Tesla moments

[PRLM3]

My brother (retired from real work) drives new/off lease/slightly used vehicles to/from auctions/dealer lots for a chap in the Toronto area.

Yesterday when my brother showed up at his bosses compound, “It looked like Tesla central”.

When he asked his boss what the story was, the reply was “We are getting into EVs now”.

The long and the short of it: there were “two brand new Model Ys that (his boss) bought from (?) and they are being sold to a Chrysler dealership in Toronto that wants new Tesla’s on the lot.”

We live in interesting times.

LOL true that. While FSD progress may have slowed considerably, there's still no doubt that demand for these cars is through the roof, even accounting for supply/demand disruptions in general.

 

[Electroman]

FSD progress has slowed considerably? Huh?

 

[mbp11]

My girlfriend and I drove over to the California coast Half Moon Bay in November with my girlfriend's beagle mix, and we usually stop at an Italian bakery in San Mateo for a dessert to go with our picnic lunch. My job is to walk the dog while she goes into the bakery. I opened the FWD to get the dog out and the door did not go up all of the way. Backing out with the dog in my arms, I whacked my head on the door. A couple driving past in their ICE car stopped to admire the doors and observed my collision, and I turned around, smiled as I ducked and remarked "I have a funny car!" We all laughed and they remarked "yes, you do!"

 

[evp]

FSD progress has slowed considerably? Huh?

Yeah, in the sense that Elon has said they'd have full FSD by the end of the year for, oh, the last three years or so.

 

[HankLloydRight]

A friend of mine was considering a used Model S. The following is part of our text conversation.

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[bareyb]

Lol.

 

[wdolson]

Had a slightly sad Tesla Moment yesterday. I was at the supermarket and while loading the car to leave I noticed a Model 3 pull in with a lighted badge on the back. I thought it interesting and approached the driver while putting my cart away and asked if it was aftermarket. I noticed the car had a paper plate from a BMW dealer, so it was probably bought used. She said she didn't have a clue about it.

The good news and the bad news is Tesla is going mainstream.

 

[Kvitravn]

Ran a training session for a bunch of particularly competitive drivers at our all-electric gokart track sunday morning. They leave, I finsh up and go to parking lot to find pretty much everyone drives a Tesla, and they're looking over mine. It looks pretty low beside a standard LR on 18"s.

"You like those electric gokarts, huh?"