Anything endorsed by Trump is a scam.
Now he needs to drive around in it while we all absolutely pray for the funniest thing in the world to happen.
he isn’t allowed to
He isn’t allowed to drive himself, but maybe FSD is a loophole?
if only it worked
This car was probably bought using US government money.
$90k is nothing for these people.
You have any clue how much Trump is stealing from tax payers? The dude is making a fortune off being president.
Ever wondered if this tariff yes tariff no spiel is just stock maipulation?
just for a second, now it’s canon
Hold on…this could be a good thing…
Hes not gonna drive it.
They’re shit cars. Let’s please stop pretending they aren’t. The build quality is abhorrent.
Yes, they had the cool factor for a while, and yes, I feel sorry for (some of) those who got caught up in something they didn’t want to be caught up in. But also, the writing has been on the wall a long time, and build quality issues have been public knowledge for about as long.
You get what you pay for.
You get what you pay for.
At $90K, no you most certainly don’t.
The majority of the cost is stupid tax
Do you have a source for that?
Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.
Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.
I think “stupid tax” is the more common verbiage, I’ve updated it
Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I had a coworker who bought a used one five years ago who said it was great having the first owner do all the repairs.
Most likely bought with taxpayer money.
Pay? Why would he pay? Does he ever pay for anything?
he sure as shit doesn’t pay for his crimes.
I gladly pay you tomorrow for a Tesla today.
Free scrap metal is free scrap metal
Hearing Trump talk about how the car has ‘computer’ (during the news conference) made me think back to a news event with George H.W. Bush in a supermarket, seeing a grocery barcode scanner for the first time.
Same kind of inquisitive and excited response from both of them.
Musk did some crazy brand management with Twitter, but the Tesla/Trump stuff has got to be unparalleled in the history of branding. He built a product that was an identity-broadcasting thing for liberals and then pulled a 180 and drove as hard as one could possibly imagine in the other direction.
Even if he had some idea of selling to conservatives, become the only EV manufacturer selling to that segment, he could have put out a different brand, which lots of manufacturers do, and mitigate losses to the original brand.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sale-big-losses-second-hand-value-plunge-elon-musk-2025-3
Tesla owners offloading their cars over Elon Musk backlash are in for a nasty surprise
-
Some Tesla owners are considering selling their cars as backlash against Elon Musk and DOGE grows.
-
They may have to take a serious haircut, with prices for used Teslas plummeting in recent years.
-
The average price of a pre-owned Tesla is now $30,000, nearly $10,000 less than a non-Tesla EV.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gaining-republicans-loses-traction-democrats-stifel/
Stifel’s Think Tank Group data has shown that Democrats’ net favorability of Tesla fell to -15% from 7% since February 2024, while Republicans’ rose to 27% from 11%. Democrats’ net purchase consideration for Tesla vehicles also dropped to -42% from -31% since Musk endorsed Trump in August, while Republicans’ improved to -13% from -26% in the same period, per Stifel.
“There is a clear negative shift from Democrats, while Republicans willingness to buy a Tesla is rising… This backlash has surfaced anecdotally and on social media (people placing bumper stickers on their Tesla’s claiming they love the car, but not Elon, and other variations),” the analyst noted.
I don’t give a crap how much I’ll get for it. I’m ruling out private sale because I don’t want to deal with nazis.
I’d rather crush it.
I do have a friend that does EV conversions on cargo vans. Could be useful for that.
Car brand history has a lot in store if youre interested. You can basically start at Volkswagen for the obvious, mitsubishi is a story too, hell even Ford but that has some anachronisms we have to kind of ignore.
At least denazification worked on Henry Ford. Someone showed him footage of the death camps and being confronted with the reality of it gave him a stroke that almost killed him, and which contributed to the cerebral hemorrhage that did kill him.
-
If this were a movie, (that I was writing) The car would glitch and lock Dumpster inside, then burst into flames. He would push the panic button, then look through the smoky windows at fElon laughing demonically, while Dumpster lights-outs coughing and railing against the betrayal, and injustice of it all.
Fade to black. Cough
Pushing the panic button would be cross-wired to make the fart noise.
Post credits scene will be fElon taking a seat behind the desk in the oval office.
Which suddenly also burst into flames and cut to black almost immediately.
Which fades into POV held tied in a carriage with a blond man telling you you’ve been trying to cross the borders…
No seriously please get this script hammered out and get an animator
I doubt if he paid for it, or if it’ll ever be driven.
All good. It can totally drive itself.
Tesla has a chance to do something funny here.
And he doesn’t even drive…
doesn’t even drive
It’s more than that. Legally, he’s not even allowed to drive.
Edit: might not be technically illegal, but disallowed by secret service.
I think disallowed only out in the public. I think I read that theyre allowed to drive on the whitehouse property, and maybe private institutions like race tracks? I dont recall the specifics
Proving, once again, what complete fucking idiot he is! <car catches fire behind him >
