We should act like it’s a rallying cry to support him. “No no, Elon, we’re not telling YOU to go fuck yourself when we all shout it at you wherever you go. We’re just sharing our support of free speech... GO FUCK YOURSELF!!”

Making your face the brand identity, and then making “scumbag” your brand, really working out well for Elon and Tesla. Totally worth those billions.

I am unlikely to buy a Tesla in the near future because its CEO is a modern day Henry Ford, and there are numerous issues with the EV’s themselves.

The funniest part of the GFY remark is he clearly delivered it expecting a wave of laughter and applause that never came

The Charger has always been a heavy dude. Why would this be a problem now?

Advertisers choosing not to advertise on Twitter is a form of free speech, and Elon should respect and support that. (Then again, Elon Musk doesn’t support free speech -- and he either doesn’t understand it, or acts deliberately obtuse so he can get away with the lie.)

I mean, Lightning.

Exactly.

For goddam real. “it was actually meant to be a point on free speech” is the international symbol for “some shit I said was actually of consequence for once, so I’m absolving myself of it while also not breaking character to the people who like me because i am this dickhead”

Got to be honest, I don’t think most advertisers care about whether Musk is contrite or a complete jackass. twitter is a shitty platform, and gets shittier every day. It’s filled with crypto scammers, porn bots, and completely unchecked extremism from super far right nutjobs that have verified badges. It’s no longer a…

Buick Electra, if they ever do it.

100%.  There was zero back track here.  I am so sick of this moron.

Its a premium channel — to a very specific consumer demographic. Unfortunately for this free speech absolutist*, the people who remain engaged in his cesspool are worth far less to the advertisers who spend real ad dollars than the prior twitter audience.

I declare that there cannot be a more aptly named EV vehicle than a Charger.  Fight me.

lol what a load of horseshit. Playing the victim. ‘Oh we are just fighting for free speech that’s what I meant. We won’t bow to being censored!’ jesus fuck NO ONE IS CENSORING YOU. People choosing NOT to advertise with your business is not censorship ffs. Can this guy just take his billions and fuck off

And this “genius” is worth $45billion? Gimme a break.

Agree on doing the paint right, but this almost looks deliberate. Every single thing I can see on the car, door jambs, underbody, etc, is painted, however the engine bay was left cream. It doesn’t look shocking to me.

They were not survivable back then either. “Unsafe at any speed” springs to mind.

That won’t matter, any accident involving a modern vehicle is going to turn the occupants of cars like this into paste anyway. There are a bunch of cars like this I’d want to own, a Big Healey comes to mind, but I just don’t think they are survivable anymore on today’s American roads. Really disappointing.