Elon Musk

its wild in an era of crazy good interiors theyre getting away with that shit

I got angrily beeped at and a "WHAT THE FUCK DUDE" from a Tesla driver yesterday because I had the audacity to pull over to the side of the road with my blinkers on to pick up my son after school. There was a whole open lane right next to me for the guy to drive around, but I know what happened: He started gunning the accelerator straight out of a stop sign and was probably not even actually watching the car in front of him until he almost rear-ended me. What the fuck yrself dude.

you had the audacity not to conform to his expectation of what you ought to be doing

The Tesla has definitely replaced the Bimmer as the asshole driver's car of choice.

yea I've probably mentioned this before but it's pretty wild how terrible Tesla interiors are and how little thought is given to the experience of anyone outside of the person driving the car. it's given the same degree of care as the fake staging furniture you see at WG&R.

I got angrily beeped at and a "WHAT THE FUCK DUDE" from a Tesla driver yesterday

Maybe that car beeped at you on its own, and the shocked/embarrassed driver was yelling at the car?

The Tesla has definitely replaced the Bimmer as the asshole driver's car of choice.

it ought to have done by now, but roadie (cyclists) chatter here is still nope, not yet.

gonna be hard to pass bmw cause of the whole drivers car aspect they have

So far I only know one Tesla owner that has gotten rid of their Tesla. Actually, two! One before Musk showed his true colors, the other after. Musk aside, neither had any love for the car, and simply upgraded to a more luxury vehicle from another more commonly lux maker.

it really is too bad about Beamers, I drove a rental one for a week and I absolutely understood why someone would want that car

id still drive one idc

wish they were still sending us wagons tho

everyone with a BMW should resemble James Spader

id still drive one idc

i've got a nephew in law who advised me with reassuring self-mocking eye-rolls "seriously, i've never had or driven anything but a bmw since i was a kid, and i don't plan to change that." i shrugged and said "also seriously, you seem way too cool a person to say that, but at least the cars are pretty nice."

he should mix it up, get an audi

my friend who kept buying interesting yet fatally flawed cars has a bmw in the back yard or large garage the previous homeowner installed. just a guy who can’t help but buy deals and can’t have things fixed. thankfully he doesn’t seem the type to acquire a Tesla that’ll spontaneously combust

the bmw was from a bad lemon year, I think the transmission was what killed it but I think three of the four windows wouldn’t roll down right

New BMWs are pretty uggo IMO, I still long for an E30 325is coupe. Late '80s 3-series and 5-series BMWs were some of the best looking cars ever, sharp lines without being too much of a boring commuter car.

One era-appropriate Blaupunkt upgrade and I'd have to start buying CDs again.

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everyone with a BMW should resemble James Spader

Everyone with a Tesla, James Woods

yeah older bmws were so much better the tasteful sedan that secretly rips was such sick concept, the new ones look like they rip and arent tasteful, some of the new ones are cool but they really abandoned their whole scheme, they had a good thing going

FWIW, my daughter, who drives a tow truck, says you would have to pay her to drive a European car, any European car. I trust her assessment, she deals with breakdowns and wrecks all day every day.

I've never asked her what she thinks of Tesla, but I assume she'd laugh.

european cars are def not as reliable, but neither are american cars or korean cars, basically japanese cars are just too good, the thing about european cars is that the repairs are more expensive, safety wise i dont think theres a huge difference, unless you take into consideration bmw driver behavior haha

For sure, Japanese cars are her jam, especially Lexus.

yeah lexus is the sweet spot if you want a nice and reliable car, some of them are even a lil fun 2 drive

FWIW, my daughter, who drives a tow truck, says you would have to pay her to drive a European car, any European car. I trust her assessment, she deals with breakdowns and wrecks all day every day.

I've never asked her what she thinks of Tesla, but I assume she'd laugh.

Good question, I'd have to ask.

I have rented a BMW 228i and an Audi A6 on more than one occasion, no question they are fun to drive.

a friend has an s3 that i wish to own and zip around in, amazing lil city car

bmw 2 series is cool too

I used to own a Dodge Challenger RT. That was a thrilling car to drive, but the thrill faded after a while.

sick

i had a audi a6 wagon rental in the UK and it was easily the nicest family car i've ever been in. unbelievably comfortable. i assume ownership is a nightmare.

My 2011 A4 had 120k and never had an issue (other than having to add oil once in a blue moon) until I got rear ended on the LIE by a giant Dodge Ram pickup and it was totaled.

if you got a new or low milage audi et al im sure it would run perfectly for years, cars generally are so good now, its more when you get over 100k that the reliable cars start to separate themselves, tho normal maintenance will always be more in a german car than in a toyota, and obvs all that affects the resale value too, tho if you really just want the nice car with no worries you can always lease too

My 2011 A4 had 120k and never had an issue

― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, December 21, 2023 11:56 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

that four cylinder was known as being particularly reliable, i had a 2012 with no issues that my dad wreck at similar milage

no wait im tripping i had the 2002

FWIW, my daughter, who drives a tow truck, says you would have to pay her to drive a European car, any European car. I trust her assessment, she deals with breakdowns and wrecks all day every day.

what you're looking for when renting is different, but fwiw i always choose anything but an american car when renting. impossible to overstate how unpleasant a jeep or whatever is compared to the worst possible nissan SUV.

if we keep this up for another coupe of weeks maybe we can make elon musk disappear

Pouring one out for my 1975 530i. It already had 150K miles on it when I bought it for a dollar in 1991 and never complained when I added another 100K miles on it over the next 7 years. Replaced it with a used '86 535i which was a better car in all respects but less fun.

Over the year a couple of free level 2 chargers have opened up nearby and without fail, it's always the Teslas who hog them up all night - never moving them even after they've been sitting at 100% for hours.

I might change my mind about the existence of God if Elon got run over by an autonomous Cybertruck.

I would be a believer if Elon was incinerated to death in a burning Cybertruck that auto-locked the doors.

"I'm sorry, I can't do that Elon"

*crispiness intensifies*

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One era-appropriate Blaupunkt upgrade and I'd have to start buying CDs again.

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― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, December 21, 2023 2:40 AM (seventeen hours ago)

naturally theres a company that specializes in 80s/90s euro car stereos but with modern bells and whistles

https://www.retromanufacturing.com/collections/bmw

says you would have to pay her to drive a European car, any European car

I feel like we only see a fraction of euro models on this side of the pond... they have so many nifty little cars that are never imported to the U.S. (Skoda? Renault?) but are extremely common over there, and the newer models seem to be decent quality. We only get the luxury models (and a few Jettas etc. which are probably built in Tennessee)

Example: Will the new MG electric make it over here? Doubtful

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How often is it something like conflicting safety standards or whatever that keeps certain cars or brands from US shores? That's what I always figure. Like, in Italy an airbag's minimum inflation is something something PSI, but in America it's a different number, so the cars don't pass muster, something like that.

yup thats basically it

Yeah, it's that but also California's more stringent emissions standards (CARB); if it can't sell in CA, they won't bother importing. Hence the VW dirty diesel scandal

speaking of safety standards, useful piece on why they can only be applied after launch in the US (unlike in e.g. europe), which is why the cybertruck is launching here now, and has no specific plans to ever launch in the US https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/cybertruck-safety-elon-musk-tesla-danger.html