Posted on 02/15/2025 9:47:03 AM PST by RandFan
When Ric Harris traded in his ageing Mercedes for a Tesla Model 3, he was instantly converted.
“It was a bit like having a spaceship,” says the 51-year-old computer programmer. “It saved me an absolute fortune in fuel; the only thing it’s had done is tyres and topping up the windscreen washer fluid.”
When he acquired the car on a company scheme, Harris did not consider the politics of Tesla’s billionaire owner too closely. “Elon Musk just seemed like a really interesting person. Everything he was doing seemed really positive,” he says.
Four and a half years later, the car’s lease is expiring. And despite it being one of the best vehicles he has ever driven, Harris has no intention of keeping it.
“It’s a brand that, from my point of view, has become toxic. It would be like buying a VW Beetle in 1939 Germany.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
There's no a single person on this planet with whom I agree wit on everything.
It's just a matter of degree.
A fool and his money...
...Seemingly oblivious to the irony of how she announced the news, the motormouth former Charmed star, 49, wrote: ‘I gave back my Tesla. I bought the Volkswagen ev.’
‘I’m not sure how advertisers can buy space on Twitter. Publicly traded company’s products being pushed in alignment with hate and white supremacy doesn’t seem to be a winning business model,’ she added...
Imagine being so insecure you feel the need to put one of those bumper stickers on your car.
“I’m dumb enough to lose thousands over my political angst.”
Bkmk
If you were serious about saving Our Democracy™ you would have yourself spayed like that one nutcase very committed Democrat woman.
It must be someone more prone to emoting than thinking. Perhaps i can offer the driver $1 for the car to unburden zie/zir/they from what has been.
he’ll be glad he gave up his tesla
the fire department cannot put out the tesla fires when they burn up
(there IS special equipment that can do it but by the time the fire dept can deploy it, the tesla is (burnt) toast
and when the battery fails, and it will (all batteries do), it costs about $25,000 to replace
although, I suppose he can try to get a replacement battery at his local walgreens or cvs store?
Don’t know what others think, doesn’t matter.
I had a business. WHY would I alienate half of my customers by taking a political position that has Nothing to do with my business?
As an individual, I’ve spoken out at work against a lot of liberals in Manhattan..outnumbered 40 to 1.
Who gives a ####? That’s work, not a business.
HR would face a massive lawsuit from either side for firing someone for that reason alone AND they wouldn’t let go of good workers for voicing beliefs in their little corner of the comany’s workforce.
You wanna go shooting an unwanted and unwarranted email to the entire company, then you’re a moron and deserve to lose your job.
If he’s giving it away, I’ll take it.
I gave up sex during Biden’s term. Getting screwed by him every day was more than I could handle.
Im agree but Tesla isnt all Elon. He still has investors he needs take care of.
He’s an engineer above ll lose, and good engineers thrive on solving difficult problems. He’s said DOGE is probably the most important thing a person could do.
Im agree but Tesla isnt all Elon. He still has investors he needs take care of.
Can you say “Proxy Fight”?
This liberal save fuel money because we were paying to subsidize his electricity use.
That is too complex for liberals to reason through. It is all about the instant gratification.
Hmmm . . . I wonder, a stove, built to burn wasted lithium batteries and use the heat to generate electricity?
“Sounds more like he should be driving a Prius. He’s got the right level of smug for it.”
Now that’s a great comment!
Nose, say good-bye to face.
Virtue signally dumb shit alert!
GOVERNMENT TAX credits for buying A TESLA==$5,000
ALL OTHER BRANDS===$7,500.
TESLA IS NOT UNION...
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