This plan relies on the average Tesla buyer being a blindly brand loyal idiot who just wants to be able to say they drive a Tesla for their social status and don’t actually care about having the best car.

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Thats not capitalism. Its corporatism.

I’ve owned about 20 cars, but have somehow managed to never trade one in. I’ve let them quote me a time or too, but I always do several $1,000 better selling private.  I always try and buy private too, especially because here in AZ you avoid sales tax.  It’s tough to do though, especially on newer/nicer vehicles.

I see this sentiment on here all the time. I think even non-enthusiast people realize that the minivan is more practical. If your goal is getting more people in minivans an informational campaign about the usefulness of minivans is not going to work. You need to either make minivans cool which is impossible or make…

Couple years ago I was looking for a used Camaro SS 1LE, and wasn’t having any luck finding one locally. I saw online that Jeff Wyler Chevrolet had some new ones in stock and so I went there just to sit in one to see if I found the Recaro’s comfortable. I get there, the salesmen approach and I make it clear that all I…

Mine was in 2006, at a Ford dealership in either Burbank or North Hollywood (I forget which). I was tired of dealing with my manual Mazda Protege in LA traffic, and wanted to trade it in on an automatic Focus. They had the car I wanted (ZX3 SE, in black) so we sat down to figure out the deal. I handed the Mazda keys…

Yeah but that TrueCoat...

Yeah its like dude you are married stop thinking about boning other moms.

Fuck the opinion of everyone else. Minivans are the best vehicle for a family. Also I carried a hello kitty backpack at Six Flags when the kids were little.  Did I mention it was pink and coated on glitter.   

I may be part of the problem. I’m a dad with a van, and I love my van and don’t give a shit how people see me. I’ve leaned into dad mode full tilt. Crocs with socks, yeah thats me. Diaper bag hanging off my shoulders? Did that too when me kids were little wee ones. You could put sliding doors on a Tahoe, it could just…

Nothing says BDE better than a dude confidently driving a minivan. 

Careful son, there are places in Texas where such talk of regulations being good will get you shot

Not detained in the dealership, but detained in finance at the dealership. After a several hour negotiation, I go to finance to start that tilt. The guy starts his song and dance about extended warranties, credit protection and the like. And my 9 month old absolutely destroyed a diaper. As in, I’m surprised it didn’t…

He has some insecurity issues.  

Buddy of mine has a minivan. They have 3 kids; 2 in car seats. It’s got dual sliding doors, rear climate, etc. plus all the accompanying kid gear in the back. They want a 4-door Sierra, because ‘I hate the thought of being seen in a minivan’. Never mind the practicality, mileage, and convenience.

Neutral: Houston area hospitals are simultaneously holding patients because they can’t discharge someone to home with no power/water while also relocating patients because of water shortages in the actual hospital. Remember when covid was a hospital’s biggest concern?

2nd: Minivans are fantastic vehicles for families, and are better than SUVs by almost every imaginable measure. I’ll never understand people’s aversion to them. If you need something to haul kids and stuff, there really isn’t anything better. 

Surely the absolute best ending would have been for the expedition ship to also run into an iceberg: Old Rose cackling her head off as the crew scurries frantically; the boat sinks and lands right. On. Top. of the Titanic; her dead hand, loosely holding then necklace, falls onto some thing or other we remember Jack…

There are entire states without Tesla service location.