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[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 57 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I still can't believe that 46k people are both that stupid and have 100k to spend.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

the vast majority of them i see around my area have branding decals plastered all over them. no doubt they are being used as a business expense or some other dumb shit.

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

A van would be so much better for advertising. Much more space to put a logo and text plus it's higher up and therefor more easily visible.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You could put a blinking neon light ad all over the entire night sky, but if someone farted, you would still look around and ask "who farted?".

The Tesla is so stupid ugly that it attracts attention the same way.

[–] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

I saw a local restaurant with its branding on it the the other day. Well, there's one restaurant I never need to try.

[–] rezifon@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

. . . and have 100k to spend.

You can get an 84 month auto loan these days if you're dumb enough to do it.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's still over $1000 a month to buy a fucking car

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's more of a self-igniting dumpster.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I’m curious, does Tesla have its own financing division that gives out these loans?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 6 points 15 hours ago
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago

If you’re dumb, and you can get $15-17k from selling an existing vehicle, you can get a 3 year lease down to delta of $500-$600.

Telsa was pushing leases pretty hard because a lot of EV incentives are lease-only. I’ll bet they duped a lot of people into putting a shitload down for a lease.