[yesplorer]

He's not the one saying it. The notification he received from tesla implied it.

If my car has suffered a failure and will no longer drive, I'm likely to consider that catastrophic as well, especially for such a new, expensive car.

[ogre_codes]

The other day my truck battery died while it was parked. I didn't describe it as a "Catastrophic failure while parked", I tell my friends "My truck didn't start".

My daughter's VW had trouble and the engine died while she was doing 70 miles an hour. She pulled over, got out and watched it burn to the ground in front of her. I'm not even sure I'd call that a catastrophic failure, but it's a lot closer.

When I hear something is catastrophic, I expect it to be more interesting/ impactful than a failure to move.

I was mostly being tongue in cheek in my original comment, but seriously, what happened is his car wouldn't start and had to be serviced. If this were any other make/ model of car it wouldn't be a story.