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'Problem for Tesla': Dems flee automaker over Musk’s Trump endorsement (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 5 months ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla

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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] dragontamer 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Who owns the social media that you're looking at?

Spoiler: Its some tech-bro who owns the media, isn't it? Well... hopefully that answers that question.

In car circles, Toyota / Hondas are the most coveted cars for their reliability and drivability. Alternatively, American car buyers have weird metrics (like Jeep's offroading capabilities, Hummer's shear size, Truck's capabilities and all that).

Truck owners laugh at how Cybertruck gets stuck. Econobox / Toyota fans laugh at the terrible reliability and large number of issues found by Consumer Reports / JD Power. The only raw-stat that anyone can seriously praise for Tesla is 0-to-60 time, but even then car enthusiasts are keen on the 5-60 times that Tesla actually publishes and see Tesla as dirty cheaters.

The only people who think that Teslas are cool are Tech-bros, who are overrepresented in social media.

If you actually look at the numbers (ex: sales, price, or other real metrics), its clear that Tesla's reputation has tanked this year.

[–] NegativeInf 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have a 2001 Honda Civic. I refuse to stop driving it until the motor gives out. At this point, I think it might outlive me.

[–] baldingpudenda 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If you keep up with maintenance, including all fluids, it just might. Uncle had a tiny Toyota truck, think hilux

Kept up with maintenance and replaced parts as they went. He had to let it go when the frame was rusting through. Over 30 years as his daily driver.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 8 points 5 months ago

Hilux don’t die, they just rust away

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've done rust hole patches, but grandpa's small toyota pickup was more patch than original steel by the time it got written off following being hit by another car while parked. We probably could have fixed it but grandpa took it as his sign to give up his license and accepted whatever icbc suggested for dealing with the truck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The only people who think that Teslas are cool are Tech-bros, who are overrepresented in social media.

i think this answers my question; i'm a software developer and all my colleagues & bosses think tesla's are awesome and i mostly follow tech influencers on social media.

maybe it's a good thing that i this job market is forcing me to go back into IT; i'll run into fewer tech-bros.