In fairness, most of the people on the thread either politely begged off of going, or were openly opposed to the idea.
I feel bad for Karma owners. I gave someone from work a test ride today and he was asking me how I "knew" four years ago when I put down my reservation that the car would be so great. The truth is that I really didn't "know", but what Tesla (and Elon) were saying about the Model S and their long term plans for the company made complete sense to me, and their track record with the Roadster gave me confidence that they could pull it off. My wife still can't believe my original deposit didn't go down the drain (she was convinced that I'd never get the car), and I have to remind myself frequently how fortunate I am to have ridden the "correct" horse in this race.
Still, I'm sure there were a thousand times that things could have gone sideways (or worse) for Tesla in designing and building the Model S, and Tesla could have ended up where Fisker is now. I really wish that Fisker had been successful -- we need as many EVs (plug-in hybrids or pure BEVs) as possible on the road, especially good looking ones. I don't like to hear that anyone with a Model S is acting condescending towards Karma owners. There but for the grace of G-d go us!