Hold on.....this could be a good thing....
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Hearing Trump talk about how the car has 'computer' (during the news conference) made me think back to a news event with George H.W. Bush in a supermarket, seeing a grocery barcode scanner for the first time.
Same kind of inquisitive and excited response from both of them.
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Trump did a supermarket thing while out doing his disinformation circuit, and the owner guy was trying to explain things to him and you could tell Trump had never grocery shopped and then quickly lost interest and tuned the guy completely out.
The McDonald's fries thing was also amusing when he learned "how fries were made" and that they put them in a basket and not scoop them out by hand lol.
Fucker Carlson shopping in Moscow can be put there too since he is another head of the MAGA hydra.
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Musk did some crazy brand management with Twitter, but the Tesla/Trump stuff has got to be unparalleled in the history of branding. He built a product that was an identity-broadcasting thing for liberals and then pulled a 180 and drove as hard as one could possibly imagine in the other direction.
Even if he had some idea of selling to conservatives, become the only EV manufacturer selling to that segment, he could have put out a different brand, which lots of manufacturers do, and mitigate losses to the original brand.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sale-big-losses-second-hand-value-plunge-elon-musk-2025-3
Tesla owners offloading their cars over Elon Musk backlash are in for a nasty surprise
Some Tesla owners are considering selling their cars as backlash against Elon Musk and DOGE grows.
They may have to take a serious haircut, with prices for used Teslas plummeting in recent years.
The average price of a pre-owned Tesla is now $30,000, nearly $10,000 less than a non-Tesla EV.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gaining-republicans-loses-traction-democrats-stifel/
Stifel’s Think Tank Group data has shown that Democrats’ net favorability of Tesla fell to -15% from 7% since February 2024, while Republicans’ rose to 27% from 11%. Democrats’ net purchase consideration for Tesla vehicles also dropped to -42% from -31% since Musk endorsed Trump in August, while Republicans’ improved to -13% from -26% in the same period, per Stifel.
“There is a clear negative shift from Democrats, while Republicans willingness to buy a Tesla is rising… This backlash has surfaced anecdotally and on social media (people placing bumper stickers on their Tesla’s claiming they love the car, but not Elon, and other variations),” the analyst noted.
I don't give a crap how much I'll get for it. I'm ruling out private sale because I don't want to deal with nazis.
I'd rather crush it.
I do have a friend that does EV conversions on cargo vans. Could be useful for that.
Car brand history has a lot in store if youre interested. You can basically start at Volkswagen for the obvious, mitsubishi is a story too, hell even Ford but that has some anachronisms we have to kind of ignore.
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Duh. The dude has the intellect of a 90-year-old rotten turd. What the fuck did you expect from him? Are you fucking stupid enough to think he would do any differently than suck Elon’s ball sack on the front lawn of the White House in front of a bunch of cameras?
If you did, I found the Trump voter.
And he doesn't even drive....
doesn't even drive
It's more than that. Legally, he's not even allowed to drive.
Edit: might not be technically illegal, but disallowed by secret service.
I think disallowed only out in the public. I think I read that theyre allowed to drive on the whitehouse property, and maybe private institutions like race tracks? I dont recall the specifics
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They're shit cars. Let's please stop pretending they aren't. The build quality is abhorrent.
Yes, they had the cool factor for a while, and yes, I feel sorry for (some of) those who got caught up in something they didn't want to be caught up in. But also, the writing has been on the wall a long time, and build quality issues have been public knowledge for about as long.
You get what you pay for.
You get what you pay for.
At $90K, no you most certainly don't.
The majority of the cost is stupid tax
Do you have a source for that?
Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.
Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.
I think "stupid tax" is the more common verbiage, I've updated it
Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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I had a coworker who bought a used one five years ago who said it was great having the first owner do all the repairs.
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Okay but were they actual recalls or just OTA software update "recalls"
https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/tesla-cybertruck-recalls/
Honestly , I wonder how they got 37 and what they are. My guess is that most were really small software updates like you said. With that said, here is the list of the ones that I heard about. Out of the 6 listed, 5 were exclusive to the truck, and it looks like 5 of the 6 were actual recalls.
I'm not sure how people are ok with that, considering the price and how awful the reviews are about how it's built and drives. For comparison, I have now owned 5 cars in my life and had a total of 3 recalls. The total cost of the 5 cars combined is 26k, and that's over 25 years. My one and only point is I can't believe people are willing to throw 90k at a car full of problems when 90k should be buying you a well-built luxury car with peace of mind.
"Bought"
It'll be auctioned off for $10M to an anonymous Saudi buyer.
Honestly, I'm not even mad they're squandering their money on stupid bullshit.
Except it isn't stupid bullshit. They are giving the money to musk so that they can get something they want done. This also gives musk more power as he's able to buy more people.
What's weird is that Presidents aren't allowed to drive themselves. Secret service is no doubt impounding that new car until he's no longer their problem.
He actually said this on camera, that he wouldn't be driving it. But then, he said that he hadn't driven in a "long time"...
I don't think he has a driver's license.
That's code for he never learned to drive. Whatever polite bullshit you're used to from other politicians isn't happening here, so you can safely assume the exact opposite of what he's saying.
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They can, just not on public roads.
Biden drove an electric Ford truck on a closed lot.
Obama drove Jerry Seinfeld's car on the White House grounds.
I doubt if he paid for it, or if it'll ever be driven.
All good. It can totally drive itself.
Tesla has a chance to do something funny here.
If this were a movie, (that I was writing) The car would glitch and lock Dumpster inside, then burst into flames. He would push the panic button, then look through the smoky windows at fElon laughing demonically, while Dumpster lights-outs coughing and railing against the betrayal, and injustice of it all.
Fade to black. Cough
No seriously please get this script hammered out and get an animator
Would be even better if elon were in there with him
Post credits scene will be fElon taking a seat behind the desk in the oval office.
Which suddenly also burst into flames and cut to black almost immediately.
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Will this be the car he now occupies in the motorcade?
Proving, once again, what complete fucking idiot he is!
Most likely bought with taxpayer money.
Pay? Why would he pay? Does he ever pay for anything?
I gladly pay you tomorrow for a Tesla today.
Free scrap metal is free scrap metal
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It'd be such a shame if it caught fire.
But then, Chump never drives anyway so....
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