Nashville Tesla Fire owner pens blog post on incident, would ‘buy another in a heartbeat’

The third fire in six weeks rattled the Tesla community somewhat but it appears that the recent incidents are the result of bad luck and not of faulty equipment or a weak spot in the design.

In a blog post on the TeslaMotors.com site, Dr. Juris Shibayama explains what happened that fateful night:

I am thankful to God that I was totally uninjured in any way from this impact. Had I not been in a Tesla, that object could have punched through the floor and caused me serious harm. From the time of impact of the object until the time the car caught fire was about five minutes. During this time, the car warned me that it was damaged and instructed me to pull over. I never felt as though I was in any imminent danger. While driving after I hit the object until I pulled over, the car performed perfectly, and it was a totally controlled situation. There was never a point at which I was anywhere even close to any flames.

Dr. Shibayama is an interesting character:

Juris Shibayama is a modern-day Renaissance man, whose talents range from orthopaedic surgery to bodybuilding to the inhalation of hamburgers. The last of these skills has earned him rising-star status on the competitive eating circuit, where he’s currently ranked twelfth in the world (just below the great Patrick “Bib Sheet” Vandam).