Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

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    now it’s quite clear that Tesla’s are quite shit to own and drive

    By whose metric? Tesla owners have a 97% approval rating. I know tons of people that drive Teslas and they have zero maintenance other than tires and windshield wiper fluid. Hate on Elon all you want, but to assume the cars are shit because he is shit is just juvenile.

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      I mean I will readily accept that the internet is a fickle place and nothing is ever as black and white as it would seem but there has been a metric fucktonne of examples lately for why Teslas are just straight up bad cars. Cheap materials, poorly wired electronics, broken features, etc.

      Like just casually scroll through any car subreddit or other online forum and you’ll see people recording their Teslas just breaking down.

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        My BIL just bought one, gas is around $6/gallon in Hawaii and there is basically no mass transport. He tried to buy another EV but there was a 6-8 month wait-list. He loves the car, it is what it is. QC has improved over the past few years.

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        1 year ago

        Zero maintenance is a bold claim. They have repair people that go to your house to replace parts when they break.

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        1 year ago

        But yet they keep selling a shit ton. And if you talk to an average owner they love their Tesla. It’s almost as if you are looking at a biased sample that is not representative of the vast majority of owners.

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            Well the model Y is the most popular car sold world wide so it’s hard to argue that they are “shit”.

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          ikr who would have thought a person who had zero issues with a car would go on a car forum and complain about it? google literally any car and you’ll see forums of people complaining about them. does this mean All cars are demonstrably shitty? by your metric it does. which is stupid.

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            lol your point is actually the opposite logic. You’re so close! Only reading about complaints makes you think that car is shitty. I’m actually saying that reading about complaints on forums is a horrible way to assess car quality regardless of car make.

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          You got a source? I’m willing to believe the strength of the explosion is greater, but not that gas vehicles spontaneously combust more frequently.

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                ok bro. stick with your delusions I can’t change them with facts clearly.

                If the link isn’t working spend 3 seconds google the paper instead of implying I’m deceiving you with a dead link.

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                  “Stick with your delusions”

                  Brother you’re comparing, using numbers from the US, a market of around 2.5 million EVs to 250 million ICE.

                  Of those 2.5 million EVs over 900000 were sold in 2022.

                  You have braindamage if you think that’s a gotcha. I haven’t even started filtering down to how many of those are Teslas and the actual percentages therein.

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                    Stop embarrassing yourself. Not only is he correct that ICE fires are an order of magnitude more common PER CAR, but you are also much more likely to die in an ICE fire.

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                    while it’s probably futile arguing with someone who clearly has half a brain cell ill attempt to explain the simple maths to you.

                    According to a report by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there were an estimated 212,500 vehicle fires in the United States in 2018, resulting in 560 civilian deaths, 1,500 civilian injuries, and $1.9 billion in direct property damage.

                    Considering that there were approximately 276 million registered vehicles in the United States in 2018 we can calculate the number of fires per million ICE vehicles: 212500 vehicle fires divided by 276,000,000 registered vehicles × 1, 000,000 and the this = 770 fires per million ICE vehicles.

                    The study i previously linked you reveals an average EV fire frequency of six fires per million EVs in Australia, aligning with the global average (a million is the same outside of USA if you were unsure).

                    So try really really hard to understand this basic math. maybe you could get one of your more intelligent family members to explain it to you?

                    Additionally the skeptics guide to the universe podcast recently discussed this and they quoted very similar numbers to my search, and so maybe you’ll believe a neurosurgeon over me (but I expect not given your ludicrous position on this matter)

                    It’s not about gotchas it’s about facts. maybe Google what they are too?

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      Also, anytime when “97%” of people agree on something it’s the same as “97% of people voted for Putin, they all love him!” and you know it’s pulled out of some ass or another

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      hilarious you’re so heavily downvoted for this. there are some rabid people on here who can only see negatives. I agree Tesla’s are great to drive and I know plenty of peple who own them and love them and have had zero issues, and also saved a tonne on fuel, and maintance. trying to dismiss all Teslas as garbage is just utter stupidity and honestly sounds like sour grapes to me.

      Elon is a awful human and I wish with all my heart he’d have a sudden TIA. but tesla cars are not Elon musk.

      ps your downvotes just serve to make my point 💪 stronger.

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        Maybe they’re being downvoted for the ludicrous claim that a car, even an electric car, has zero maintenance issues other than tires and wiper fluid. It’s not like it has zero moving parts.

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              How often do you replace the steering column, wheel bearings and electric motor bearings? Basically never.

              How about the transaxle assembly? That’s rated for 1 million miles.

              These cars need very little maintenance compared to an ICE car that needs bi-annual oil changes.

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                all these butt hurt people who clearly can’t afford an EV or invested all their money in stupid ice cars is honestly so funny.

                ‘all we have left is the downvote and darn it we’ll use it’