Comment on Tesla misses estimates for quarterly deliveries; shares fall

Bell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• specseaweed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because its terrifying to drop $50k on a car whose future is tied to someone who is so obviously unhinged. Many companies are led by weirdos, but its a real problem when you don’t know if your car is going to work right based on the whims of said weirdo.

  Also, Musk has absolutely lied his ass off for years about the capability of the car.

  I owned a 2018 Model 3 LR and it was nothing but trouble. I couldn’t even use the cruise control because it would randomly smash the brakes on the freeway, even when there were no other cars around. My door panel would catch on the other panels when it opened, causing a decent sized dent. The trunk leaked. They would do updates that moved everything around and suddenly you can’t find the screen that opened the glove box. But it did make fart sounds hurr durr.

  No thanks.

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  • troydowling@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You need a touchscreen to open the glovebox?

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    • time_lord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes.

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      • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        “I’m afraid I can’t allow you to get your napkins, Dave.”

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• rauls4@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because it’s lead by narcissist, antisemite, egomaniac.

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  • Nucelar@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You sure did your research on the rest of the infustry?

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    • fluxion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They are smart enough to hide their disdain for their core demographics

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    • rauls4@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What’s an infustry?

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  • ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you're going to virtue-signal about not supporting antisemites, please tell me you don't own any of these...

    • any Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep from the late 90s to the late 2000s
    • any Ford, Lincoln, Mercury or Merkur
    • Dodge Charger
    • Chrysler Crossfire
    • 2011 or later Jeep Grand Cherokee
    • Hino
    • Sprinter
    • Mercedes-Benz
    • Mercedes-AMG
    • Audi
    • Bentley
    • Lamborghini
    • Seat
    • Skoda
    • Volkswagen

    Volkswagen was literally started by the Third Reich and, along with Mercedes-Benz, utilized slave labor during WWII. Mercedes-Benz' parent company was part owner of Chrysler in the late 90s to the late 00s.

    Henry Ford received the highest civilian honor bestowed by the Third Reich, the Grand Cross of the German Eagle.

    While we're at it, make sure you don't have anything from Chase (financed Third Reich), IBM (provided information processing for extermination of Jews) or Bayer (came from IG Farben, makers of Zyklon B used to exterminate Jews in gas chambers).

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because it’s not best in class and is made by nonunion labor? Honestly, even without the shitty dumbass owner, I’d never buy a Tesla because build quality and QA is shit tier.

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• BetaBlake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because at it’s most basic level it’s not a good car, they aren’t well made, maintenance is expensive, and Elon should not be supported.

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• downpunxx@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Elon Musk is a fascist garbage person, and maybe most Americans actually give a fuck about that when deciding which brands should be supported and which shouldn't be

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• nowwhatnapster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lotta hate in the comments here. I’ll speak to the car objectively. TLDR: it’s a great car, BIC and competitively priced, auto wipers are hit or miss. I’d buy it again given today’s options.

  I have a 2018 M3 RWD. 50k miles on it. Maintenance wise it’s one set of tires, a couple air filters, tire rotations and brake caliper lubes in that time. There was one mechanical failure, lower control arms which were covered under warranty.

  This excludes folks smashing into the parked car twice and related bodywork repairs.

  I did pay out of pocket for new side repeater cameras that don’t have the blinker occlusion at night. I sold the old repeaters on eBay so it was basically break even. Little bit of hassle for something I felt should have been covered under warranty.

  Software wise it was unstable in some of the early 2019 releases. Things like cellular disconnecting, backup camera lag, have all been sorted out now. Yes the UI changed a bunch over that time and not always for the better. But generally it’s advanced in a good direction. I’m considering these items early adoption issues and now that they’ve been resolved, do not factor into my opinion of the car.

  My biggest issue with car is the auto wipers not functioning consistently. Very hit or miss and have to switch to manual mode.

  FSD beta: I paid $5k for it. I don’t think it’s worth more than that. Did they deliver what was promised? No not really, it was over hyped. Highway driving is pretty solid I use it frequently though stop and go can be a bit rollercoastery at times. City streets has a ways to go still. Sometimes it navigates complexitys impressively well. Other times it fails on the most mundane task.

  That being said it’s been an absolute blast watching it progress over time. It’s made massive steps forward, but every two steps forward there was always a regression elsewhere.

  I don’t think FSD really influences my car purchase at this point. Do I regret buying it? No, not for the price I paid. If we exclude it for a moment, the M3 is still a best in class car in my option. I don’t see another model on the market with the same range and price point. Even when comparing it to say a Toyota Camry hybrid. It’s the same price with current incentives. And you don’t have to deal with a dealership their markups and high pressure sales BS.

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• ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Because it's the in thing to hate Elon Musk.

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