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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 hours ago

“Insane and deeply wrong” describes Elon Musk perfectly

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 hours ago

"Insane and deeply wrong", is exactly what comes to mind, when I think of Musk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Maybe they were just overenthusiastic prospective owners like trying to test the fire safety of the cars before buying. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

For every person fired by DOGE a Tesla must burn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Two Teslas for every job lost, and a chicken in every pot.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe now he knows why most CEO's and billionaires are content to pull the stings and fuck us over from the shadows. You can't start dismantling our democracy while throwing up sieg heils and not expect people to fight back. Dumbass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

He sure someone didn't spill a drink on it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Can fire fighters even put out the flames? The water would void the warranty of all the near by cars so it would honestly be better to just let the few burn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Unfortunately, Cyber Trucks tries to identify as a truck instead of a dumpster fire. Per Elon's DEI program, we have to respect them.

[–] [email protected] 111 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is insane and deeply wrong.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'll bet the owner of that dealership sure is sorry for jumping on last month's bandwagon! Idiot!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)
  1. Most dealerships don’t buy the cars they put on the lot, they have floor plans
  2. Insurance

The result of this, if anything, will be higher insurance on Tesla floor plans, which is a small good thing.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

How do we know they didn't just burst into flames spontaneously?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 hours ago

right? they're not well made

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago

We know that they did. Burst spontaneously. This happens.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You know what we need to call this? A good start.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

The French started this particular Tesla protest strategy. Vive la révolution.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 12 hours ago

They have some other historical strategies we should look into as well. 😁

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Love the French.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago

The French burn cars everytime they're angry, it's not really a Tesla thing. And they get angry a lot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

"Blake bortles!!!" 🔥🍾

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if this ones just old school fraud. People are desperate to get rid of Teslas these days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

I was thinking the same thing. Pass the buck to the impoverished insurance companies. Maybe one less yacht this year.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 12 hours ago

Insane and deeply wrong actions for insane and deeply wrong times

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

In all seriousness: I am fighting against neonazis here in Germany since >20 years. Physically and rhetorically.

Do not, I repeat do not set teslas on fire!

  • you bring people in danger that are innocent
  • you will make enemies in crucial places: firefighter, medical services ( i would say police, but you are in the US... so ....)
  • you will hurt the environment

But new point could be a good idea. I mean, those big canvases scream for some spray paint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder if they can be scratched?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Salt and vinegar (or sodium chloride, if you want to buy it ready made) is an easy to prepare solution that is excellent for etching metal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

I was thinking of those cordless multi tools. If I had a Tesla I'd get a nice, tasteful fuck elon musk design made, which, if possible would be uneconomical to ever remove (deep into the metal?). So even if I sold the Tesla, new owners would be unlikely to pay to fix my art.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Mhm, would be an interesting scientific experiment

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 hours ago

So is being a nazi

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

I thought it was an engineering design 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

I feel bad for the minority of owners who may have bought before Musk was so obviously shitty. I didn't really think of him as anything more than the usual tech ceo until the "calling a rescue diver a pedo" thing.

And I mean it's likely a very small minority, but I think a more focused protest would be artistically altering cars on sales lots, or on factory lots. Obviously a lot harder to do, so like, any tesla over no tesla? But I'd prioritize the newer models, and ones that tesla still owns or will likely have to pay to reimburse, gets you the bonus of costing them more money outside stocks/sales.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's absolutely not a "small" minority at all, a large batch of buyers were progressives who wanted to step in a direction for a more environmentally responsible means of travel where there isn't sufficient public transport. I know quite a few personally and they hate owning it but financially, they can't just get rid of it. They've also completely stop using the self-driving after some scary swerves

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They've also completely stop using the self-driving after some scary swerves

A reminder here since people get the two confused all the time, and don't understand just how little Autopilot does. Full Self Driving and Autopilot are and always have been different things. They do not use the same software stack. Autopilot hasnt really been updated since FSD started being tested outside Tesla employees, so 5+ years now. 95%+ of Tesla vehicles do not have FSD, but nearly all of them have Autopilot.

Autopilot is just Traffic Aware Cruise Control and Automatic Lane Keeping. AP is not smart, and never has been, it does not make driving decisions, it just tries to keep you in the lines and a minimum distance from cars in front of you at a set speed. There are a shit ton of vehicles on the road that do this now, spanning all the way from luxury brands down to a plain old Honda, and they have for years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Not to take away from your clarification, but the Tesla lane assist (not fsd) is WAY different from standard lane assist. It really does try to self drive. I have a 2024 Honda with LKAS and it makes minor corrections that keep you in the lane. Teslas will do strong corrections that can be dangerous, I've been in plenty and experienced it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Musk has been a twat for years guys and insufferable moron and always has been

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

If you never bought products from a company run by an insufferable moron, you would be forced to buy directly from your neighbors for everything in your life. And even then there's always an insufferable moron nearby.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

The general populace was blinded by the media for a long time though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

We know they are insane and deeply wrong. That's why we set them on fire, you idiot.