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[–] [email protected] 184 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Love to see it! Good time to post my recent Tesla story: family member passed away a year ago and I got their car - older Tesla Model S that was in mint condition and had free charging for life. So I had a free car and could essentially drive it for free (ignoring insurance). Lot of nice features on it, but was clear that Tesla doesn't do the basics of car building very well. Bit noisy, a rattle here and there, exterior trim pieces that are a little loose, and window seals that drip when you go through the car wash. Not even going to go into their software, which is pretty shitty. Basically a lot of things that look nice at first glance, but kinda janky when you look more closely. Nuts that that was a $100k car when purchased new - doesn't seem to fit with reality. Anywho, I listed it for a while on Craigslist because I wanted off of the Tesla rollercoaster (for loads of reasons - Elmo, future stability of Tesla which is unknown, and having the weight around my neck of a car that I might not ever be able to get rid of in the future). Played the Craigslist game for a little while and then decided because of the tariffs coming to just go the trade-in route. Went in and traded it for a Mach E, which so far, I'm liking. Seems like a better-made car all around, is just as fast as the Tesla, and has more bells and whistles for half the price. The Ford dealership was starting to look like a Tesla dealership - the salesman said that loads of people were doing the same thing I was, including him - he had one but still had a loan to pay off but he wanted to swap his as well. He said he didn't want my car but was willing to take the trade in to make the sale, so worked out for me. What was also great is that the Hands Off protest was happening the same day right in front of the dealership (Tesla was a block up), so we listened to the sweet sounds of shouts and car horns while we did paperwork. Good stuff.

Should also note that with the exception of the Cyberdumpster owners (probably beyond help), just remember that there are lots of Teslas on the road and each of those drivers have a different story. I'm all for civil disobedience (it's definitely needed right now), but many of those owners just aren't in a position to sell/burn/destroy/dump their Tesla. Cars are expensive, and now more than ever, we're probably going to need to drive them as long as possible to get our money's worth out of them. I was in a lucky situation with mine so I could get rid of it, but just have compassion for those who can't.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 days ago

Congrats on getting the Tesla off your hands! You also make an excellent point about empathy.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I was part of the Tesla Takedown and can confirm there were a lot of tesla drivers honking and supporting us. 100% of the cyber-dump-truck drivers were hateful.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I imagine Trump will buy the useless cyberdumpsters and give them to cops to use. They are such badly engineered and frequently broken POS's I wouldnt even mind. Let "law enforcement" deal with them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You seem to imagine pigs out there suffering some burden. That burden will simply be the taxpayers. 🤯

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think by "Let 'law enforcement' deal with them" they're referring less to the cost than to the functional unreliability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Then you’d think maybe they’d have a problem with the shitbags themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't gather your meaning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The shitbags known as police are bastions of functional unreliability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay? But what are you talking about

Then you’d think maybe they’d have a problem

Who is "they"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That would just make it so minorities will be driven around in that death box.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I will feel a lot better when their stock price goes much, much, much lower. Sure they are down 40+% in the past 3 months, but they were WAY too high prior to that.

Their P/E should be in the single digits if they were like most American companies. Until I see that, I'll know that they are nothing but a fucking chud memestock.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's going to be really funny, is when it becomes worthless.

See, most of Elon's money is in Tesla Stock, stock that he manipulated by telling tall tales of colonizing Mars.

In order to buy Twitter he had to take out a loan for the money and use his Tesla stock as collateral. Now, the thing about that is, the stock is only able to serve this purpose because it's worth so much. If it wasn't, then Elon basically defaults on the loan.

This means he will no longer own Twitter, his bank will.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (21 children)

I wonder if the cybertruck will be the Delorian of the future.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Well no, it won't because people actually like the Delorian due to it being redeemed by one of the greatest time travel movies ever made.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

We can make it happen with the Cyber truck!

BACK TO THE FÜHRER starring Kid Rock as Marty and Musk as the Doc and the truck doesn't make it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Here me out. What if they remaster back to the future and the plutonium guys at the beginning drive a cybertruck instead of the white truck?

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 4 days ago (23 children)

Has any other car manufacturer ever had a similar policy of not accepting their own vehicles as trade-ins?

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago (5 children)

No other major manufacturers sell directly to customers so no. Dealerships don't care as long as you're buying something. Many cars they take as trade wind up going straight to auction.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The swastikar idiots need to be called out constantly. They know exactly what they are doing. There are no coincidences. These are the willing participants in the far right agenda….

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago (5 children)

If you were foolish enough to buy a Tesla, and too dumb to get rid of it already, make another poor decision and go to https://stealmytesla.com/ for the final solution to your problem.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Many Cybertruck owners reported trying to trade-in the truck for a new vehicle

It only came out in November 2023! They're already trying to trade it in? Seems like that's it's own sign of problems.

Some owners who have had their trucks in service for extended periods of time

NOVEMBER 2023!!! Nobody has had a one of these dumpsters for an extended period of time!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago

It only came out in 2023, and it's already been recalled 8 times.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

Womp womp. Glued together piece of scrap plastic

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe but it is up 17% right now. Are investors really this stupid?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

This relates to the "zigzagging spikyness" you often see with the stock market. Each time a stock falls, many people are going to ask themselves "Hey, do I think that other people are wrong about this property being worthless? Maybe this is a good chance to buy, before they bounce back."

There's a mental appeal to the middle, it's just a question of what the correct "middle" is. That's also why many investors were cautioning people against selling during Trump's week-long tariffs (of course, if you believe the USA is on its last legs, that may be a good idea). You're probably seeing those purchases from those that feel the Tesla Takedowns will run out of steam, which is why it's important to keep them up.

(Reminder if you haven't been to one...)

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure I watched a very persuasive infomercial from our president on why we should buy them.

This is obviously due to the liberal media brainwashing consumers not to buy them.

OR...

It's produced by a Nazi.

It could be that this vehicle has averaged a major recall every 60 days since release.

Gas pedal detaches itself for spontaneous fully automated joy rides.

It looks like what happened if oops all polygons fucked a roll of tinfoil.

It rusts, the panels fly off, and if you take it through a car wash it'll total it.

It hasn't lived up to any of the hype or range estimates stated.

The trailer hitch is held on by the polycarbonate (plastic that went to college) frame, so enjoy causing a massive traffic fatality while towing (even within the recommended towing capacity specs).

It's 14 times more dangerous than the Ford Pinto which was on the market 3x longer and became synonymous with explosions.

Lastly, it's become a way of explicitly telling the world I have a $100,000 truck and a $10 brain.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Expect another round of " incendiary device" burned down our "trucks".

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In a few decades we'll get a new Back to the Future movie.

Doc, you made a time machine, out of a cybertruck?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If this baby hits 88mph you're gonna see some serious shit...fall off.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

There was Dealership near me that had a bunch of their teslas keyed and damaged and smashed. Curious. Now that dealership can claim insurance money on the cars he can’t sell!

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