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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 minutes ago

That would be good for the EV conversion market. Since they use a lot of Tesla motors and battery packs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If I had one I'd keep it, vandalise it myself and turn it into an anti-musk advertising vehicle. It's a bad idea to waste the resources that went into making them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 28 minutes ago

I'd just park it in portland overnight and file an insurance claim the next morning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

No sympathy.

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

If I were to drive one, I would never let such circumstances push me to sell.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

While it's nice to protest outside of the Tesla dealership, people should be protesting outside of US embassies, and while they are at it, protest outside of the Chinese and Russian embassies too. Block them in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

People are doing. But embassies tend to be in capital cities but Tesla dealerships are everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I know this the unpopular opinion at the moment, but what electric sedan is better than a model 3? The rest of the producers have all decided we want to drive crossovers or boxes and simply cannot figure out how to make a frunk.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

Absolutely. Hyundai and Kia have the best EVs by a long shot. Charge way faster than a Tesla, too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

Lots of choice in Europe

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

what you expect from temupanzers

[–] [email protected] 28 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 24 minutes ago

You can still get aftermarket parts for Pontiac vehicles. Then again Pontiac didn't go around suing everyone who even thought about making aftermarket parts for their vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

I hope byd buys them for pennies on the dollar and they keep people employed

But most importantly I hope it's for pennies on the thousands of dollars

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Now just block trump properties

[–] [email protected] 63 points 20 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] 31 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (8 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.

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