r/technology • u/ClappyKillmore • 16h ago

Transportation Tesla 'Cannot Guarantee' Roadster Reservation Holders Will Ever Get a Car

https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-cannot-guarantee-roadster-reservation-holders-will-ever-get-a-car
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u/wps10 15h ago

Anyone who still gives money to Tesla at all, let alone for a pre-order, is a moron and an asshole who shouldn’t be trusted with money in the first place

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u/powerlloyd 15h ago edited 15h ago

At first I was thinking “there are people who can drop $200-$500 on a vaporware deposit and it doesn’t phase them”, then I looked up what a deposit on a roadster cost… Jesus man, you’re not wrong. 50k deposit for the base model, and some dummies are dropping 250k for a car that’s never coming.

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u/wps10 15h ago

Craziest part is, they’ve been taking those $50k deposits since 2017 when they first announced the 2nd gen Roadster and still haven’t delivered jack shit. It blows my mind that Tesla is still trustworthy in anyone’s eyes

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u/powerlloyd 15h ago

A fool and his money…

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u/wps10 15h ago

Best time ever to be a grifter

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u/fixnahole 4h ago

So it's like a Kickstarter that never materializes. Certainly more than a few stories of those--but not $50K worth!

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u/emergencyexit 8h ago

When you put it like that it's kind of no wonder people are investing in TSLA. A business that can make money out of nothing? That's an appealing investment. At least until it's time to pay the piper.

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u/LOLBaltSS 14h ago

If you really wanted a roadster designed by Hans that you can actually buy right now, there's always the Saturn Sky Red Line or Pontiac Solstice GXP and they'll be a fraction of the reserve price of the Tesla. Hell, you could even buy a Mallett version of either and still be way under $50k.

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u/Westerdutch 7h ago

a moron and an asshole who shouldn’t be trusted with money in the first place

Well, that only narrows it down to about 2/3 of humanity at this point.... more people than any marketing department could ever wish for.

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u/johnsonjohndaughter 7h ago

We should just redistribute all the money to gavin newsome