Posted on 02/21/2019 10:41:46 AM PST by Red Badger
My neighbor has a top line Hyundai Genesis.
It’s a beautiful car.
Has had a few warranty problems but the dealer treats him like a potentate. He’s a happy customer.
How many consecutive 0-60 runs can it do? The joke with beating the whoop-do-do Tesla is to challenge them to a best our of 5 runs, back to back.
Based on what I’ve read, Tesla has ramped up their production with bad quality and is swamping their service network (which wasn’t expanded nearly as much) with broken cars. Also people complain of multi-month waits for repair parts.
The folks who bought their 6-figure S and X cars typically have a fleet and don’t care much, but the 3-model is targeted more toward people who need a car every day.
My last two cars have been Acuras...and I would never consider Tesla since I live in Ohio. The cold winters would further limit the usability.
I've started looking and zoning in on the Lexus IS-350 F and, my favorite, the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio with its' Ferrari V6-BiTurbo engine (505 HP), Ferrari steering system...and 191 mph top speed.
My heart says the Alfa.
Musk lectures us on carbon-induced climate change while his G650ER flew about 250,000 km last year...or about equivalent to 300 cars.
Good job of parroting the Washington Post.
Just because Bezos and Musk hate each other doesn’t change the facts.
The Washington Post article was a one sided hit piece, and you are obviously using it as a source.
Of course, you’re not alone. Other FReepers have used the LATimes hit piece to confirm their bias against Musk.
The people who like him the least are the ones who know the least about him. Newspapers hate him because his companies don’t buy advertising.
There’s no dispute about all the jet miles, no matter what source you use. The Tesla stock shorts track every trip, including all those 20 mile commuter flights in LA and Silicon Valley.
Musk is as fake as Burney Sanders on this topic.
I have nothing but high praise for Subaru.
We have a 2016 Outback with 114,000 miles and 2017 Outback Limited at 34,000.
Both cars have the EyeSight system with the adaptive cruse control. I can not express how much I love that feature.
All wheel drive, awesome traction in the snow and ice. 4 cylinder boxer has good power and averages around 25 mph.
The best cars I have ever owned, and I’ve had a lot over the years.
Well, no wonder.............................
“Fisher points out that the Model 3 owned and tested by Consumer Reports had a rear window with a small stress fracture.”
Happens when temperatures change, since glass and steel (or aluminum) expand/contract at different rates as temperatures vary. Obviously that’s well known to traditional car companies, so they don’t try to fit the windows right up to the frame, but I guess Tesla is learning that the hard way.
Bottom line, Consumer Reports needs to better understand the REAL USE of Teslas, which is to be a talking point for owners to show off their ‘green cred’, and not take them outside in colder weather (when the window frame contracts against the glass). I’m surprised that Musk didn’t tweet something to that effect.
“Lol. I keep my cars about eight years and the only costly repair in the 35 years I had was an $65 wiper motor on my Jeep about about 25 years ago.”
I think the latest version of Tesla software gets rid of the need for windshield wiper motors. So take that you tech-denier.
I was ticked. The screws holding the wipers were screwed in from the bottom in the upper arm. When it started backing out it jammed between the arms and burned out the motor.
And it’s also a fact that you only acknowledge the negative in order to confirm your cognitive bias against Musk.
Same goes for VW. According to the CR ranking, VW is just above Honda, and just below Toyauto. I have a '16 GTI, and it's been great so far.
Well you are absolutely right about that. What Musk has managed to accomplish is incredible. But part of the reason he has managed to literally reach the stars is that he is a high stakes gambler with his own money, with his investors money and with government grant money. At some point people willing to take big risks often end up taking big falls. The Tesla Motor Company is a house of cards.
Tesla has been in business for over 15 years, employs 48,000 people and had revenue of over $21 billion last year. That’s some house of cards.
General Motors has been in business for 111 years had $145 Billion dollars of revenue in 2017. GM was a house of cards; we knew people who were true believers in GM (a little hard to believe now). They put their money where their mouth was; they had nearly all of their savings in GM bonds and they lost everything in 2009.
GM was a finance company dominated by unions.
It had little in common with the Tesla of today.
Your claim about Tesla is nothing but negative cognitive bias.
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