Dennis From 'Always Sunny' Got His Tesla Stuck in a Parking Garage Because the Car Couldn't Connect to the Int - Jalopnik

Dennis Renyolds is not a antheral to beryllium trifled with, and seemingly neither is the histrion who portrays him, Glenn Howerton. The It’s Always Sunny successful Philadelphia star precocious told listeners of his “The Always Sunny Podcast” astir a – let’s accidental hard – concern helium experienced with his Tesla Model X.

The “Golden God” told his podcast (and IASIP) co-stars that helium was locked retired of his Tesla for implicit 24 hours successful the bottommost level of a Los Angeles parking store aft his cardinal fob broke without warning. He primitively thought possibly a dormant artillery was to blame, but sadly it was not.

Howerton said helium wasn’t capable to link to Wi-Fi since helium and the car were truthful acold underground. If helium had been capable to link helium could person utilized Tesla’s app to entree the vehicle, but alas.

“It sent maine into a rage,” Howerton said jokingly connected the podcast.

Tesla’s website says that if you’re not not capable to link to the internet, you can’t link to the car. Which, I accidental does marque sense, but it could beryllium to beryllium annoying successful a concern conscionable similar this.

Howerton Ubered location and near the Model X successful the parking store overnight. While helium was home, helium was capable to fig retired that determination were designated places connected the exterior and interior of the Model X that you could spot your cardinal to summation introduction and thrust off.

But, not truthful fast! Even though Howerton was capable to get into the car, but it wouldn’t commencement erstwhile helium placed the fob successful the designated spot successful the interior. He said helium tried this for astir 20 minutes.

“Every measurement of the mode passim this journey, each azygous happening that could spell incorrect went wrong,” helium said.

Eventually Howerton gave up connected trying to get the Model X retired of the store nether its ain power, went backmost to crushed level truthful helium could get reception, and past called AAA. He past went backmost to the car to enactment it successful tow mode, but the conveyance wouldn’t fto him bash it.

“I don’t privation to derail the story, but like, fucking keys antheral man. What was incorrect with a key?” Charlie Day asks his co-hosts. “It was a large system. You enactment it successful the thing. You crook it, and the car went.”
So true, Charlie, truthful true.

The fob conscionable refused to speech to the car.

Howerton continues his story, explaining the pitfalls helium faced trying to talk with Tesla support. He claims to person been connected the telephone with them from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. connected Saturday. In fact, helium says helium had a hard clip adjacent getting done to Tesla enactment and Tesla roadside, having to interaction Tesla’s income to get him done to the close people.

“[I was] lacing into this guy, and I was similar ‘you guys mislaid a lawsuit today.’ I’ve been a Tesla lawsuit for 10 years. You mislaid a lawsuit today. This is fucked up,” Howerton recounted.

“He added, ‘we’d get to the extremity of the telephone and they’d go, ‘I conjecture there’s thing we tin do.” You tin ideate wherefore this would beryllium puzzling for an owner.

After that backmost and forth, Howerton erstwhile again abandoned the car and went home. Finally, helium was capable to get successful interaction with idiosyncratic who could acceptable him up with a tow motortruck that would acceptable successful the 6’6” store portion wheeling the Model X out. Around 9:30 p.m. that aforesaid day, the car was yet freed from its parking store prison.

He’s present driving it astir erstwhile again, but with a breached key. Oh, and he’s actively avoiding parking garages.