• @[email protected]
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    708 days ago

    There was a time I wanted a Tesla, but I don’t anymore. This is just another reason why.

    Does Tesla care about making a “neat thing” or do they care about making “a car that can drive me places”. The doors clearly show they prioritize making a “neat thing”, but I want a reliable car.

    Opening and closing doors was a solved problem. Somehow Tesla made it worse.

    • @Imgonnatrythis
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      238 days ago

      Does Tesla care about making a “neat thing” or do they care about making “a car that can drive me places”

      Neither. Care about making money.

      • @[email protected]
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        208 days ago

        One thing about Musk, I think he does care more about making a thing. Money is involved; but mostly because it’s necessary to make the thing.

        It’s just that the things he wants to make are increasingly stupid and childish.

        • @Imgonnatrythis
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          88 days ago

          I think at this point Tesla is more about stockholders than it is Musk.

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            8 days ago

            Boy you would think that, but it is clearly not the case. At least not primarily.

            Although it’s definitely more of a factor than his other companies.

    • @[email protected]
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      108 days ago

      Tesla isn’t a car… It’s an EXPERIENCE!!!

      (/s just in case it isn’t obvious enough)

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      In summary, Tesla the company cares about not going bankrupt. Edge they have been walking on since inception. Musk on the other hand cares about money and being on TV non-stop because he’s a narcissist asshole. Problem is, those two have colliding interest because Musk is majority holder now and Tesla has to make what he says in his drug induced and poorly educated rambles. He wasn’t a majority holder for a while thanks to 42.0B$ fuck yea deal with then soon to be announced X but at the time Twitter. Now stock holders voted to give him 40B$ bonus to keep him in “leading role”.

      So in short it’s a shitstorm. Stupid car that had a great idea but was ruined by narcissistic manchild. Car which you can only repair in authorized service centers by the way which is something no one talks about. Car that eats away your tires and some people report having to replace tires every six months. And on top of that, you have no spare tire to begin with. That means you run over a nail, tow truck for you it is.

      Oh and I haven’t said anything about share holders because they are plain old idiots. Tesla is not paying dividends and never planned to do so. So people buy stocks to have them? I don’t know some sort of mystery. And even then, they buy stocks, then Musk hypes them up a bit, sells quintillion shares and bails out, which is why he’s not allowed to talk about Tesla without babysitter. So share holders buy stocks, lose money and cheer for Musk.

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      38 days ago

      Same, but cars in general now. I used to look forward to driving, but now I’m sick of it. Biking and ebikes have made going places fun again :)