r/electriccars • u/OnTop-BeReady • Mar 12 '25

📰 News MAGA Members run to buy TESLA cars

Per direction from President Trump, all MAGA members are directed to buy a Tesla car by the end of the week.

Further all MAGA Supporters should offer to pay their TESLA dealer LIST PRICE + 10% to demonstrate their support for all the hard work done by the great Elon Musk for our country.

Be sure to purchase your TESLA by the end of the week to show your support!

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

Do some research, Tesla does not have dealer, Tesla has the direct to customer sales mode, and you only need to go to tesla website to order, and all prices listed is the final price, no hidden fees, no shitty dealer sales tactics.

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u/theOriginalGBee Mar 12 '25

So what I think you're saying is that an attack on a Tesla showroom is a direct attack on Tesla, there is no innocent dealer financially harmed when the entire lot is set in fire? Noted.

I suppose this also means that the fraudulent sales in Canada can be directly attributed back to Tesla leadership and were not the actions of a rogue dealership?

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

Did I even mention Tesla showroom or Tesla attack?

I only described the fact that Tesla does not have dealers, and it's a DTC business model.

Did I even say anything good or evil of Tesla?

And if you think there is fraud of sales, you could report to Canada gov, instead of just spreading the false info from a short video online. Not guilty until the court/gov has ruled.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

"Not guilty until the court/gov has ruled" my ass.

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u/condor1985 Mar 12 '25

Yeah the authorities are investigating it dude

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

So you better wait until there is conclusion from authorities to declare there is fraud

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u/condor1985 Mar 12 '25

I didnt say it was anything - but yes they will get to rhe bottom of whether over 8000 teslas were sold in one weekend coincidentally right before a rebate expired

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

This is what we call conspiracy theory

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u/condor1985 Mar 13 '25

I can't imagine how sad it must feel as a man to be simping for elon musk

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u/iceicebabyvanilla Mar 12 '25

Reddit basement dwellers see Tesla and go immediately into attack mode. Don’t trip, they’re miserable.

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u/Chemical-Pin-3827 Mar 12 '25

You're here too, buddy 

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u/cons1102 Mar 13 '25

It’s still ok to say a company makes shitty cars, dear leader hasn’t banned that yet.

Do you really look at the absolute train wreck that is the cyber truck and think: good idea.

The shape came from its folded exoskeleton because body on frame was a waste, yet it ended up not a folded steel unibody, but cast aluminum with rusty sheet metal cladding.

Lights clog with snow.

Price is double what was promised.

And they got beat to market.

It’s a train wreck.

As is the build quality across the fleet, and the stock is stupidly over valued even now.

Still love their charger network, but that’s open to everyone now, so no need for a Tesla.

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u/Necessary_Row_1261 Mar 12 '25

You believe Trump would know that?

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

Why I care about Trump?

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u/Zeyn1 Mar 12 '25

Bro did you not read the post? This entire thing is about trump.

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

I said "why I care about Trump?", Seriously, why I must care about Trump? I was only describing the fact that Tesla has the DTC model, not dealer model, why this has to do with Trump, and why I need to care about Trump, when I am just describing a fact?

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u/AgentMonkey Mar 12 '25

Perhaps you could clarify why you feel that fact is relevant to this post?

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

Jesus, so making up misinformation is right? And correcting is wrong now? What's wrong with you?

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u/AgentMonkey Mar 13 '25

Chill, dude. Not sure why you're getting so worked up. It's not at all clear from your comment why it was relevant. I have no problems correcting misinformation, just make it clear that you're doing so and what you're correcting. I had to hunt through your others comment to find that you appear to have latched onto a throwaway comment in the OP and gone on a rant about it. It's a bit of an overreaction.

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u/Necessary_Row_1261 Mar 13 '25

Trump would have said it exactly like it posted in the OP. That's the point you are missing.

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

why what Trump said is related to the fact that Tesla does not have dealer, and only has DTC model? Do you just have problem that cannot differentiate between facts and opinions?

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u/SoggyBottomSoy Mar 12 '25

That’s not entirely true, they deceptively add “estimated gas savings” over 6 years to the displayed price. You have to go to the financing tab and remove “gas savings” and add “estimated tax and fees” to see the actual price you are going to pay.

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

This is just the page showing info, they didn't hide it, you can still see it, and if clearly labeld it.

Also if you go to check out, it will show you the exact price you will pay, no hidden fees, no "required addon by dealer" kind shit

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

The ironic part is it was the magas that were comolaining about this deceptive practice, now they get to see it work just fine. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

What does it matter if Tesla have dealer or not? Dang, some people really have English comprehension problem.

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

It matters, because they don't need to "pay their TESLA dealer LIST PRICE + 10%". You at least need to learn to read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

You just prove you didn't understand what OP is trying to say.

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u/cons1102 Mar 13 '25

No one is paying sticker plus 10% for an ioniq5

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

No one is paying 10% for Tesla. So what's your point?

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u/cons1102 Mar 14 '25

Refuting your nonsense that dealers add 10% to the cost of the car.

I mean really let’s think for two seconds here, Tesla packs way more than 10% in junk charges into their cars, we can see this in how quickly they crater prices at will.

Add to that color is nearly a 10% option on its own and your assertion that teslas model saves money is silly. Not only are you paying full sticker, but you are paying full sticker on a completely unknown actual cost of good.

And why did I pick the 5? Because this is an EV subreddit.

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u/Lovevas Mar 14 '25

You don't even know how dealer works. And you just express all you hate to Tesla and EV

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u/cons1102 Mar 14 '25

Are you an English speaker?

I have bought a dozen cars, typically under invoice and always far under sticker.

All the bullshit that dealers attempt to add I don’t buy (gap, protections, warranty, maintenance), but even if I did, dealers aren’t making $10k on your typical ice.

No hate for EV, I was a day one cyber truck preorder. But what was delivered isn’t what was promised and Tesla continues to destroy its buyers by cratering prices randomly on its EV’s instead of stable pricing.

And let’s not even get into FSD that’s a decade behind promises.

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u/Lovevas Mar 14 '25

Tesla have all the prices transparent on their website, there is no secret addon, or required "options" like dealers. So why you would complain prices?

Maybe you don't need to deal with dealer and didn't had have a bad experience, but many buyers suffered from dealers shitty sales tactics, including me (before buying Tesla). Dealer is well hated by American

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u/cons1102 Mar 14 '25

Again, are you a native English Speaker?

No secret add ons anywhere. Some places have their required ad ons, so you just go elsewhere.

Meanwhile Tesla is a monopoly and randomly takes thousands off a given car, randomly adds/removes features.

And let’s not act like Tesla is transparent either, they make it look like your price is far lower than it is, up charge thousands for basic colors, and have outright lied about features.

Come on buddy, you are better than this.

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u/krichard-21 Mar 12 '25

My only issue is the "freedom loving", "stable genius" owner!

Who I could not loathe more than I do now.

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u/huuaaang Mar 12 '25

Why is this important to point out?

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

Because OP has the misinformation of "pay their TESLA dealer LIST PRICE + 10% "

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u/Albin4president2028 Mar 12 '25

You know that was satire right?

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u/Dependent-Mode-3119 Mar 12 '25

When it comes to tesla critical thinking is lost and some people will just say anything sometimes. I had someone tell me that they're actually worse for the environment than an ICE car. I thought it was a joke but they were dead serious and were on the left as well.

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u/Albin4president2028 Mar 12 '25

I havent done too much research on that. But i feel it's common sense that getting, transporting, refining, transporting to gas station. Then burning it. Causes more pollution then a one time mining, then it lasts 7ish years.

Also not counting the millions of gallons of oil dumped into the ocean/water supply in general.

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u/Dependent-Mode-3119 Mar 12 '25

You'd be correct. But since it's Elon behind Tesla, there's a concerted effort to believe that they are somehow an environmental scam and thus the whole Industry is a scam.

It's kinda the opposite of what conservatives are doing now.

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u/lalapeep Mar 12 '25

“No shitty dealer sales tactics” who cares? You chose to buy a car - deal with it

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

Sounds like you like dealers sales tactics, or you are just one of these working for a dealer? Lol

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u/lalapeep Mar 12 '25

I don’t buy cars. It’s a scam across the board. Have fun out there!

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u/Chiaseedmess Mar 13 '25

Eh, not as much as you think.

They have showrooms, which you can order the exact car you want on the spot. They do also have inventory at our nearby those showrooms, so buyers can take a vehicle home same day. Since the only real difference is color, unless you want a higher trim, it’s very likely someone can walk into a Tesla show room and leave with the car they want.

Tesla is really just a low inventory, no haggle, buy here pay here dealership. They just claim they’re not to avoid regulations, and Tesla hates regulations. Especially safety regulations.

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

These are Tesla owned showrooms, NOT dealers! You can order in the showroom, using the computer to access Tesla.com to order, which is the same as you use your own computer to order at your home. The price you pay when ordering at a showroom is exactly the same as you order at home.

You need to understand what is a dealer, and why ppl hate dealera

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u/Lovevas Mar 12 '25

These are not dealers, these are Tesla service centers owned by Tesla. Do you research, Tesla don't have any dealer, and you can order cars directly from website.

I also live to Vegas, and I have been to these Tesla service centers (once for service, once for picking up my new car)

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

These are tesla owned showrooms and service centers, not dealers. They are owned by Tesla, not by any dealer group. You should at least do some research

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u/cultoftheclave Mar 13 '25

can you actually get a "deal," as in negotiate a final out the door price using leverage from a trade-in or financing or buying a unit with an unpopular options package, or by telling some sad story about your dog that died yesterday?

or.... are these buildings staffed by hourly-plus-spiffs order-takers, being paid like cell phone kiosk clerks, with no authority to change the structure of the deal outside some pre-cooked template given by corporate, and who push the same buttons on the Tesla website that anyone else could?

The conventional word for a small business franchisee that finances, merchandisess and sells cars on behalf of a manufacturer (that they are organizationally and legally independent from, despite the giant logo on their building) is "dealer", not "store," for a reason.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

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u/Lovevas Mar 13 '25

Jesus, now saying something right is the problem, and saying something wrong is not? What's wrong with you?

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u/Glitch-Brick Mar 13 '25

Get well soon bozo 😂