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Curious: why white Model 3s specifically?

• ljlolel 1y ago
  Cheapest car. A different color costs more $.
  • jerlam 1y ago
    The "free" color rotates - the current one for the Model 3 is "Stealth Grey". According to the site below, white was the free color from 2020 - 2024, which was probably when the bulk of Teslas were sold, especially to places like Hertz who have been dumping them on the used car market. https://www.findmyelectric.com/tesla-colors-model-s-3-x-y/#model-3-colors https://www.findmyelectric.com/tesla-colors-model-s-3-x-y/#m...
    • tzs 1y ago
      Wait...they only have one free color at a time? Is that just a Tesla thing or are there any other widely sold cars that do that? Every car I've considered buying has had several free colors and several colors that cost extra, so I just assumed everyone did that.
• pfannkuchen 1y ago
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  • rideontime 1y ago
    I assume you have some evidence to back up this claim of “population level statistics,” or you wouldn’t have used such language.
    • yibg 1y ago
      It’s a weird claim in this context especially because Asians are statistically involved in fewer major accidents.
      • pfannkuchen 1y ago
        The sort of driving issues that recent first generation learners have is different from the sort of issues that people who drive into trees while speeding or engage in DUI have. These can both be true at the same time. I know everyone is morally allergic to any statement pointing out group differences, even ones that are not about innate differences, and the mind will gravitate towards any other available explanation.
        • yibg 1y ago
          The allergy is to broad claims without evidence. Point to some data that indicates more insurance money is paid out to Chinese drivers then we can have an actual discussion.
          • pfannkuchen 1y ago
            Insurance companies do not externally publish data aggregated by the relevant dimensions, and they do not publish raw data for us to aggregate ourselves. Let’s for a moment take as a premise that what I’m saying is true. In that version of reality, with all else held constant from our current known reality, would we expect the data publishing to be any different from what we see? It is a politically sensitive topic, after all. Which is to say, an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I won’t publish a book on this topic due to lack of sources. I think discussing it on an Internet forum is acceptable? I maintain that the impulse to demand sources in such a case comes from moral offense which is then misattributed to epistemological structure offense.
            • yibg 1y ago
              There is a burden of proof. You can claim whatever, doesn't mean others have to believe you. I can say short people are involved in more accidents than tall people. That's as supported as your claim. I would expect people to dismiss my claim just like yours.
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    • pfannkuchen 1y ago
      My evidence is owning and using eyeballs in Silicon Valley, and knowing the recent history of automobile usage in China vs the United States. My reference to population level statistics is to make the point that I’m not claiming that all Chinese are bad drivers, but that a shifted population level distribution in driving quality is enough to explain the difference while still having some Chinese drivers that are better than the overall average.
      • yibg 1y ago
        So basically no evidence at all besides you think so.
      • rideontime 1y ago
        That is, to put it mildly, a ludicrous attempt at extrapolating your own perceptions.