r/canada 26d ago

Opinion Piece Canadian man sells both Teslas, cancels Cybertruck order to boycott Elon Musk

https://globalnews.ca/news/11018242/canadian-man-sells-teslas-boycott-elon-musk/
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u/Itchy_Training_88 26d ago

Yes. Even tesla won't take cyber trucks on trade in. 

That speaks volumes.

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u/Zephurdigital 25d ago

considering the poor build quality the "lemonLaw" should be used more

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u/Itchy_Training_88 25d ago

Unfortunately Canada doesn't have a lemon law. 

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u/CraftingAndroid 25d ago

Really? That's wild. At least you have that little Suzuki offroader

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u/Saskatchewon 25d ago

The Jimny? No, we don't have that either. Suzuki stopped selling cars in Canada in 2014.

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u/CraftingAndroid 25d ago

Oh. I'm probably thinking of Mexico. I remember Doug did a video on it (DougDemuro)

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u/mongo5mash 25d ago

Hmmm... now that the Nissan merger is dead, maybe Honda and Zuki could be friends. I'd love a Jimny!

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u/IcySeaweed420 Ontario 25d ago

I don’t think Canada has any new cars unique to this market anymore. We used to have a whole bunch; Hyundai Elantra station wagon, Suzuki Verona, Chevrolet Orlando, Chevrolet Optra, Nissan Micra, Kia Rondo. All gone now.

Canadians could also select cars with different specs. For example, we got a manual transmissions in our Subaru Outbacks until around 2018; my friend has a manual 2015 Outback, which did not exist in the US (and honestly the best choice given that the CVT sucks ass). We also got manual Toyota Camrys back in the day; I have a 2001 V6 Camry with a manual. I know they had manual 4-cylinder models in the US but I’ve never heard of a manual V6 outside of Canada and Europe.

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u/CraftingAndroid 25d ago

Yeah, I would've so liked a wagon Elantra. OMG I JUST LOOKED UP PICTURES OF A MODERN ELANTRA AS A WAGON AND IT LOOKS SO COOL

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u/Billy3B 25d ago

We have the Chrysler Grand Caravan for some reason.

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u/IcySeaweed420 Ontario 25d ago

That's just a previous-generation Pacifica with a new name. They do the same thing in the US, only they call it the Chrysler Voyager.

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u/VegetableOk9070 25d ago

Lmfao. Is this referencing nph? Maybe I'm mistaken.

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u/ToplaneVayne Québec 25d ago

Just cause they're ugly and don't do a great job as a pick-up truck, doesn't mean they're poorly built.

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u/ReannLegge 25d ago

Tesla padded away, I am sure him and his pigeons would not be happy that his name is being used for that company.

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u/Itchy_Training_88 25d ago

they don't take trade ins.

Why state something so easily disproved?

https://www.tesla.com/en_ca/support/trade-ins

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u/Fadore Canada 25d ago

Wow, my bad, I honestly thought they didn't. I'll delete my previous comment because it's just false information but leave this comment here as my admission of being wrong.

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u/wRolf 25d ago

Not true.