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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 33 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

Ill give you $200 for the battery, the motor, and some chonky relays if you scrape the branding off.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Hopefully a better car.

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 36 points 11 hours ago (8 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 108 points 11 hours ago (12 children)

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

[–] OwlHamster@lemm.ee 15 points 8 hours ago

I've owned a Tesla and I'd say your wrong about pretty much everything here.

The whole point of buying an EV is that it stops polluting after it's been manufactured (ignoring tires) and specifically that you stop polluting your local environment, making it out like used gas powered cars are just as good as used EVs is disingenuous at best.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

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

Everything on them can be fixed by a regular mechanic, and Tesla isn't stopping it (at least not in Europe). People are getting 3rd party special shops to fix HV batteries and motors on old model S without any issues. Brakes, suspension, steering, LV electrical (windows, lights, handles etc.), AC can be fixed by anyone without issues. And aside from body parts and a few specialty components (their "octovalve" comes to mind), it's mostly standard auto components that can be bought from 3rd party manufacturers without giving Tesla any money.

Edit: a model 3/Y door handle is around $100, of course still expensive but also far below your $1000 example, and on par with an original handle for my old ass Peugeot 308.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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

Where are you getting that from? There are plenty of 3rd party shops that can and do service Teslas. They even made their repair manuals public and sell the OEM components online.

The cost of that can apparently be over $1k. For a door handle.

That's a door handle on a $100k+ car.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 hours 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.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

whos buying used teslas? its like asking for trouble consider thier defectiveness.

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[–] cocolowlander@feddit.nl 104 points 15 hours ago (9 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 39 points 12 hours 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 18 points 12 hours 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.

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[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 57 points 14 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 36 points 13 hours ago (4 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.

everything’s computer

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[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 23 points 12 hours 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).

[–] OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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].

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 hours ago

That truck weighs a whopping 10,000 lbs though.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 46 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 31 points 12 hours 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 17 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 204 points 16 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 91 points 16 hours ago (7 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/

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 61 points 14 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 14 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 94 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 72 points 16 hours ago (6 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

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

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