I kind of get it though.

People with Bay Area tech salaries could often afford $40-$60 or more for a car. Up until a few years ago, Teslas were kind of the most practical thing if you could afford an EV with good range. There were not a lot of other long range / faster charging EVs on the market.

These says I’m not seeing as many Teslas with dealer plates. There are other long range / fast charge options out there. People are often buying other stuff if they’re buying their first EV. Kias, Fords, Rivians, Polestars. Telsa isn’t the only game in town anymore.

At least camrys were good cars.

I mean do people buy teslas to express “style?”

There's a Tesla plant that employed many people and they used to get a good discount. The infrastructure is also much better for owning an electric car in the bay area so people bought early when there were fewer options and less complaints.

This also makes it way more affordable as there is a really robust inventory of used Tesla cars as well so it's more like $10k instead of $40k in many instances.

I just bought a used model 3 this week. I went to a supercharger station and there were 10 other teslas there and most of them were white, the rest were black, there may have been one or two gray ones there. Almost all of them were Xs or Ys. Mine is blue so I don't feel too bad. I've been contemplating getting a wrap, maybe green, but it's hard for me to justify spending that much money just to be a little different aesthetically.

I hate Elon but there's some great engineering that went into the Teslas, except maybe the Cybertruck. There really aren't any other electric cars that are quite as good. I like the idea of a Kia EV6 or a Hyundai Ioniq 5 and they look great, but surprisingly the EV6 didn't have nearly as much head room as the model 3, and I'm 6'4". I look forward to the day when Tesla ditches Elon.

There is absolutely nothing stylish about any Tesla that's ever been created.

You can accurately say the CybeR TruCk is unique, but wow, is it ugly. I'd honestly rather drive a PT Cruiser.

Polestar or DeLorean if you wanna actually be unique.

The DMC Alpha 5 looks amazing

My favorite is when they put on an aero kit with canards, a bumper and a wing. Like, good job, now you’ve made it less efficient and it’s still the same car as everyone else around you.

It’s like those Livestrong wristbands for people with money