# Drive a Tesla, get Sieg Heils? Apparently it ain’t easy being green any more **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416 "2025-03-11T03:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/201 "2025-03-17T18:15:51Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > A Tesla down the street had large letters on the front bumper spelling out “F-ELON”. FYI … > [@Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1145): > > Fuck Elon, and the felon, hardcore. I’m curious if the owner did that on purpose or if they’re two independent statements. [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/whqdDqZ.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/202 "2025-03-18T18:18:40Z")
Replying to [Cybertrucks falling apart - #103 by Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/103) > [@Cybertrucks falling apart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cybertrucks-falling-apart/1014780/103): > > It’s weird none of these Tesla vandals have been caught Some who tried to set fire to the Loveland, Colorado Tesla store have been caught. > **[Suspect arrested in connection with vandalism of Colorado Tesla dealership](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/suspect-arrested-incendiary-device-vandalism-colorado-tesla/)** > > Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the vandalism of a Northern Colorado Tesla dealership earlier this month. And an earlier incident at the same location. > **[Colorado Tesla dealership vandalism suspect faces federal charge of malicious...](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/lucy-grace-nelson-vandalism-suspect-tesla-dealership-colorado-federal-charges/)** > > The Loveland Tesla dealership vandalism suspect now faces a federal charge of malicious destruction of property. I expect some of it is just not making it past local coverage, if it’s covered at all. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/203 "2025-03-18T18:25:45Z")
Since when has vandalism of private property been a Federal offense? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/204 "2025-03-18T18:28:37Z")
A Vegas dealership has multiple burning vehicles right now. > **[BNO News (@bnonews.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3lko33t2y4k2e)** > > WATCH: Cars set on fire at Tesla in Las Vegas, "resist" painted on the building. FBI investigating > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Since when has vandalism of private property been a Federal offense? Since Trump declared that people targeting Teslas are engaged in “domestic terrorism”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/205 "2025-03-18T19:26:27Z")
As I remarked in the other Tesla thread, in the 1943 movie _Return of the Vampire_ Bela Lugosi plays what is essentially Dracula, back from the dead when the stake is pulled out of his heart. But since it was a Columbia Picture, and Universal had the rights to the character, they e-named him ARMAND **TESLA** > **[I Can't Believe It's Not Dracula! Return of the Vampire, starring Bela Lugosi...](https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads%2Fi-cant-believe-its-not-dracula-return-of-the-vampire-starring-bela-lugosi.910112%2F)** > > Officially, there's no connection between The Return of the Vampire (1943) and Universal's Dracula. Yes, both movies feature Bela Lugosi prowling about in evening dress as a sinister vampire with mesmeric powers, only to be defeated by the combined... I think we ought to make all that we can out of this fortuitous coincidence that Musk’s Folly shares a name with a screen vampire. Played by Bela Lugosi, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/206 "2025-03-19T00:04:10Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Since Trump declared that people targeting Teslas are engaged in “domestic terrorism”. The “Nazi” part can move it into hate crime. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/207 "2025-03-19T00:42:16Z")
Say what? Calling people a Nazi is a hate crime? That’s not how it works. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/208 "2025-03-19T02:03:52Z")
So I went to Gettysburg last week for a work conference and kept my eye open for Teslas. I did spot several on the road and a couple in parking lots. Somehow my brain has decided that the Tesla identification emblem/badge looks a bit like an IUD. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/209 "2025-03-19T02:46:19Z")
TIL what an IUD looks like. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/210 "2025-03-19T12:18:45Z")
Well, in many cases, it will prevent pregnancy… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/211 "2025-03-19T12:21:38Z")
“Tesler” is a protected class. Please try to keep up 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/212 "2025-03-19T15:09:27Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > TIL what an IUD looks like. I must have had a quite unusual high school sex ed class. We were taught all the different (3?) models available at the time. For all I can remember 47 years on, we had to draw them for the test! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/213 "2025-03-19T15:25:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I must have had a quite unusual high school sex ed class. We were taught all the different (3?) models available at the time. Ditto. Although I don’t think we had to draw them. We did get to handle real examples of them. IIRC, the boys looked curious (or not) and the girls all looked very dubious while turning that thing over in their hands. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/214 "2025-03-19T15:29:10Z")
I know it’s a Tesla thread, but may I briefly remind one and all of the infamous Dodge Ram logo (mildly NSFW - Anatomy)? [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/tnation/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f7d5eabb6cddedad7d4cf55224320032309d39fb.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/tnation/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f7d5eabb6cddedad7d4cf55224320032309d39fb.jpg) If you park your Ram truck _and_ your Tesla in the same garage, can we safely assume your household fertility rate will marginally diminish? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/215 "2025-03-19T15:33:44Z")
You’ll be fine. Until you put the thing in the thing. Then fertility is history. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/216 "2025-03-19T15:35:52Z")
New Tesla logo: > **[https://preview.redd.it/nd340ut66gpe1.png?auto=webp&s=9e6564f2c732e77bee552f...](https://preview.redd.it/nd340ut66gpe1.png?auto=webp&s=9e6564f2c732e77bee552fd5682425203b939d8d)** ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/217 "2025-03-19T15:54:45Z")
Niiice!!!1! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/218 "2025-03-19T16:27:07Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > New Tesla logo: I find it fascinating how so little actual information can be so instantly recognizable. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/219 "2025-03-19T16:43:43Z")
Yesterday when we were out **MrsFtG** noticed that the car in front us a light was a Tesler with the logo removed. If she can notice something like that, I don’t think removing the logo is going to have much impact. I am another person wondering if some of these ‘setting cars on fire at dealerships’ are insurance scams to get rid of unsaleable stock. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/220 "2025-03-19T17:01:30Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I don’t think removing the logo is going to have much impact. It declares that the owner is at least currently … embarrassed… chagrined? to be driving the car. May be posturing but it is the same message as an anti Musk Trump bumper sticker just a bit less loudly done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416.md?page=12)