I don’t think it’s fair to outweigh the contributions of the founders and engineers behind Tesla with one douche with a megaphone and too much money. There is undoubtedly just as much malice in other car companies, but they have the sense to keep it quiet.

IDK about the nazi thing. For me it's a combination of the fact that the car is handled like a piece subscription software by the company, the blatant disregard for local laws, and the general smugness of the the licensees, who'll call themselves owners, but that is only until Musk decides otherwise.

There are other great EVs on the market, and they don't come with subscription packages and proprietary chargers. Tesla is the MacBook of cars.

Yep my uncle who recently retired from the auto industry, as an engineer, dished out some truly scathing critiques of Tesla, both the products and the company. They have a long, long way to go, and unfortunately one giant ego to interfere with everything. Kind of a joke really.

Granted he worked for Toyota, so the bar on quality was extremely high...

Even an econo-shitbox won't need repair for the first 2 years.

Just showing up to defend his own purchase and not doing it in a particularly convincing way lol

Do you think that every time a gas car gets on fire it makes it to the headlines? Have you heard about selection bias?

Yeah. .01% seems small, but that means that out of every 10,000 Teslas sold, one of them has already caught fire. That's a ridiculously huge number

Don't worry about your downvotes. These people can't separate Musk from Tesla and they are DEDICATED to disliking Tesla.

I'll chime in and say that this mirrors my experience as well. This thread is full of the same old misinformation spouted by people who have never driven one. I'll even give a vote of confidence to the self driving. I can't go back to manually keeping the car between the lines for hours and hours. It really does improve situational awareness and reduces fatigue in a huge way.

This has been exactly my experience. It's not a perfect car but to get a similar experience from a different brand I'd have to pay 30% to 70% more (Model 3 performance vs KiaEV6 GT or BMW i4 M50)

Yeah, I have similar experiences. However, this is my first EV, so I have limited idea whether models from other makers are as good. I did consider VWs at the time, but the low quality of their computer systems was very apparent. Tesla's software seems to be pretty good and at least VW is having big troubles catching up.

New Hyundais might be good, but their color selection are depressing, which made them a nope for us. And they weren't cheaper than Teslas, which I kinda would have expected them to be.

Oh, yes, there's nothing more imprisoning than having to turn your car off. I can't imagine how people are able to deal with it.

Next up: How I orgasmed and achieved nirvana by upgrading my iPhone 14 Pro Max to the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Where do you live that you sit in line at a gas station? I've never sat at a gas station.