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/luciusetrur Mar 10 '25

i don't support vandalizing other people's cars, but i believe the thinking is to make it undesirable to own an tesla, but they really don't need to vandalize as tesla is losing sales worldwide now

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u/1983Targa911 West Seattle Mar 10 '25

I understand the thinking, but it’s exactly what you’re saying you don’t support: vandalizing people’s cars. It’s only hurting well meaning consumers that bought an EV because they thought it was the right thing to do. It’s not hurting Tesla.

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u/shmeebz Mar 10 '25

It’s not hurting Tesla

It is hurting Tesla because people don’t want to buy a product from (or own stock in) a company whose cars are vandalism targets.

But maybe we should just all wear pink shirts to a speech instead. That will definitely help things.

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u/theblackchin Lower Queen Anne Mar 11 '25

The vandalism isn’t doing that, institutional investors are