Some Tesla Owners Have Regrets

[canyonwalker]

I've seen an increasing number of news articles over the past few months about Tesla owners having regrets. In addition to the concerns about build quality, safety, and full-auto driving that have always been there— though curiously not if you get your news from X/Twitter— owners are selling or disavowing their purchases due to Elon Musk's politics. "I bought this before I knew how awful Elon is," bumper stickers were reported. I'd never seen one myself, though.... Until tonight.



This car was parked next to us at a local Costco.

There are a lot of Teslas out here. Drive down a residential avenue in Palo Alto and you'll see one parked in front of every second house.

Some people ask why there'd be so many Teslas in the left-leaning Bay Area. For one, Tesla is a hometown company. Its design HQ is/was in Palo Alto, and its first manufacturing plant is across the bay in Fremont. Two, Tesla wasn't always tied up with politics. Musk only started becoming a MAGA advocate, out loud anyway, 5 years ago.

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[some_other_dave]

Indeed, for a good while the main Tesla market was pretty left-leaning. They were viewed as a way to help fight pollution and global warming.

Now....