Why you should NEVER EVER buy a cheap Fisker Karma! A gorgeous plug-in hybrid disaster...

[Arun]

This is the hoovie I like seeing. Absolutely wasting his money on complete hot garbage that none of us would have the balls to buy.

[chesspiece]

Bob Lutz had the right idea when he suggested putting a LS7 in these.

[nazc]

I'm a certified Fisker Karma and Revero tech and have fixed hundreds of these cars. Honestly if you need help with parts and how to fix these, let me know. Almost all the issues are pretty easy to fix

[Janski]

I live in Finland, I was driving a taxi when Fisker started to build those here, so the car was on the news for a period of time. I was talking cars with this sweet older woman. She knew somewhat of much about cars. Well we happen to roll up to a traffic lights right next to a Fisker Karma. The old lady said .. "Oh, look it´s a Fister .. " do you know how hard it is to keep a straight face for 6 kilometers (3, 75 miles)? After that I had a bit of a laughing session.

[MrHamlet]

Tyler discovering why they went bankrupt. I'll never forget going to the dealer to see one, and they wouldn't let me touch the $220k Karma. They wanted me to put down a $15k deposit before I could drive it. It really was perfume on a pig. It an expensive Chevy Volt, but the Volt was light years better.

[geoffreycarter]

Your cuts to an ad for “better help” straight from a manic episode of total self destruction is pure gold.

[andyreynolds]

The man you bought that off literally danced his way to the Bank.

[Brentastrophe]

A customer of mine at a pizza job I had years ago had one of these. He was one of the earliest supporters and he regretted every single second of it. If you asked him about the car and what it was you had better be prepared for at least 5 minutes of "This company sucks and has screwed me ever since I got it"

[portermcsorley]

I remember seeing one while vacationing in California circa 2012. They were brand new. It was such a stunningly beautiful design back in 2012. I had no clue what it was, but the owner was very friendly and also willing to answer any questions.

[chaseincats]

The CIU (center screen computer) is probably halfway dead due to water ingress around the cabin air filter seal. This was a huge problem with these cars and the entire drainage system was modified when Karma Automotive brought them back in 2018.

[eFxAstro]

My grandfather was pretty wealthy and lived in a community with tons of other luxury cars in Boyton Beach. Lots of 7 series, S class, Bentley and the occasional Rolls. When this car was brand new I was in the Boynton Beach mall with him. We saw it in a beautiful metallic brown karma revero from across the mall. My grandfather called the dealer (Lamborgini of West Palm Beach).

Upon arriving, he ignored the beautiful green Aventador S that Marques Brownlee was filming with (episode 2 of auto focus). After ignoring many other Lamborginis, he walked right past a Porsche 918, thinking nothing of it, until he saw the Brown Karma Revero. The cool factor was through the roof, everywhere he went people asked what it was! That's in West Palm Beach too!

He loved the car in every way. He barely needed gas between the hybrid and how little he drove lol. He paid ~$1, 000/m on a lease because they couldn't give them away if they tried at the time. The only issue he ever had during ownership (because he barely drove) was a valet crushed the radiator and a few other front end components. All of which were basically made to order at this point. Between damage and lost time, the insurance claim basically paid for the whole lease. He was so happy.

He contemplated buying it after the lease because he loved it so much. THANKFULLY he did not.

Great memories with the Fisker Karma! Still a sh*tbox though.

[rlessmeier]

My neighbor has one. I've lived in that house for 2.5 years, and I don't think it's left his driveway 😂

[cobytenpenny]

No joke.... there is a homeless person living out of one of these where I live. I like to imagine he was a successful person bankrupt by the terrible decision to buy a Karma.

[NicoSuaveee]

Fisker Karma, the type of car that has an infotainment system that only responds to the touch of Doug Demuro

[sw]

All I could focus on for the entire video was the fact that the front end has been resprayed and repainted. The passenger headlight is also misaligned and has a huge gap there.

Hopefully the title reflects this and I just missed Tyler mentioning it

[AeroGuy]

Its a 12 year old hybrid from the first era of the hybrids from an extremely niche car maker. I would expect nothing less than it to be a junker.

[ejkrakowiak]

You mean the owner was intentionally out of the country to avoid having to be present when the new owner (Hoovie) showed to pick up the piece of junk. He left the warehouse picker on charge of the hand off. LMAO

[Jezzrichjames]

What’s interesting about the Karma is that it was designed by Henrik FIsker the around the same time that Tesla had hired him for designing what would be the Model S, only for him to design them an egg. Tesla even sued him for purposely designing an egg, because they saw how beautiful the Karma was.

[MrPaige]

Please bring back switches and knobs. I still remember the wonderful tactile feeling of the variable speed switch in a 1987 Acura legend. And the satisfying click and IMMEDIATE response of the directional indicator that gave me the options of where the air went.
The problematic and expensive infotainment bullshit that controls everything is a horrible idea.
It's not luxury when the AC doesn't work because the touch screen is broken and will cost 4 grand to fix it.

[sean]

That Fisker specialist in the philly suburbs is like 5 mins from my house, just down the block from my detailer. Any time I'm in the area it's not unusual to see a Fisker rolling around, whereas usually I never see them. Met some of the guys who work there at a car meet, cool group!