• const_void
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    241 year ago

    No idea why people are still buying cars that this guy makes.

    • SeaJ
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      141 year ago

      Despite being an early investor, there is no way in fuck I would but a Tesla. There are some good ideas in there but it is held back by shit quality control, using owners as alpha testers, and a fuck ton of hubris from the guy at the top.

    • @Cynosure
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      11 year ago

      For a while, they were the only ones in stock

          • Flying Squid
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            71 year ago

            From your article:

            In California, a Model 3 variant in inventory was priced at $42,060,

            I and my sub-$25,000 car stand by my previous statement.

            • @mainaccountOP
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              11 year ago

              If you wanted Tesla, but $55k was too much, $45k is relatively cheaper. I know people that bought Teslas recently, only because of the (3rd) discount.

              Here in SoCal # of Teslas skyrocketed after the discount(s). Kia Niro EV is $40-46k. People can buy a Tesla for that and they do, because they think it’s a good car (it’s not). That’s why I said they’re buying them - because of the price.

              • @queermunist
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                11 year ago

                It sounds like they’re buying them because they think it’s a good car.

          • @[email protected]
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            1 year ago

            in eastern europe for the cost of a single model 3, around 50k euros, you could get 3 actual nice entry level cars. People buy them as a status symbol and because they are impressed by a different approach, because they are bored of the german industry sitting on their laurels not progressing. Musks name has very little do to with this phenomenon and I don’t know if anyone(here) over 30 who doesn’t go on reddit has an opinion of him at all.