I still don’t get why people buy Tesla products. You know what they’re like now. What are you doing?
Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars
Submitted 5 months ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to technology@lemmy.world
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echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
HERRAX@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
As a Swede who don’t really care about cars, and hadn’t kept up with Musk, or Tesla overall, I simply just test drove electric vehicles until I found one that fit my needs, and that was the model 3. This was a few years ago, and I will never buy a Tesla again.
I actually still like the car, but I feel embarrassed driving it around now that I know more about the company and Musk…
Not in a financial position to change car atm, but if I was, I’d definitely go for an Ioniq 6 this time around.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Personally, I’d never buy a Tesla because of how much of a pain they are to get repaired. Have to go to their authorized service centers. You can’t just go to some local repair place.
The nearest local center to me is about a 2-hour drive away. So firstly the car needs to function enough to actually get to the repair center, and then secondly I’m stuck there until they fix the car or I get a pickup to come home. Meanwhile, practically every other car I can just take to a local place and walk back home in 10 minutes.
set_secret@lemmy.world 5 months ago
same, i actually love the car it’s been super reliable and it’s fun to drive. But having Musk rats dirty image attached to it makes me cringe every time i look at it.
I’m just hoping he somehow leaves Tesla and we can wash it clean somehow.
But as it stands ill never buy another Tesla.
Fogle@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I don’t feel embarrassed but when I bought mine it was far and away the best value. Now there’s many more options and teslas are priced way higher than them. I’ve tried out a couple of them and my next car probably won’t be a Tesla due to price more than anything.
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Also wasn’t there also a contravorcy about how their heaters didn’t work in cold weather.
tyrant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Why doesn’t a Tesla smell like a new car? Because it has an Elon musk. (From dad joke lemmy a couple days ago)
KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And you can also smell that musky smell on Twitter and decide to go to a Federated network instead like Mastodon.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Weird ad campaign, but OK.
Heresy_generator@kbin.social 5 months ago
That's transparently what this is. It reminds me of his years of "self-driving taxi" lies; they're trying to convince people that if they buy a vehicle from Tesla they're not spending money, they're making an investment that will pay off in the future.
lovesickoyster@lemmy.world 5 months ago
how is this even legal? I don’t think this would ever fly in europe.
themurphy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ofc it wouldn’t. It very illegal, but Tesla knows this. They’re using it as a threat to control what the buyers should do.
And also, you have rights in the EU. You can’t sue people as a multi mega corp for nothing.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
You can’t sue people for nothing in the US either. They have a few laws.
It’s all bark and no bite, if anyone actually tried it they wouldn’t be able to do anything. As long as the price is paid off Tesla don’t own the vehicle so they have no rights over it.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
It’s legal if it’s in the sales contract. Usually there is a timeframe.
You should look into Ferrari and their rules. They are even crazier than Tesla for things like this.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Is there a time clause? If so, preventing resale within a month or two could help more minimize scalping.
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, that’s exactly their goal, except I believe it was one year
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 5 months ago
ripcord@kbin.social 5 months ago
Man, stop linking to twitx
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Shitter
negativenull@startrek.website 5 months ago
That is absolute gold right there
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m pretty sure that’s a RWD CyberTruck, which would explain a lot. That said, I fucking hate this car and Elon can suck it.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Front wheels are spinning
“Must be RWD!”
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greybeard@lemmy.one 5 months ago
They come in 3 motor versions, 2 in the back, 1 in the front, so you might right about the uneven power distribution.
cuchilloc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This guy needs snow tires. You should also put snow tires for this condition even if it’s AWD, right ? Maybe even chains for an off-road slope?
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yes, if you’re going off-road like that. Apparently these “trucks” also don’t have assist points to pull them from. Notice the straps are hooked to the front suspension or something.
PatFussy@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Imagine getting a RWD and treating it like an AWD because you are a dumbass
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Imagine getting a
RWDanything that has anything to do with Phoney Starkand treating it like an AWDbecause you are a dumbasspuppy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you watch the video you’ll see both front and rear wheels are spinning.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
after submitting a $122,135 order
The buyer told us that he paid a $250 order fee on Friday and previously paid a $100 reservation fee.
Tesla doesn’t have to refund those types of fees if a buyer cancels
You have to pay $350 to get the privilege to fork over a hundred and twenty-five grand? My jaw literally dropped.
Poggervania@kbin.social 5 months ago
You forget we live in a society where we have bought tickets and raffles for the chance of being able to buy Air Jordans or Yeezys or w/e fuck shoe that did that.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Actually, I missed that. And I’d rather go back to unknowing it. Shoe shopping is a chore, not a prize.
tyrant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Car culture is weird
Fridgeratr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tesla culture* Normal car enthusiasts aren’t like this
ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This feels a little more, I don’t know, direct than car culture mentality. Buying a Telsa, at least in past few years, feels like direct support to one person. I don’t see people with expensive sportscars and assume they think the CEO of the manufacturer is a hero. Telsa buyers probably don’t feel that way, but stuff like this leads me to believe they do.
JCreazy@midwest.social 5 months ago
Yes and an overwhelming amount of people love doing it.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Anybody buying one of these clown cars deserves all the bad that comes with it.
Coreidan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tesla is hot garbage. This “truck” is proof.
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Are you able to return it if you dislike, or are you just fucked?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
If I remember correctly, you must let Tesla buy it back rather than reselling.
SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 5 months ago
If this is true, and people stupidly signed a contract stating as such, I have zero sympathy for them if they get sued. What a ridiculous stipulation.
Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah but it’s not gay cause it’s a robot.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Plus there’sa panel gap for any sized wang.
ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The whole Tesla truck thing really reminds me of the DMC DeLorean fiasco. Is musk imitating John DeLorean? He’s falling about as fast. Both are silver and look weird.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The DeLorean looks awesome. You take that back.
Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes take it back… to the future!
I’ll see myself out.
ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wait a minute, doc, you’re telling me you built a TIME MACHINE… out of a Cybertruck?
ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Worst reboot ever, instead of randomly shutting off during crucial scenes it randomly takes over controls and runs over Red. “Crazy drunk AI”
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 5 months ago
That’s what I was thinking. If Elon throws a lot of money at advertising he might sell some.
JIMMERZ@lemm.ee 5 months ago
“You won’t own anything, and you’ll like it.”
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 5 months ago
They arent ferrari, what are they thinking?
ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Supposed to stop scalping
dinckelman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You have to be a colossal idiot to buy this car. You have to be an even bigger idiot to buy it from a scalper
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Who is scalping the worst truck ever made? Even the people who put a down payment down don’t want one.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just throw this shit up on Rocket League and end the line already. I think I already have those wheels.
Nommer@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Nah. I’m not going to waste $20 on a dlc car. Fuck epic.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Its 30 actually, and it comes with the lame wheels and a puke themed rocket booster.
mowli@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I really do not care - Musk and Cybertruck are way overrepresented here
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 5 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Tesla has revived a contract clause that says the electric carmaker could sue Cybertruck buyers for $50,000 or more if they resell during their first year of ownership.
As we reported a month ago, the Cybertruck-only clause was added to the public version of Tesla’s Motor Vehicle Order Agreement Terms & Conditions and then deleted after the lawsuit threat attracted some attention.
The clause says Cybertruck buyers must offer the car back to Tesla at a reduced price before any attempt to resell the vehicle within one year of delivery.
"You agree that in the event you breach this provision, or Tesla has reasonable belief that you are about to breach this provision, Tesla may seek injunctive relief to prevent the transfer of title of the Vehicle or demand liquidated damages from you in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater.
People who made early Cybertruck reservations received their invitations to order the limited-availability Foundation Series edition on Friday.
As an Electrek article notes, it’s unclear whether the clause applies only to the Foundation Series version of the Cybertruck.
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GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
So, offer the car back to Tesla at 1 cent under purchase price, then sell to whoever you like if they refuse to buy it…
mojo@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Why do they hate freedom of speech and expression so much?
Dr_DOOM_@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can’t wait to see one of these dumpster fires on the street. I need a good laugh!
Facebones@reddthat.com 5 months ago
He backed off exactly enough for a couple consumers to notice he backed off and talk about it to a few people.
Then went right back to it and nobody cared, because that’s the social media news cycle.
macattack@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hard to feel sorry for anyone actively putting money in Tesla/Musk’s pocket @ this point