The point is that Elon Musk either didn’t know he was dog whistling, in which case he’s severely lacking in his understanding of media history and context for someone who wants to criticize the industry, or he did know he was dog whistling. Either way it was very bad.

Less than five years ago I was thinking it might be time to break down and buy my first BMW. Now my goal is to never buy one in this lifetime.

Of course they did. Half of the features of my X3's tech package are only enabled by something like FIVE different subscriptions. It’s called ConnectedDrive because it directly connects BMW to your checking account.

Well I am going to say this as a BMW rider/owner since birth (I mean it literally. My childhood is an orgy of bmws from E 21 to E 46 encompassing every generation of 3,5 and 7 in that period). And I owned a E90 for 11 years.