steve841
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Guess Im the conundrum ..... I drive a GMC 2500HD Diesel, Im right wing economic conservative with a libertarian lean .... and I own a Model S.
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Guess Im the conundrum ..... I drive a GMC 2500HD Diesel, Im right wing economic conservative with a libertarian lean .... and I own a Model S.
Much easier for me. I'm a bleeding heart liberal who owns a gun.
It seems Tesla fans and owners are not so easily stereotyped.
shoot me the bird...Unfortunately this has prompted me to start carrying my firearm for protection.
my first assumption
If you drive anything that isn't either a big truck or a plain econobox, there will be those who assuage their insecurity by venting on you for your choice of vehicle.
Speaking of making far fetched assumptions… :wink:…/shoot me the bird.
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Unfortunately this has prompted me to start carrying my firearm for protection. /…
What the heck? Was he frothing at the mouth or something? What if he'd said F you or whatever--then is it shooting time? Gah, crazy escalation here, sorry.
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Lots of assumptions--
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But wow, I gotta say: Either you live in a very scary area, or you shouldn't own a gun. :scared: ;-) /...
Next time just stick your head out and yell, "I know, right? My truck's in the shop and this is all they had to loan me." Or buy a bumper sticker that says, 'My other vehicle is a pickup' or some such. Maybe just put a gun rack in your S? :smile: In the end, it's not like he's got anything that can catch you. :wink:
I had a guy in a parking lot tell me I'm a drone and an Obama-sympathizer for driving an electric car.
At this point I put my purse in the frunk, then dust off my best robot dance moves. In a staccato voice I start repeating over and over again; 'Danger, Barack Obama, Danger!'
I've never encountered any hostility. Quite the opposite. In fact, my favorite encounter was this summer when driving down in southern Washington a long line of Harley's drove up along side me and the guy in the lead took a long look backwards and gave me the biggest grin and thumbs up I've ever seen. And my license plate even says "EV" in it, for crying out loud! He loved it, and by his position as alpha dog in the pack so must everyone else riding with him.
I think we're still in the early days of shifting opinion on what an EV can mean, and there's no better way to do that than with a Tesla.
Oh stop. We know you do random stuff like this all the time for no reason. Quit pretending you only do it in response to idiots.
Thank goodness we are not all male green software engineers married to women who love cars. Now, I'd be happy to be that guy, but our strength here is that we see tesla through different eyes and, yet, this car has so many strong suites it's thrills us all. The green. The fast. The safety conscious. The tech geek. The stylish (opinion!). May it remain a little hard to pin us all. And, as we head out into the roads, may we all recognize how ridiculously lucky we are to be driving this car that so many would wish to own, and show a little extra patience on the road, leave a little more time for that car in front of you to turn, little slower to anger, little less nasty when angered, a little less hasty with the hand gun .
Yes. No. Not to profile (although I guess I must) but these behaviors are rather common amongst those driving such vehicles - which in many cases they are driving in attempt to express their views, which are often counter what they perceive as the views of EV owners.
(Greg - from Beaverton, OR)
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Be sure not to profile, as I've passed a guy on the freeway (we were doing about 70) in a big Ford quad cab 350, he rolled down his window, smiled and give me a thumbs up as I went by.
Thank goodness we are not all male green software engineers married to women who love cars. Now, I'd be happy to be that guy, but our strength here is that we see tesla through different eyes and, yet, this car has so many strong suites it's thrills us all. The green. The fast. The safety conscious. The tech geek. The stylish (opinion!). May it remain a little hard to pin us all. And, as we head out into the roads, may we all recognize how ridiculously lucky we are to be driving this car that so many would wish to own, and show a little extra patience on the road, leave a little more time for that car in front of you to turn, little slower to anger, little less nasty when angered, a little less hasty with the hand gun .
Thank goodness we are not all male green software engineers married to women who love cars. Now, I'd be happy to be that guy, but our strength here is that we see tesla through different eyes and, yet, this car has so many strong suites it's thrills us all. The green. The fast. The safety conscious. The tech geek. The stylish (opinion!). May it remain a little hard to pin us all. And, as we head out into the roads, may we all recognize how ridiculously lucky we are to be driving this car that so many would wish to own, and show a little extra patience on the road, leave a little more time for that car in front of you to turn, little slower to anger, little less nasty when angered, a little less hasty with the hand gun .