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Well said, I’m potentially in the market for a car and this is like reason #5 I’m ruling out Tesla.

by nr2x 4y ago

chitowneats 4y ago
Care to share the others? I'm weighing my options as well. Anything you are leaning towards buying?
- nr2x 4y ago
  Battery issues being a cost of early adoption aside, I love my Bolt. It’s a hatchback and with the 0-60 of an EV it handles like Mario Kart. Super fun.
duncan_idaho 4y ago
I'd say this is a great reason to not a used one. Which Tesla doesn't care about at all and probably want to discourage.
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  That seems short-sighted. Having a healthy secondary market makes purchasing a new one more appealing since you can recover some of the purchase price later. It also allows the superfans to buy the latest and greatest model more often.
  - failTide 4y ago
    Agreed. They're giving the middle finger to people who can't afford a new one but were still interested in Tesla. Could have been a good opportunity to create loyal customers who are on a budget now, but could afford to spend more later in life.
  - tqi 4y ago
    Also if TSLA actually cares about "saving the planet" then they probably need to support a used car market...
- raisin_churn 4y ago
  You don't think car makers have a vested interest in there being a robust secondary market for their cars? If I have a choice between a $50k car that will have a $25k resale value after 5 years, and one that will have a $10k resale value, that's a strong incentive to buy the former. That's another $15k in my budget for my next car, and if I liked the last one, there's a good chance that money is going right back to that same manufacturer.
pkulak 4y ago
Same, though there were about a dozen previous reasons, starting with "pedo guy". This won't help, but I was pretty much long gone as a customer.
- balls187 4y ago
  Funny enough, it was test driving a Tesla that got me interested in getting an EV as my next vehicle. And like many, Musk's behavior has dissuaded me from purchasing one, and instead likely a Ford.
  - chrisseaton 4y ago
    - spookie 4y ago
      > actual anti-semite Who? Current Ford's great-grandfather? Not the same person.
      - chrisseaton 4y ago
        > Not the same person. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
        spookie 4y ago
        Henry Ford is dead.
        chrisseaton 4y ago
        Says that in the article I linked you to.
        spookie 4y ago
jen20 4y ago
Quite - I'm absolutely in the market for an EV, and 5 years ago it would have been a Tesla no questions asked, but Musk's behaviour and Tesla's general inability to do quality control mean I instead placed an order for a BMW i4.

Well said, I’m potentially in the market for a car and this is like reason #5 I’m ruling out Tesla.

by nr2x 4y ago

Well said, I’m potentially in the market for a car and this is like reason #5 I’m ruling out Tesla.

chitowneats 4y ago

Care to share the others? I'm weighing my options as well. Anything you are leaning towards buying?

nr2x 4y ago
Battery issues being a cost of early adoption aside, I love my Bolt. It’s a hatchback and with the 0-60 of an EV it handles like Mario Kart. Super fun.

duncan_idaho 4y ago

I'd say this is a great reason to not a used one. Which Tesla doesn't care about at all and probably want to discourage.

AlexandrB 4y ago
That seems short-sighted. Having a healthy secondary market makes purchasing a new one more appealing since you can recover some of the purchase price later. It also allows the superfans to buy the latest and greatest model more often.
- failTide 4y ago
  Agreed. They're giving the middle finger to people who can't afford a new one but were still interested in Tesla. Could have been a good opportunity to create loyal customers who are on a budget now, but could afford to spend more later in life.
- tqi 4y ago
  Also if TSLA actually cares about "saving the planet" then they probably need to support a used car market...
raisin_churn 4y ago
You don't think car makers have a vested interest in there being a robust secondary market for their cars? If I have a choice between a $50k car that will have a $25k resale value after 5 years, and one that will have a $10k resale value, that's a strong incentive to buy the former. That's another $15k in my budget for my next car, and if I liked the last one, there's a good chance that money is going right back to that same manufacturer.

pkulak 4y ago

Same, though there were about a dozen previous reasons, starting with "pedo guy". This won't help, but I was pretty much long gone as a customer.

balls187 4y ago
Funny enough, it was test driving a Tesla that got me interested in getting an EV as my next vehicle. And like many, Musk's behavior has dissuaded me from purchasing one, and instead likely a Ford.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  - spookie 4y ago
    > actual anti-semite Who? Current Ford's great-grandfather? Not the same person.
    - chrisseaton 4y ago
      > Not the same person. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
      - spookie 4y ago
        Henry Ford is dead.
        chrisseaton 4y ago
        Says that in the article I linked you to.
        spookie 4y ago

jen20 4y ago

Quite - I'm absolutely in the market for an EV, and 5 years ago it would have been a Tesla no questions asked, but Musk's behaviour and Tesla's general inability to do quality control mean I instead placed an order for a BMW i4.