Tesla - why don’t I want one?
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I must have owned well over 50 cars, slips on wheels like old Toyota Carina’s and Fiat UNO’s, to Porsche 94; Turbo and 105 series Alfa’s. These days I am really in to 80’s 90’s JDM, but also appreciate cars of all styles and vinstages.
But if you gave me a Tesla, I would sell it immediately, no desire to drive or own.
Don’t really understand why I am so averse, any Pistonhead auto-psychologists that can shed some light on why?
But if you gave me a Tesla, I would sell it immediately, no desire to drive or own.
Don’t really understand why I am so averse, any Pistonhead auto-psychologists that can shed some light on why?
Great discussion, I really don't have anything against the people who like or own Tesla's. As people have mentioned their supercharging network is great, and I do respect the spec and what they have accomplished.
I haven't owned an electric car 'yet' but would certainly bite anyone's handoff who offered me a Taycan. Or as some posters suggested a Honda E, give that car a few years and a decent range and I may well be up the dealership.
Some comments here discussing Apple are interesting, I think I do associate an image with Tesla and their owners, and it may well be just out right prejudice, but I cant help thinking that before they picked up their Tesla, they were queuing outside the Apple store at 4am so they could be the first to get the new iphone. Maybe the closest car analogy are the fanboys of one particular brand (usually German) who state as a fact that the particular model they run is unequivocally better than any other car in the market, no matter what the situation. I guess I am also the last person who would go in to a dealership and order a new 5 series BMW, so maybe a lot of my prejudice is around buying brand new cars of the premium variety. Never made sense to me.
I apologize to any tesla owners if I cause offence, I have only been in tesla's when drive by Uber drivers, and the cars were pleasant enough, but always felt self conscious even as a passenger. So its interesting to hear from both sides of the aisle.
I haven't owned an electric car 'yet' but would certainly bite anyone's handoff who offered me a Taycan. Or as some posters suggested a Honda E, give that car a few years and a decent range and I may well be up the dealership.
Some comments here discussing Apple are interesting, I think I do associate an image with Tesla and their owners, and it may well be just out right prejudice, but I cant help thinking that before they picked up their Tesla, they were queuing outside the Apple store at 4am so they could be the first to get the new iphone. Maybe the closest car analogy are the fanboys of one particular brand (usually German) who state as a fact that the particular model they run is unequivocally better than any other car in the market, no matter what the situation. I guess I am also the last person who would go in to a dealership and order a new 5 series BMW, so maybe a lot of my prejudice is around buying brand new cars of the premium variety. Never made sense to me.
I apologize to any tesla owners if I cause offence, I have only been in tesla's when drive by Uber drivers, and the cars were pleasant enough, but always felt self conscious even as a passenger. So its interesting to hear from both sides of the aisle.
I have bought 2 cars from new. A 1990 Mini Cooper, and a 1995 Peugeot 106xn, the latter because I couldn't get insurance because of all the points I had picked up before I was 25 and they were giving low finance and free insurance :-)
I have had nearly new cars, a W211 Merc estate, a BMX X5 F15 Xdrive 35i, which were both amazing cars. Will probably be buying a 1 year old 7 seat Mazda CX-8 as the family car soon, so at least 3 of my 50+ cars were not old bangers, but at least 40 of them were !
I have had nearly new cars, a W211 Merc estate, a BMX X5 F15 Xdrive 35i, which were both amazing cars. Will probably be buying a 1 year old 7 seat Mazda CX-8 as the family car soon, so at least 3 of my 50+ cars were not old bangers, but at least 40 of them were !
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Can I just ask, do you really consider a 73 Alfa Guilia coupe, 1600 GT Junior or a Porsche 944 Turbo, old bangers?
I once had a new girlfriend, turned up to her house to take her for a drive in my Alfa (dream car since a kid) it was white, bakerlite steering wheel, beautiful twincam engine, vinyl seats, drove like nothing I had ever experienced, and she turned her nose up and said "Is this your old banger?"
Maybe this is where the image I have of Tesla drivers comes from, but I think there are probably some Tesla owners that love cars that aren't brand new and don't call classic Italian sports cars 'old bangers'.
Have you ever bought or owned a classic car?
Can I just ask, do you really consider a 73 Alfa Guilia coupe, 1600 GT Junior or a Porsche 944 Turbo, old bangers?
I once had a new girlfriend, turned up to her house to take her for a drive in my Alfa (dream car since a kid) it was white, bakerlite steering wheel, beautiful twincam engine, vinyl seats, drove like nothing I had ever experienced, and she turned her nose up and said "Is this your old banger?"
Maybe this is where the image I have of Tesla drivers comes from, but I think there are probably some Tesla owners that love cars that aren't brand new and don't call classic Italian sports cars 'old bangers'.
Have you ever bought or owned a classic car?
I think JohnnyMiller and others hit a good point.
You have to admire Tesla tech, and I think buying a Tesla is more about the tech than the car. I guess for me it’s more about the classical automotive manufacturing that I am addicted to, and tech I have limited interest in
Small cars seem to me to be more a interesting platform for EV’s, a bit like having an electric scooter but a petrol motorbike
You have to admire Tesla tech, and I think buying a Tesla is more about the tech than the car. I guess for me it’s more about the classical automotive manufacturing that I am addicted to, and tech I have limited interest in
Small cars seem to me to be more a interesting platform for EV’s, a bit like having an electric scooter but a petrol motorbike
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