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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 purc

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
        Yeah, but whoever's running the show for the past... 75 years, isn't antisemitic. His successors probably didn't align with such views, given that: 1. They're not the same person 2. Post WWII wouldn't be kind to those types
- neaden 4y ago
  Well he has also been dead for 75 years, so people are less concerned with his personal beliefs and actions.
  - balls187 4y ago
    Bill Burr speaks about this in his latest special, that Coco Chanel slept with nazi officers during WW2, and that she did what she felt she had to survive. He also goes on to talk about John Wayne and Sean Connery in equally deliteful manner.
- mikestew 4y ago
  One has been dead for about 75 years and has little influence over the day-to-day operations of their respective company. One is still running loose and still acting like a jackass.
- gs17 4y ago
  I think most people don't care about (whether out of time-induced apathy or unfortunate agreement) who Ford was much like how they don't care much about who founded VW or why. Coming from Detroit, it was always frustrating how whitewashed his history got.
- kps 4y ago
  Henry Ford II emphatically and substantively separated the company from his grandfather's lunacy.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  Henry Ford was a jerk, but he died decades before most of us here were even born. Buying a Ford today does nothing to further facilitate the gross things he did 90 years ago. The elongated muskrat is out there today being an ass; spreading misinformation during a pandemic, perpetuating racist behavior in its factories, and a growing list of sexual improprieties. I think it is fair for someone to not want to give money to someone like that.
nr2x 4y ago
The EV Mustang looks so dope. See a lot of them in SV.
pkulak 4y ago
I pre-ordered a Model 3 in 2016. Still have the charger I installed in my garage, but now I use the J1772 one I installed later.

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
        Yeah, but whoever's running the show for the past... 75 years, isn't antisemitic. His successors probably didn't align with such views, given that: 1. They're not the same person 2. Post WWII wouldn't be kind to those types
neaden 4y ago
Well he has also been dead for 75 years, so people are less concerned with his personal beliefs and actions.
- balls187 4y ago
  Bill Burr speaks about this in his latest special, that Coco Chanel slept with nazi officers during WW2, and that she did what she felt she had to survive. He also goes on to talk about John Wayne and Sean Connery in equally deliteful manner.
mikestew 4y ago
One has been dead for about 75 years and has little influence over the day-to-day operations of their respective company. One is still running loose and still acting like a jackass.
gs17 4y ago
I think most people don't care about (whether out of time-induced apathy or unfortunate agreement) who Ford was much like how they don't care much about who founded VW or why. Coming from Detroit, it was always frustrating how whitewashed his history got.
kps 4y ago
Henry Ford II emphatically and substantively separated the company from his grandfather's lunacy.
babypuncher 4y ago
Henry Ford was a jerk, but he died decades before most of us here were even born. Buying a Ford today does nothing to further facilitate the gross things he did 90 years ago. The elongated muskrat is out there today being an ass; spreading misinformation during a pandemic, perpetuating racist behavior in its factories, and a growing list of sexual improprieties. I think it is fair for someone to not want to give money to someone like that.

nr2x 4y ago

The EV Mustang looks so dope. See a lot of them in SV.

pkulak 4y ago

I pre-ordered a Model 3 in 2016. Still have the charger I installed in my garage, but now I use the J1772 one I installed later.