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Elon Musk Silences Critics By Deactivating Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers
(finance.yahoo.com)
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Yet one more reason not to buy one of his fairly decent cars. I have 6 months left on my lease and want to try the electric world in retirement.
Please don't call my employer, master musk....
"Fairly decent" is a bit of a stretch. Panels come up, features sold to you that won't work and will endanger your life. "Fairly" standard for luxury rides amiright?
"Decent". Hmph.
Yes, I sat in a new model Y in the showroom and there was a gap in the dash. That was the best they had to show. The "decent" part is range and charging network. They work and get you where you need to go but Musk is a fragile rich prick that will never have enough money or power to satisfy his lust for such things.
I just can't fathom buying a luxury car and coping with "well it works and gets me where I need to go". If I'm spending that kinda change on a car, and also paying for its services in ongoing fashion apart from the car payment itself ... it better do more than just "get me there".
Agreed.
I remain a cautiously optimistic observer of the EV market. And if I do decide to take that plunge it will not be a Tesla. Even if he manufactured a perfect car, he has alienated me with his personality and rhetoric.
Talk to tesla drivers before you purchase many quality issues
I have but they are not the best sources for unbiased information. Some worship Musk and he can do nothing wrong while others have dumped their Teslas even at a loss and either went back to ICE or found a better alternative. EV's remind me of the beginning of the PC market. I had an Adam, then a Leading Edge Model D 8088 etc. Every year something better came out. 286, 386, 486 all seemed to make my new, best thing ever machine obsolete. If I lease an EV now I think it will be obsolete before the lease is up. I'll remain on the sidelines for awhile.
We've had an IONIQ5 for a year and love it, no bugs or quality problems, smooth ride, highway autopilot works well, charges fast, and supports CarPlay / Android Auto, not to mention that it's way more interesting looking than any Tesla.
I've been eyeing these for about a year now. They really need to up production and start offering the Limited trim in RWD only. I want the trim and the extra range, damnit!
Took one on a test drive along with the EV6 and the Ioniq 6. Loved them. I have what I call analysts paralysis. That and the fact leasing is now almost equal to a payment has me waiting. I have been leasing 45k priced cars for the last 12 years at an average of $300/mo.