I’m driving a 20+ year old Nissan. It’s great - I’ve got bumper stickers that say RELIGION: BECAUSE THINKING IS HARD and PRO-ABORTION plus one of those Harris/Walz rainbow flag stickers I’d probably think twice about putting on something new here in the Bible Belt. Go ahead and key MY car, MAGA douchebag. See if you can get through the rust.
I bought a Rivian. LOVE IT! Best vehicle I ever owned or drove (and I had a rented Tesla once, which really was a POS that stranded me for several hours) And even better, the Rivian CEO is not a Nazi, nor vying for world domination.
What society has to remember is that Volkswagen of the 30's was to Hitler what Tesla is to Musk. VW was Hitlers "Peoples Car", and for decades after WWII, it carried that stigma until Germany purged itself of Nazism and made atonement. I remember when the Beetle was introduced to America in the late 60's. Our elderly neighbor bought one out of economics. My father (WWII Vet) was at first disgusted by the site of it, but my dad actually, like, did research and found "Hey! No Nazis involved!" and ultimately bought one for my Sister as her first car. She got a new 1972 model that cost $995. 30+ years after WWII.
Tesla will carry the Musk stench for a long while after Elon implodes and is gone from the scene. For those not wanting to wait; there are options now. For those not wanting to part with theirs, I am sure there are plenty of barns out there to hide them in for 30 years. Otherwise, get used to the look of disdain and assaults from onlookers, you're driving the equivalent of a rolling swastica.
All the "yeah but Ford, yeah but VW" really is stupid.
Which company is right now ACTIVELY being run by a Nazi adjacent POS? Which company has not yet spent YEARS distancing itself, meaningfully, from its past?
Not really. Henry Ford was die-hard anti-Semite; a belief that he carried to his dying day. Tesla has an image problem, and that problem is Musk who is fully embracing his inner Nazi. So long as Musk is the face of the brand, good fucking luck. It's going to take years for Tesla to get Musk's stench off the brand after he's gone.
Ta, Dok. Decades ago, an ex and I (and his family) went to a relative's wedding in Palo Alto. When we were driving by the Tesla showroom, I had to stop for a look. There's a great photo of me behind the wheel of an orange Roadster in the parking lot. Now, as they say, I wouldn't be caught dead. Darling husband Meccalopolis and I always point and laugh when we see a Wankpanzer in the wild. No swastikars for us, thanks.
I’m not selling an excellent car for some virtue signaling bullshit. I didn’t buy it years ago because I like Elon, or to save the planet. It’s fast, and I don’t give a damn what gasoline costs. Elon’s an asshole, but he’s only Trump’s hatchet man. Replace your Congressman, and Senator before Elon decides to buy them all. Picket the White House where the real problem is resident. Picket Stephen Miller’s house. If you think coming after Tesla owners who spent their hard-earned money is going to end well, you are mistaken, especially in a Stand-your-ground State.
you can't escape the label, sorry, no matter what stickers you put on it, or vandals you shoot.
In fact, so far you are living up to the narrative.
I honestly don't judge people for not selling their tesla if they can't take the hit financially. But there are better EVs out there that are cheaper, faster, and go farther.
Our Tesla was kinda trash for a $55k car, after 3.5 years. Was going to sell it anyway.
But better move fast if you ever want to sell it. We would have got 10k more in trade 6months ago, the bottom is dropping out.
Calling your allies a Nazi for not selling the car they bought long ago is a sure fire way to find yourself with no allies.
And if someone with a Tesla sells it then will you apply the label to the person who buys it? If so who are you expecting to buy all of them? Or do you expect people to just walk away from the money they spent on the car? Sure, Hollywood stars can do that and write off the loss as a PR stunt, but not most people, so that is a pretty big ask.
How much are you personally putting into the kitty to help people offset their losses? Money talks as they say.
And what car meets your requirements? Please tell me which car maker CEO helps fund Trix. The only difference between Feculent Skum and every other car CEO is they keep their opinions to themselves.
You say you don't judge people who can't afford the financial hit. That is a Trump diaper sized load of grade A bullshit. How do you know the finances of the person in the car next to you at the stop light?
I think they build some EV6s heah in Jawga. And Rivian is SUPPOSEDLY building a plant here to take advantage of a planned EV battery factory in Cartersville.
Hey don't blame me for buying a Tesla. I was just trying to be 1st to market, save on gas, and NOT pollute the god damn environment! How would I know that Boy Wunderkind would turn out to be Dick-eater-in-chiefs' bottom boy?! Love my T! Also don't be a typical Dem and start eating your own! ( Obviously T drivers CARE about you, your children, the planet... and that 1 lesbian that gave me advice once... ) We gotta stand together!.... add music here...
Just yesterday I stopped behind a Tesla that had put black tape over it's logo and had put an "Anti-Trump Pro-America" sticker on one side of it, and a Ukrainian flag sticker on the other. Made me smile.
In the 1920s Henry Ford was king of the world, business was booming and everyone wanted one of his cars. He spent the money on a newspaper and programs to promote antisemitism and white supremacy, even getting and award from Nazi Germany. This was a lot more fun than actually running his car company, which didn't really update its product line very much even as they lost market share to competition.
I saw my first cyberfuck yesterday at Safeway. Not sure if he had the visibility to see my eyes racing like a roller derby queen.
Not many in clean green Eugene.
OT (mostly): political bollocks
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/nasa-officials-undermine-musks-claims-about-stranded-astronauts/
I’m driving a 20+ year old Nissan. It’s great - I’ve got bumper stickers that say RELIGION: BECAUSE THINKING IS HARD and PRO-ABORTION plus one of those Harris/Walz rainbow flag stickers I’d probably think twice about putting on something new here in the Bible Belt. Go ahead and key MY car, MAGA douchebag. See if you can get through the rust.
see if I notice
(just thinking out loud about all my past beaters)
I bought a Rivian. LOVE IT! Best vehicle I ever owned or drove (and I had a rented Tesla once, which really was a POS that stranded me for several hours) And even better, the Rivian CEO is not a Nazi, nor vying for world domination.
What society has to remember is that Volkswagen of the 30's was to Hitler what Tesla is to Musk. VW was Hitlers "Peoples Car", and for decades after WWII, it carried that stigma until Germany purged itself of Nazism and made atonement. I remember when the Beetle was introduced to America in the late 60's. Our elderly neighbor bought one out of economics. My father (WWII Vet) was at first disgusted by the site of it, but my dad actually, like, did research and found "Hey! No Nazis involved!" and ultimately bought one for my Sister as her first car. She got a new 1972 model that cost $995. 30+ years after WWII.
Tesla will carry the Musk stench for a long while after Elon implodes and is gone from the scene. For those not wanting to wait; there are options now. For those not wanting to part with theirs, I am sure there are plenty of barns out there to hide them in for 30 years. Otherwise, get used to the look of disdain and assaults from onlookers, you're driving the equivalent of a rolling swastica.
All the "yeah but Ford, yeah but VW" really is stupid.
Which company is right now ACTIVELY being run by a Nazi adjacent POS? Which company has not yet spent YEARS distancing itself, meaningfully, from its past?
Not really. Henry Ford was die-hard anti-Semite; a belief that he carried to his dying day. Tesla has an image problem, and that problem is Musk who is fully embracing his inner Nazi. So long as Musk is the face of the brand, good fucking luck. It's going to take years for Tesla to get Musk's stench off the brand after he's gone.
I too sold mine. I can’t drive a car so closely associated with a Nazi!
Ta, Dok. Decades ago, an ex and I (and his family) went to a relative's wedding in Palo Alto. When we were driving by the Tesla showroom, I had to stop for a look. There's a great photo of me behind the wheel of an orange Roadster in the parking lot. Now, as they say, I wouldn't be caught dead. Darling husband Meccalopolis and I always point and laugh when we see a Wankpanzer in the wild. No swastikars for us, thanks.
No Swastikkkars!!
I’m not selling an excellent car for some virtue signaling bullshit. I didn’t buy it years ago because I like Elon, or to save the planet. It’s fast, and I don’t give a damn what gasoline costs. Elon’s an asshole, but he’s only Trump’s hatchet man. Replace your Congressman, and Senator before Elon decides to buy them all. Picket the White House where the real problem is resident. Picket Stephen Miller’s house. If you think coming after Tesla owners who spent their hard-earned money is going to end well, you are mistaken, especially in a Stand-your-ground State.
Calling your allies a Nazi for not selling the car they bought long ago is a sure fire way to find yourself with no allies.
I never called anyone a Nazi.
2 things can be true at the same time: the car is a Nazi Flag, and the people in can be trapped there.
Until someone makes their POV clear, I don't judge the second point.
This OP is trying to have it both ways. I STILL don't judge him, but he's fucking borderline with a post like that.
you can't escape the label, sorry, no matter what stickers you put on it, or vandals you shoot.
In fact, so far you are living up to the narrative.
I honestly don't judge people for not selling their tesla if they can't take the hit financially. But there are better EVs out there that are cheaper, faster, and go farther.
Our Tesla was kinda trash for a $55k car, after 3.5 years. Was going to sell it anyway.
But better move fast if you ever want to sell it. We would have got 10k more in trade 6months ago, the bottom is dropping out.
Calling your allies a Nazi for not selling the car they bought long ago is a sure fire way to find yourself with no allies.
And if someone with a Tesla sells it then will you apply the label to the person who buys it? If so who are you expecting to buy all of them? Or do you expect people to just walk away from the money they spent on the car? Sure, Hollywood stars can do that and write off the loss as a PR stunt, but not most people, so that is a pretty big ask.
How much are you personally putting into the kitty to help people offset their losses? Money talks as they say.
And what car meets your requirements? Please tell me which car maker CEO helps fund Trix. The only difference between Feculent Skum and every other car CEO is they keep their opinions to themselves.
You say you don't judge people who can't afford the financial hit. That is a Trump diaper sized load of grade A bullshit. How do you know the finances of the person in the car next to you at the stop light?
see my reply to you above
Musk fretting about empathy being the death of civilization.
Right outta Ayn Rand
I was just thinking that!
Also right out of apartheid
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-doge-neo-apartheid/
Musk doesn't like empathy? Unsurprising. There's a word for a person without empathy: psychopath.
Indeed
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-doge-neo-apartheid/
I think they build some EV6s heah in Jawga. And Rivian is SUPPOSEDLY building a plant here to take advantage of a planned EV battery factory in Cartersville.
Rivian was on its deathbed until Volkswagen stepped-in with a few billion.
Hey don't blame me for buying a Tesla. I was just trying to be 1st to market, save on gas, and NOT pollute the god damn environment! How would I know that Boy Wunderkind would turn out to be Dick-eater-in-chiefs' bottom boy?! Love my T! Also don't be a typical Dem and start eating your own! ( Obviously T drivers CARE about you, your children, the planet... and that 1 lesbian that gave me advice once... ) We gotta stand together!.... add music here...
what year? Because post 2021 they went downhill fast. When lead engineers quit in protest prior to release, you need to take notice.
I know 4 long term Tesla engineers. They all left by 2022, they all say don't buy Teslas.
I wanted to want one. Model Y can be configured as a 3-row.
After driving a couple of Teslas, and a few other EVs, I bought a used Ioniq 5. Great car.
good choice! we traded in our Y for one of those.
To be fair, it DOES need a rear wiper. No idea what those designers were thinking.
Just yesterday I stopped behind a Tesla that had put black tape over it's logo and had put an "Anti-Trump Pro-America" sticker on one side of it, and a Ukrainian flag sticker on the other. Made me smile.
In the 1920s Henry Ford was king of the world, business was booming and everyone wanted one of his cars. He spent the money on a newspaper and programs to promote antisemitism and white supremacy, even getting and award from Nazi Germany. This was a lot more fun than actually running his car company, which didn't really update its product line very much even as they lost market share to competition.
I'm not sure why I happened to think of that.
Sure you are
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-doge-neo-apartheid/
If I did have one I would probably dress it out in badging from a Yugo.
Pinto
Corvair
My first car was a Corvair. It damn near killed me.
I am bucking the trend, I put a Tesla badge on my diesel tractor, I'm hopping the Ithaca hipsters find it ironic.
Logo looks like an IUD to me.