Stories like Reid Tomasko’s - and others who’ve had Tesla buy back their defective Cybertrucks - highlight how the EV ownership journey can take unexpected turns.
I wish they wouldn't conflate these dumpsters with EVs as a whole.
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So he skipped shorting TSLA and just shorted the actual Swastikar instead?
Wait... Why buy another Tesla?
Maybe he plans to torch it, claim it was protestors and get a full refund from his insurance, rinse and repeat?
This is a good allegory for what's happening to the stock market now and how the billionaires are profiting immensely.
Kinda fucked the author didn't make that connection.
I hope the next one explodes on him
They all should have sold them back after the first Nazi salute, and made it abundantly clear why they were doing so, if you ask me.
This happened to me with Sennheiser headphones. They broke, and I returned them. They by now had become the old model which was sold out. So they gave me a gift card which allowed me to buy new model for a price lower than my initial purchase. Gotta love those warranty laws.
This happened to me with cyberpunk
Why anyone would want a Swastikar for any amount of money is beyond my understanding.
It evolved to swatikkkar recently.
So you can go park and abandon it in front of the gas pumps in some tiny trump town in the middle of Indiana or something?
That’s the make, not the model. I know people who have been plenty happy with their Swasticar Model 3.
Why you would want a Swasticar Deplorean though is completely beyond me.
...but they're ALL defective
Shhhh, sh sh sh. This is a learning moment.
His business is wrapping vehicles, and he says he's already wrapped quite a few of them, so at least part of the reason he has one seems to be marketing his business.
There was word going around late last year about how the Cybertruck doesn't have a protective coating on the body so the adhesive from vinyl wraps oxidizes and permanently messes up the finish of the stainless steel, which is extremely noticeable when the wrap comes off.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/peel-vinyl-cover-cybertrucks
https://www.jalopnik.com/wraps-and-stickers-are-permanently-damaging-tesla-cyber-1851696035/
https://www.wrapdstudios.com/post/why-must-cybertruck-owners-be-careful-with-wraps-and-decals
I'd have believed you after the first source though
Yeah, I just noticed that some of these aren't actual "news" sources, so I added a couple of others that seem to corroborate each other. It's important to get a varied perspective when the source is new to you or doesn't have established credibility.
Thanks though, no harm done
I'll say this about the cyberfuck; flat surfaces are super easy to apply vinyl to.
FWIW most of those surfaces are not truly flat, though - they still have a bit of curvature to them.
Tesla: Due to the attacks on our dealerships and stock, we currently only have refurbished cybertrucks to offer. Here is one which has the panels reattached. It's just like it came out of the factory.
Customer: wasn't that mine that I just returned?
Tesla: yeah but this time we used gorilla glue. Please ignore the finger prints and hairs that got stuck to it. We let Elon's kid stick them back on for a photo op. He only got his hand stuck 5 times.
Tesla: alternatively we've got this one going cheap. It only has one swastika painted on the side that we couldn't get off, otherwise it's brand new.
It's a hot deal. Like, no really, someone needs to put out the fire from that Molotov cocktail... Fucking Patriotism throwing our Tesla tea into the bay.
He had me in the first half, but holy shit.
Anyone think he'll be genuinely surprised when it falls apart?
You buy a thing, you end up being able to get $30k back
If I wanted that stupid looking car, I'd be overjoyed too. Especially if I think I can return it again and get it even cheaper
Narrator: "As it turned out, the glue had never been defective."
Why not just take the money and get a non-nazi mobile?
Buying into the cult like it's scientology
Because they are a Nazi. It’s not rocket science.
At least Nazi rockets were supposed to explode.
Swasticar Wankpanzers are among the most effective and modern ways to advertise that you are both single and really fucking horny.
It also advertises that one has a really tiny dick and is a total asswipe, which is the combined reason for the first part.
Wankpanzer is good, but I prefer Deplorean.
This was a stupid purchase the first time. Learning Elon is a Nazi won't make this person smarter.
Recursion
But why not just take the money and get a non-nazi mobile?
Oh, I know this one! It's like the Hans im Glück (Hans in Luck / Variants) tale: Hans starts with a cow and ends up with a rock, through a series of "advantageous" swaps.
Will the price eventually hit 0 or is it asymptotic?
No, as there will always be a lot of metal for scrap. What is the price of aluminium at your local scrapyard? That will give you an idea for the price floor.
Those batteries are easily the most valuable part.
Eventually, Elon will pay people to take his "trucks."