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Not to defend Musk here but tinkering for the sake of saying you make a change is exactly the kind of consumerism junk we should avoid
There wouldn't be a problem with year and part numbers if they didn't arbitrarily changed it just to be able to market the "all new" cuz
I have a Prius and it's a pita for parts because some refer to it by year, some by generation, some by trim (even if the part has nothing to do with the trim, etc)
I would love to just be able to say Prius gen 4 and be done