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Re:Dr. Elon and Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell by pvarangot on Friday December 14, 2018 @09:44AM (#18681101)
Is Tesla really on the "for flexing it" side of luxury? I'm in Argentina and never met anyone who owns or drives one, let alone get into one save for on a trip and it was in a showroom. I was under the impression it's the kind of luxury were your money is worth because no one else does an EV that's as comfortable, dependable, fast and with good range.

I mean it's luxurious as eating wagyu beef is, there's a barrier to entry but not as artificial as in for example buying Gucci loafers, and if you really want the taste/experience you have to cough up the money.

Re:Dr. Elon and Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell by cmrdporcupine on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:03AM (#18681233)
I work at Google, and there's a lot of them (both S and 3 and a few Xs) in the parking lot here, but that's because of Google salary. They're bloody expensive. The "$35,000" model is nowhere to be seen, and even when it comes, it'll be stupidly expensive still here in Canada.

Working class people buy used cars, below $15k at least.