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For many of us we've had our vehicles for a long time before Elon went dipshit crazy. For some it's because EVs were essentially dogshit before the Model 3 was introduced. Either short range grocery getters or expensive luxury. Even now most "electrified" vehicles everyone advertises are hybrids, not EVs.
I got my Model 3 near the end of 2018. Elon wasn't posting far right and Nazi shit at that time. He was sort of controversial, but that was about it.
That's why I don't have ill will for people for having a non cybertruck Tesla unless you can tell it's new. But if you don't have an anti elon sticker I'm starting to side eye them
I don't have a sticker, only because I don't like stickers or badging on my vehicles at all. My Model 3 was early enough that they didn't even have the Dual Motor badging for them in stock. They brought the badging to me at some point about a year later when the Rangers came to a tire rotation in my yard, there wasn't even have a full Service Center here yet. I didn't have them actually install the badging, it's still in my glovebox. It's as low key as I can make the damned thing.
But that's a major contributing factor to my looking at alternative options now instead of when it's fully paid off in September. The swastikar is becoming a target, and I don't want to have to deal with shit just because Elon's a Nazi. Got a test drive setup next week for a Polestar 3, and if I fits and I likes, going to be looking at that probably, especially with their added discounts and bonus for leasing and currently owning a Tesla. Most other manufacturer vehicles I'd consider are at least 1-2 years away still, so a 27 month lease is just about perfect for filling that gap, and making a decision then. Would still be less than I'm paying for my Model 3 with those discounts.
My rich oral surgeon friend bought a Tesla really early on way before Elon showed us who he really was. My friend has a sticker on his Tesla S that says “I bought this before we knew he was crazy”.
Yeah, I'm sure a lot of people are in that unfortunate situation. I can't imagine the trade in value is improved. Sorry you're getting shit for buying a vehicle that was supposed to be less harmful to the environment, I guess the lesson is avoid musk products.
Model 3 is still expensive luxury
The model 3 was designed and marketed to be an affordable EV, and is still one of the cheaper options on the market.
Do you think any new vehicle is a luxury item?
Base price is 42k tho what are you talking about. That's like 3 budget cars. No wonder Americans can't handle egg prices when your finance education functions based on marketing trajectories 🙄
If you told a Rolls-Royce owner that you owned a luxury car, and then said it was a Model 3, they'd laugh at you.
Everything above x price is a luxury item and that's a perfectly correct statement. Luxury doesn't mean the most expensive option.
You can get them under $20,000 at 2 years old.
Not like most of the luxury EV market at $80k+ starting.
Byd goes brrr
Innocents get hurt in war.
American, I see.