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[–] [email protected] 184 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 week 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] 27 points 1 week ago

Don't vandalize Tesla drivers' cars, they're self-vandalizing. I hate redundancy.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 week 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 1 week 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] 75 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

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

I mean, yeah, okay, but even a few weeks is an "extended period of time" for a brand new car to be in service.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

It's pretty common for wealthy people to trade in their car every year or two, keeping in mind that a cyber truck is 80k+ the demographic is people who can afford to always have a new car.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week 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 1 week 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] 50 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

He's not a Nazi, he's just a far-right, authoritarian, ethnonationalist, pretending to be a champion of the working class.

Wow. Post-production quality control. Such dedication.

I bet detachable gas pedals make them easier to replace.

Probably saved a lot of money in design by not having to pay a bunch of liberal artists.

Those are sacrificial anodes. They're supposed to rust. The panels are ablative hull armor designed to mitigate damage to the unibody and distract rival drivers, thereby assisting in escape. It's nice of them to incentivize water conservation.

Gotta keep the other car companies guessing.

That's a randomized defensive countermeasure.

No risk. No reward. Being this awesome comes at the risk of being a danger to oneself and others. That's a sacrifice many drivers are willing to make.

The dancers at the club really like it. I think one of them is falling for me.

(Just guessing that's how that conversation goes)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

You forgot that it looks so much like a dumpster raccoons will try to break into it

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week 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] 41 points 1 week ago (1 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….

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

If they could afford a Tesla in the first place, they can afford to replace it.

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

I dont know about afford, surely there's some idiot who took out a loan for this

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (21 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week 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.

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

Womp womp. Glued together piece of scrap plastic

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week 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!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Are these pieces of junk for sale anywhere outside of Trumpistan? I travel all over the EU for work constantly and I’ve never see one over here, ever.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I don't think they're legal in EU, couldn't pass the safety tests.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Cybertrucks aren't street legal in stock configuration in Czechia, however I've seen one idiot on Facebook who bought one and paid about the same as the car on top of it to make it street legal. It looks even dumber lol.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (11 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.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

despite claiming

I claim myself the Glorious Leader of the Solar System. I tried to demand the Sun to fry a little less but... I'll try again later.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I saw one yesterday in the wild. It's unusual for where I live, we're not rich here, and being a blue state, we're not stupid, either.

Surprisingly, it still had all of it's body panels intact.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (10 children)

They haven't moved for months at the Gilroy Ca dealership. There's been a line of about 20. That I bet have gone fully dead from their hazard lights going off endlessly. I wouldn't touch those with a 20ft pole. If I ever get an EV I'll just get the Mustang. Since I own a Mustang. Keep it in the family.

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