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Musk's stupid car killed Mitch McConnell's billionaire sister-in-law (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If I had a billion dollars I would simply never drive myself, and I would not ride in a Tesla. It's the same car that techbros drive and has a subpar safety record.

A lot of celebrities used to drive Priuses as the eco-friendly choice back when it was new, and I didn't read anything about them dying in crashes. But Priuses don't have the acceleration of a drag racer or quality control problems.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The 2nd gen prius actually suffered from toyotas ethrottle problems where theyd get stuck at full throttle. As far as i remember, it only ever officially killed the occupants of one car, but toyota did a great job of sweeping that under the rug.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

They only had to lift up the corner of the rug, really. The throttle did the sweeping.