But fuck these cars in particular.

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    5 months ago

    If vandalism continues, then this will easily be the death of Tesla.

    Nobody will want to buy a Tesla when an equivalent Mercedes has half the insurance rate.

    Boycotts also hurt Tesla, but vandalism will be their death.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zip
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    Teslas are notoriously expensive to repair after a collision, and insurance companies often salvage them because of this.

    Also partly due to their own price gouging lol.

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      There’s a reason why nobody gets a used one, never heard of a person doing it,except 1 stupid influencer

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    5 months ago

    This can go further. Mass vandalism of SUVs and Fuck You sized trucks would have the same effect

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    5 months ago

    I’m so glad I was too broke to buy a Tesla when it was hyped and when Elon was just the dude smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast and the guy that laughed at a dead deer. I really wanted one and I’m so glad I don’t have one 🥳

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    I’m happy to see this happen. For the last couple months, I’ve been telling internet people that rational insurers will do this instead of spreading the cost to all drivers. Economics still works!

    Everybody who was vandalizing should now redouble their efforts, because the cost is internalized to Tesla owners.

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    5 months ago

    Damn. I saw the title, and was going to say “Fuck cars, but ESPECIALLY fuck teslas”.

    But I see the body of the message covered that quite well before I even got here.

    Welp…guess I’ll just go walk off a cliff or whatever.