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SmokumJoe ,

Hey Tesla board. This guy is the entire reason I don’t want anything to do with your company.

SonyJunkie ,
@SonyJunkie@lemmy.world avatar

I really like my Model 3 but I hate the association with Musk, I was considering buying it at the end of the lease but I’m having second thoughts. Yes, I know I’ve already lined his pockets in a small way!!

I haven’t experienced the poor build quality, in the 2.5 years I’ve had it I’ve not had any issues and only 1 recall for an o-ring replacement on a gas strut.

Tesla needs to be rescued from Musk by one of the established car manufacturers, my vote would be for Mercedes.

RangerJosie ,

I’m gonna need another decade or two before I get an EV.

I’m gonna wait for the $15,000 economy shitbox model. Whoever ends up making it.

BruceTwarzen ,

Noooo people need EV’s that do 0-100 in 2 seconds that cost 80k

RangerJosie ,

All I need it run is 65. I want to go weeks between recharges. I don’t care about speed.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Citroen Ami is around 7k €

RangerJosie ,

Good.

vga ,

I still think my Tesla is the best car I’ve ever owned but boy do I wish it was called something else right now. Musk’s weirdness is flowing over.

Olhonestjim ,

The real Tesla killer was inside the room all along.

intelchaser ,

I think Elon is smart enough to calculate the pros and cons of what he’s doing. Even if this is hurting Tesla, he probably still seems it as net positive in his mind.

Blackmist ,

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If you’re going to pivot your entire personality towards being the biggest cunt possible (starting with calling someone a pedo because he made you look silly and snowballing from there), you can expect consequences eventually.

Even if it’s just being slightly less grotesquely wealthy.

OldWoodFrame ,

It’s hurting in the US too. I am not a hard partisan but I would never buy a Tesla anymore because I’d be worried of being seen as making a political statement. I’m probably in the market for an electric vehicle in the next few years.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve heard the Kia EV6 is amazing, so you might want to consider checking it out

Sauerkraut ,

I really want a VW ID Buzz as an all purpose vehicle.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

I only want one if it comes in a Westfalia trim

cheesymoonshadow ,
@cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world avatar

When I first started seeing Tesla cars on the road, I would think, “Must be nice. I can’t wait for the price of Teslas to go down.”

Now when I see them, I wonder if the driver regrets owning one.

Guy who owned the company I used to work for owned one when it was considered prestigious, and last year traded it in for a Genesis.

tills13 ,

I’ve owned two Teslas and have previously raved about them to colleagues. My current Y is my last Tesla.

JasonDJ ,

It’s weird that as a liberal, driving a Tesla is frowned upon.

Like, I get it, Musk is way more weird. But that there’s an electric car that I can’t buy for fear of being viewed as a conservative. That’s kinda weird.

gwen ,

buying that electric car is basically proclaiming to the world that you support a white supremacist/facist so yeah lmao not that weird

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

the word conservative is not what you think it means anymore. It had some meaning maybe 10 years ago, but now it’s synonymous with another word

Irrational_exuberance ,

To some the future is more important than the present. For others the present is more important.

To each their own.

explodicle ,

Except we can’t each have our own. Inflation rewards shorter time preferences, so we have a “this quarter” economy we can’t opt out of.

Irrational_exuberance ,

So how do we fix that problem? Stay the course, or try to do something now so that our children are better off?

sparky ,
@sparky@lemmy.federate.cc avatar

It’s hurting them in America, too. I used to own a Model 3 and I liked the car a lot, but I would never buy a Tesla again now and it’s all because of this douchebag.

ilinamorato ,

Yeah, same. I’m in the market for an EV over the next few years, and Tesla went from the top of the list to the bottom in remarkably short order.

Mango ,

It’s probably also dragging Trump down, which if intentional would be truly genius.

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

Probably a case of Hanlon’s Razor:

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Mango ,

I just wait until the dice land.

afivedaystorm ,

Good.

Randelung ,

Watch him try to sue potential buyers.

Danakin ,

Germany’s satire newspaper Der Postillon already has an article about that. Amazing article, really.

www.der-postillon.com/…/cybertruck-klage.html

“The fact that billions of people still haven’t bought a Cybertruck and that Tesla’s stock market value is rapidly declining is a conspiracy of left-wing woke elites and a major threat to freedom of speech,” Musk continued, while handing hush money to a newly pregnant employee. “To everyone who doesn’t have a Cybertruck yet: Fuck You!”

Routhinator ,
@Routhinator@startrek.website avatar

Gold. Pure Gold.

cordlesslamp ,

Has any car ever sold a billion unit in the entire history?

RangerJosie ,

Nope. Most sold car ever is the Toyota Corolla. 50,000,000 sold since 1966.

cordlesslamp ,

The most successful car in history sold 50 million units, and he expects billions of people bought his shiny dumpster on wheels?

InternetUser2012 ,

I’d love an EV that is fast and affordable like a tesla. I wanted a tesla but couldn’t afford it. Now I can afford it but there is no way in hell I’m buying one. Fuck him, he should fuck off to Mars or the sun, either is a big W for the world.

afivedaystorm ,

He doesn’t deserve to go to Mars before NASA

InternetUser2012 ,

I’m banking on him not making it there, and if he does, it was a one way trip.

CanadaPlus ,

I kinda expect a lot of people will come to regret going, seeing as it’s a dead nearly-airless rock too far from Earth for synchronous communication, so he can go first, that’s fine.

andros_rex ,

He’s not. He’s a bloviating idiot with no idea about what he’s talking about. He’s been able to look smart by throwing money at problems, but going to Mars is going to be a money pit for him.

I have no idea why NASA still contracts with him. We can’t talk about Jack Parsons, because he was besties with Crowley and did sex rituals to summon the AntiChrist (which just makes him cooler IMHO) - but Muskrat can do whatever he wants.

CanadaPlus ,

Why not buy from one of the other car brands?

InternetUser2012 ,

I’m a car guy. It has to be fast. Nobody else has that fast at that price.

CanadaPlus ,

TIL there is actually one legit selling point.

barsoap ,

Taycans aren’t that much more expensive than a Model S, each starts ballpark 100k Euro.

InternetUser2012 ,

True, but here I can get a used dual motor long range 3 for 20k. Can get a little older fast S for 17k. The Mach E GT is pretty on par with that but they’re 10-15k more and half a second slower in the quarter mile. I know it shouldn’t matter, but it does to me, it’s my thing.

barsoap ,

Does the Tesla have the ignition on the left side of the steering wheel? Those are the things that really matter.

(Ok it’s a power button not an ignition but it’s still on the left).

Cheesus ,

If you don’t mind used, plenty of cheap fast EVs. I got mine for more than half off that was 2 years old and has 13k miles

tnarg42 ,

Mach-E GT’s are a steal right now

vaultdweller013 ,

Why not get a frame from a scrap yard and have one built, mind ya this only works if ya have the liquad cash but imagine a 1995 Toyota 4runner but its all electric.

P1nkman ,

Illegal in Norway. So many people would be building their own, but when the laws make them illegal, they’re not built. It’s bullshit.

vaultdweller013 ,

Why is it illegal? I there are hundred year old car frames out there doing great, so why outlaw frame and interior reuse.

P1nkman ,

No idea. Just remember reading about it years ago. …translate.goog/…/hvorfor-lonner-det-seg-a-kaste-… link to translated article.

vaultdweller013 ,

Maybe I didnt go far enough (that site makes my phone want to die) but it seems that the article is about modern electric cars being scrapped. Which is somewhat reasonable, the battery is more or less part of the frame on a lot of them. Thusly when they get into a wreck if the frame is compromised then the batt is as well, which given how lithium doesnt play nice with oxygen is a safety matter. The same would not apply to say a 1960s VW bug, which would probably have its batts in the frunk.

InternetUser2012 ,

I’ve looked into it. It’s still pretty pricey. I’m sure at some point in the near future swap parts will become more available and less expensive. When that happens, I’ll make a neat sleeper.

Wispy2891 ,

I only like the part where you can just order from the website instead of going to a dealership where after one hour of talking and giving you a plethora of personal data that is guaranteed to inundate you with spam they tell you that due to high demand the car sells for 3k over MSRP

For the rest, while I really like the clean design, for me a car must have

  • A stalk for the indicator lights
  • Gear selector on physical buttons
  • Climate on physical buttons
  • If it comes with automatic windshield, a $1 wet sensor that works in any visibility instead of trying to do it in software with computer vision
  • If it comes with parking sensors, an array of $2 ultrasonic sensors that always work instead of trying to do it in software with computer vision
  • Android auto/carplay. I want to be able to choose which app is used with navigation or use different ways to send messages besides sms. If the car operating system doesn’t allow me to send messages using signal or to use offline openstreetmaps, then for me it’s limited
captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I actively don’t want a fast EV. Maybe a quick one but I don’t want a fast one.

I like having more horsepower than minimum viable but who needs it to go from 0 to 90 in 2.1 femptoseconds? If it can keep up with or slightly outgun my Buick Century we’ll be okay.

Why would I want my EV to carry around the weight of the motors necessary to perform like a supercar?

InternetUser2012 ,

I want to go 0 to 60 2.1 femptoseconds. I drive a car now that does it in 3.9, I can’t go back to slow. Like I said, I’m a car guy. There’s nothing else like feeling the G’s when you smash the accelerator.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I just lost all interest in performance cars after aerobatics training. Barrel roll a Pitts S2B and let me know if you give a shit about cars anymore.

SendMePhotos ,

That’s what I felt about motorcycles after flying planes. Motorcycles are freeing… But planes can move in another direction.

InternetUser2012 ,

I don’t give a shit about flying, I’ll stick to four wheels on the ground. That’s the beauty of being an individual, not everything is for everyone.

Sauerkraut ,

Well said. Gradual acceleration is far more energy efficient, safest, and less damaging to the vehicle so driving like a grandpa is definitely the smartest way to drive.

Paddzr ,

Used market is full of teslas. Just don’t buy new. Few weeks ago you could get long range Tesla 2021 model (the one with heated battery) for £16k.

Sauerkraut ,

That isn’t bad advice. If you remove the Tesla emblems from it then that also makes it clear that you don’t identify with Musk’s neo-nazi views.

Paddzr ,

Don’t worry, my comment will be removed shortly anyway. Because it doesn’t align with the accepted view.

Because everyone is out there buying new cars… News and world news are becoming awful places to be.

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