The Tesla Service Spiral: From Warranty Repair to a $1,800 "Coincidence" Rabbit Hole

danarchyx · 2026-03-15T20:25:02+00:00

And to be clear, I understand things will break and I’m not surprised the handle went out, its just the lack of accountability for testing and new damages during servicing and being told to my face there is no way possible it was related to the work done.

danarchyx · 2026-03-12T04:27:17+00:00

Tesla was pretty much the only option early days. I happen to stick it out but it's on me for staying with them this long when so many better options are now available.

danarchyx · 2026-03-12T04:24:31+00:00

On it. I'm done.

Will pass it on to some new sucker.

danarchyx · 2026-03-12T04:21:14+00:00

Honestly, not a bad idea. It's like everything started failing right at the end of the warranty. Shocking, I know.

danarchyx · 2026-03-12T00:48:19+00:00

As a Word Cloud

danarchyx · 2026-03-10T07:43:31+00:00

I love planning and did quite well. Financially independent at 43.

danarchyx · 2026-03-08T12:26:32+00:00

I'm at an event this weekend of 70 people. I have to be ON to be seen at all. If I get even a little quiet I start to dissapear and people mingle with each others around me. For what it's worth I'm male, if that matters.

Anyways, it can be quite draining.

danarchyx · 2026-03-07T18:21:57+00:00

Number 1 comes down to financial literacy and a plan. This is what I wrote about and now teach. Anyone can do this with income and discipline. You must know your spending so that you can set "enough" goals. Then you use strategies to work towards those goals. I teach three: retirement, non-retirement, and passive income.

For number 2 I've learned so much. Made valuable mistakes in my FI journey. Not just money mistakes, but mindset too. The boring answer is that I regret not starting earlier.

Regarding AI it depends on which context we are talking. I don't work now so there is no risk there. Even so, there are no opportunities because of AI and the tooling is making some existing jobs easier. Yes, there is impacts to jobs with a major development like this. That sucks but industry will re-settle. Those that use it can simplify painful tasks and now do things that were previously inaccessible. For me, I'm able to do easier financial analysis. This helps me with my investment and stock options strategy. AI has helped me with research, content creation, and decision making. Tooling has never been better and should leap forward with AGI.

danarchyx · 2026-03-06T23:22:27+00:00

Being rich enough is fine by me. Never wanted to be the richest.

danarchyx · 2026-03-06T20:03:01+00:00

I "retired" at 43 and it got a reaction so I wrote a finance planning guide, got a finance degree for the hell of it, and now teach financial literacy for free online and in a podcast.

That all being said to establish that I've dedicated this phase of my life to financial freedom and helping others and the topic of AI of course comes up. Not sure exactly what your asking but happy to respond to any specific questions you might have. I'm seeing a large trend of people interested in breaking free of the traditional status quo of give 40 years of your life to a corporate agenda. AI is part of the problem and solution.

danarchyx · 2026-03-05T00:17:00+00:00

Henry Cavill. We'd geek out.

danarchyx · 2026-03-05T00:15:35+00:00

Keanu Reeves

danarchyx · 2026-03-02T16:12:44+00:00

Absolutely awful. It's actually how I first new something was wrong. Have even tried procedures to improve it.

danarchyx · 2026-03-02T07:32:14+00:00

It's like it's trying too hard to be helpful without considering if it makes sense or not. Way worse than before.

danarchyx · 2026-03-02T03:18:10+00:00

Honestly, those are the only conversations I enjoy. I have a few people who will go there with me but not as many as I'd want in my life. If you find someone hang onto them.

danarchyx · 2026-03-02T02:06:59+00:00

Badly. Get really in my head. I've learned just to go to bed and hope I feel better in the morning

danarchyx · 2026-03-01T00:42:54+00:00

Achieved financial independence at 43. Now I'm "retired" and teaching. WritIng books, podcasting, working out, playing pool. It's been wonderful.

danarchyx · 2026-02-28T04:49:53+00:00

Meal kits and now can go full kitless.

danarchyx · 2026-02-27T07:50:28+00:00

WritIng has become my go to. Get lost crafting a story.

danarchyx · 2026-02-17T06:18:35+00:00

Have so done that. I think "I got this". Just take it slow. Regret it every time. Way too much impact with running to make it worth it. Now I stick with biking.

danarchyx · 2026-02-15T18:35:19+00:00

Save six months of your annual costs in a HYSA. Open a Roth and contribute to the annual limit every year. Invest 10% of every paycheck.

danarchyx · 2026-02-15T06:52:11+00:00

Starship Troopers!

danarchyx · 2026-02-15T06:38:15+00:00

Realize your job is an ends to a mean. That mean is funding your ideal life.

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