Munro having stock in a car company whose image he shapes (whether he realizes it or not) is something I felt we should discuss, especially since Jalopnik plans to continue to cover Munro’s findings.
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If Sandy was really trying to pump up the stock, wouldn’t he have given it a more positive review than “Tesla is doing the bare minimum to improve their quality?”
Am I reading this right? Niedermeyer has issues with Munro being critical of Tesla but also owning Tesla stock? How was he ‘pumping their stock’ by saying “The new Tesla is less shit than the old Tesla”?
I used to have to do that in my ‘05 Silverado work truck. Middle of summer, I’d be cruising down the road with the a/c on, suddenly it would decide that what I really needed was for a gush of Max Hot air to pour out of the vents, on the driver’s side only. The passenger side vents were still pumping out cool air. It…
Nah, it’s a legitamate reason not to own one. The association folks have with Tesla bros means you’re treated differently on the street. I’ve seen folks spit on Tesla’s and purposely try and plug them because “Fuck Tesla!”
Brand loyalty only matters if you buy into a product ecosystem. For instance, I have Dewalt cordless tools. I could also have Milwaukee, Bosch, Ryobi, etc. But I don’t want eight different cordless batteries plus attendant chargers. I want one battery to rule them all.
I also get this for Apple users - if you’ve got an…
I just picture a little Elon popping up on the screen, “Hi, it looks like you’re trying to merge into traffic, would you like some help?”
For me it's Tesla bros plus Elon Musk himself that are preventing me from buying one. My next daily driver is definitely going to be an EV and Tesla has the best value proposition going when you consider the car+infrastructure, but I have such an aversion to fanboyism that I just might buy an objectively inferior…
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Brand loyalty is for people in their seventies, who are still living in the seventies [see also: company loyalty].
When the screen in a Tesla Model 3 crashes, you don’t lose turn signals, just the indication that the turn signals are operating.
Up until recently I thought Subaru had the right idea on this
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It was this way in my 2017 Impreza; and hell, the head unit locked up from time to time (badly enough prior to a firmware update that they got class actioned on it).
Tesla bros are the reason I won’t buy one. They are insufferable.
“I pulled off the freeway and did a hard reboot of the whole car.”
Yes because then Elon would have to admit he was wrong.
Brand loyalty is like the dumbest thing in the whole world. Did you pay for the car? They didn’t give it to you for free? Then why are you loyal? Corporations don’t give a flying fuck about your ass. After a certain point it becomes a cult and that is where Tesla has journeyed.
I am baked out of my gourd. And that part slipped my inebriated mind.
Up until recently I thought Subaru had the right idea on this - if unintentionally. Basically you had a decent head unit/touchscreen infotainment system, but still had hard controls for climate control & volume, and most importantly that system was completely independent of every function that made the car a car. It…