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by hirako2000 122 days ago
Can be turned into value, owning a Tesla is a symbol of status.
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A symbol of being aggressively middle class?
About half the ubers I take are Teslas. So, for me it largely signals "ride share" these days.
A symbol of being a white nationalist racist?
That escalated quickly. No I meant that owning a Tesla, like Apple or Prada is a status symbol. Income status. So if maintainance costs a lot it will reinforce that.

by no mean calling this out is advocating for status signaling , I myself would never buy a Tesla for this very reason.