Would-be #Tesla buyers snub company as #Musk's reputation dips
“The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/would-be-tesla-buyers-snub-company-musks-reputation-dips-2024-04-01/
@GottaLaff I tell everyone I know to avoid purchasing a Tesla for two reasons:
1) The after-sale service is terminally putrid. I've had to fight to get major KNOWN issues repaired, and the service centre I bought my car from didn't warn me that I needed an alignment -- burning through the inside edge of 8 tires (winter & summer) after 25k kms each - about a third of their expected lifetime... At a cost of nearly $5k CAD.
2) I regret contributing to/enabling Space Karen's fascist lunacy.
@GottaLaff Oh, and I made the mistake of purchasing 'Full Self Drive' -- a feature that has been repeatedly delayed for 4 years... The current version drives like a drunk 14 year old that has only ever driven in video games...
Having said that, the car itself is nice. However, I'd never have purchased it, knowing what I know now.
Laffy
Justin Derrick