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    “The brand new car I bought has been out of commission for roughly 25% of the time Ive owned it. Is it a bad car?”

    “All the people telling me this car is bad are wrong because it’s the best car in the world, but my question still stands. Is it a bad car?”

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      “Reinforce my world view and support my decision to pay 120k for a truck that will not drive. If you don’t you’re speaking from an emotional place and facts don’t care about feelings.”

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      Any other brand and car people would laugh them out of every single forum. “You spent six figures for your vehicle in October, it has been serviced multiple times, for weeks, and you say you’ll continue to only drive BMWs??”

      The cult-like behavior of right-wing extremists is insane…

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      Your comment makes no sense. Every manufacturer produces some lemons. If it’s bad 25% of the time, it could just be a lemon.

      That being said, Tesla does not make good products and the “lemon” rate for their trucks seem to be unusually high

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      TBF. My neighbour bought an I.D.4 in summer 2021 and I never even saw it as he constantly has an I.D.3 as a loaner from the dealer. After a year of constant repairs he cancelled the purchase and got a new Skoda Octavia estate (ice) as he needed something bigger for his three kids. In 2023 he got a Tesla model 3, as the financing was pretty amazing.

      The ID4 had so many early errors that it was absolutely dogshit, but now most of the kinks has been worked out and it’s a decent car.

      The cybertruck can probably become a decent (if insanely stupid car) once they work out the kinks. Tesla is still a brand with leprosy though

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        Having never owned a one i can’t say this with first-hand experience, but aren’t the issues with the cybertruck more to do with core design fuck ups.

        To the point they wouldn’t really be considered “kinks” as much as critical design and safety flaws ?

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          Thats a fair point. It seems to be badly designed, engineeres and made, all at the same time.

          My point was that it’s not uncommon for some of these electric cars that were rushed to be pretty bad. (Not because they are electric, but the rush to get models to the market.) The Toyota Bz4x was recalled (and sales stopped) because the wheels fell of.

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            If they stopped production of bz4x because they couldn’t fix it, why would you think Tesla well fix this dumpster? Not to mention all the flaws with the company itself.

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    Tesla always takes care of their customers

    That’s why they don’t allow third party repairs and refuse to share maintenance data with insurance companies, right? To take care of the customer? Certainly not to swindle the customer with fake maintenance data

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      Is that article written by AI or just a human who gets paid by the word? That is so many words to tell a fairly short story and the writing style is infuriating.

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      disables autopilot moments before crash in order to blame the driver nothing personell kid

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    He should have known that that dumpster isn’t a real truck. Or car. It’s the half-baked vanity project by a narcissistic loser who hasn’t figured out yet that all the money in the world can’t make you cool.

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    Tesla, at the insistence of Elon, made a terrible product.

    It’s hard to admit you were duped into spending $100,000 on a piece of crap. Some owners realized it when they took delivery, others will take much longer, but all will eventually come to the realization, whether they admit it to anyone else, or not.

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      “It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” - Mark Twain

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      One of my wife’s friends from college is a rabid Tesla fan from before Elon showed his colors. We saw him just as the cybertruck was rolling out. He was lamenting that he did not have his yet. Then all the problems started arising, he kept insisting it was Tesla haters making it all up.

      AFAIK his ct has been in the shop more than his driveway. He still insists it is a quality product.