Shane begs to differ:

I’m acutally kind of proud of Virginia on this one (rare occurance, trust me), they classified using a noose for intimidation a felony.

Gotta love that. The insurers responsibility ends with indemnification. Parts procurement is the shop/dealer problem.

I robbed parts from dealership units that were available for sale, not other customer cars :P

I’ve actually pulled parts off of sale vehicles to complete repairs when I’ve been at dealerships before. Needed a backup lamp socket (didn’t come with the taillamp assembly) on a new design Highlander years ago, was told it would be a month to fulfill the order. Robbed one from one of the 30 unsold Highlanders on the…

That was the depot in question for me (Glen Burnie) if “Antwerpen” didn’t give it away.

It’ll also dissuade other shops from going through the expensive process of achieving Tesla approval. Who wants to train/equip a shop for one low volume manufacturer, when that manufacturer is going to throw you under the bus to save face?

A repair (typically) doesn’t modify the vehicle from manufacturer design. Aftermarket installs do.

How hard can it be? Impossible, if you can’t get the parts.

Maybe the Fed will go after him for hate crimes.

Star for machete cyclone.

Investigated? Really? “Arab, go home asshole” seems pretty fucking open and shut to me. I don’t think we need to call Sherlock Holmes or Inspector Clouseau in on this one...

Hat tip and a star for you.

Essentially the same for me. We’ve got a ‘32 Ford pickup with a Chevy 350/Turbo 400 setup as our current “shop truck”.

Theoretically, yes. When Frenchie inhaled the baguette and bought le farm, the TDI infected air he or she would’ve breathed is now still in the atmosphere. Some other poor sod will now breathe the TDI air, leading to their untimely passing.

The wait for PC release is going to drive me nuts.

Well holy shit, be gone, white guilt! Your ancestors weren’t slavers, they were helping people immigrate & adapt to their new homes!

In this instance should = if (or when). (Somewhat obscure usage of “should”).

So seeing a word upsets them so much they dive into action, but knowing a bigot lives amongst you, willing to march onto a neighbors property and commit a hate crime isn’t as unsettling? There’s some fucking wypipo logic for you.

The $130,000 is for a separate incident from 2012. The only fines/fees the city waived have been from the graffiti (hate crime) incident.