Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?
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The internet gloriously never forgets. That can be very inconvenient to people who change their story every 90 seconds.
That's kinda harsh. You could have at least rounded up to 2 minutes.
It's winter. There's plenty of time for such research
^^^ This.
And since this thread is heavily laden with a hilarious stream of one-after-another contradictory quotes by said individual, I think I'll keep doing it should this continue.
Getting back to Sunny's ridiculous claim that none of us knew what an electric car was 2 years ago, here's a pic I took on the 401 in 2011. I've got a crisp Twenty here that says of the two of us, I'm the only one that's seen one in the wild.
Wow, that plate shows how EV OG that Roadster driver is.Getting back to Sunny's ridiculous claim that none of us knew what an electric car was 2 years ago, here's a pic I took on the 401 in 2011. I've got a crisp Twenty here that says of the two of us, I'm the only one that's seen one in the wild.
Even before Tesla was around, I was seriously following the Zenn car, which could've worked for a lot of my driving in those years.
GVAA-004..wow, 4th EV plate ever.
My wife's Volt is a GVAN and mine is a GVAX. I've seen they're well into the GVB's now.
My wife's Volt is a GVAN and mine is a GVAX. I've seen they're well into the GVB's now.
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If only the company were capable of functioning competently.
[video=youtube;H8ro6kpKlw0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=715&v=H8ro6kpKlw0[/video]
Geebus, that's a total train wreck.
But something tells me these sorts of stories (along with the many existing tales of woe with regards to the repair process) will become more commonplace untill they get their crap together. It's evident they're it's a way higher priority for them to get new ones rolling off the line to their owner owners vs caring about those customers (or apparently, their used market) afterwards.
I came across this story today about another cracked glass roof. Seems that it's a fairly common problem. The more interesting bit is where the story went AFTER he called Tesla about the issue:
If any of the Big3 were shipping cars like this they wouldn't get the same free pass that Tesla owners seem to be willing to give.
And it's increasingly evident that unlike other manufacturers that actually test their cars in cold weather environments, Tesla did nothing of the sort. Nothing else matters when you can't even get in your car to drive it.
[video=youtube;--pD42h0VK4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pD42h0VK4[/video]
But something tells me these sorts of stories (along with the many existing tales of woe with regards to the repair process) will become more commonplace untill they get their crap together. It's evident they're it's a way higher priority for them to get new ones rolling off the line to their owner owners vs caring about those customers (or apparently, their used market) afterwards.
I came across this story today about another cracked glass roof. Seems that it's a fairly common problem. The more interesting bit is where the story went AFTER he called Tesla about the issue:
If any of the Big3 were shipping cars like this they wouldn't get the same free pass that Tesla owners seem to be willing to give.
And it's increasingly evident that unlike other manufacturers that actually test their cars in cold weather environments, Tesla did nothing of the sort. Nothing else matters when you can't even get in your car to drive it.
[video=youtube;--pD42h0VK4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pD42h0VK4[/video]
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It looks like Tesla's benefiting from its aspirational halo the same way that Harley and BMW do with their bikes, where their reliability is on the lower end but the owner satisfaction is in the upper tier.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/most-reliable-motorcycle-brand-not-193005540.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/liv...has-the-highest-owner-satisfaction/ar-AAaE1HF
But, I don't know where we could find examples of brand perception and cognitive bias overriding facts and data...
Mad Mike
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Huh? Just about everywhere. You are talking about 'satisfaction' which is a complex blend of things -- not simply the dependability or quality of a product. I think you're wrong about the big 3 -- look around at where the cache of a brand overshadows dependability and reliability -- this mostly exists at the upper price end, not the brand as a whole. There are many reasons that it's most common in the pricier part of the market, and marketeers truly understand how and why this works. Conversely, it's hard to impossible for everyday marques to do well without good quality because the attitudes of their buyers are different.
You can add a long line of brands that have enough brand cache to offset quality concerns. Your list of Tesla, BMW and HD... keeps company with Grey Goose, KitchenAid, DeWalt and tons more.
Sorry, you're missing the long running inside joke in this thread.
