As some of you may remember, the evening after my test drive at the LA get amped event, I posted a glowing review of the Model S on another forum. This particular forum is a firearms enthusiast forum, and is made up of people who generally hard right-wing politically, think global warming is a scam, hate the government loaning money to green companies, and have the EV tax credits. Most importantly, they love their ICE vehicles almost as much as they love their firearms (for the record, I fit in very well with this group, with the exception of the ICE vehicle part)
As you can imagine, my initial thread was met with lots of pretty vocal critics of Tesla, and of EV's in general. For those who read that thread, you know how heated it got at times. At that time, I would guess that maybee only 10% of the members of that forum were open to the idea of owning an EV.
What a difference a year makes.
In the past week, there have been 3-4 threads created by other users on that forum about the Model S. Now, instead of harsh criticism, the general attitude on this forum is of great interest in the vehicle. The numbers have changed from 90% thinking that only a left wing, tree hugging, Obama loving, gun grabbing Marxist would want a Model S, to 90% of the forum admitting that it is an awesome car, and that they would love to have one themselves.
By making an incredible product, Tesla has started to win over hearts and minds. If the group of people who frequent this gun forum can be convinced, anyone can. This whole electric car thing might end up being bigger than any of us realize.
No real point to this thread, I just though I would share with the crew here a small piece of anecdotal evidence that shows that we are making real progress.
As you can imagine, my initial thread was met with lots of pretty vocal critics of Tesla, and of EV's in general. For those who read that thread, you know how heated it got at times. At that time, I would guess that maybee only 10% of the members of that forum were open to the idea of owning an EV.
What a difference a year makes.
In the past week, there have been 3-4 threads created by other users on that forum about the Model S. Now, instead of harsh criticism, the general attitude on this forum is of great interest in the vehicle. The numbers have changed from 90% thinking that only a left wing, tree hugging, Obama loving, gun grabbing Marxist would want a Model S, to 90% of the forum admitting that it is an awesome car, and that they would love to have one themselves.
By making an incredible product, Tesla has started to win over hearts and minds. If the group of people who frequent this gun forum can be convinced, anyone can. This whole electric car thing might end up being bigger than any of us realize.
No real point to this thread, I just though I would share with the crew here a small piece of anecdotal evidence that shows that we are making real progress.
