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Can you really get rid of it by now? Who’d buy it? Most people can’t just throw away a car, even if it’s associated with a fascist.
Talked about that with my boss recently. He drives a Tesla (has been for a few years) and he says, while he’d like to replace it with something less controversial (besides his personal opinions, also because some of our customers are large German car manufacturers and they do have strong opinions) but, he says, there’s no comparable electric car in a comparable price range (of what you’d get for a 3 or 4 year old model Y) and business isn’t doing so well that he could afford sinking money into something that drives as well and as far on a charge, so for now he’ll have to keep his Tesla and an eye open for a good deal on something better.
So I’d say, if you bought a Tesla within the last year or so, you should’ve known better. If you bought one some time before and want to get rid of it, it’s not always that easy, if you actually need a good car to replace it with.
Idk why people are so on board with getting rid of the things. It's just virtue signaling.
If you're leasing then it's one thing to break the lease but if you've purchased it the fucker already has your money. Your actions can no longer hurt his company (except by denying data collection which is only resolved with destruction)
Just slap an "I didn't know better and regret this thing" bumper sticker on it. It's more honest virtue signaling than selling it because you made a mistake. Then just switch cars when it makes sense and don't buy another naziwagon.
E: i was thinking you might get lucky with some charitable acts of vandalism but then recalled that insurers are allegedly denying some claims on teslas, at least cybertrucks.
Yea, let’s create stickers that fit perfectly over the T*sla Logo
Destroying working cars is even worse for sustainability than burning “clean” coal, lol
Well, for my boss it’s partially virtue signaling for opinionated customers and tesla just isn’t what they’d like to see anymore…
It’s bullshit but it’s business, I suppose. In the past, customers have complained because colleagues arrived in a car from a higher status competitor brand.
Oof.
That's a bummer situation then.
Sell it for parts.
Make a youtube video out of destroying it in a remote area.
Disaasemble it and turn it into art.
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Mark it zero dude, he was over the line.
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Its a bad investment, if your values matter more to you than your net worth, you can find a way, you can absorb some monetary loss if you actually care.
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EDIT:
https://www.topspeed.com/solid-alternatives-to-the-tesla-model-y/
Here's a bunch of alternatives to a Model Y.
Used Ioniq 5s from 2023 or 2022 seem to be going for about the same price as used Tesla Ys from 2022 or 2023 on carfax.
Yeah, you're not gonna be able to sell a 2 or 3 or 4 year old used EV for a comparable brand new EV... cars depriciate, EVs often more so as the battery pack degrades with wear and can't really be 'repaired', only replaced, which is quite costly in terms of both parts and labor.
Yeah it’s a weird take because if you can afford a Tesla you can afford the few grand it sank in value to get a different vehicle. It’s the usual wallet > morals type of deal where a guy who owns a company and can afford a Tesla is just worried about few hundred bucks
I edited in some actual comprable vehicles and looked up some prices while you made your reply.
... Yeah, I have no idea how you can afford a Tesla Y but not find a comparable alternative.
Its almost like an excuse to justify keeping it.
Yeah I’d be okay if someone who has a Tesla was just honest and said that changing cars is a hassle and seems like too much effort given the backlash is new and the car is 4 years old. That’s at least a logically consistent argument and since they own the car already it doesn’t carry the same moral implications as buying a Tesla post Nazi Elon. Pretending it’s a financial hardship or that nobody would buy it is just lying to yourself I think. Plenty of politically clueless people still buy Teslas in the US.