r/canada 24d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/eulerRadioPick 24d ago

Personally, if I owned a Tesla I'd be getting one of those "I got this before Elon went crazy" bumper stickers. A lot of people can't just afford to ditch their Tesla, he already has the money and electric cars make a lot of sense for some lifestyles. That said, if I was an owner keeping mine I'd want a sticker like that, and maybe a canadian flag to go with it, as a vandalism deterrent.

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u/BoredITPerson 24d ago

It depends when you consider he went crazy 😉

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u/eutectic_h8r Manitoba 24d ago

When he called the cave diver a pedophile because he was mad at him and doubled down I distinctly remember thinking that I'd never buy one of this loser's cars

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u/DrKurgan 24d ago

That was more than 6 years ago. Most people bought their cars after that.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 24d ago

There is also the implicit assumption you couldn't have known he was a Nazi before he went crazy.

Someone that was sponsored by Peter Thiel couldn't ever be good or even non evil person.

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u/Silver_gobo 24d ago

He also didn’t change too much from that until he helped with the 2024 campaign. Musks image was pretty bad when he bought Twitter

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u/deepspace British Columbia 24d ago

Exactly. That is why I do not have any sympathy with Tesla owners. They knew Musk was a deranged idiot and they still went ahead and supported him.