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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by orwin on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @04:50AM (#42244119)
People who have 100k to burn on a car are middle-class? What's the median yearly income in the US? 90k?
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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by atwrk on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:28AM (#42244400)
Even less, the median household income is 80k: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-28...
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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by dagw on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:34AM (#42244431)
You can apparently lease a Cybertruck starting at $1000/month. That is definitely within range for someone on a 90k income, even if it is isn't the most financially smart thing you can do.
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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by siva7 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:59AM (#42247405)
What? More like 190k income needed to even get a quote
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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by FireBeyond on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:39AM (#42246673)
Was it MKBHD who made some weird claim that he spoke to a bunch of people, "most of whom thought the cyber truck was closer to $1M and were amazed to hear it was more like $100K"?

I have NEVER heard that. It makes zero sense and sounds more like the fever dream of a Teslarati: "Wow, I know the median home price in my area is $500K, and the median household income $80K, but all of a sudden there is this explosion of million dollar Teslas on the road!"

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Re:Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent o... by jart on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:54PM (#42360948)
The middle class is the bourgeoisie, not the 50th percentile.
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