the $$$ major component). John Deere is horrible for that btw.

Maybe the customer drove it in knee high water or kept it parked on a water logged street. The customer is not going to admit to all that. A petrol vehicle would have the same damage but the repair costs would be less, because 40% of a EVs cost is the battery.

When I was a young adult working on our various vehicles, it was a point of admiration to know how to fix your items. The more knowledge you acquired, the better. You did what you could up to and until a repair became beyond your ability/knowledge (whatever it was) and *then* took it to the mechanic. Same with house repairs, or simply fixing the electric can opener. What happened to that? I learned a lot more about how life works just by fixing that simple can opener. It's crazy

They've done a great job of convincing me to not get a Tesla. If it can't handle rain then the car is more of a fancy decoration than an actual vehicle. Like, *I* can handle being rained on! They made a car that is less durable than me 😂

In the 1970s, my mini stopped in the storm . I sprayed the distributer with WD40 , and drove off, even though I was wet. In those days, most of us new how to fix things.

Lots of good points here. I always try to repair things first. I've repaired major appliances, TVs, tablets, computers, cars, machinery, etc. But with all the proprietary parts these days, and the manufacturers restricting sales & access, it's getting harder to keep repairing things.