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Great sales tactic. "Hey Jeb, activate self driving on the car, I'm going to let them test drive while active, show it to them then later after they sign the deal we can take it back off".
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/s...ss-cancer.html It reminds me when 5G cellular data services first started to crop up. From the article above , Dr. Curry made claims that the new radio frequency would basically alter genetic chromosomes and silently kill off humanity. His calculations were spot on, except he forgot to identify the shielding effects of human skin, which nulls out his claim of global destruction. That didn't stop more media coverage from blasting 5G "it's not safe!". I'm sure the SAR ratings will be much higher than before, just means we can't swallow our cellphones anymore. So, the loudest guy in the room is the one that gets heard the clearest. That's what happened with the media coverage for the 2016 election. |
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In the end, once they sign the car over to me, it is mine, and I should have the right to accept or reject any modifications from the manufacturer. Even with recalls you have that option unless legally mandated for registration (see valve spring discussion). I will not purchase a car from a manufacturer that doesn't agree with that right.
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"Alec bought a 2017 Tesla Model S on December 20 of last year, from a third-party dealer who bought the car directly from Tesla via auction on November 15, 2019. The car was sold at auction as a result of a California Lemon Law buyback, as the car suffered from a well-known issue where the center-stack screen developed a noticeable yellow border." Breaking it down, the car was "bought back" through the lemon law. Ehh, this is pretty shady. The car IS optioned with those two features totaling $8,000. I was trying to think "well, maybe these are options that can be added" and then I read the next option "Red multi-coat paint," which can't just be removed LOL. This VIN is basically permanent proof that these options belonged to the car since day 1, so any doubt of payment or non-payment is forfeited when the car goes to auction. After that, traceability shouldn't really matter. If they are "watching" what options I have or don't have well after the first ownership, maybe they're spying on me whenever they want to turn on the camera... I won't be buying from that company any time soon either. |
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this is one of those situations where it seems all the information is right in front of me, but my gut says some sort of information is still missing that explains all of this...
even john deere isn't this shady.. they at least went about it through legal means...
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so the same quote came up. though the commentor has the different perspective that tesla enabled the features as a "this is what you could have", and then they were supposed to be disabled once the vehicle was sold. difference is the 3rd-party dealer misunderstood the length of activation, added it as a feature on the paperwork, and now the customer believes they had a 'feature' taken away, when it was really just the automotive equivalent of bloatware/trialware.
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There is definitely customization potentially.
Some food for thought. It appears the Cybertruck polls well: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tes...s-respect/amp/
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22 people? that's not a study! that's a few blokes at a bar...
even disasters like me can find 22 other people to agree with
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Yeah, I would’t hang my hat on this “study” either, so take it for what it is.
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the people i've talked to, it seems most suv owners are most interested in it. the working class guy's i know that already have trucks, go camping, hunting, etc., have stated that they've got no interest in it..
to me, that makes sense. it's more of an suv with a bed than a truck.
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lol, I'd love to see what they anchor down to... Probably held in by double sided tape.
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"Cybertruck Building Support with Construction Pros" "Intent to buy was higher than we expected, with 5 of the 22 intending to purchase a Cybertruck in the next 5 years." BUUUUT " only 4 of 22 could name the truck." What? How did that happen? "We entered the conversations expecting to hear clear concerns about EV’s shortcomings. Instead, 10 of the 22 said their next truck will be electric, 4 undecided, and 8 expecting to stay with an internal combination. In other words, two-thirds of construction pros are positive or neutral on EV’s." ~ There's your title right there. If these "construction pros" can't identify the cybertruck then I doubt they could identify the Atlis, Neuron, Rivian, or Lordstown EV trucks either.
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