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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 9 points 25 minutes ago (2 children)

Honestly? Might not be a bad idea to consider buying a used Tesla after they tank in value.

  1. No money goes to Elon in that exchange, so you're not supporting the fascist prick. They made their money off the first buyer.

  2. It's environmentally friendly to buy a used vehicle, rather than a new one, as you extend it's life and reduce it's carbon footprint

  3. Since everybody is abandoning them, they're cheaper than other options.

My only reservation is that I'd be driving around a Tesla still, so if I did something like this I'd have to de-brand the hell out of it somehow to make it appear as a generic "an car".

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 3 points 5 minutes ago

Your heart's in the right place but this is bad advice.

Teslas are still wickedly expensive to repair and there's only the dealership who can do those repairs.

And the parts break way too often, even parts that shouldn't break ever, like the door handles that only Tesla can replace. The cost of that can apparently be over $1k. For a door handle.

It'd be a money pit after the warranty period runs out. You're still going to be better off with a run of the mill beater car

Until Tesla allows other shops to do repairs, those swastikars will never be economical even if you ignore the Nazi part

Your point about buying used being better for the environment also applies to older gas powered cars too, which will be easier and cheaper to repair

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 minutes ago

No money goes to Elon directly, but it still increases the market price of Teslas. So someone else deciding between used and new might just buy new because it doesn't cost much extra.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

At this point I expect to see them abandoned on the side of the road with a "Just take it" sign over the engine

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sure am glad I couldn’t afford one of those things back when I wanted one.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Right? Who knew that making a product that half of the population wants to buy and then making your brand based around the exact half of the population that lives in contempt of this product instead was a bad idea?

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 3 points 59 minutes ago

1/3. These cretins are a loud, fascist minority.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Soon it can be scrapped for steel and you could make money off buying them.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

I wonder if someone breaking it and collecting insurance money from it would end up being the preferred option over selling it.

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

Three fiddy and I will use for target practice.

[–] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 62 points 4 hours ago (7 children)

For its part, Tesla has been trying to boost its image with the help of President Trump. On Monday, the president took to the South Lawn of the White House to promote Tesla's cars, apparently buying one despite having campaigned on an explicitly anti-electric vehicle platform.

Somehow, I don't think MAGA cult will buy electric vehicles in quantities needed to offset even a fraction of people who used to buy Tesla.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 14 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Half of them are broke as fuck and the other half are heavily invested in oil company stocks. Elon made a poor choice of allegiance.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

A portion also associate EVs and their ilk with environmentalists, and would probably not buy one even if their very lives depended on it.

I’m not sure any of them have strong enough positions on anything other than their next grift. They would become Captain Planet if it kept them on the gravy train.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 4 points 58 minutes ago

Which they might well do.

[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 12 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Well if they make a Cybertruck 2 that's lifted and looks like the Dildozer, they might have a new market. It'll get 50 miles per-charge, but it'll intimidate their neighbor's kid, so it's worth the $380,000 price tag (financed, of course).

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

I'm sure he'll put a turbo diesel in it too

[–] OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The GMC Hummer EV Pickup Truck has entered the chat.

205-kWh capacity battery [three times the size in a crossover], still gets only 275 miles [2023 version].

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago

I don't think the MAGA Cult can even AFFORD electric vehicles, I mean, shit I know I can't.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 36 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine the CEO of Browning or American Rifles helping Joe Biden pick out a new gun from a display in the state dining room.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is Biden is a gun owner. So at least it would be buying a product he actually has. There has been incidents referencing him and his wife having at least a shotgun (so 2+ guns)

With Trump hating on electric cars like he had for so long, and not knowing how to drive, it's a bit different.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Old rich guy like Biden probably has loads of nice, quality, antique guns.

Many families don't throw away guns, they pass them down. So antiques are a plenty as well. Being that his dad was born in 1915, it's very likely they have guns from before WW1 around.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago

They’re trying the “buy EVs to own the libs” angle. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton….

[–] juergen@feddit.org 12 points 3 hours ago

which is great, because it will increase the chance that tesla will go down and with that elon musk.

[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Eh...put a lift kit, USA flag wrap, and a smoke machine on the cyber truck and they'd double sales.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 35 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

For its part, Tesla has been trying to boost its image with the help of President Trump.

Yeah, that's part of the problem, Elon.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 26 minutes ago

Elon out here thinking Twitter bots are real people. Too much ketamine.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 67 points 4 hours ago

Same people proudly claiming the market is self regulating shocked when the market responds to them being openly fascist cunts.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 133 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Who knew that being a publicly facing cunt makes people not want to buy your product. Shocking discovery.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 59 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

These people literally live in reaffirming social bubbles they have created. On and offline both. They don't see that they are overplaying their hand.

This article should bring you joy.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-human-meme-stock/682023/

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

a cultivated image of Musk as a Thomas Edison or Tony Stark type

LMAO! See Tony Stark blow Musk off like a loser in Iron Man II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxe1HCR7uEk

I'd be humiliated were I him. His head's so far up his ass he likely sees that cameo as a plus.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago

Best i can do is $3.50.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 52 points 5 hours ago (4 children)
[–] Revanee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 hours ago

This is beautiful

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If beattheshitoutofmytesla.com was a thing I'd do contract work on my weekends.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Hell, I'll roll out for free.

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