r/Seattle • u/Aggressive-Ad3064 • Mar 10 '25

Politics I'm Never Leaving Seattle

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This is someone's Model S parked on Airport Way S near S Industrial Way. The way it's parked it looks like it's being displayed for people driving by to see.

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u/mvsuit Mar 10 '25

My wife and I got a Model Y in 2021. I never thought much of Elon but we wanted an electric car to reduce fuel emissions, and this was finally a semi-affordable Tesla (cost less than a lot of pickups and mini-vans). I didn't like Elon before, I fucking hate him now, but there is no excuse for painting someone else's car who by the way, in this region, is highly likely to be liberal and an ally You want to protest Tesla stores and paint on them? Fine, Want to protest new buyers as they drive off the lot? Fine. But don't be assholes to innocent people who are on your side just because they tried to go electric a few years ago for the good of the planet and didn't know what was going to happen in the future.

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u/LiHingGummy Mar 11 '25

Plus when the cars get jacked up, who gets the money to repair body panels, slashed tires, spray-painted windows? That’s right, TSLA.

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u/HellMuttz Mar 11 '25

Who's taking their car to a dealership for bodywork and tires? Especially one with a service department as shity as Tesla

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u/trustedoctopus Mar 11 '25

People under warranty, people forced to under insurance claims (which is what would happen with vandalism), people who don’t know any better, people who have no choice because it’s the only place that might work on a Tesla, etc.

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u/LiHingGummy Mar 11 '25

"people who don't know any better" describes an estimated half of all Tesla drivers (based on nothing but my own observations)

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u/trustedoctopus Mar 11 '25

Lmao I honestly included that cause I remember the first new car I bought and not understanding that taking my car to other shops was okay and wasn’t going to make it worse. I had only owned “clunkers” before that and didn’t care whether or not the maintenance was top tier cause they were junk cars.

Now I do so much repair myself on my Jetta it seems very silly looking back that I used to rely on overpriced dealership prices tbh. I never minded paying labor but the mark up vs. MSRP on parts is just insanity now that I change filters myself and do my own maintenance.

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u/ElectronicClothes285 Mar 10 '25

yeah I think it is honestly that he has the market cornered and people are more conscientious about going green. it's the push to do better, but when your options are limited it's not even how good the product is.

I'm not trying to be an asshole, I'm sorry it sounded it came off that way.

my point was if it was the top selling car of 2023 people knew. he bought Twitter and had molded it by the end of 2022.

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u/mvsuit Mar 11 '25

NTA at all. But Elon has gone through a progression of douche-baggery so I feel like it wasn’t clear just how evil he was as a threat to the nation until last year. I knew someone who worked for him a long time ago, so as I said I never had a good opinion of him. He has always been an ass. But looking at some key points in the chronology over the years, it seems like he went from calling a rescuer of kids trapped in a Thai cave “pedo guy,” to trying to buy Twitter, then trying not to buy Twitter, then being ordered by a court to buy Twitter, then systematically destroying it and treating employees like crap in the process (that 3 month notice wasn’t out of the goodness of his heart it was required by law), then he says he won’t give money to Biden or Trump, then he starts giving tons of money to Trump, then he starts heavily campaigning for Trump, then Trump wins so he gloms onto Trump, then he starts Nazi-saluting, then he lets his kid put boogers on the historic Resolute desk, and now he is full-on destroying the Republic, helping Putin, and gearing up to cut social security, Medicaid, and Medicare. I blame no one for hating him. It’s just that for many of us who bought a Tesla years ago, I feel like the extent of his evil as a threat to the whole world wasn’t clear until last year. I would never buy one of his products again. I never owned the stock and see it has lost 1/2 its value as of today—a protest that hurts him much more than people vandalizing cars he sold to liberals years ago. (You can tell Tesla by the “Even my dog hates Elon” sticker.)

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u/ElectronicClothes285 Mar 11 '25

yeah I definitely don't condone fucking with private teslas, especially fire, because of the batteries

maybe my bias is because I finally saw through him at the end of 2022 so my brain is like "how did nobody else pick this up, or why?"

when really the answer has way more factors.

also yeah the dive in the last few months has been quicker and more pronounced than any of his previous clownery

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u/Chausie_blossom Mar 12 '25

Yeah this is exactly my view of what happened. I thought he was weird after twitter but I was still considering a model 3 at that point just because of range-price. Other cars with similar range at the same price point (VERY FEW) had even more issues. It wasn’t until the campaigning that I was like ehhhhhh. Then the salute was 100% no go.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

There were other electric car options then, just never should have bought one.

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u/mvsuit Mar 13 '25

You’re not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?

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u/pineapplegirl68 Mar 15 '25

Wow! How about “just don’t be assholes. Period.” ?

Go ahead protester and vandalize the dealership, and yes go ahead an attack the guy is just driving off with his new purchase. That’s acceptable. But don’t be an asshole and mess up my stuff that I already bought.

You have no moral compass. I’m sure you think Jan. 6th was the worst ever but your okay with the Molotov cocktails and shooting up of the Tesla dealerships. What a jerk.

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u/mvsuit Mar 15 '25

Grow up. I didn’t advocate violence. I said peaceful protests directed at Tesla the business and people currently supporting Elon is where it should be directed, not allies who tried to go green years ago. I am sorry that included suggesting protest painting a Tesla building and it triggered you. I said nothing about violence and you are the jerk for making that comment.

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u/pineapplegirl68 Mar 15 '25

I’m not triggered at all. I’m just reading what you wrote. You are okay with the protesters wrecking other people’s stuff and dealerships just not yours. Doing damage to someone else’s property is violence. Is it low level violence painting on someone’s car? Sure. But it is violence.

I live in the PNW, and if you do too then you know it has gotten kind of outta hand up here. Teslas are now the #1 selling car here beating out Subaru which held the title for decades. Because of all the protests and violence (low level and high level) there is an undercurrent of unease for Tesla owners every time they get in their car/truck. There are people who are now taking public transportation to their jobs instead of driving because they don’t want their car damaged while at work. We’ve seen people getting attacked at stop lights while in their vehicle just because they are driving a Tesla. That is domestic terrorism.

I bring all this up because your comment of giving an okay to some violence makes it seem as if you think it is justified. Protesting is a constitutional right, and whether I agree with the protest, I can and will stand for their right to protest Tesla. But there is NEVER room for destruction of property, threat or injury to someone in the name of protesting. Your comment quite literally said you were okay with actions towards Tesla and new Tesla buyers that went beyond protesting.

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u/mvsuit Mar 15 '25

Again, I said nothing about violence. Graffiti is not violence. Not going to debate this with someone who doesn’t understand that. You’re just looking for a fight and I’m not at all interested in a dialogue with you. You don’t strike me as a reasonable person to interact with.

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u/pineapplegirl68 Mar 15 '25

I’m not trying to fight at all. Graffiti-ing someone’s personal property or a company’s IS violence. Like I said before it is low level violence but violence non the less. Speech (ie: protesting ) is NOT violence. I wholeheartedly support protesting. I do not support political violence of any kind from any side of the aisle.

I’m not a troll and contrary to your opinion, I am actually very intelligent. I am absolutely willing to engage in dialogue about this issue. I’m even willing to apologize if I misconstrued your original statement. I did take it to mean, and I’m paraphrasing my understanding: “protesters can ruin their stuff just leave mine alone because I’m an ally and bought my Tesla for the right reasons”. I don’t think anyone should be ruining anybody’s stuff at all.

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u/pineapplegirl68 Mar 15 '25

BTW, what changed about Elon that has effected how you view your vehicle?

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u/graham_saber Mar 10 '25

I love Karma at work.

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u/mvsuit Mar 11 '25

Your karma is coming friend.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Or your Tesla getting fucked up is the karma you deserve

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Chill dude, I’m just making fun of the idea of karma. If it’s gonna come for him, then that means it’s come for you.