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b_b · 4091 days ago · link · · parent · post: Elon Musk vs. The Times: Why This Can't End Well for Tesla

I don't know. If you go to LA, you regularly see young women (who obviously can be car enthusiasts, but are also generally not know to be very knowledgeable owners; sorry to be a sexist pig, but like I said, I've seen a lot of unnecessary failures) driving cars like the M6 or the RS5, cars that are similar in price range and performance. Style is the most important thing to many consumers. For this class of cars you will always have the buyers that love them to death, but that's not who the idiot proof features are designed for.

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dublinben · 4090 days ago · link ·

As you've said, those people are driving conventional petrol cars, not the Tesla. I have a hard time seeing anyone with the early adopter mindset buying a Tesla, and operating it as poorly as the NYT author.

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b_b · 4090 days ago · link ·

Yeah, but still, maybe NYT is unwittingly doing them a favor by showing what people will do if a Tesla gets to be a status symbol and not a hobby car. As soon as you attract the masses, you are attracting idiots.

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dublinben · 4090 days ago · link ·

That's a good point. I don't think it's possible to build an idiot-proof car.