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25 points

Two things are true. The article is garbage, but so are Teslas.

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They’re not, though. Elon can suck it but my Tesla is the best vehicle I’ve ever owned and it’s not even close.

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Ah yes a personal anecdote is 100% more valid.

That said, from what I’ve heard the big problem is the disparity of build quality. Some Tesla’s (like possibly yours) are built amazing. Some others are put together like shit.

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At least I provided some kind of evidence, even if it’s an anecdote. You made a generalization with absolutely no evidence.

That’s fine if there’s a disparity but it’s not as common as your statement makes it seem.

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5 points

Which is basically true for every brand, not only Tesla.

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but my Tesla is the best ve

Sadly, you’ll never be able to say anything nice about any Musk properties here without massive downvotes by people who wouldn’t purchase anything from Musk.

The hardware (occasional bad quality control aside) is pretty awesome. My neighbor has one, His holiday update was an absolute hoot. They’re fast, clean, comfortable and are generally long lasting, low maintenance cars.

When you factor in EV and Price, there’s nothing that stands out as nicer from a pure hardware standpoint.

They could use a few more buttons inside. When they become disabled on the road, their requirement for you to have them do the towing and taking hours to do so sucks. Suing people over selling their vehicles second hand is pretty bad. No second party repairs allowed is a problem.

The real 800 lb gorilla in the room is the autopilot. The only redeemable thing about the auto pilot is that it mostly works and it’s pushing the tech forward. They have enough money to lobby congress to make it legal, all those 730+ wrecks and *42+ deaths as horrible as they are, will lead us to the feature being viable eventually.

*edit: found a newer source

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I bought mine way before Musk became a right-wing nutjob asshole and wouldn’t buy another of his cars now unless something changed with their leadership structure.

That doesn’t mean that I can retroactively say the car sucks now. It is a fantastic vehicle. I don’t use Autopilot so that part doesn’t apply (tried it during a trial and wasn’t impressed) but, as a car, I have no qualms.

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13 points

I heard that you don’t even have to open the door, you just slide in through a panel gap

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Are you comparing with other cars at the same price range or cheaper cars?

I don’t know but based from my experience(since you also commented based on your experience), compared to some other brands although Tesla are better than some cheaper models of other brands, some are better than Tesla if you compared to the models with the same price range

Yes, some brands might be worse, but Tesla is not quite considered as being the best

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Some cheaper, some the same price range.

What’s your experience based on? Do you own one? Or is this just third-hand?

I don’t care what it’s considered. It’s the best car I’ve ever owned and I’ve owned Fords, Dodges, VWs, Toyotas, and BMWs.

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8 points

I love that you were downvoted, for all we know your previous vehicle was a Daewoo or something. A Tesla is likely a better quality vehicle than a Daewoo.

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2 points

Lemmy is pretty toxic. There are 5 opinions allowed on here and your personal experience is irrelevant.

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You sound like a forbes article

Edit for clarification. My comment was intended to a be a bit tongue in cheek and its because of this part of the top comment that i made what i thought was clearly a light hearted joke. Sorry if it wasnt so obvious

The article is less about informing and more about crafting a narrative that fits a preconceived notion, all while skating on thin ice made of half-truths and strategic omissions.

In response to the assertion of owning a Daewoo. I assumed your comment i replied to was also referencing this quote

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