• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    I know a lot of people who bought teslas before musk became a full blown oligarch and feel uncomfortable about it

    • Mike@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      They just weren’t paying attention then because Musk has always been exactly that.

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        9 hours ago

        I cant wait till we start seeing them with all the conspicacy-nut writing all over them but the other way around:
        Vaccines work, fuck musk, lgbt rights are himan rights etc.

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        18 hours ago

        Any car is sold at a loss. As someone who recently paid one of these off, I can’t stomach a new car payment in the face of our melting economy because six years ago I didn’t foresee the head of a car company turning out to be a freaking nazi.

        Considering my Tesla replaced a VW TDI, I’m feeling particularly salty and completely disillusioned about ethical consumption under capitalism, etc. etc. I wish people on Lemmy could have some empathy and not just assume that everyone driving a Tesla is sanctioning anything that Elon Musk does.

        • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca
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          16 hours ago

          I’m currently driving that VW TDI – best car I’ve ever owned in 35 years. Next vehicle wasn’t going to be a Tesla, but perhaps an F150 Lightning if they ever get their head out their asses and offer a regular old e-pickup – I don’t want quad cab and a short bed, just two doors and a regular full size bed would be great. Alas, that’s hard to find in ICE, let alone electric.

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            20 minutes ago

            That emissions cheating soured me on them

            (Though I do believe they used a clever method)

            Glad it’s so good!

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          12 hours ago

          He was a boldfaced liar six years ago, too. You fell for the “full self driving by 2016” scam and the other false claims and fabrications.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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            3 hours ago

            That’s assuming a lot. I wanted a car that was fast, electric, had easy charging, good range, and didn’t cost $100,000. 5 years ago, that was a Model 3.

            Didn’t give a shit about Musk’s lies, always knew he was full of it and was a typical scumbag CEO; I did not peg him as someone to go full on Nazi mode.

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            5 hours ago

            We did not purchase full self driving. My husband rightfully thought that it was a bit of a pipe dream. I’m too much of a control freak to allow a car to drive for me. Also six years ago was 2019 so if you think I fell for “full self driving by 2016” then I think you can’t do math.

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        17 hours ago

        i also wonder what people in cali are thinking when they bought the cybertruck, because i seen quite a few to them. i noticed they try to obscure the windos,s o people dont know that are driving it.