I’m so sure that this will happen…

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    Aka they save on delivery costs and your new car racks up miles on your own dime before you even get to drive it.

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      your new car racks up miles on your own dime before you even get to drive it.

      What? LOL You would prefer to coordinate to have someone drive you over and then drive it back home for the pleasure of…watching the miles roll over in traffic?

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        19 hours ago

        Ever used your eyes while driving? You’ve probably seen those car transport semis loaded up with new vehicles, transporting them to dealerships.

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          I see where the confusion from. The OP says “from the factory floor”, but that was never said.

          In a new post on X by the official Tesla account, it posted “One day it’ll drive itself right to your house” to which CEO Elon Musk replied with a simple “this year”.

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        19 hours ago

        Have you never had something delivered to you before? Does the amazon driver pick you up and take you to the warehouse so you can personally pick up your package?

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          19 hours ago

          I don’t even understand what you’re trying to say. Are you under the impression that Tesla operates a concierge service that picks you up from your home?

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            No. What I’m saying is you can have the car delivered to you without it racking up miles by carrying it on a semi. Having it drive itself to you starts depreciation before you even get to ride in it, not to mention the warranty limits based on mileage. What you said in your original comment about expecting to be picked up so you can drive it back home is ridiculous, that’s why I responded with an equally ridiculous scenario.

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              19 hours ago

              Okay so the car driving itself to you is ridiculous. Having someone drop you off to pick up the vehicle is ridiculous. How does the car get to your house without being ridiculous, exactly?

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                By being delivered on a truck? Not sure if this is a regional thing if you’re not in the US, but it’s not unusual to get a car delivered to your house on a flatbed truck or semi in the US. How do you think cars get transported around the country?

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      Imagine it gets into an accident lol.

      Who gets charged?

      If you thought insurance was expensive before…

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        22 hours ago

        “we planned for this edge case, and have programmed the vehicle to quickly leave the scene of any accident where a driver is not present. by accepting delivery (by purchasing a vehicle) you accept that all vehicles are sold as-is. tesla insurance customers get half-off repair claim deductibles for the first 7 days.”

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      23 hours ago

      Yeah, no.

      That would be true if any of this self driving shit actually existed, but it doesn’t. Elmo lies. A lot. About everything. So this? He’s just lying again .

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        15 hours ago

        It does, and I’ve heard its safer than humans in some cases, but there’s legal issues in the way. Like if a driverless car kills someone, who’s fault is it?

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          Where do you get any of that?

          No, Elmo cara do not drive themselves. On the 5 steps to full self driving, Teslas barely make it to step 2. Full self driving doesn’t exist yet for any brand but most definitely not for Tesla

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      If it waives the destination fee, then I don’t see it as a bad problem depending on how much it would normally cost to deliver vs how many miles.

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        22 hours ago

        Dealers: charge bullshit fee

        Mftr: “get rid of this bullshit fee by racking up miles right from the factory”

        Customer: “this is such a phenomenal deal!”

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          18 hours ago

          bullshit fee

          Do you think shipping and transportation of goods is free? Do you think truck drivers drive stuff around out of the goodness of their hearts?

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            18 hours ago

            Nope, but it also isn’t my problem. Roll it into the price of the car, like everything else, and it can be part of the price that you can discuss and haggle over. Coming to a 50k price just to see another 1k+ this and 1.5k that tacked on is absolute bullshit.

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              Except that not every place is next to the car factory. Delivery to Portland, Maine is going to be a much different price in comparison to Austin, Texas. Do you also expect the cost of titling and taxes be included in the advertised price? Do you know that those vary from location to location as well?

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                12 hours ago

                Do you also expect the cost of titling and taxes be included in the advertised price?

                As a European, yes. Absolutely fucking yes. I drove a Model 3 away (a while ago obviously) with all papers in order paying exactly the listed price.

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                15 hours ago

                When did I say that every place was near an assembly line…? I said ‘not my problem’. It’s a company, they can figure it out.

                And yes, yes I do. Again, not my problem. It’s almost like different locations can set different prices or something to compensate for variables. Amazing, what a concept!

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                  Advertising cars would never be feasible on nationally broadcast TV under your system.

                  They did figure out the problem though. Price set by the manufacture, show cost for delivery on the window sticker, then when you buy they car the title and tax are figured out for where you live. It’s the fairest and easiest way of showing and figuring the price. If you can’t figure out that window stickers are available online and the tax and title yourself before you buy, that’s a you problem. It’s not on the seller nor the manufacturer to post pricing for every state or municipality.

                  If you want cleaner pricing, demand an end to titling and car taxes.

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          Eh, I live <1k miles from a Tesla factory, and I wouldn’t be too annoyed at having 1k miles on it when it gets to me. Knock the price down a bit since you no longer need to ship it everywhere and we’re good.

          We all know this isn’t happening anytime soon, so I guess it’s only a hypothetical. We can talk once it’s a reality.

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        16 hours ago

        It doesnt waive that fee because it is a federally required fee to be applied to all vehicles regardless of their… destination. Uhg.

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      Assuming there is any reality to this (big assumption), I assume you are looking at the distance to the nearest distribution center (so Tesla “Not a dealership for legal reasons”). So a lot closer to hundred than not.

      Mostly because Factory->House requires a lot of automated charging technology. Whereas Factory->Truck->Dealership->House still lets them take advantage of scale (a truck truck) and can go on a single battery charge.

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        Yeah, I live like 10 miles from a Tesla dealership, about 1k from a Tesla factory. If having the car drive to me is cheaper than loading it on a truck and taking it to my local dealership, I’m fine with it having 1k miles.

        This is all hypothetical though. There’s no way this timeframe is happening.

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      23 hours ago

      The shortest distance between Tesla and your house is a full circle around the country.

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        19 hours ago

        Also at the odometer rate of Tesla Miles, where the warranty runs out faster.

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    21 hours ago

    Anytime Elon says anything about Tesla with a timeframe, you can guaran damn tee that it will not happen within that time frame.

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        That’s not going to be enough…the dude claimed “coast to coast” autonomous driving capabilities “by end of the year” back in 2016.

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    19 hours ago

    He’s always lied about the self-driving capabilities of the cars and promised timelines that have never held. Print this statement out and use it as toilet paper

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    Tesla will begin its roll out of its self-driving Robotaxi fleet in multiple US cities in the months to come, already taking appropriate regulatory steps in both California and Texas.

    Anyone want to take bets on how many deaths/injuries will there be before they’re pulled?

    Infinite is valid all things considered.

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        20 hours ago

        They won’t. Musk has a hard-on for doing everything with visible cameras for some stupid reason.

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          Because he’s cheap and didn’t wanna spend the money. It’s why the interior is so plain for the amount of money you spend.

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      Infinite is valid all things considered.

      Not really. I mean that would require a timeline where humanity is both stupid enough to keep Tesla around and survives indefinitely which is highly unlikely.

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          Okay, in that case I guess it is possible that we are stupid enough to keep them around and stupid enough to wipe ourselves out so soon that they will be around until the end of humanity.

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      11 hours ago

      That guy is a) a relentless liar and b) absolutely insane Why would you say those things? Why contradict yourself at 20 days interval publicly?

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      11 hours ago

      Didn’t know that list.

      Though, for all I hate the guy, there are a lot of misleading assertions in that list.

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    19 hours ago

    MY new Tesla? Doubt it. Considering I’m unemployed due to this clown administration and I don’t tend to upgrade much of anything, let alone a vehicle, unless/until the old one no longer functions.

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      15 hours ago

      I used to about some things, like when he talked about the how the spaceX rockets worked, but then he went insane. And now I’ve heard there’s a pretty good chance that starship isn’t gunna archive much at all, because its too heavy from the stainless steel they used to make it.

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        He just parrots bits and pieces of things other people have explained to him. His entire life is a lie thru and thru. I mean Tesla makes 99.9% of its profits from reselling carbon credits. He built a car company that can’t even make money from its cars.

        He as fired from PayPal after 6 months with prejudice. His entire code needed to be gutted and essentially rewritten it was so bad.

        He said there would be people living on Mars and built spaceships to get them there and in the 10 years since then, all they do is blow up.

        He planned to build tunnels that would only let Teslas drive around lol.

        He is poking electrodes in chimps claiming you will get superhuman powers and implanted people with the chips all of which showed the revolutionary skill of eye tracking, something Apple software has been able to do since 2021/22.

        His starlinks are used mostly for political espionage and control by the rich oligarchs or oppressors.

        He called a diver a pedo letting loose a legion of his sycophants because he criticized his insane idea to build a sub for a cave that could barely fit a person in choke points. In an other country. Where no one had asked him for help.

        He faked being really good at a video game for internet points. Then people found out and laughed at him.

        He did a Nazi salute.

        I don’t know man. I can’t see anywhere at any time a smart person. All I see a little troll that conned the lot of you because most people know nothing about anything so stringing together some jargon seems legit.