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  • Well fucking stop feeling like a POS.

    Please?

    Its just a car, and regardless of who elon turned out to be.

    And ya know what? Elon is the reason they arent better cars. He is not the reason they are as good as they are.

    Take politics out of it for a minute and just remind or consider, how is your tesla a better car than the ICE car you did and/or would have instead.

    You can feel good about that. Its okay. Elon is a piece of shit. He didnt always seem that way and that does suck. You dont, he does.

    When you decide to get a new car you are going to have so many awesome options next time.

    And you wouldnt have those options then, if Teslas werent/hadnt pushing everyone else in the world into getting away from ICE



  • Because you seem to think, and my apologies if im mistaken, that people think about politics as much as your question suggests. Most people just dont really dont have the capacity to also factor in other peoples politics when making large practical purchases.

    A minority of people vote in the us. I believe its around 39%

    And slightly more than half of those people are deciding who the president of the US is.

    You might be surprised to learn that most of the time, a car isnt a political statement or adorsement. It could be, and can be, sometimes it even is.

    If you want an EV because you care about the environment you still want a good vehicle. Teslas are seen as the best EVs that most people have access to and are comfortable with… Inspite of why they might not be.

    Maybe its a surprise to hear that practical benefits of EV ownership, whether it’s due to not having to pay for gas, they want to support fighting climate change, or just enjoy cool new tech are likely why someone owns a tesla, not because they are fans of elon

    How is owning a tesla car not just like walking around wearing one of those stupid red hats?

    Because more than 90% of owners didnt buy their car to be political statements, but 90% of owners of those stupid red hats did buy them and wear them for the sole purpose of being political statementa










  • Reread what i wrote and thought about it today.

    What message im hoping to say is its all downhill from here. Autopilot and AI will be crammed into every piece of tech imaginable and car manufacturers tech has always been trash, I dont know what its going to look like at the bottom but weve gone over the cliff already and we wont know what its gonna look like in 15 years, but we will dream of what we have today.

    Ill bet you 1 dollar im not wrong


  • Uh cars now have subscription services for various features. You dont just get whats in the car when you buy it second hand, you still have to pay to use those features.

    Repair costs are stupdily expensive in comparison, and require significant diagnostic tools to do simple things because everything in your car has a sensor in it.

    And cars are now spying on you to your insurance company because you dont actually get to decide if they are allowed to use your data or not

    Sure cars have a lot more features, but they used to just work