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> This is pretty dismissive Well, actually, I found your post to be mostly in agreement with me. > There's lots of valid criticism for Tesla. So it could be
by brmgb 6y ago
> This is pretty dismissive
Well, actually, I found your post to be mostly in agreement with me.
> There's lots of valid criticism for Tesla.
So it could be said they are an average car (in the sense that their quality is neither exceptional nor bad enough to be considered poor).
> EVs are not for everybody. But if they fit your automotive use case, when you need a car for transportation duties rather than the kind of pleasure that comes from driving a high-performance combustion-driven vehicle, they are so clearly the future.
We do agree they are the future, keyword being future. If you buy one today that's what you want to be seen as buying and are ready to suffer the pain points for it. That's what I call making a statement.
- V_Terranova_Jr 6y ago> That's what I call making a statement. Most people would interpret "making a statement" to be a matter of signaling to others. I tried to make clear that people who buy these cars appreciate the benefits to themselves as the ones that drive and experience it, and that it has little-to-nothing to do with signaling to others. Early on in Tesla history, particularly with the Model S, I think you could argue there was a signaling element. Particularly well into in the Model 3 era, I don't think that holds to any major degree.