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Anybody who bought a Tesla in the last few years is a goddamn tool. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BettyWhiteInHD@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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We've known for years that the owner is a lying, creepy, out of touch dipshit and that it's a very flawed car and the company will cut costs to save money on safety items, every time.

Electric vehicles with drive assist are awesome and are the future, but there are alternatives, especially if you have money, which a lot of Tesla customers do. And they're not particularly well built; how many of these do you think will be on the road 20 years from now? And now we've seen how Elaine runs their companies, why the hell would anybody put their trust in their products?

If you've bought a Tesla in the last five or so years, you're a damn goober in my eyes. That's my hot take, prepared for being called poor and other sodium, tear filled comments from fools whose opinions don't matter. You are the hardcore, foaming at the mouth Segway fan from the 2000s, have at me lol.

Update: The teary eyed, sweaty fingered responses to this are predictably hilarious. I've been called a guy that eats 4 pizzas a week in another old thread because of this, a cunt, a tool, a douche, a couple people spent their energy to tell me they don't understand me spending my energy posting this, some people are telling me something about Tesla or Elaine living in my head rent free. All genuinely pathetic responses, so GG lol. Cheers.

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[–] Technoguyfication@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honest question, have you personally been inside a Tesla or did you form your opinion through YouTube videos, car reviewers, and anecdotes from other people?

I wouldn't say the interior is on par with a typical "luxury" vehicle by any means, but I don't think it's bad either.

Edit because I think this is relevant:
A few weeks ago I made my first large mess in my Model Y. While getting out of the car I slipped and spilled a soda, a pizza slice, and 5 wings all over the seat and floorboards. I had root beer going down the walls, pooling in the seats, saturating the carpet, etc.

And I have to say, that is the EASIEST interior I've ever cleaned in a car. It took me about 15-20 minutes and it was spotless. The faux leather is sealed nicely so the soda didn't absorb through the stitches or run out the sides, the trim pieces were fit together snugly and I didn't have to go digging to wipe soda out of the door jamb or seat tracks. The fabric on the B pillars and headliner didn't stain, and it was easy to get to any spots I needed to. It doesn't smell like any of the food afterwards either.

I've spilled shit in a bunch of other cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes, and the Tesla was the easiest to clean up by far. I was impressed.

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My boss owns a Tesla Model X. I have had many rides from him and while taking those rides I've formed ... opinions ... about Tesla's vehicles:

  • Autopilot is actively dangerous. Thankfully my boss isn't an idiot and doesn't use it ever outside of the time he demonstrated it to me.

  • The automatic parking was comical. Again while demonstrating it, the car went back and forth and back and forth and eventually my boss gave up on it and parked manually. In one move. He doesn't use the automatic parking.

  • The gull wing doors are fucking stupid. Open them in a rainy day with even a slight hint of wind (but how many rainy days are windy too!?) and you'll see why.

  • The driver's in-dash display is prone to hallucinations like having cars next to use at a stop light showing as spinning around like helicopter blades. Or having the massive truck next to us being displayed as a bicycle.

  • The main display is this huge fugly rectangle in a car that would otherwise be ... passable interior design. It took an interior design that I actually thought was decent (not great, but not bad) and threw it into the bin to make it something that was just so jarringly ugly it amazed me.

Now to be fair, there's some things I liked about the car too:

  • Interior space engineering was OK. Most American cars don't leave me enough usable leg room. This did. It wasn't as nice as some of the BMWs I've been in, or even Toyotas, but it was way better than any North American car I've sat in.

  • I love the combo windshield/sunroof. The fact that the windshield extends to over my head and beyond is lovely.

  • The performance was decently impressive.