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Wanted a Tesla so badly when I was younger. Bought an electric last year and went with Subaru because: a. I don't trust Tesla's autopilot, specifically the car'

by oglop 3y ago

Wanted a Tesla so badly when I was younger. Bought an electric last year and went with Subaru because: a. I don't trust Tesla's autopilot, specifically the car's ability to accelerate. b. The subaru solterra was more comfortable for me. c. I live in an area where I need to go off road, the Subaru seemed a better fit d. Subaru dind't have a CEO saying incredibly childish things constantly so I could take them seriously. Ultimately that last point was a big deal. My wife doesn't believe a word out of that dudes mouth, and neither do I anymore I guess compared to how I used to be. So, seemed crazy to buy a car from him. I like my Subaru, would buy again. Guess I'm an ad now. I'm just some dumbass who was buying a car, and that's largely what I went off of.

catchnear4321 3y ago
the further you are from the output, the less annoying he gets. the rockets can be pretty neat.
- piva00 3y ago
  SpaceX is doing really impressive stuff, even with Elon's named attached to it I can still root for their team and their efforts, results speak for themselves and every time I see their boosters landing I feel the same as I felt from their first synchronised landing: this is fucking sci-fi happening in real life. Hopefully his meddling is contained there, would hate to see them become as tainted as Tesla has...
ohnoitsahuman 3y ago
If you don't like Tesla because of it's leadership, I recommend you don't research Subaru's leadership. Very much not aligned with the far left, but they'll take their money.
- mindslight 3y ago
  You realize there are more dimensions to the world than political left-right, correct?
- catchnear4321 3y ago
  do you assume that everyone that describes musk as acting or talking like a child would be far left? or is this a subaru generalization?
mft_ 3y ago
I really struggle with this, which seems to be an odd extrapolation of the pervasive celebrity culture we have nowadays. Take politics, for example: I dislike the idea that politicians must be impressive and charismatic. What I really want a politician to be is a dull, smart, earnest, grey person who does an exceptionally good job of making decisions on running my country. I don’t want to raving egoist in the slightest, and it shouldn’t matter what I think of that individual personally if their output is excellent. Similarly, while I agree that Musk is becoming more and more objectionable with time, I don’t understand why that is a factor in the objective decision of buying a car. Don’t like autopilot? Fine, buy another brand. Need 4x4 capability? Fine, buy an another brand. But if Tesla was the best choice for your needs (and I believe in many cases, it may be) then not buying it simply because of the odd behaviour of one individual seems incomprehensible. It’s a car. A lump of metal engineered to move you around. It’s not a manifestation of anyone’s emotions or worldview. Further, I suspect there are many many objectionable individuals in significant positions in many of the companies we purchase from; perhaps the only major difference is that they are simply not as high-profile as Musk.
- nojvek 3y ago
  It’s not odd behavior. Tesla misadvertises many features esp Autopilot.

by oglop 3y ago

catchnear4321 3y ago

the further you are from the output, the less annoying he gets. the rockets can be pretty neat.

piva00 3y ago
SpaceX is doing really impressive stuff, even with Elon's named attached to it I can still root for their team and their efforts, results speak for themselves and every time I see their boosters landing I feel the same as I felt from their first synchronised landing: this is fucking sci-fi happening in real life. Hopefully his meddling is contained there, would hate to see them become as tainted as Tesla has...

ohnoitsahuman 3y ago

If you don't like Tesla because of it's leadership, I recommend you don't research Subaru's leadership. Very much not aligned with the far left, but they'll take their money.

mindslight 3y ago
You realize there are more dimensions to the world than political left-right, correct?
catchnear4321 3y ago
do you assume that everyone that describes musk as acting or talking like a child would be far left? or is this a subaru generalization?

mft_ 3y ago

I really struggle with this, which seems to be an odd extrapolation of the pervasive celebrity culture we have nowadays. Take politics, for example: I dislike the idea that politicians must be impressive and charismatic. What I really want a politician to be is a dull, smart, earnest, grey person who does an exceptionally good job of making decisions on running my country. I don’t want to raving egoist in the slightest, and it shouldn’t matter what I think of that individual personally if their output is excellent. Similarly, while I agree that Musk is becoming more and more objectionable with time, I don’t understand why that is a factor in the objective decision of buying a car. Don’t like autopilot? Fine, buy another brand. Need 4x4 capability? Fine, buy an another brand. But if Tesla was the best choice for your needs (and I believe in many cases, it may be) then not buying it simply because of the odd behaviour of one individual seems incomprehensible. It’s a car. A lump of metal engineered to move you around. It’s not a manifestation of anyone’s emotions or worldview. Further, I suspect there are many many objectionable individuals in significant positions in many of the companies we purchase from; perhaps the only major difference is that they are simply not as high-profile as Musk.

nojvek 3y ago
It’s not odd behavior. Tesla misadvertises many features esp Autopilot.