I could make a bunch of arguments about why you’re wrong (buyers of EV’s tend to skew politically liberal, and are extremely put off by... everything Musk is doing), but the easiest one is to just point at the share price.

100% yes. A year ago, a solid 1/4 of new cars I would see on my daily commute (from Long Island to Manhattan) were Teslas. It was the hot new thing for everybody to buy. Now I would imagine a lot of people who bought them a year ago don’t want to be seen in them.

In June 2021 I bought an off-lease 2018 Lexus RX350 for $33k. My payments for that car are are $605/month on a 60 month loan. You’re talking about paying an extra $100/ month for 2 more years for, like, a well-optioned Ford Edge. I understand that that’s the current market, but it seems insane to me. 

The thing that’s blowing my mind about this is that interest rates are absolutely sky-high. So not only are you paying $50k for a middle-of-the-road vehicle, but you’re also financing it at 7%. Like, wtaf. Who’s doing that? My Mustang is 8 years old and coming up on 90k miles, and I’d been thinking of getting…

In six months Teslas have gone from status symbols to the automotive equivalent of MAGA hats. It’s astonishing; I’ve never seen any brand lose so much goodwill for such a stupid reason before. 

Two years ago a fully restored one of these sold at Sotheby’s for €106k. So I’m going ND.

Oh, I haven’t been commuting for the majority of the last 3 years -- I didn’t go in to the office at all between March 2020 and September 2021, and now I’m working from home 3 or 4 days a week. But when I do get the opportunity to commute, it’s a real treat, because I can just have some alone time to myself. 

I’ve owned old Mercedes — in 2008 I bought a 1991 Mercedes 560 SEL for $4k, owned it for about 2 years, spent $25k in repairs in that time, and gave it away for free.

Selling a “cross-over” without AWD even being available shouldn’t be a thing. At that point it’s just a hatchback. 

I love my commute. Love love love love it. It’s literally the only time I get to myself in the week. Aside from the odd 10-minute lull during my workday here and there, I’m constantly either working, taking care of my two toddlers, or doing laundry / dishes / house cleaning. I haven’t watched a movie or a television…

Eh, my commute is 100 miles a day in heavy traffic that makes that 100 miles take 4 hours on average, so 160 miles at 65 mph is actually a shorter commute than I have. Although I guess he’s not getting to 65 mph on swamp roads...

drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,

Anyone voting ND on this is absolutely out of their mind. This would be a NP even if the entire engine were missing.

Who in the world is going to buy a Tesla now, after seeing how Musk runs Twitter into the ground?

 Musk’s Twitter acquisition has shown in real time that he has absolutely no idea whatsoever how to run a business. It’s extremely eye-opening. There are plenty of wealthy investors who would be bad at actually running businesses, but Musk’s persona is all about his business acumen... which has been shown to be…

It’s a project car that’s priced like a project car. Not for me, but it’s NP for somebody.

Any answer that’s not a straight-8 is wrong. I’m going with the Duesenberg:

I’ve had 3 consecutive sets of Michelin Pilot Sport A/S (in its various iterations) on my Mustang for the last 8 years I’ve had the Mustang. They’re phenomenal tires (although I swap them out for snow tires because they’re useless in anything more than a light dusting of snow). I can’t imagine switching to something…

A 1991 Chevy C/K (single cab with an 8 foot bed) was 211.8 inches long; 69.8 inches high; and 76.4 inches wide (without mirrors).

It looks like a Ford Probe.