• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    They’re shit cars. Let’s please stop pretending they aren’t. The build quality is abhorrent.

    Yes, they had the cool factor for a while, and yes, I feel sorry for (some of) those who got caught up in something they didn’t want to be caught up in. But also, the writing has been on the wall a long time, and build quality issues have been public knowledge for about as long.

    You get what you pay for.

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      You get what you pay for.

      At $90K, no you most certainly don’t.

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          Do you have a source for that?

          Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.

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            Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.

            I think “stupid tax” is the more common verbiage, I’ve updated it

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              22 hours ago

              Personally I think “idiot tax” works better.

              “Stupid” and “dumb” being adjectives that could also be describing the tax itself, rather than the person paying it, is ambiguous. But “idiot tax” clearly says, to me anyway, “a tax on idiots.”

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              Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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      My buddy found blue painter’s tape where there was supposed to be wire conduit and screws when he lifted up the carpet on his. You may note that blue painter’s tape is intentionally designed to be temporary and dissolve away after a few weeks, which is much less than the expected lifespan of AN ENTIRE FUCKING CAR.