Are you comparing with other cars at the same price range or cheaper cars? I don’t know but based from my experience, compared to some other brands although Tesla are better than some cheaper models of other brands, some are better than Tesla if you compared to the models with the same price range Yes, some brands might be worse, but Tesla is far from being the best
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dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months agoThey’re not, though. Elon can suck it but my Tesla is the best vehicle I’ve ever owned and it’s not even close.
Death@lemmy.world 10 months ago
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some cheaper, some the same price range.
What’s your experience based on? Do you own one? Or is this just third-hand?
I don’t care what it’s considered. It’s the best car I’ve ever owned and I’ve owned Fords, Dodges, VWs, Toyotas, and BMWs.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Ah yes a personal anecdote is 100% more valid.
That said, from what I’ve heard the big problem is the disparity of build quality. Some Tesla’s (like possibly yours) are built amazing. Some others are put together like shit.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At least I provided some kind of evidence, even if it’s an anecdote. You made a generalization with absolutely no evidence.
That’s fine if there’s a disparity but it’s not as common as your statement makes it seem.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Personal experience is not scientific or journalistic fact. As for providing evidence Google it. There’s lots of reputable sites that will tell you their build quality is inconsistent AF as well as they intentionally bully owners to accept shit.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Personal experience is still evidence. It’s not objective evidence, which normally would be a problem, but you haven’t provided any whatsoever. “Google it” doesn’t serve as a replacement for it, either.
gian@lemmy.grys.it 10 months ago
Which is basically true for every brand, not only Tesla.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Every brand isn’t evangelized in the same way the cult of Elon pushed their golden goose. They’re run of the mill or worse than industry averages.
consumerreports.org/…/who-makes-the-most-reliable…
theverge.com/…/jd-power-initial-quality-study-202…
Couple this with the ridiculous price point on the vehicles and you have apple cars so to that point I can understand the delusional obsession with the brand and supporting it
gian@lemmy.grys.it 10 months ago
Every brand isn’t evangelized in the same way the cult of Elon pushed their golden goose.
Maybe, but ask an Alfa Romeo fans about the brand… they are way worse than the Tesla fans… 😉
They’re run of the mill or worse than industry averages.
Look, I can tell way worse things about Renault if I look at how my car came out, so ? And I would concede that Tesla is pretty new to mass producted cars. During the years I found many quality problems also with brand that are even more evangelized and have a way longer history.
Couple this with the ridiculous price point on the vehicles and you have apple cars so to that point I can understand the delusional obsession with the brand and supporting it
In Italy, a couple of models (Y and 3) are pretty much aligned with other brand’s cars of the same category, so they don’t seems to be that expensive. Or the other brands are too expensive.
limelight79@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I love that you were downvoted, for all we know your previous vehicle was a Daewoo or something. A Tesla is likely a better quality vehicle than a Daewoo.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Lemmy is pretty toxic. There are 5 opinions allowed on here and your personal experience is irrelevant.
limelight79@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Pretty much. I’m looking through the replies I’ve received, and one says, “You sound like a forbes article” with two upvotes and only one downvote. Why would I continue to contribute to this community if that’s how people are going to act?
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s a small center of people who are actually knowledgeable and courteous here. You just have to wade through the shit and sewage to get to it.
Jarix@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You sound like a forbes article
limelight79@lemm.ee 10 months ago
And you sound like a fucking asshole. Good day, blockee.
Jarix@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wow overreaction to a joke much? But thank you for blocking me i appreciate your sacrifice
linearchaos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
but my Tesla is the best ve
Sadly, you’ll never be able to say anything nice about any Musk properties here without massive downvotes by people who wouldn’t purchase anything from Musk.
The hardware (occasional bad quality control aside) is pretty awesome. My neighbor has one, His holiday update was an absolute hoot. They’re fast, clean, comfortable and are generally long lasting, low maintenance cars.
When you factor in EV and Price, there’s nothing that stands out as nicer from a pure hardware standpoint.
They could use a few more buttons inside. When they become disabled on the road, their requirement for you to have them do the towing and taking hours to do so sucks. Suing people over selling their vehicles second hand is pretty bad. No second party repairs allowed is a problem.
The real 800 lb gorilla in the room is the autopilot. The only redeemable thing about the auto pilot is that it mostly works and it’s pushing the tech forward. They have enough money to lobby congress to make it legal, all those 730+ wrecks and 17+ deaths as horrible as they are, will lead us to the feature being viable eventually.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I bought mine way before Musk became a right-wing nutjob asshole and wouldn’t buy another of his cars now unless something changed with their leadership structure.
That doesn’t mean that I can retroactively say the car sucks now. It is a fantastic vehicle. I don’t use Autopilot so that part doesn’t apply (tried it during a trial and wasn’t impressed) but, as a car, I have no qualms.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, I wonder if he became one, or if he was already one and just did a better job at hiding it.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably a bit of both. Before the hair plugs, he probably did want to help the world. Now he just wants to help himself.
bizzle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I heard that you don’t even have to open the door, you just slide in through a panel gap