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Elon Musk now owns 9.2% of twitter...update.. will soon be the sole owner as Board of Directors accepts his purchase offer

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brycejones said:
Honestly I have been pretty happy except for my Passat which suffered a painful death due to electrical issues. Our sienna is at 108000 with only normal replacement items needed and one of our cx-9s is at 158k with no major issues.
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Yeah - our Sienna has been pretty good thus far (108K) with only minor issues
Accord at 180K has driven well and nothing major, but lots of electrical gremlins.
 
cytg111 said:
No.
He is thinking that he will carry enough weight that when he begins trolling Warren and Sanders for real they wont shut his account down.
You’re grossly misreading the dude if you think he is in it for that kind of ego.
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It was a joke. Though Elon not attributing that image to the original author is pretty lame.
 
fskimospy said:
The idea that if a private service becomes sufficiently popular it loses the protection of the constitution is a very dangerous idea.
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This is what comes to mind for me as well.

Homerboy said:
I sure wish Musk wasn't a fucking asshole. I'd really like to buy a Tesla
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I kind of wish I never did. One large reason why is Elon Musk and his boorishness. He has this unwavering ideal, which might sound great on paper, but it isn't so great when it creates situations that are just less than ideal. For example, removing physical controls because automated driving will make them obsolete anyway.
 
sdifox said:
He should pick up the carcass of Trump's social media mark two for cheap and call it TeslaWhine.
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At the same time, we really have no idea how big a part starlink is playing in the war in Ukraine and pretty sure Elon wants to create some kind of space business in Ukraine when the war is over.
Asshole? Ok. But not a fucking asshole. He is not liken to Trump/GQP crazy. Just…
 
brycejones said:
Honestly I have been pretty happy except for my Passat which suffered a painful death due to electrical issues. Our sienna is at 108000 with only normal replacement items needed and one of our cx-9s is at 158k with no major issues.
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I ran a 2007 Volvo S60 to 273,000km with no issues on the engine/gearbox/electrics. Only did regular maintenance (including timing belt and waterpump at recommended interval) and of course suspension once cause those Volvos are known for that.

Until Tesla gets its build quality up I wouldn't buy one.
www.businessinsider.com

Tesla was both the least reliable but most popular EV brand in a survey of owners that found one in three of all EVs had major issues in the past year

UK drivers polled by a consumer reviews site experienced a higher rate of problems with fully electric vehicles than they did with gas-powered cars.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com

Hoping we get some EVs with minimum 600-700km highway range in the next couple of years. My next daily will almost certainly be EV.
 
Aikouka said:
I kind of wish I never did. One large reason why is Elon Musk and his boorishness. He has this unwavering ideal, which might sound great on paper, but it isn't so great when it creates situations that are just less than ideal. For example, removing physical controls because automated driving will make them obsolete anyway.
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100%...I'd still like physical controls for climate control at least. I don't have to take my eyes off the road to do certain things in my current car (which I would for a Tesla).
 
cytg111 said:
Oki

edition.cnn.com

Opinion: How Elon Musk could end up being a game changer for Trump | CNN

Twitter and former President Donald Trump are together in the news again.
edition.cnn.com edition.cnn.com

If Elon ends up bringing Trump back im gonna slash the tires of every Tesla EV in my general proximity for the rest of my life.
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People are desperate to spot patterns where there are often none. I saw a handful of headlines on Yahoo finance claiming Elon joining the Twitter board was responsible for DWAC cratering. It's all fluff.
 
cytg111 said:
Oki

edition.cnn.com

Opinion: How Elon Musk could end up being a game changer for Trump | CNN

Twitter and former President Donald Trump are together in the news again.
edition.cnn.com edition.cnn.com

If Elon ends up bringing Trump back im gonna slash the tires of every Tesla EV in my general proximity for the rest of my life.
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I'm willing to bet a lot of Tesla owners are NOT Trump fans...I think he will take a lot of flak if he helped get Trump back into power...enough to have an effect on his companies, so I'm not sure if he would risk that.
 
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thilanliyan said:
I ran a 2007 Volvo S60 to 273,000km with no issues on the engine/gearbox/electrics. Only did regular maintenance (including timing belt and waterpump at recommended interval) and of course suspension once cause those Volvos are known for that.

Until Tesla gets its build quality up I wouldn't buy one.
www.businessinsider.com

Tesla was both the least reliable but most popular EV brand in a survey of owners that found one in three of all EVs had major issues in the past year

UK drivers polled by a consumer reviews site experienced a higher rate of problems with fully electric vehicles than they did with gas-powered cars.
www.businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com

Hoping we get some EVs with minimum 600-700km highway range in the next couple of years. My next daily will almost certainly be EV.
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169,000 miles is by no means a landmark number. I've never owned a vehicle that didn't make 250k miles.
 
brandonbull said:
Won't be long before Progressheviks forget all about the "private company" and want to enforce regulations and controls.
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It has already started, they will be redefining it as public very soon and subject to the Internet Fairness Doctrine.

www.foxnews.com

Elon Musk mocks Washington Post after op-ed calls to prevent 'rich people' from controlling media platforms

Critics mocked the op-ed on social media, pointing out that the Washington Post is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.
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She continued, "Musk’s appointment to Twitter’s board shows that we need regulation of social-media platforms to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication. For starters, we need consistent definitions of harassment and of content that violates personal privacy. Most companies, I suspect, would welcome such regulations… If platforms continue to push for growth at all costs — without such regulations — people will continue to be harmed. The people harmed will disproportionately be those who have been harmed for centuries — women and members of marginalized racial and ethnic groups. The people who benefit from unrestricted amplification of their views will also be the same people who have benefited from that privilege for centuries."
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cytg111 said:
If Elon ends up bringing Trump back im gonna slash the tires of every Tesla EV in my general proximity for the rest of my life.
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Ah yes, the tolerant left.

thilanliyan said:
I'm willing to bet a lot of Tesla owners are NOT Trump fans...I think he will take a lot of flak if he helped get Trump back into power...enough to have an effect on his companies, so I'm not sure if he would risk that.
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If Elon brings back Trump and leftists stop buying his cars.. they are hurting the climate.

If Elon brings back Trump and leftists continue buying his cars.. they are indirectly supporting Trump.

They need to figure out how to be consistent in their views.
 
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nirimharboj said:
Ah yes, the tolerant left.



If Elon brings back Trump and leftists stop buying his cars.. they are hurting the climate.

If Elon brings back Trump and leftists continue buying his cars.. they are indirectly supporting Trump.

They need to figure out how to be consistent in their views.
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Would you be willing to submit to a brain scan?
 
nirimharboj said:
Ah yes, the tolerant left.



If Elon brings back Trump and leftists stop buying his cars.. they are hurting the climate.

If Elon brings back Trump and leftists continue buying his cars.. they are indirectly supporting Trump.

They need to figure out how to be consistent in their views.
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Plenty of EV choices out there now. Tesla isn't the only player in town anymore.
 
nirimharboj said:
Ah yes, the tolerant left.



If Elon brings back Trump and leftists stop buying his cars.. they are hurting the climate.

If Elon brings back Trump and leftists continue buying his cars.. they are indirectly supporting Trump.

They need to figure out how to be consistent in their views.
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The problem with such a view is the usual. You make the unconscious and unexamined assumption that you know what a consistent view would look like. In fact, when you approach any real deep truth you are bound to run into a paradox, that the truth is neither the one or the other, but a resolution of opposites at a higher level of understanding. Without that understanding only confusion can reign. But in order to notice that one has hidden bias humility is required and believing in one's opinions is plagued by feelings of inferiority generated in childhood by being told you are wrong and unworthy of love. Nobody wants to feel worthless or know they already do so truth is reserved only for people who will die for it, metaphorically speaking.
 
thilanliyan said:
I'm willing to bet a lot of Tesla owners are NOT Trump fans...I think he will take a lot of flak if he helped get Trump back into power...enough to have an effect on his companies, so I'm not sure if he would risk that.
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The issue is even if that's the case, the majority would be too blind to see how that happened, and many willfully so.
 
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