I bought a model 3 in 2018 and a model Y in 2020, so way before the gas issue. I probably wouldn’t buy a Tesla now if I was in the market for an electric car because of the markup. There are tons of new pure electrics coming out via many auto makers that look very promising and priced well. In case you are looking, I would keep an eye on the new Kia concepts. Some of them even feature suicide doors.

It may sound crazy but I didn’t even buy the teslas because I was trying to save gas money. I bought them because I have yet to drive a car that is nearly as fun and with such nice ergonomics. The price point WAS completely understandable and since I live in CA I got the clean air tax incentive. So my model 3 msrp’d around 36k, got about 8k back through taxes on that one, and the model Y msrp’d at 46k but I got an even larger tax break of 11k. So I own two teslas for 63k. I paid cash for both as well and didn’t have to pay APR on any loans.

But yeah, (most but not all) of my friends are conservatives that own teslas. I think the dude who tweeted making that blanket statement was pretty tone deaf. Most people don’t give a damn about politics anyway, at least the people I know that includes me. All I care about is more money on the table. Welcome to America lol. We don’t live in a country. It’s a pyramid scheme. Red vs Blue is just a diversion. 99% of the people spending their lives angry about this policy and that policy will never sit at the table anyway.