Cyberstuck

Actually, that's exactly the point of "act fast" as described in the text.

If you assume that many will sell their cars, you also assume prices will drop. That means, it's better to sell now, when prices are still somewhat high. It's the same mechanism as in any stock crash.

That's the goal, though. If people start doing this, the value of used Teslas will crater. That will kill sales of new ones. Why buy a new one when you can get a used one dirt cheap? Why buy a new one if you know it will lose all of its value because the used market died?

Still plenty of rubes that support trump. The backlash against tesla actually probably has whole swaths of them looking to buy one to own the libs.

I promise you there's always going to be someone willing to buy one. You'll possibly just have to drop the price really low. I'd buy a used Tesla for a dollar, for example. If people suspect the price is dropping then hopefully they'll panic sell, and force the price to drop even faster.

The advice isn't about reducing the number of Teslas. It's about helping someone get out of owning one. Also, that money doesn't go to Elon, it goes to the seller, so to some people, they might consider that part a wash.

If everyone wants to sell and nobody wants to buy, the used price will go down.

If used teslas in good condition are dirt cheap, there's no point buying a new one.

If nobody wants a new Tesla, there are fewer Teslas entering the streets.

If enough people try to get rid of their Teslas the Used value will crash and bring the New value even further down.

That was observed when Elon in his brilliance secured the Hertz deal and then slashed new Tesla prices. Leaving Hertz no choice but to dump their inventory.

The sell off from Hertz hurt the used value because it was a large supply of "We just want out, we already lost money on these"

I read it as a funny, polite, "fuck you". It's only going to piss someone off who bought a Tesla as a sign of status and is still a fan of Elon Musk. Everyone else will see it either as helpful but misguided or will get the joke.

It may reduce new sales

Cars are worth what someone is willing to pay. More used cars on the market means lower prices means fewer new cars are purchased. The biggest drop in value on any car (bigotry aside) happens at mile 1 when you drive it off the lot. But manufacturers love scarcity when there is high demand, so some manufacturers explicitly forbid buyers from selling their cars (Tesla and Ferrari are the only ones I know of, but there may be more.) If you want one, you must buy it new, and you better buy it quick because it won't last. They don't want buyers leaving the lot and shopping around, they want to create an atmosphere of panic and exclusivity.

Fortunately, they cannot enforce the requirements that you don't sell your car. What they can do is refuse to sell you another one, which Ferrari is famous for doing. With Tesla, if you're selling because you don't want to be associated with Nazis, you're not going to care if the Nazis won't sell you another car. Yes, you're probably selling to another Nazi, but most people cannot afford to simply abandon or scrap a functioning* car on principle. Selling is the next best thing, as it undercuts the aura of scarcity, drives the price down, and reduces the number of new cars sold.

Previous owners that gave money to Musk can distance themselves from him, while new owners that believe Teslas are good can buy one without giving money to Musk.

I'm in the market for a car and there is an amount of money I would spend for a used Tesla despite the potential for vandalism etc. I don't think there is an amount of money I'd spend on a new one

Whoever wrote this wants the value of tesla to crash...

On your second point: unfortunately that’s the system that makes the car go

Unfortunately, it would send a message to folks who do things like storm government buildings and kill cops. I wouldn't want one of those deranged lunatics coming after me.

Yeah. I can't believe people are actually supporting this. How privileged can you be that "bro, just buy a new car" is a sane thing to say?