Summary
A survey in the Netherlands revealed that 31% of Tesla owners are considering selling their cars due to Elon Musk’s controversial actions, including his involvement in politics and handling of misinformation on X (formerly Twitter).
About 40% feel embarrassed to own a Tesla, though 51% say Musk’s behavior doesn’t affect their view of the car.
Musk’s leadership of X has also driven users away, with 46% leaving or considering leaving the platform.
Parallel criticism of Mark Zuckerberg for removing fact-checking has fueled similar debates over tech leadership and misinformation.
Depends on your needs and typical traffic you have to deal with. In Texas, I have to deal with an endless horde of bullies in duallies and SUV Karen’s. It’s nice to have some passing power in certain situations… If I lived somewhere more rural, or with generally more kind people in traffic, I’d be fine with less.
Oh right y’all get Toyotas with turbos. Those still use way too much fuel, but at least they have decent power compared to anything Japanese that I see.
I’m firmly in the “300ish horses should still net me 50 mpg” camp lol
What car is doing that for you?
I can get that kind of mileage out of pretty much anything with a modern 3-liter diesel. Okay chances are that a big SUV would get less mpg, but then I don’t need a big SUV. A Mercedes E-Class or BMW 5-series wagon is big enough for me. I reckon I could also get 50 highway mpg out of an X5 or GLE class, but I haven’t driven those.
When I had a C-Class wagon (S205), the best I did on a long run was over 60 mpg, though that’s sorta cheating because it’s a 2 liter engine, so only 194 bhp. But the wonderful thing about diesels is that they scale power up easily without increasing fuel consumption too much.
Oh, for sure! In modern cars, absolutely! Wish I could afford something with that kind of power and mpg’s… lol