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Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by raw_anon_1111 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @12:04AM (#47373229)
Not even Tesla fans claim that Tesla is reliable.

https://www.motor1.com/news/781164/tesla-used-car-reliabilit...

For a year when we were doing the digital nomad thing, my wife and I didn’t own a car and we rented plenty of EVs. Tesla was by far our least favorite. Not having CarPlay alone is dealbreaker

Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by chanux on Saturday March 14, 2026 @01:01AM (#47373523)
Maybe it's up to taste. Maybe the QC fell badly after some time.
Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by throwawaypath on Saturday March 14, 2026 @03:47AM (#47374291)
CR notes, though, that Tesla has improved, with its latest models demonstrating "better-than-average reliability." It’s now in the top 10 of the publication’s new car predictability rankings—just avoid those older models.

That said, it's not all bad news for Tesla on the reliability front. According to Consumer Reports, Tesla ranks ninth in new-car reliability with a predicted reliability of 50. That's just behind Buick (51) and Acura (54), but ahead of Kia (49) and Ford (48), as well as luxury rivals like Audi (44), Volvo (42), and Cadillac (41).

You were so blinded by Elon Derangement Syndrome that you didn't even bother reading your own source.

Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by throwaway77385 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @05:20AM (#47374835)
Two thoughts come to mind: First, looking at the data is always a good idea. Thank you for adding that information and correcting the record.

Second, it may be counter-productive to label any criticisms of a person as [person] Derangement Syndrome.

Elon is an objectively awful, awful human being and one could only be called deranged for finding any redeeming qualities in him.

The 'Derangement Syndrome' trope is a cheap tactic to try to shift derangement from the actually deranged person to the people pointing it out.

Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by raw_anon_1111 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @06:33AM (#47375227)
When we were comparing EVs it was well before Musk went full DOGE.

And you did see the part about the lack of CarPlay being an automatic disqualifier for me didn’t you? What does that have do do with Musk?

Oh and another citation

https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/new-study-ranks-tesla-as-t...

Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by lenkite on Saturday March 14, 2026 @02:39PM (#47379714)
It is well known that Tesla went cheapo (in quality) after a while as Elon got greedier
Re:Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effor... by omgwtfbyobbq on Saturday March 14, 2026 @08:55PM (#47383095)
As an anecdote, the two I've had are fairly reliable. The older one did have more issues (4+ in warranty?, 3 out of warranty), but they've all been small/manageable so far.