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This is classic cognitive disonnance. If they liked the person who made the car, I’m almost certain their mind would be different. This phenomena is particularly obvious whenever you see something that was once popular fall from grace. See the conversation around Justin Roiland or even Reddit before and after their respective controversies. You start to see the people say things to the tune of “blank was never good anyway.”
Even in the case of the Elon musk fandom that existed for years before? The fans didn’t all stay that way. They got fed up and left. Granted, you and I are being entirely anecdotal with our evidence lol