Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:22     Subject: Re:Protests at Tesla dealerships
Hopefully protesting will get prospective buyers to change their minds and get another electric brand. I have two Teslas, loved them, but now I will never get another. I believe in the value of electric cars, just not giving money to a guy who is doing us all so much damage now
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:50     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Owning a Tesla is like having a target on your back. While the stereotype might be somewhat unjustified, you don’t have to affiliate.


The Tesla Model Y was the 4th best selling vehicle in the US last year, ahead of Honda CR-V, Toyota Camry, and Honda Civic. That means there's a lot of Teslas out there, and I'd bet a lot of them didn't buy it due to Elon-worship.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g60385784/bestselling-cars-2024/


Sounds like a lot of people now have an unwanted problem. But, that doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:45     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:Also - to get the price of Tesla low, Musk could give a crap about the safety of the workers.
(Where was OSHA)

Google - Fremont Tesla and there are a ton of articles.
In that facility it is fine to use racist slurs and draw swastikas and there are lots of liberal Americans who have purchased the product.


OSHA has cited Tesla numerous times. It's Googleable.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/tesla-gigafactory-fined-osha-violations/269-520d3af1-0dca-4430-add9-0018d75a64f9#:~:text=AUSTIN%2C%20Texas%20%E2%80%94%20Tesla%20has%20been,the%20Tesla%20facility%20in%20August.

DOGE has harvested DOL data.

OSHA maintains violation databases. If DOGE isn't already evaluating that data, they no doubt will be.

There is only so much a regulatory agency can do within its legal framework. R's have been messing with OSHA since the Contract with America (Gingrich) years in the 1990s.

https://wapo.st/4hFOc1o

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:42     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:Owning a Tesla is like having a target on your back. While the stereotype might be somewhat unjustified, you don’t have to affiliate.


The Tesla Model Y was the 4th best selling vehicle in the US last year, ahead of Honda CR-V, Toyota Camry, and Honda Civic. That means there's a lot of Teslas out there, and I'd bet a lot of them didn't buy it due to Elon-worship.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g60385784/bestselling-cars-2024/
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:42     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fed who bought a Tesla 6 years ago. Wish we could get rid of it but we have dropped spending to super low. Like eating ramen low. No way can we afford to sell ours and get another EV.

Just something to keep in mind. Most Tesla owners I know hate musk and feels stuck. Pls don’t judge.

Except Cyber truck owners. Judge them as much as you want.

um why?


Why do you have to look at something uglier than a garbage truck parked in the driveway next door all day and night? That thing is so ugly it's offensive.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:39     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Owning a Tesla is like having a target on your back. While the stereotype might be somewhat unjustified, you don’t have to affiliate.
jsteele
Post 02/17/2025 09:37     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I actually love my Tesla but want to dump it bc of musk. This is our third X, and we’ve had no issues with any of them, but I’m getting rid of it


I'm in the same boat. We've owned Teslas since 2014 and also have never had any problems with them. We've had every model except the S and currently have two, which we really love. I'd like to get rid of them as well, but I just don't know what alternative EV to look at. The issue is the charging network. We've done a lot of road trips with our Teslas and you just can't beat the convenience of their charging newtwork - nothing else even comes close. I've been looking at the Rivian but I don't want such a big car and the new model R3 is still a few years away. I don't want to go back to a gas car. So I'm stuck.

But in the big picture, I'd still rather have the American-made Tesla than the Chinese-made Polestar or any other Chinese EVs that are going to soon flood our market.


Many other brands now have access to Tesla's supercharger network, at least the version 3 and 4 chargers. This includes GM, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes, and Rivian, with more coming soon.

Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:12     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Also - to get the price of Tesla low, Musk could give a crap about the safety of the workers.
(Where was OSHA)

Google - Fremont Tesla and there are a ton of articles.
In that facility it is fine to use racist slurs and draw swastikas and there are lots of liberal Americans who have purchased the product.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:07     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
🙄
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 09:03     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:Fed who bought a Tesla 6 years ago. Wish we could get rid of it but we have dropped spending to super low. Like eating ramen low. No way can we afford to sell ours and get another EV.

Just something to keep in mind. Most Tesla owners I know hate musk and feels stuck. Pls don’t judge.

Except Cyber truck owners. Judge them as much as you want.

um why?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 08:42     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:We dumped the stock. So glad we don't own one of those piece of crop Teslas. Garbage.


Did you dump your index funds also? Many of them hold Tesla.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 08:38     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I actually love my Tesla but want to dump it bc of musk. This is our third X, and we’ve had no issues with any of them, but I’m getting rid of it


I'm in the same boat. We've owned Teslas since 2014 and also have never had any problems with them. We've had every model except the S and currently have two, which we really love. I'd like to get rid of them as well, but I just don't know what alternative EV to look at. The issue is the charging network. We've done a lot of road trips with our Teslas and you just can't beat the convenience of their charging newtwork - nothing else even comes close. I've been looking at the Rivian but I don't want such a big car and the new model R3 is still a few years away. I don't want to go back to a gas car. So I'm stuck.

But in the big picture, I'd still rather have the American-made Tesla than the Chinese-made Polestar or any other Chinese EVs that are going to soon flood our market.


Tesla has factories in China too.And the California tesla workers aren't being treated well. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-california-workers-allege-were-191121866.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Musk, not China, is the bigger immediate threat to America.


That may be the case - but I'd still buy American over Chinese-made any day of the week.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 08:24     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Fed who bought a Tesla 6 years ago. Wish we could get rid of it but we have dropped spending to super low. Like eating ramen low. No way can we afford to sell ours and get another EV.

Just something to keep in mind. Most Tesla owners I know hate musk and feels stuck. Pls don’t judge.

Except Cyber truck owners. Judge them as much as you want.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 08:20     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
I cut off a Tesla in the parking lot yesterday and it was an accident, but I felt less bad when I saw it was a Tesla.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 08:18     Subject: Protests at Tesla dealerships
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I actually love my Tesla but want to dump it bc of musk. This is our third X, and we’ve had no issues with any of them, but I’m getting rid of it


I'm in the same boat. We've owned Teslas since 2014 and also have never had any problems with them. We've had every model except the S and currently have two, which we really love. I'd like to get rid of them as well, but I just don't know what alternative EV to look at. The issue is the charging network. We've done a lot of road trips with our Teslas and you just can't beat the convenience of their charging newtwork - nothing else even comes close. I've been looking at the Rivian but I don't want such a big car and the new model R3 is still a few years away. I don't want to go back to a gas car. So I'm stuck.

But in the big picture, I'd still rather have the American-made Tesla than the Chinese-made Polestar or any other Chinese EVs that are going to soon flood our market.


Tesla has factories in China too.And the California tesla workers aren't being treated well. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-california-workers-allege-were-191121866.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Musk, not China, is the bigger immediate threat to America.