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[–] 139 points 3 years ago (42 children)

Honestly I think they look pretty good.

But Elon is a fuck. And their build quality is shit. And I refuse to support that kind of company. And fuck people who do support them.

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  • [–] [S] 41 points 3 years ago (19 children)

    Idk, I talked with a bartender once who said he thought it would be amazing to drive one, and I said I didn't think I could stomach it because of Musk, and he said I shouldn't get political over a car. Well, they don't interest me enough to ignore the Elon part.

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  • [–] 51 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    I rented one in California. I was never been so frustrated with a car before in my life. There are no knobs, for ANYTHING. Everything is done through the touchscreen. Try navigating the A/C system in traffic. Or as the sun goes down and the screen brightness doesn't dim, blinding you as you drive. I will never buy a Tesla, and it starts with the UI of the car. Elon is just the icing on that shit cake.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I watched a friend of mine try to parallel park hers once and just about died laughing at how shit the autopark was. She said it kept determining that the right lane was actually the curb, so it would go through all of the motions of parking and then just stop in the middle of the street. Every time I read about or interact with a Tesla, I feel like I find out about something else they added because it looks or sounds cool but doesn't actually work.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Honestly I think they look pretty good.

    They used to, but they haven't updated them, so now they look dated

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I'm not a car guy, I just don't pay close attention. I drove a delivery van when the Tesla cars were gaining popularity, and I straight up had the thought one day how weird it was that there were a lot of '90s Ford Taurus sedans still on the road.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Honestly, why? Their "no harsh edges, flowing contours" looked good in 2010 but is now completely played out and ugly. Coupled with the fact that no Tesla has had a facelift in nearly a decade, I think they're the ugliest cars on the road rn.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    the cabin height being a giant bubble is what i dislike. they pretend to be smaller cars than they are. a small tesla next to a normal crossover vehicle is a good way to remind yourself how big they actually are.

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    [–] 71 points 3 years ago (21 children)

    I just feel bad for people who went in during Elon's "good" years (heavy quotations). He's nothing but a glorified car salesman and a verified idiot now, but for a while there, some people just wanted a more sustainable car.

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  • [–] 55 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    I hate Elon musk but Tesla is the best thing that happened to this planet because no other car manufacturer was bothered to do the groundwork required to get electric cars going. They lie and spread corruption before Elon came along.

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    [–] 48 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    It's actually a very pretty car, to be fair. Too bad it has the build quality of this spice rack

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I mean it's ok... It's not ugly, but I personally wouldn't call it pretty.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago

    I thought it was pretty when it was novel, but it's been around long enough now that it just kind of blends in. I think it's still a nice clean design, but not really eye catching anymore.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

    Also stop driving in the bus lane. If you actually gave a shit about the environment you would be on said bus, not a brand new three tonne luxury car.

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    [–] 32 points 3 years ago

    I gotta give it to them.

    The first two cars looked nice and they were the first to understand what makes an electric car good.

    But they fucking lost that too by removing everything from the dashboard and moving to a single screen in the middle. Their build quality is shit (Even Trabants had smaller panel gaps holy shit) Repair costs for simple fixes are out of this world (There was a video where a technician repaced a hose for the cooling system for 130$ where Tesla wanted to replace the whole battery for 20000$) Elon is a nutjob that keeps breaking promises.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (17 children)

    I resemble this...sort of. Except my car is already paid for and I really don't think it's a wise decision to just blow money on another car simply to get out of a current vehicle that more than meets my needs.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Yeah,like if tomorrow everyone found out the CEO of Ford was a pedo, I promise you the supply of used F150's wouldn't suddenly skyrocket.

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    [–] 27 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Fuck Elon, but dammit, Tesla cars look sleek, this guy is wrong.

    And Superchargers >>>> Every other charger as of right now.

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    [–] 26 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Elon frustrated me cause he gets his grubby hands into way too much cool stuff

    Like bitch tesla and spacex were cool untill Elon got a Twitter account and wouldn't shut up exposing how shit he is

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    I honestly really thought he was going to be an amazing person for humanity for like.. a minute there. That's a big part of my frustration. He's in such an amazing position to do astounding things and he just sits around like a bully asking for attention instead of lunch money

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    This is classic cognitive disonnance. If they liked the person who made the car, I’m almost certain their mind would be different. This phenomena is particularly obvious whenever you see something that was once popular fall from grace. See the conversation around Justin Roiland or even Reddit before and after their respective controversies. You start to see the people say things to the tune of “blank was never good anyway.”

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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    And your car steals all your personal information because it is part of a massive data mining operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcu2YUCa0lA

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago* (16 children)

    So are SUVs from BMW, Porsche or Audi. But heh I live in Europe, I guess the trucks in the US are way worse.

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    [+] 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (24 children)
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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago

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