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There are ways to make this criticism where people would take you seriously.

Your comment is equally inflammatory to me. Behind the diction and emotionality of the poster, there are some entirely reasonable points that recapitulate the article itself.

I agree that there are reasonable points, that was the purpose of my comment, I thought the poster had something to offer, but am of the opinion that people won't take them seriously because of their approach.

Emotion is even a valid addition to the conversation if they thought it added to their point. What is unproductive is expressing that emotion by calling a car brand "absolute cancer".

I think it's valid to be upset about Tesla as a brand. I think it's valid to call out repairability issues. Coming across as hysterical means that people won't take you seriously despite that.

I looked at some of the Hertz listings this morning. I saw a lot of cars with 50k - 80k miles on them. Isn't that about the time they let go of rental cars anyway? I get a lot of rental cars and they usually are new or have ~2,000 miles on them.

Keep it classy and refrain from emotional outspurts.

It’s not very classy imo to call out someone else for not being classy.

that isnt logical. A tramp bursts into your store and tries to sleep on the floor. Telling him thats not cool isnt classy? Thats not the world we live in in either case.

You are not being logical. We’re talking about someone who has a problem with a car manufacturer not a tramp.

Tesla also sold 1.8 million EVs in 2023. Nobody else is even close to that scale. A fleet buyer would not want any low volume manufacturer.

Really, because my understanding, based on an earlier Hertz president interview, was that the maintenance cost was 1/2 what their typical fleet vehicle was.

I own a 2017 Model S and the maintenance cost over these 6 years has been 1000 USD (change brake calipers at the end of year 6). For EV owners it’s definitely lower but damage collision repairs are probably more expensive.

he was probably just repeating what Musk had told him to make the sale, but of course Musk speaks only in varying degrees of B.S.

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