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Tesla owners are overwhelmingly men, and the most common occupations are engineer, software engineer, and manager of operations, one study found.

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[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If I were rich I would like an EV based on the fact that I hate gasoline.

But I dont trust my road safety on a billionaire crybaby who gets triggered by the word "cisgender"

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[–] zerbey@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm a white man who falls into that category, I'd never own a Tesla, they're too fucking expensive. Maybe I'll get an EV some day, but it won't be a Tesla. For now, I'll stick to my 6 year old car that still runs well and didn't cost me a second mortgage.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

That's okay you can buy me a tesla

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tesla's are Thermomix for tech bros.

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[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Would you drive a car from the guy who can't even handle a website?

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I wanted a Tesla before the whole children in a cave episode. Then it went all downhill from then.

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[–] Is300@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The best deal is to lease the jeep wrangler 4xe plug in, they pass the 7500 onto the buyer and by lease end the battery is weakened so give the car back instead of paying 5k to replace the battery plus by lease end new battery tech will be here

[–] Is300@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In DFW its mostly indians and asians that drive teslas, especially in Plano and Frisco. Its completely replaced the fully loaded honda accord and toyota camry as THE car to get.

[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is true for me, I have an S.

I'll also never buy another tesla again but I'll drive this until the wheels fall off. It's 5 years old now.

[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Always refreshing to see somebody who owns one of these cars and hasn't immediately forgotten all expectations of build quality from an automotive manufacturer. I've seen intelligent and analytical people just turn their brains off at the suggestion that these cars aren't perfect, when the procedure for getting one repaired reads like it's from Apple.

[–] Jeff@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

No thats me, im u

[–] gever4ever@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is the battery holding up? All Tesla owners I know sold theirs before the 2 year mark worrying that they might need to replace the battery for the price of a new car, always sounded like a misconception to me.

[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Holding up fine. I'm about 7% degradation, 2018 over 80k miles on it. 100D. I've been very happy with it as far as anything goes. Never serviced, just a few things like lights that I needed replaced.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I thought Tesla's were for poor kids who live in trailer parks

[–] mausy5043@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IMHO Tesla is too unreliable. There are enough EVs available that are more reliable (and cheaper).

[–] captain_oni@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just want an EV that is:

-Reasonably priced.

-User repairable/modifiable.

-No stupid luxury gimmicks (fake "self driving" or "self parking", 360° cameras for outside view, electronic locks that will most likely fail in a couple years, etc...)

-NO FUCKING SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES like those stupid heated seats!!

[–] mausy5043@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

-User repairable/modifiable.

It'll have to run on a couple of AAA-batteries then.

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