The “Standard Range Plus” Model 3 was $37,490 on March 22, 2021 and is now $46,990 - that’s a 25% price increase over a single year.

Except this isn’t the only time that Tesla has increased prices in the last year.

My partner has Aspergers, and somehow manages to avoid inserting himself into every single situation trying to be the center of attention.

Why is it that, every time there’s a crisis, Musk needs to make himself involved?

Call me cynical, but “under the current circumstances” gives them a lot of flexibility to reinstate this race on the 2022 calendar if the world tries to memory-hole all of this by late September, when the Russian GP was scheduled.

That’s just insane, stupid design in my opinion. The bumpers should be designed to absorb impacts - bumps! - without damaging other parts of the car, and manufacturers are building so many components into them that they fail that original purpose.

Yup, exactly. Seems like they’re fundamentally misunderstanding what the point of a “bumper” is.

But a lot of the things mentioned - most of the things he listed, even - are not immediately obvious. How was he to know the center screen would be yellowing after two years, or that the availability and cost of parts would be so frustrating? Yes, some stuff is obvious (like engine sound), but other things aren’t, and…

You would think so, right? But this is form the company that thinks everything can be fixed with software and that hardware isn’t all that important. That was really the point where I resigned myself to selling it, because it was obvious that long-term support was the last thing they cared about.

“Sitting in a car for a test drive” is not the same as “Sitting in car for several hours on long trip.”

I hit a small chunk of shredded tire in my Model S on the highway once, maybe 6"x6". No big deal, that’s what bumpers are for, worse case scenario I just replace the bumper, right? ...right?

Where did he say that the cost of keeping it running factored into his decision to get rid of it?

I did something similar last fall - traded my fully-optioned Model S 85D for a Hyundai Tucson Hybrid, and couldn’t be happier with my decision.

Haas unveiled their 2022 car like a week ago…?

Putting these people on a no-fly list wouldn’t be denying them transportation. They could still drive, take a bus, or take a train to distant destinations.

Probably a snowbird who just has it shipped there and back.

Their “actual name” is not “Full Self Driving”.

“Highway Driver Assist” (the basic package OR the “enhanced” package, they’re really not that different) or “City Driver Assist” (the $10k option).

Their “actual name” is not “Full Self Driving”. That’s my point.

Just talk about the feature itself (Summon, City Streets, Navigate on Autopilot) or whatever, and don’t say “Full Self Driving Capability” unless you have to.