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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago

Who will service those when Tesla goes out of business? Where will you get parts? Yeah, it's time to jump ship

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I shamefully admit I almost pulled the trigger on a Tesla Model S Plaid back in 2021 or 2022. Flush with a shit ton of cash, but fortunately I was reading reports of production build quality issues, many recalls, and ultimately pulled back my deposit.

Looking back at it. The one decision I have no regrets on.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

That's the part I never understood. Even if you weren't a Musk fan boy and before Musk showed his true colors, Telsa has always, ALWAYS been shit quality. I remember back in 2015, or so, there was a video of someone finally getting their Telsa and it had a massive crack running the length of the driver side A-pillar, yet they just ignored it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

Tesla is basically a case study in top down engineering. Radical ideas promised by marketing, sometimes good and sometimes bad, executed in a massive fucking rush which results in tons of build quality and general delivering on promises issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 45 minutes ago

Which only worked at first because they were a start up. At that point many people will accept the early adopter woes, but Tesla never quite matured out of it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I'll have to be honest and admit back when I was in high school or so, I was enthusiastic about electric cars and his seemed like some of the best. He was also opening up the charging standards so that there could be a mixed playing field. Back then, I was likely ready to dismiss small critiques as the retaliation of the fossil fuel industry.

God I hate old me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

All your reasons were valid though. Teslas were the best electric cars for a long time, probably not so anymore. Tesla as a brand has done good things, like you say opening up their charging standard which is superior to all the other competitors.

Personally, I wouldn't get a Tesla because they are sort of like the apple of car companies, e.g. anti-consumer and anti-repair. Plus, Musk owning it is another big negative.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

You're always supposed to hate or be embarrassed by the old you; that means you learned. It means growth. It's a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Saw a Tesla today that someone stuck an old Rover badge on, cracked me up

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Elon is getting slapped by the invisible hand.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

fun fact: the people who originally coined the phrase 'invisible hand of the market' called it 'the invisible hand of providence' which basically means 'gods inscrutable will'. capitalism-at least market capitalism-is literally a religion.

and its god is smiting his favorite special boy. so sad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

I think this hand ain't invisible. Well at least one finger isn't.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

spacex and starlink need to be the next to go.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Space X should be nationalized

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It should be a part of NASA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Honestly I'm surprised Elon hasn't killed the SLS and given SpaceX that contract; it's one of the few things that would both benefit him and increase the efficiency of the government. He's probably scared of Boeing suiciding him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We did pay for it.

We're still giving Elon $80 million a day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

im in favor of any company these fuckers were on the board of or were allowed to hold substantial shares of being nationalized as punishment, if we don't end up with some form of communism or blasted wastelands after all this. The capital class needs to be shown consequences, and if we don't get guillotines, they need to at least be forced to watch us sautee their balls.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Yeap. Too late to sell now.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

The brand is forever damaged. Sell while you can.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago (10 children)

I feel bad for Nikola Tesla having his name associated with all this nonsense. Not even death let him escape from rich assholes taking credit for the work of others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm actually a big fan of Edison Motors, who are working to make heavy trucks into hybrids. And they're Canadian!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I'm excited for their hybrid conversion kits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

His legacy can live on with Dr Parkinstein. (Parker Edmonson)

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