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  1. 5 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    The Oakland stadium is one we haven't been to yet.  If they get the lease extended after this year, then we may try and hit it up over the next two/three years along with San Fran (Already have a ballpark trip booked this summer).  I know it's perceived as a dump and rated the worst ballpark in the majors, but could probably get seats right on the field and might as well see it if going to San Fran as well.  Otherwise, will just wait for them to move to Vegas.

    I always had fun going to games at the coliseum because it was cheap to get seats close to the dugouts or home plate.  Fans were always pretty cool as well.  That was before the move was being discussed, so they may not be as genial these days. 

  2. On 3/26/2024 at 3:04 AM, GoPokes83 said:


    Who TF wears red to begin with? I won’t own or wear red clothing, hell I won’t even own a red car or truck even if it’s an unbelievable deal because fuck the land thieves! Completely irrational hatred for that shithole and everyone/thing associated with it seems perfectly rational to me.

    My wife bought a multi-colored set of eight cereal bowls several years ago.  The set has one red bowl and one maroon bowl.  I have never once eaten out of either the red or maroon bowls, and when I put away dishes the red and maroon bowls always go on the bottom of the stack and the orange bowl goes on top.  My wife is a Sooner (graduate degrees), and I don't think she has ever noticed that the red bowl is always on the bottom. 

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  3. 6 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Actually, it's hardcore MAGA country.  May have more MAGA voters there than most any other state.  Sure, they're slightly outnumbered by non pieces of shit (well, at least they're not pieces of shit for THAT reason....I mean, some of 'em are fucking Dodgers fans, so definitely pieces of shit), but there are still many millions of them.

    Go poll every Tesla driver in CA and see how they skew politically.  It sure as shit doesn't match this dumbass internet characterization you have all cooked up.

    Biden carried California in 2020 with 63.5% of the vote vs 34.3% for Trump. 

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  4. 19 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

    3. When you are factually wrong (the Consumer Reports thing), you are going to take it on the chin.

     

    My advice to you is sit down junior and leave this thread for the big boys.

    I admitted that I missed Buick and their 170K vehicles ahead of Tesla on the reliability ranking.  Imagine that, someone on the Surl admitting that they made a mistake.

    But it doesn't change my point AT ALL.  So they were second on a list of twelve American manufacturers in that particular ranking.   

    Reading this echo chamber circle jerk thread would leave you with the impression that Tesla is bottom of the barrel for quality and reliability.  And it's just not factual.

      

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    47 minutes ago, NoName said:

    just don't try to use something like reliability as a reason to buy one

    But that's not what I have been doing.  I'm not touting Tesla as some model of reliability.  I've simply been saying that their quality issues are not unique in the industry.  That's it.  

    47 minutes ago, NoName said:

    side note, are we acting like Buick (GM division) is not an American auto manufacturer now? they score higher than Tesla

    Yep.. I missed Buick ahead of Tesla there.  My bad. 

     

    Doesn't change my overall point, though.  Tesla is not uniquely bad with quality issues, despite the fact that they have only been manufacturing vehicles at large scale for less than a decade.

  6. 5 minutes ago, royiv said:

    And yet you bought Elon’s laughable prediction that your Tesla will be an income producing robotaxi hook, line and sinker. So while you profess to dislike him, you went all-in on his snake oil.

    That was only part of the calculus that went into my decision.  The main factor is that I wanted to support the development of self-driving technology and experience it firsthand.

  7. 5 minutes ago, NoName said:

    yeah man, fuck straight off with this dumb as hell take.

    Tesla ranks #14 in the Consumer Reports reliability rankings. here's the top 20. if you are buying a vehicle and even kind of considering reliability as one of the things you are thinking about - you absolutely, totally and completely, do not buy a fucking Tesla.

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    here is the CR info on powertrain info:

     

    for what it's worth Toyota has 7 of the 10 most reliable cars in this survey, the other 3 are the BMW x5, Subaru Forester and the Acura RDX

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    side note, are we acting like Buick (GM division) is not an American auto manufacturer now?

    how do you even identify an "American made" car now?

    Tesla claims 100% but that NHTSA list has them at anywhere between 60-75% - which genuinely is awesome.

    https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2023-03/MY2023-AALA-Alphabetical-3-31-23.pdf

    other cars in the top 10 below are the ID.4 EV (somewhere between 65-75% depending on trim level) and the Passport (at 75%),

    here's the top 15 American Made cars per Cars.com: https://www.cars.com/articles/2023-cars-com-american-made-index-which-cars-are-the-most-american-467465/

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    and yes, yet again you did it!

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    I didn't say American-made.  I said American manufacturer.  I posted a link to the latest Consumer Reports rating that has them in the middle of the pack and ahead of the big three, considerably.    People in this thread continually throw Tesla under the bus a if it is a unique outlier in build quality in reliability, and it's just not true.

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  8. I feel like I should start inoculating my commentary with the following two standing statements:

    1.  Musk has revealed himself to be an incredible piece of shit.  I used to be ambivalent about him, but find myself more and more in the camp that he just needs to shut up and go away.

    2.  The Cybertruck is a terrible hunk of shit from concept to execution. 

     

    That said, here goes...

    Tesla has earned a lot of scrutiny with their quality issues, but let's not pretend that they are unique in the industry:

    Toyota Prius

    Ford F-150

    Chevy Camaro

    My Volvo XC90 has been in the shop twice in two years to replace a known quality issue with the electric heating element.

     

    For 2024, Consumer Reports has Tesla as the highest rated American auto manufacturer for reliability.  

    Tesla gets the extra scrutiny because it has revolutionized the auto industry and people are very interested in what the company does, and people generally dislike Musk.

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