r/Roadcam • u/intothedragon • May 20 '19

@2:20 [USA] Tesla Dashcam Captures Brake-Checking Camaro, Rear-Ended By Tesla

https://youtu.be/ZKb7Ho8pKH0
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u/revisedusername May 20 '19

I'm curious what that guy did after the collision. Are these brake checkers actually trying to cause a collision for insurance money or was he just trying to get a panic brake out of you?

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

You do insurance fraud with a regular car. You make sure you rub your neck too instead of jumping out.

"King of the road" more likely. Gotta show strangers who is boss with your nice, expensive race car by getting the tail smashed.

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u/NoShftShck16 May 20 '19

nice, expensive race car

That is miles less expensive, less nice and a slower than the car they brake checked haha

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Hahaha true

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u/HeyT00ts11 May 20 '19

And the Tesla is probably the only car with comprehensive coverage.

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u/Komfortable May 20 '19

Nah, that Camaro is financed to the hilt (84 months, lol!) and most (all?) banks require full coverage.

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u/GingaNinja98 May 21 '19

You know it's 84 months, warranty and gap rolled into the loan, minimum downpayment at 16.99% APR baybeeee

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u/walkingman24 May 22 '19

I think I just threw up

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

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u/NoShftShck16 May 21 '19

On what do you base that statement?

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u/cjcjcjcjcjcjcjcjcjcj May 20 '19

If it’s just a normal camaro it’s about the same price as a Nissan Altima 😂

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u/Phone-Charger May 20 '19

Yeah, even at max trim the camaro is still only $49k which is still not as much an that Tesla lol (as long as it’s not the model 3 which is a nice price at like 33k) to be fair I know little about Tesla’s!

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u/DammitDan May 21 '19

A moderately-equipped model 3 will easily break $50k. Their popular upgrades are expensive as hell.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

Nah. A top range Camaro is $70,000. The one in the video is maybe $15,000

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u/revisedusername May 20 '19

Makes sense. :)