# Buying a vehicle from a start-up company

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** fisker\
**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840 "2025-01-27T13:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840/1 "2025-01-27T13:49:50Z")

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… can result in a lot of… surprises… and most of those surprises are not good. Then, if the company goes belly-up, good luck with getting those problems corrected.

> **[2023 Fisker Ocean Extreme Yearlong Review: Everything That’s Gone Wrong](https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2023-fisker-ocean-extreme-yearlong-review-update-4-everything-that-went-wrong/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_type=paid&utm_campaign=0125mt1&utm_content=fisker_ocean&utm_id=6643057792036&utm_term=6643057797836&fbclid=IwY2xjawIEa7lleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa9ASC3j9FXu9ISoLTqE6ASsmPuywotfguRN-EqKDq4N5DE-I6ptXYqE2A_aem_R4BD75SB8P6OhUYUVpMbwg#google_vignette)**
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> The Ocean has been bedeviled by software bugs from the day it went on sale, and our long-term car was no exception.

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**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840/2 "2025-01-27T15:56:15Z")

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Before they went bankrupt I saw a ridiculous amount of customer complaints and requests for buybacks for these cars. They seemed to be the modern-day equivalent of the Yugo as far as reliability goes.

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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840/3 "2025-01-27T17:12:09Z")

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If you’re really sure you want a car from an unproven company, maybe it would be better to get one on a short term lease.

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-vehicle-from-a-start-up-company/198840/4 "2025-01-27T19:01:48Z")

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Heck, I don’t even trust reputable, many decades old, new engines, transmissions, etc stuff, much less a start up company’s stuff…

I am neither a Pessimist, Optimist nor a Realist, as a Pessimist sees a dark tunnel, and a Optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, but I am a little closer to a Realist but not quite as I am the Train driver that sees 3 idiots standing on the tracks about to get ran over… 🤣