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But I don't think you can be let off that easy. You seem to have come up with some way to technically admit you are in the wrong without really confronting it. What is "totally cool" supposed to mean? Does being "totally cool" with something mean it is moral, or does it just mean you don't feel angry about it? Why would you defend a decision based on whether or not it makes you "feel bad"? These words are weaselly. They dismiss the moral element of your actions without really addressing it.
If you're in the right, prove it. If you're in the wrong, admit it.
Tesla's habit of shoehorning gadgets where they aren't needed isn't the cause of its horrid quality control, though. Pointless electronics wouldn't cause peeling paint or a leaky roof.
The only advantage SUVs offer in safety is that they're likely to flatten the other car in a crash. The characteristics of an SUV make safety worse—they handle badly, tend to roll, and their design is unsafe to pedestrians or cyclists—so buying an SUV makes the roads as a whole less safe. It's a negative-sum arms race.
SUVs have atrocious visibility, and this has its cost in blood. They are so high off the ground it's impossible to see what is near to the vehicle. Thousands of children are injured every year from drivers not seeing them over the hood. Hundreds are killed. This kind of incident has a name: the frontover.
SUVs are a major cause of poor visibility. The need to see over other cars mainly exists because cars are so stupidly tall. Buying an SUV to see over other SUVs is another negative-sum arms race.