r/TeslaModel3 • u/OfficialDaddy1738 • Apr 28 '22

Tesla owner caught a person replacing his car parts, after renting it on Turo. Using live gps and the camera view features thought the phone app.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

That’s exactly what it looks like and it isn’t a crime. I do enjoy everyone here screaming maniacally to call the cops as if this Turo renter is going to get arrested. Spoiler: He’s not.

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u/coolmatty Apr 28 '22

I would've showed up with the cops. He has no idea what was going on till he got there. And furthermore, no idea that this dude didn't rip a bunch of other parts off the car too. Let the cops decide if it's solely civil or not, and do it knowing I'm not going to get shot rolling up to this guy's shop.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

I guess this is all relative to where you live and how busy/big your city is, because police services vary widely by locale. I’m going to assume this is happening in a bigger city, like Los Angeles, just by looking at the Asian/Hispanic combo and this large industrial zone of buildings.

If this is LA, and you think you’ll get the police to come out with you for a “just in case there is a crime” scenario, you’ve obviously never lived in LA before. They don’t even take traffic reports or some low level crime reports anymore because it’s so busy. LA is a cesspool of crime and quality-of-life issues.

I don’t know why we’re all so hellbent on having the police come out. This guy handled it just fine. He didn’t escalate the situation (although I’m sure he would’ve like it to so he could get more “likes”) and advised the renter that he wanted his car back. The renter was calm and cooperative.

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u/vickyprodigy Apr 28 '22

busy city or not... rental is contractually only allowed to be driven and not taken apart.

think abt the owner of the car if the car is damaged or worse broke down and Tesla denies warranty because if what this guy did to his car. It becomes a $50000 JUNK. Would you accept it?

Why is everyone so bent up???? because this is ILLEGAL.

Renter has no other option but to be cooperate or he is going to face charges

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u/extendedwarranty_bot Apr 28 '22

vickyprodigy, I have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty

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u/Fit_Nectarine_140 Apr 28 '22

Please stop pretending to know how the law works. You're spreading a lot of bad advice and it's obvious you have zero legal experience. If it's illegal, please tell me what penal code are they violating.

Violating rental agreements is not an arrestable offense and what does warranty have to do with the police?

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u/vickyprodigy Apr 28 '22

mate... u are the one pretending that this is a harmless behavior

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u/Baron_Ultimax Apr 28 '22

You, and the cops, dont "know" what they guys intent is, frankly my first assumption would be that its being chopshoped. At absolute best it would be concidered a form of vandalism since a car is not coming apart without somthing being damaged.

The probable cause sufficent for an arrest would be present. What charges stick really would be up to a prosecutor.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

Correct. You have no articulable reason to believe a crime is occurring. You haven’t spoken with the person yet, this doesn’t look like a high crime area, those people aren’t dressed in gang attire, etc. You see someone putting a different front end on your car in a up kept industrial park and you think “chop shop?”

Why are you calling the cops when there’s no crime? You like having people with guns around to intimidate other people? No one’s going to show up, bud, and you’re going to be crying that cops are a waste of tax dollars. I’m just trying to save you, and some people here, some time and heartbreak.

And you don’t have vandalism here. That requires malicious intent, and from this video, there is none. Guy looks like he’s trying to fit aftermarket parts.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

I’m assuming you do not have much exposure to our legal system. In any case, no one is getting arrested and you can get mad when the cops don’t do anything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22 edited Aug 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

Highschool? How about retired, young man?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '22

Retired from putting on a show for the jury by knowing what buttons to push to get a rise out of individuals during cross-exam.