No<\/p>\n
Mike Dungan<\/p>\n
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I purchased a Tesla Model 3 in 2018 after having driven a Model S in 2016 and instantly understanding this was gonna be the new thing. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had almost 4 years with the car, no problems including driving 4400 miles through 13 states in 2 weeks. Auto pilot made it a lot easier.<\/p>\n
I am also a shareholder and have done very well on Tesla.<\/p>\n
But not only would I not buy a Tesla – I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d sell the one we have. I refuse to be associated with individuals and companies who support someone who attempted an autocratic coup d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122etat, wanted to break apart NATO for the benefit of other autocrats, lies about everything, and is one of the worst grifters the world has seen.<\/p>\n
Absolutely nothing wrong with any number of other cars.<\/p>\n
All the best,<\/p>\n
Anders Chan-Tidemann<\/p>\n
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Yes.<\/p>\n
Bill Geiser<\/p>\n
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The short answer is no way in hell.<\/p>\n
Mike Donahue<\/p>\n
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I used to want to purchase a Tesla, but as a Black man, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t comfortably purchase the car after learning how Black workers are treated at their factories. Especially after learning they would be hidden from the floor when Elon was gonna walk through.<\/p>\n
America feels is like a dimming lightbulb, about to go dark. I hope we all have to energy to continue to fight against stupidity and status quo white supremacy.<\/p>\n
Best regards,<\/p>\n
Marc Fort in Austin, TX<\/p>\n
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If you watch the documentary about Abercrombie & Fitch there is an interview with one of their people about the moment they knew that the culture had turned against the brand. She said it was when she saw the first Tobey Maguire Superman and he was fighting\u00c2\u00a0the school bully in the hall and she noticed the\u00c2\u00a0bully was dressed head to toe in Abercrombie clothes. She said at that moment she realized they were now the bad guys and were screwed.<\/p>\n
I feel the same about this moment for Tesla. Elon went from being Tony Stark to Lex Luthor (I realize I’m mixing my metaverse metaphors) over this Twitter\/Speech nonsense and I’d never buy a Tesla from him now.<\/p>\n
Ed Dilworth<\/p>\n
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Despite my misgivings, until recently I was toying with the idea, but now I will never buy a new Tesla as long as Musk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s involved (or he engages in some serious mea culpa \/ repentance action). \u00c2\u00a0Not holding my breath. \u00c2\u00a0I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wait for a company not actively supporting the destruction of democracy to come out with a viable alternative.<\/p>\n
Michael Bull<\/p>\n
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No. I won’t. I was seriously considering a Model-Y, and I continued to consider it after Musk’s purchase of Twitter was announced. I generally have liked Musk, and I can tolerate a lot, but, once he started tweeting about how the *Democrats* are the extremists … well that was too far. That exposed that he has fully bought into the GOP lies and fake news.<\/p>\n
I removed the Twitter app from my phone (as I did with Facebook a while back). I’ll still check in over the web occasionally with both, but the removing the apps has fixed the addictive behavior these apps encourage.<\/p>\n
No. I won’t buy a Tesla.<\/p>\n
I won’t buy a VW either. Never mind their Nazi connections, they were caught rigging emissions tests.<\/p>\n
I’ll probably hold off a couple of years, but the Hyundai Ionic 5 and the Kia EV6 look like. \u00c2\u00a0I’ve been Ubered in the Chevy Bolt a few times, and it is surprisingly nice.<\/p>\n
Thanks,<\/p>\n
-Rich Waters<\/p>\n
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As an early adopter and stock holder, I love both my car and the company. \u00c2\u00a0I will probably never buy another car that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a Tesla. \u00c2\u00a0That being said, as a stock holder, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d prefer that he not get involved with Twitter. \u00c2\u00a0He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already solving the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest problems- climate change (Tesla), getting human life off this planet (SpaceX), traffic (Boring Co), self-driving cars (Tesla), internet connectivity anywhere in the world (StarLink); does he really need to fix our most widely utilized information platform? \u00c2\u00a0I say no, but\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no one that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d rather have do it. Certainly not a government. Thankfully, it appears, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing it for the right reasons, namely freedom of speech in an era of misinformation and censorship. \u00c2\u00a0I just wish there were 5 more Elon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so he wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to fix Twitter on his own.<\/p>\n
Scott Baylin<\/p>\n
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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been thinking about this very thing all day Bob. \u00c2\u00a0I am on my second Tesla and have a reservation in on a cybertruck. \u00c2\u00a0My plan was to trade in #2 for the cybertruck at some point but now I am not sure I can go forward with that plan\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Daniel Matthews<\/p>\n
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I am not in favor of this guy buying twitter anymore than I am into hearing the bs that comes from trump on the platform. He has singlehandedly tainted this country back to the stone age, bringing everything bad out of everyone who never made it. He still \u00c2\u00a0has this narrative out there that gets me so ill, he isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going away till he gets locked up or at least banned from ever running for the office again for so many legit reasons.<\/p>\n
Danny Zelisko<\/p>\n
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I wouldn’t rethink the purchase, no. Trump is such an outlier in all respects. I can’t disagree with banning him, but it really is a slippery slope. With political figures you really want to be circumspect. And there is a school of thought that airing viewpoints like Trump’s allows everyone a window into just how hideous he is.<\/p>\n
Having said all that, Musk is a screwy jackass, and no one, as in NO ONE, should have that level of wealth. Pretty volatile combination. On the upside, Tesla cars have been vital in getting electric cars to go from dismissed and\/or dissed to desired and loved. I’ll take that.<\/p>\n
Berton Averre<\/p>\n
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I test drove one, knowing my next vehicle would be electric. Besides the fact that I thought there were some minor fit and finish issues, it made the list as a possibility. No longer.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a die-hard progressive, but I believe that anyone with intellect and economic opportunity should never punch down\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all I see from Musk. When he called the cave spelunker rescuing children a pedo because his ego was hurt, I knew he was pedantic. When he said he would take Tesla private and used that to thumb his nose at the SEC, I thought he was reckless. When he started this whole shit storm with Twitter in a business deal that makes no financial sense, other than to stoke his rampant narcissism, I realized he was incapable of sound judgement. When he decried his offense at the suppression of free speech but has kissed the ring of the CCP while they run concentration camps, I knew he was a fraud and a phony. Every calculus is about whatever makes Elon feel good in that moment. Elon has the moral compass of a weather vane. This guy will end up as another Howard Hughes type character; alienated, obsequious, paranoid, and alone.<\/p>\n
Trent Keeling<\/p>\n
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Two years in and my Tesla is by far the best car\/toy I have ever owned and I have some good ones!<\/p>\n
Musk? As an engineer he is right up there and his understanding of physics is unbelievable. If he makes a difference for the better of humanity I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care about all the other BS.<\/p>\n
Don Elford<\/p>\n
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I bought a Tesla because it was the best car that I ever test drove. \u00c2\u00a0And I’ll buy another one.<\/p>\n
I don’t give a shit what Elon Musk espouses. \u00c2\u00a0Nor do I look up to Charles Barkley as a roll model. \u00c2\u00a0But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d pick him to be on my basketball team.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Paul Lohr<\/p>\n
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I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t either\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Steven Anderko<\/p>\n
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No, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 my answer would have been different a year or two ago\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but I can no longer separate the man from the machine\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and the man has become an insufferable bully and awful role model.<\/p>\n
Dave Mason<\/p>\n
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Fuck no I wouldn’t. And anyone who would is more interested in “status” than they are in humanity.<\/p>\n
Seriously fuck that Apartheid-upholding asshole.<\/p>\n
Noel Nocciolo<\/p>\n
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F#CK NO.<\/p>\n
And I have actually have been planning on buying one as my next car.<\/p>\n
Any self respecting believer in democracy should sell theirs NOW.<\/p>\n
Since it’s mostly (if not almost entirely), left leaning people who buy them, a Tesla boycott would drive the stock price down instantly and dramatically.<\/p>\n
As the saying goes, money doesn’t talk, it swears, and I bet Musk would change his mind about trump returning (or be pressured by the board to keep the ban).<\/p>\n
This is truly a watershed moment in our history and if Tesla owners and prospective buyers don’t SPEAK UP, this will go a long way in getting trump re-elected.<\/p>\n
To think otherwise is ignorant or plain stupid.<\/p>\n
I will really miss owning a Tesla but the time is now to TAKE A STAND.<\/p>\n
DG<\/p>\n
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Like you, I live in Southern California. My wife and I became a one car household during the pandemic. Now that she has to start commuting back to work 35 miles each way, we thought it was a good time to install solar and get an EV. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never bought a new car in our lives and hesitated to have a monthly payment but with the price of gas in CA and being able to charge from our solar, it was both a wise choice and a splurge for us.<\/p>\n
My wife working for a great company like Patagonia has an added perk of providing incentives to their employees to go solar. Not a huge sum, but at least they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re putting some of their money where their mouth is. I guess we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all still figuring out where Musk is putting his.<\/p>\n
Do I agree with him on everything? Of course not! But, like you said, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s theatrics and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll change his tune when it hits his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153richest guy in history\u00e2\u20ac\u009d title.\u00c2\u00a0Jewish people do buy Mercedes and BMW now. Who knows what atrocities, environmental or otherwise, all major auto companies have committed in their histories.\u00c2\u00a0I try to vote with my wallet but, like everything, you have to calculate the trade-offs and opportunity costs. I still feel the Model 3 long range is the best bang for the buck in EVs. To your point about VW, who knows how long Musk holds that dominant position?<\/p>\n
Take care,<\/p>\n
Brett Patrick<\/p>\n
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As you just predicted. Here we go.<\/p>\n
Tom Gribbin<\/p>\n