My friend’s father bought a 2025 Tesla after my friend begged him not to, but a boomer’s gotta boomer. Suffice to say, it hasn’t gone well for him, so the man went and put this decal on his car. My brother in Christ, you are driving a freshly redesigned car. Nobody is going to believe your swastikar is pre-COVID.

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    251·
    18 hours ago

    I plunked down $1000 sight-unseen in March 2016 for a first-run Model 3. I had driven a Model S (no way I could afford one) and was obsessed with Tesla. I finally received my 3 in early 2018 (I believe) and loved that car like a newborn baby. I was a rockstar in the area, people wanted to see it. Kids wowed when I drove by. The future of transport was looking bright and I was at the forefront.

    Over time, Elon’s actions became more unhinged, and for a while I had the “separate the art from the artist” attitude. The Salute was the final straw. I had gotten more and more embarrassed by my car as it symbolized everything I hated, due simply to the actions of the insane CEO. When he helped elect Trump and became butt buddies with him, I knew my car’s days in my garage were limited. I sold it to Carvana for $18300 and bought a used Audi for the same price.

    Man, I miss that car. It was everything I wanted. The FSD web of lies pissed me off, but the car was objectively great.

    I have a reservation for a Rivian R2 now and I can’t wait to get it. I’m getting the same feeling all over again. So, what I guess I’m saying is, please RJ Scaringe don’t turn into a Nazi.

    • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      16 hours ago

      It’s not the same, but Rivian has been able to survive in a big way because of another asshole billionaire, Jeff Bezos. They were smart up mostly keep their branding off those Amazon vans, especially since most have been damaged by poorly trained drivers at this point.

      • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        12 hours ago

        Very true, but at least he doesn’t own or run the company. If you’re going to get a large loan to start a company, you’re gonna have to deal with an asshole billionaire.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      24·
      14 hours ago

      I plunked down $1000 sight-unseen in March 2016 for a first-run Model 3.

      I’m guessing you missed a 0 there? If so, you got $8300 more out of it than you paid, 8 years later? That can’t be true.

      There’s a chinese company whose name eludes me that makes e-cars that look almost supiciously like Teslas, and another called CUPRA, apparently a branch of Seat (Spain). Just saying.