I stand corrected, not based.
This is so weak… these tesla owners are pitiful.
So this person will never need to spend money with Tesla ever again to keep this car running?
EVs have drastically reduced maintenance compared to most cars. It’s fully possible they wont have to pay Tesla anymore money, especially if they opt for home charging or use non Tesla charging stations.
Yes but not Teslas. They are usually placed 2nd on the list of cars that fail the first Mandatory Safety Inspection in Germany after getting registered (it’s after 3 years). And the first place is usually the cheapest Dacia PoS where it’s at least understandable why they fail often. (A whole new car for under <10k)
There’s no new Dacia for under 10k euros…
And the TÜV can be failed because of wrongly adjusted headlights, lack of a reflecting vest or very common with electric cars, rusty breaks (due to regenerative breaking).
The old ones are extremely reliable and last forever. Mine is 12 years old with 140,000 miles. It’s still drives like the day I bought it. The only thing I’ve ever fixed is the dashboard screen. And for that I had the option of going with a generic part and doing it myself or taking it to any mechanic.
Honestly I view Teslas with these sorts of stickers as even worse than not having them, because Musk was always this bad.
An “I didn’t know and now I regret it” sticker would garner much more sympathy from me.
Your memory is faulty. Musk “was” a visionary savant that tried to advance humanity by making EV mainstream and advancing the mars mission. The facade dropped recently
Edit because people will mention it. Yes musk was always shitty and Its doubtful that he deserves credit for any of his ventures. But most people didn’t realize that until at least 2022.
I agree with lengau too. He’s always been a grifter, claiming other people’s achievements as his own, implementing unsafe practices in his factories, union busting, etc…
It wasn’t very easy to see without paying close attention to him though. And who was paying close attention to him at the time?
July 16, 2018. That’s when Musk called that rescue work a pedophilia.
That’s when his antics couldn’t be hand waved as eccentric or trolling. The rumors that he was a shitty boss weren’t back up yet, he was still pro-LGBT and he had renewed public interest in space travel after the shuttles were retired.
But Tesla was popular before that. In 2012, Tesla was the only EV that didn’t completely suck.
Well, it probably means the latter, just that the person probably didn’t know of the political situation back then.
Unless its a 2008 tesla roadster it’s not “pre-madness” and even then it’s very debatable.
When its niche knowledge that doesnt get a lot of media attention. So not in this case.
I think ignorance should excuse people in most cases. Being uneducated about something does not mean they have bad intentions or intend to hurt someone.
Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Of course there are cases where ignorance is unlikely, but in most cases we should accept that ignorance is a part of human nature and society.
People need education, time and to be taught stuff. I grew up without a lot of parental supervision and guidance. This left me ignorant and lacking a lot of skills.
I had to learn a lot as an adult and in most cases by myself. Society has a vast variety of human experiences and upbringing. Schools are lacking and not covering enough about politics, economy, history and society.
I believe we should assume ignorance and good intentions, even from people we assume are far gone into the wrong side of politics.
One of my core beliefs is that people can change, my life experience supports this.
I had a friend who voted for a conservative party in my country, that has now changed completly to the opposite side. I like to think I was a part of helping that transition, by being open, honest and non-judgemental. Also admitting your own mistakes or when you change your own opinion fosters a climate in which change is not damaging the reputational standing of a friend.
That being said, a person buying the cybertruck now, is not someone I would give the benefit of the doubt.
Honestly it should be, as long as you correct yourself once you know better. You can’t blame folks for stuff they honestly don’t know.
He’s been toxic for a long time though, a long long time. I do remember the first kink in his public armour was when those people were stuck in a cave and he called one of the rescuers a pedophile for not taking his advice
To be fair, Tesla began production of their first cars in 2008. The pedo cave thing was 2018.
Retrospectively, there were many signs but in 2015, I don’t think the general public had their attention directed to Elon’s bs.
I understand that Tesla feels like a young company and that everything that Elon did happened super recently. But it has been 17 years. E.g. Elon has talked about self-driving cars in 2015, promising them for 2018. Elon has failed to keep his promise of self-driving for 7 years now.
I am not arguing that Elon wasn’t a weird fascist with a toddler RP kink in 2008. Or that we couldn’t have known what kind of man he is. But rather that I don’t think the general public knew and understood in the early years of Tesla.
That being said, this seems to be a model 3 which got released in 2017… So I think that person was probably aware of the pedo cave thing at least.
