rant · moment 11 of 21
Tesla Owners Who Won't Shut Up About Tesla
from #235 - Covid Kai | The Tim Dillon Show · #235
7 min
Tim goes on a long rant about Tesla owners treating car ownership like a personal identity and cult, mocking Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, self-driving cars, ludicrous mode, and comparing it to his own boring gas-guzzling truck and friends' range rovers.
- Everyone who buys a Tesla thinks they're part of the SpaceX development team.
- No other product turns owners into spokesmen the way Tesla does.
- The Cybertruck is a $37,000 car that a public school teacher could afford—it's not impressive.
- Tim doesn't understand why Tesla owners need self-driving to do things like cut lines of coke.
- People who own Teslas don't realize they're just buying a car, not joining a company.
- Someone tells Tim, "They're the future," as if Teslas are unique when other companies are building competing EVs.
- Elon Musk's Starlink satellites terrify Tim because he thinks they're UFOs invading Earth.
- If the Tesla drives itself, why does the car even need a passenger in it?
- Tim rode in Joe Rogan's Tesla with Ludicrous Mode but questions where anyone is actually going so fast.
- Tesla owners act like they've accomplished something by buying an electric car, when it's just a vehicle.