Absolutely it does. Not to mention, if the mood is right now "let's spray paint teslas because fuck elon", buying a tesla means that I can be the next car owner

Absolutely it does. Not to mention, if the mood is right now "let's spray paint teslas because fuck elon", buying a tesla means that I can be the next car owner with a fuck elon spray paint. Who wants that, even if the TCO, reliability etc are all there.