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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Stories like Reid Tomasko’s - and others who’ve had Tesla buy back their defective Cybertrucks - highlight how the EV ownership journey can take unexpected turns.

I wish they wouldn't conflate these dumpsters with EVs as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

So he skipped shorting TSLA and just shorted the actual Swastikar instead?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Wait... Why buy another Tesla?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe he plans to torch it, claim it was protestors and get a full refund from his insurance, rinse and repeat?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...but they're ALL defective

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Shhhh, sh sh sh. This is a learning moment.

[–] [email protected] 201 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Why not just take the money and get a non-nazi mobile?

[–] [email protected] 115 points 1 day ago

This was a stupid purchase the first time. Learning Elon is a Nazi won't make this person smarter.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because they are a Nazi. It’s not rocket science.

At least Nazi rockets were supposed to explode.

[–] TheV2 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Will the price eventually hit 0 or is it asymptotic?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Eventually, Elon will pay people to take his "trucks."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, as there will always be a lot of metal for scrap. What is the price of aluminium at your local scrapyard? That will give you an idea for the price floor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Those batteries are easily the most valuable part.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, I know this one! It's like the Hans im Glück (Hans in Luck / Variants) tale: Hans starts with a cow and ends up with a rock, through a series of "advantageous" swaps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

But why not just take the money and get a non-nazi mobile?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Buying into the cult like it's scientology

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swasticar Wankpanzers are among the most effective and modern ways to advertise that you are both single and really fucking horny.

It also advertises that one has a really tiny dick and is a total asswipe, which is the combined reason for the first part.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Wankpanzer is good, but I prefer Deplorean.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why anyone would want a Swastikar for any amount of money is beyond my understanding.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

That’s the make, not the model. I know people who have been plenty happy with their Swasticar Model 3.

Why you would want a Swasticar Deplorean though is completely beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It evolved to swatikkkar recently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

So you can go park and abandon it in front of the gas pumps in some tiny trump town in the middle of Indiana or something?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

This is a good allegory for what's happening to the stock market now and how the billionaires are profiting immensely.

Kinda fucked the author didn't make that connection.

[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He had me in the first half, but holy shit.

Anyone think he'll be genuinely surprised when it falls apart?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Narrator: "As it turned out, the glue had never been defective."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

You buy a thing, you end up being able to get $30k back

If I wanted that stupid looking car, I'd be overjoyed too. Especially if I think I can return it again and get it even cheaper

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

This happened to me with Sennheiser headphones. They broke, and I returned them. They by now had become the old model which was sold out. So they gave me a gift card which allowed me to buy new model for a price lower than my initial purchase. Gotta love those warranty laws.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

They all should have sold them back after the first Nazi salute, and made it abundantly clear why they were doing so, if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tesla: Due to the attacks on our dealerships and stock, we currently only have refurbished cybertrucks to offer. Here is one which has the panels reattached. It's just like it came out of the factory.

Customer: wasn't that mine that I just returned?

Tesla: yeah but this time we used gorilla glue. Please ignore the finger prints and hairs that got stuck to it. We let Elon's kid stick them back on for a photo op. He only got his hand stuck 5 times.

Tesla: alternatively we've got this one going cheap. It only has one swastika painted on the side that we couldn't get off, otherwise it's brand new.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

It's a hot deal. Like, no really, someone needs to put out the fire from that Molotov cocktail... Fucking Patriotism throwing our Tesla tea into the bay.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I hope the next one explodes on him

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

His business is wrapping vehicles, and he says he's already wrapped quite a few of them, so at least part of the reason he has one seems to be marketing his business.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd have believed you after the first source though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just noticed that some of these aren't actual "news" sources, so I added a couple of others that seem to corroborate each other. It's important to get a varied perspective when the source is new to you or doesn't have established credibility.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks though, no harm done

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll say this about the cyberfuck; flat surfaces are super easy to apply vinyl to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

FWIW most of those surfaces are not truly flat, though - they still have a bit of curvature to them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

This happened to me with cyberpunk