• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    For many of us we’ve had our vehicles for a long time before Elon went dipshit crazy. For some it’s because EVs were essentially dogshit before the Model 3 was introduced. Either short range grocery getters or expensive luxury. Even now most “electrified” vehicles everyone advertises are hybrids, not EVs.

    I got my Model 3 near the end of 2018. Elon wasn’t posting far right and Nazi shit at that time. He was sort of controversial, but that was about it.

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      14 hours ago

      Stop. He was an asshole then and you just chose to ignore it. Under his shitty leadership Tesla has always been awful. Delays, QA issues, lies, under-delivery and over-promises have been the MO since he’s had a hand in the company but the lame tech crowd wanted EVs/self-driving cars so bad they ignored it.

      You don’t get a pass on buying a Tesla because you did so in 2018. He was a piece of shit then manipulating stock prices and posting dumb shit on Twitter.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        In any sort of political adjacent topic there’s always a comment from someone that seems to assume that they’re inherently better than everyone else for no actual reason and that everyone else cares about their opinion of others. From your response here to a random person on the internet you know absolutely nothing about, I think it’s safe to assume you have a single digit number of people that tolerate you on a daily basis.

        I hope you have the day you deserve, I know I will.

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      2 days ago

      Yeah, I’m sure a lot of people are in that unfortunate situation. I can’t imagine the trade in value is improved. Sorry you’re getting shit for buying a vehicle that was supposed to be less harmful to the environment, I guess the lesson is avoid musk products.

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        2 days ago

        The model 3 was designed and marketed to be an affordable EV, and is still one of the cheaper options on the market.

        Do you think any new vehicle is a luxury item?

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          1 day ago

          Base price is 42k tho what are you talking about. That’s like 3 budget cars. No wonder Americans can’t handle egg prices when your finance education functions based on marketing trajectories 🙄

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            1 day ago

            If you told a Rolls-Royce owner that you owned a luxury car, and then said it was a Model 3, they’d laugh at you.

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              1 day ago

              Everything above x price is a luxury item and that’s a perfectly correct statement. Luxury doesn’t mean the most expensive option.