I, for one, definitely won’t be buying another Tesla as long as Naziboy Musk has anything to do with the company.

  • WhoisJohnGalt
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    1413 hours ago

    Is it because of Elon at the helm of the company or moreso because the car itself is poorly made, unreliable, etc? I have a few friends who own Tesla’s, and I get mixed answers. Some say the quality is good others say it’s a POS.

    • @[email protected]
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      2312 hours ago

      It almost varies from car to car in my very limited experience. Just from outside one, the build quality varies wildly. I worked for a surgery center for a few years and didn’t notice until I saw 2 Drs parked side by side and one of them had massive body panels gaps that even I noticed. Having seen the difference, I can see it when I pass by parked ones as I go around town.

      The lack of consistency is a deal breaker for me, even if the company wasn’t run by a south African Nazi

        • @[email protected]
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          1210 hours ago

          If you take offense at Elon being called a Nazi, but think of yourself as a “liberal,” you might want to take a moment to reflect on why.

          • @[email protected]
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            48 hours ago

            It felt like he was taking offense to throwing in the South African thing. But I could be wrong.

            • @[email protected]
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              …again, if your attention is focused on the South African part, and avoiding the Nazi part, you might want to think about that.

    • @[email protected]
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      They’ve been great cars. The fit and finish is kind of lackluster, but the cars run great, are fun to drive, and have been extremely reliable.

      • @[email protected]
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        Really? The one person that’s taken over 1 mill miles had to replace batteries and motors like it was their job. The vast majority are unwilling to do that. To call them reliable is a half-truth at best. Sure the EV1 was reliable, but it was much more basic. It was a true electric car, not a smart phone on wheels.

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            Are you seriously not reading the post? 1 million miles cost them more than double the cost of the car to fix shit. A 1 million mile Tesla with batteries and motors replaced can’t be compared to a 50 year old Volvo still running the same engine it was paired with. If you replace everything on the car other than the vin, is it even the same car? That Volvo is worth more than it ever was new. That will never be true of a Tesla. #s matching. If you have an infinite amount of money, you could get a yugo to do over 1 million miles.

      • @[email protected]
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        69 hours ago

        I’m in the same boat. On the one hand, it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. On the other hand, Elon Musk.