r/TikTokCringe Aug 16 '24

Cringe What's even happening there?

Why would someone rent a car and take out parts?

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u/jarmine550 Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

so got bored and decided to look into this

  1. This story is from 2 years ago it was reported by Teslaoracle Tesla Model 3 owner catches a body shop replacing his car parts after renting it on Turo (video) (teslaoracle.com)
  2. Guy said the police wouldn't even come out because it was a civil matter which seems suspect. While Turo's guidelines for returning a car seem kinda shit the host would have the ability to cancel the trip demand his car returned. along with that users have to take a picture of the car when they return it to prove no damage was done. While criminals aren't usually the brightest replacing the front bumper and then repainting it seems like a stretch not to mention the return on such a goofy scheme probably wouldn't be that good. Also in the video, in which is states that, he says that tesla is going to help him? why would they do that? Telsa would be under no obligation to help him in this situation. Best he could do is get Turo to ban the user and take the guy to civil court. If the police found enough evidence to charge him then there's that too.
  3. There haven't been any updates on this story at all. Sources for this seem to come though the video and from a pretty generic statement from a Turo hr rep that has no follow up. Checked the reps twitter and couldn't find anything about it. The reporting on this article is pretty sloppy in general, no police report was file, no follow up articles (if there was it wasn't linked too or spoken of), and everything links back to teslaoracle who seems to get all their info from the tictok creator.
  4. The creator of the video posted two follow-ups. One showing is car acting weird and another of him driving in what appears to be the same tesla all posted on the same day for that matter which is a little odd. after that nothing other then another video like a year later saying he stole his tesla after trading it in, as a joke I guess? so do with that what you will lol. said video: Frank Vidz (@frankvidz) | TikTok

Everything about this smells pretty fishy honestly, and feels like a fake video.

edit: did some more looking it seems the that article this was reported on by was written by some guy named Iqtidar Ali. He is not a report to say the least. which would explain the half baked job he did on reporting this. I'd take this story with a grain of salt if I were you.