I'm just sad Tesla isn't willing to go LIDAR, this is where they're going to lose. They had such a leg up as an early mover and all the advantage is gone. China's starting trials in SF and it's just a matter of time before I buy a Waymo licensed car.
I really wish I could get the FSD money back.
The scarier one is in construction zones where the lanes have been moved. During dry it's pretty easy to tell apart, but combine night and wet, it starts doing weird stuff fast. I don't think Lidar would fix this problem.
Please just drive the damned car yourself.
Such optimistic claims were inappropriate, misleading, unprofessional and traded long term trust for immediate gain. But in a legal sense, speculation about future events never compels anything unless there is a specific agreement; it's foolish to assume follow-through especially without (but also with) much history. So direct your anger at both parties respectively.
I won't buy one new, only used and 3rd party if I was to buy another.
We all get to choose who we want to open our wallets to and I'm definitely not going to open it to Elon.
It is a sad story actually that his potential is wasted like this way.
Freedom of speech ? Tesla pretty much survived thanks to Elon's deal with China to build the Shanghai factory. He never ever said anything about freedom of speech there.
He also actively tried and succeed to shut down people pointing out online that Tesla finances were in a very dire state at the time (2018). Lookup 'Montana Sceptic' case - he found out the guy, personally called the office he worked in, and threatened with lawsuits, which would include his employer.
EDIT: I shared your point of view until quite recently.
I recommend this book to understand how we got here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludicrous:_The_Unvarnished_Sto...
Drugs. He was first seen publicly smoking pot in 2018, and it's been downhill since then.
Or the solar roof village, which didn't have even a single roof tiled with working panels back then.
His whole history is just him making things up and simps believing him on his tall tales
Every major company CEO out there interferes with US Politics. You just started to notice?
Not if the inferior product is good enough for your purposes.
And not if you value your principles highly enough.
Plus the image/perception of someone buying a Tesla is getting close to red hat territory these days for some.
Plenty of reasons why this isn’t a “self own.”
People and their choices attribute that value. Not snide people judging the decisions of others.
Tesla or anyone will sell you a golf cart. Most of the decision is personal style, categorically subjective.
Nearly all of the people I know don't buy new cars or lease. They're at least five or more years from ever seeing an EV because of used car affordability.
Case in point: the boots theory. The car they have is better than the one they could maybe get.
The 'self own' depends on the idea that one is selecting against their interests due to distaste for a given CEO.
First, who are they to say this? Something not objectively the best must be evaluated to find where it lands. Merits aren't universal, this falls to the individual. You did well to get to this point in your post.
Second, let's pause for a minute and think of how contrived this is. Outside of social media, how often does this happen? I get the feeling this is a distinctly Elon+Tesla problem. However, we can't completely separate the man from the companies.
The "boots theory" talks about how it costs more to be poor, many cheap boots instead of a more expensive pair. This tries to explain some counter-intuitive decisions people have to make.
In this light, maybe people rank their opinions over dubious features in an overpriced appliance.
Knowing it's a loose attempt, I'll try to say something equally silly: anyone wearing a belt clearly can't buy pants or is trying too hard to impress.
It's probably good you will be prepared to forgive and forget...for a car.
I believed their initial claims about what was then simply called "Autopilot", and I'm kind of mad at myself for doing so.
I'm also mad that FSD development has been switched to a new version of the autopilot hardware that my car doesn't have, and apparently can never be upgraded to.
The irony is, I would at least consider a new Tesla, were it not for Elon's antics and interference in US politics. While he's still there, I will never buy another Tesla, and I won't keep this one when the warranty runs out, at the end of this year.