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When people buy luxury products like new cars they don't do it based on information like this, they do it based on what they "really want" which tends to boil down to advertising, brand identity, self image etc.
Occasionally they say something like "I loved (the object or brand) as a child" which honestly just means they were exposed to advertising and branding as a youth and want to feel young again.
There's no point trying to look deeper than this.
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I guess its the same as Range Rover and Land Rover who are the only manufacturer with a worse quality record than Tesla...people still want to own them.
I understand the desire to own something you really want despite it not being suitable/practical. We've probably all been there on bikes and wheelsets, right?
Its quality compromises I don't get.
I'm a watch collector. I wouldn't blow tens of thousands of pounds on a watch that is known to have quality issues. If a maker made one lemon model, I'd want to wait until the new model had been out in the wild for a while before trusting them again. The same applies for a car. I think Tesla are awesome...but I wouldn't want to spend tens of thousands on something that has a record for bits breaking off it.
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To suggest that, ignores the past few pages of dialogue on electric cars...
The Tesla Model 3 LR is the only car on the market (that I can afford) that manages the range I need and has the charging infrastructure to support the journeys I regularly require.
If the Hyundai Kona or the Kia eNiro had the charging infrastructure (and a 5kwh larger battery) I would be buying one of those. I'd prefer the flexibility of the SUV (ish) format. If the Polestar 2 had the charge infrastructure, I'd also place that ahead of the Tesla because of the more practical boot space.
But, to quote the guy off the TV; if my Grandma had wheels, she would have been a bike.
Stonehedge
Soul
Not directly a reply to @Soul who I see might buy a Tesla but would appreciate his opinion.
Why would anybody in their right mind buy such an unreliable car? In the UK 40% of purchased Teslas have needed warranty repairs in first three years of ownership and time to fix is amongst the worst of any manufacturer. In the US, Tesla vehicles have the worst reliability rating of any new car currently on sale.
My neighbour's Tesla has needed its doors rehanging twice (due to sagging on the brackets) and had to have a software fault that caused it to emergency brake whilst driving fixed.
Do people have great faith in the new Tesla being shitloads more reliable than their older cars or do people just not care about their car falling apart?