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pyify commented on Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup thedrive.com/tech/27400/t... · Posted by u/Pharmakon

linuxftw · 7 years ago

I believe it was an outright lie, an effort to solicit deposits and lure people into a bait-and-switch of higher priced models. All evidence to date suggests I'm right. Of course, they're never going to come out and say 'we fooled you' but I don't know what level of evidence people need before they reach the conclusion for themselves.

pyify · 7 years ago

"All evidence to date suggests I'm right".

Can you give us some examples of all of this evidence?

pyify commented on Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup thedrive.com/tech/27400/t... · Posted by u/Pharmakon

philwelch · 7 years ago

Tesla’s self-driving promises are reaching Theranos levels of sheer implausibility. The frustrating part is that they don’t need to make these absurd claims about self-driving; they already have a successful electric car business.

pyify · 7 years ago

Except that they actually have a limited form of self-driving, which has proven successful over millions of miles of driving?

Comparing something to Theranos only works if that something doesn't have a working product. You can see that Tesla's autopilot works. It isn't perfect yet but it is a real thing.

pyify commented on Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup thedrive.com/tech/27400/t... · Posted by u/Pharmakon

kristianc · 7 years ago

Ah, another Tesla announcement that's backtracked after a couple of weeks.

Purely as an outsider looking in it seems like there's a lot of caveat emptor about buying a Tesla: wait times seem apt to increase, models seem like they'll be arbitrarily subject to conditions, and random conditions seem to get attached about which models can and can't use chargers.

There also seems a high likelihood of waiting a long time and paying $2,500 deposit for something which never arrives. And if you do get stiffed, there seems to be an attitude of 'it's your fault' (usually for not spending even more money with Tesla).

Not the kind of consistency I'd want when making an investment in a car, to be honest.

pyify · 7 years ago

If you were buying a car, would you not judge it by its merits, such as its handling abilities, safety, fuel costs, pollution, and ability to get you from A to B? That is the kind of consistency which most people look for when buying a car.