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Fuck Cars

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But fuck these cars in particular.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 15 points 23 hours ago

Its working. Keep it up.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 13 points 23 hours ago

This can go further. Mass vandalism of SUVs and Fuck You sized trucks would have the same effect

[–] TON618@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Teslas are notoriously expensive to repair after a collision, and insurance companies often salvage them because of this.

Yeah, if you have people replace whole battery packs over a broken coolant fitting, things blow up quick. Hooray for corporate greed.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If vandalism continues, then this will easily be the death of Tesla.

Nobody will want to buy a Tesla when an equivalent Mercedes has half the insurance rate.

Boycotts also hurt Tesla, but vandalism will be their death.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This sets a very strong precedent for future fights against evil companies.

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Wallet punch!

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

This and a recall of 4 million cars.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now if the vandalism turned into hitting a production line, that would really fist them that much harder

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not convinced it would, TBH.

If people don't want to buy the cars, then the production line will eventually have to stop, permanently. And you get zero compensation for lost revenue.

If a production line is hit and has to close, then insurance will compensate part of the damage and after a few days or weeks you can be up and running again.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Well you bring up some valid points that I overlooked, I think I may reconsider that position.

I could see the insurers dropping them if production was repeatedly hit but I also am realistic and know the chances of that being successful would probably be pretty slim.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

thier insurance premiums will go up if dealerships are targeted too. Also: can't sell a car at full price as new if it's broken.

[–] IEatDaGoat@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm so glad I was too broke to buy a Tesla when it was hyped and when Elon was just the dude smoking weed on Joe Rogan's podcast and the guy that laughed at a dead deer. I really wanted one and I'm so glad I don't have one 🥳

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

Same lol. Now i just look at BYD since it's cheaper. Might consider our local EV after this too. But mostly i'm looking forward to convert another bicycle to ebike and commute by it.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OMG same here man... I thought the first few were cool when they just came out.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

The first were cool. Then Elon got involved and ruined it

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Teslas are notoriously expensive to repair after a collision, and insurance companies often salvage them because of this.

Also partly due to their own price gouging lol.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

There's a reason why nobody gets a used one, never heard of a person doing it,except 1 stupid influencer

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Ohhhh nooo...anyway

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, that's how insurance works and in this case and as a model 3 owner speaking for myself, it's justified.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Damn. I saw the title, and was going to say "Fuck cars, but ESPECIALLY fuck teslas".

But I see the body of the message covered that quite well before I even got here.

Welp.....guess I'll just go walk off a cliff or whatever.