LaffyApr 1, 2024

#Shrinkage

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/

Show threadJustin DerrickApr 1, 2024

@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.

Show threadVoronApr 1, 2024
@JustinDerrick @GottaLaff you can always add their horrific treatment of workers, (many many judgements, lawsuits etc) union busting etc.
I mean, there are electric vehicles built by workers who are paid & treated way, way, way better than Tesla
Show threadDeirdre Saoirse Moen

@voron @JustinDerrick @GottaLaff

This is why I insisted on a car built by people treated fairly (and bought an Audi in 2022).

Apr 2, 2024 at 8:58amWeb
Show threadJustin DerrickApr 2, 2024
@deirdresm @voron @GottaLaff I talked my neighbour out of buying two Model Y’s, and they ended up with two Audi’s instead - I think they’re plug-in hybrids.