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Why I won't buy a Tesla Model 3

Discussion in 'Tesla' started by 4rpr15, Apr 1, 2016.

  1. 4rpr15

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    Go to a Tesla forum then. Whatcha even doing here? lol
     
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    After enough of these articles, it becomes really clear that business magazines write a lot about Tesla because readers want to read about Tesla (I do.) The really mystifying thing for most writers is why Tesla has such a strong following. The reason I like to follow is because an engineer is directing the strategy for the company instead of a veteran industry business mastermind.
     
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    that's exactly right. Knowing that, many writers like to concoct drama. Drama sells advertising. Best Tesla example, stock drops 1 to 2%, & the web journalist thinks, "maybe that represent the end if tesla ....& so maybe it'll look like I was the one that broke the story!! .... so maybe Turner Broadcasting will hire me for forcasting the "end of tesla" ! ... that way I'll have a real job instead of just writing these web rags for internet blog drama queens" .
    The only news that's appreciated by our society is bad news .... even if it has to be made up.
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    Why is the Tesla shorter/Debbie downer not knocking Toyota's abject failure of a hydrogen experiment?
     
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    Not enough false statements involved in making an argument against the hydrogen experiment.
     
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    its really enough to simply counter all the (trying to find a kind way to say this) .... er ..... shall we say, 'exageration'? .... that their lobby continues to lob. Let's leave it at that.
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    I like these reports. They go like this:

    Headlines: Teslamotors Bankruptcy Tomorrow!!!!!

    What is in report: Tesla made 1.6 Billion instead of the 1.61 Billion demanded by Wall Street. What an underperforming company.
     
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    shows the sorry state of wall street. crash and burn bounces off of them like the teflon don/ron.
     
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    Zero Hedge is a doom and gloom site. We should all have been paupers rioting in the street YEARS ago (we may all still be yet, since all the doomers and gloomers do is move the clock forward to some future date as the day of reckoning).
     
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    the good news is, we anticipated this.:cool:
     
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    Man...... this article sure speaks the truth.
     
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    4rpr15 ... poor slob ... you gotta admire his tenacity. Each time he tries & tries to find an article about Tesla failing ... (500k orders) he just can't grasp the positive side. Oh well, for some the glass will never be more than half empty. Kind of like the person that enjoys setting off a cherry bomb. Always looking for a reaction ... time for a group hug

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    At least you have something good to read tonight. Lol
     
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    who is this cars technica guy? 14 pages of google, and not one objective website.
     
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    Oh man you really have hate towards him, he does what nobody else could do. I feel like reading people saying global warming is just conspiracy, but we are on Prius chat aren't we ?
     
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    Telsa dont loose money.......they invest it all back to grow and buy asset, and there only problem if you could call it a problem is to have to many order....Ahh and Musk also have another problem people stupidity not to long ago you could be torture to think earth was not flat
    hard for simple mind to understand a visionary........
     
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    Arse Technica has a history of poo-pooing Tesla. No need to even acknowledge the clickbait. Break a cylinder, 4rpr.
     
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    No free Model 3 supercharging.

    Elon Musk On Why Supercharging Won't Be Free For Model 3

    That is actually good news. It was never going to actually be "free" anyway. The more interesting comment is how Model S supercharger (self)abuse is noted by Musk and Straubel. a good lesson on how "free" often creates more problems than solutions.
     
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