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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Carvana bought mine at a decent price. I imagine the coming glut will have them refusing to buy Teslas outright. Other enraged Tesla owners should unload theirs asap.

[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Good on you for having principles. Unfortunately a lot of Tesla owners are limp dicked piss baby champagne socialists who'd rather just put a 5 dollar sticker on their bumper instead of selling it.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 25 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Not everyone is the position to sell their car, especially at huge finacial loss. So they buy the stupid sticker to make them selves feel a little better.

Many bought the thing 5+ years ago when Tesla was basically the only electric with a real charging network and in a time before Musk went from eccentric billionaire to an out-of-the-closet Nazi.

Now anyone buying one new today, that's a different story (Which makes it harder to sell the damn thing).

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world -2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (4 children)

Why the fuck are you defending this shit?

Also I am tired of hearing about how Musk only recently went insane, dude has been off the rails for as long as I can remember.

Eccentric billionaire? My ass dude, he was an asshole and insane always for anyone paying at least a little bit of attention.

It just finally caught up to him and now everyone wants to cry wolf that has been supporting him? Fuck off.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 6 minutes ago

What do you want to have happen? The car exists and is in an owner's hands already. Elon doesn't make any more money no matter if they sell it or not. It's environmental waste to simply scrap it. What are the options, here?

[–] PeteZa@lemm.ee 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I didn’t think they were defending it. The reality is some people live in a bubble and don’t pay close attention to the media, and switching cars is not exactly an easy thing to do without getting fucked over.

Many people are upside down on their car note, and when you trade in with negative equity on a car loan, that negative equity gets added to the new loan balance. It’s kind of a big deal for the average person.

[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

What are you talking about? Most Tesla owners are progressives. This whole thing is a gut punch to Tesla owners.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol, a lot of rich people are rich assholes, that's nothing new. Think Bezos is saint, how about that one CEO who made people go to work during a flood, did you like Brain Thompson, Ulf Mark Schneider - do you even know who that is?or back in the day when they used to lock workers in the factory or shove children in the mines.

The rich have always been assholes, Musk is just more public about it. 5 years ago, he was just another rich owner of a company. The company made something good, so people bought it in support of the product not specifically the owner and his values, just like every time someone buys a nestle product.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world -3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Your argument that 5 years ago he was just another rich person is utter bullshit. I remember him a decade ago being legit insane.

Again, everyone just wants to cry wolf now that has been supporting him

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

You're out of touch, my man. 90% of the population aren't paying attention to what rich people are saying and doing. Pretending that everyone that bought a Tesla 5+ years ago knew that he was an insane asshole all along and are now feigning ignorance of that fact to save face doesn't make it reality. But whatever, keep getting worked up over something that doesn't really matter at present.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That's nice not everyone payed that close attention, they got sold a car and are now stuck with a shitty reputation by association. Some people are afraid to drive their car because they'll get harassed by people who can only see telsa driver = musk supporter.

You could blame the buyers for their ignorance, but its pretty normal to have no clue who the CEO/owner is of whatever car brand you buy. How many can name 1 beside Musk or Henry Ford?

[–] arankays@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

"huge financial loss"

So why do these people buy these expensive cars they can't afford in the first place?

Surely they would've made a good financial decision and bought a used Toyota at a fraction of the price if their finances weren't in order?

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well, being financially stupid doesn't mean you're also a "limp dicked piss baby champagne socialist."

It don't matter how they got the car. They could have saved up for years, have been cutting costs elsewhere in life, or just have a well paying job; buying a car at 40k+ and selling it for 20k, especially if they still have 30k left on the loan is a dumb move even for the financially illiterate.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 56 minutes ago

Some people reallying don't understand arp. Also staus symbol and they could have brought it realozed they are underwater on the loan and are stuck with it.