# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/61 "2025-03-11T14:29:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > When I was growing up it was said there were two types of Jews. The ones who said they wouldn’t be caught dead driving a Nazi car like a Mercedes, and the rest who could afford to buy one. There’s a lot of truth to that. I’m unimpressed with people who “boycott” something that they would never buy anyway for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/62 "2025-03-11T14:36:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But the geographical distribution of Tesla sales is very different from that of e.g. Camrys. I live in Luxembourg. By nearly every metric it’s one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with one of the wealthiest populations. And every other car is a Mercedes, a BMW, an Audi, or a Tesla. With a handful of top-end performance cars (from Lotus to Lambo) sprinkled in for seasoning. Though, thankfully, other high-price electrics are starting to move in: Polestar, VW ID Buzz, etc. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/63 "2025-03-11T14:43:50Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I’ve always wondered if 47 drives his own car. I’ve seen him on a golf cart but never behind the wheel of an automobile Driving is for the little people. Real men have a chauffeur and a limo. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/64 "2025-03-11T14:43:58Z")
Back in 1982 a car dealer in Albany, NY was convicted on several counts of having sex with an 11 year old girl in exchange for payments to her mother. There were literally thousands of vehicles with his dealership’s branding. Quite a few ended up sporting bumper stickers reading, “This car is the only thing I got from Ted Pepper” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/65 "2025-03-11T14:43:58Z")
> [@chela](#): > > 47 announced on TS his plan to buy one, musk thanked him on twitter. > > I’ve always wondered if 47 drives his own car. I’ve seen him on a golf cart but never behind the wheel of an automobile Keep in mind the scrupulous level of honesty of “47” that manifests every time he opens his mouth. Or, IOW, he’s definitely for sure going to buy a Cybertruck – in two weeks! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/66 "2025-03-11T14:49:14Z")
Hey man, don’t rain on my parade. I’m boycotting nuclear weapons and I’m confident that my boycott will eventually drive the whole industry out of business. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/67 "2025-03-11T14:51:03Z")
Tesla Sentry Mode is supposedly being updated to detect vandalism as opposed to just theft but honestly it’s not the 1990s. Vandals know to wear masks now. > **[Tesla Sentry Mode May Soon Honk When It Detects Vandalism](https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2578/tesla-sentry-mode-may-soon-honk-when-it-detects-vandalism)** > > Teslas could be getting a feature to honk or use their alarm when getting keyed or otherwise vandalized in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/68 "2025-03-11T14:52:33Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Hey man, don’t rain on my parade. I’m boycotting nuclear weapons and I’m confident that my boycott will eventually drive the whole industry out of business. Imagine my disappointment when I finally tried chick-fil-a and I realized I actually don’t like their food. ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/69 "2025-03-11T14:54:30Z")
There was an anti-fascist rally here last week. One of the chants was :;.“Elon Musk …go to Mars…WE don’t want your nazi cars” ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/70 "2025-03-11T14:55:52Z")
A feature to honk their horn? Well, that’ll bring _everyone_ out of their homes versus thinking “Fucking neighbor’s fucking stupid car alarm is going off fucking again…” ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/71 "2025-03-11T14:56:06Z")
> [@sb1953](#): > > There was an anti-fascist rally here last week. One of the chants was :“Elon Musk …go to Mars…WE don’t want your nazi cars” I love this political resistance poetry. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/72 "2025-03-11T15:05:58Z")
Hey now, I’ve been told many times over the last decade–and probably a number of these people that said so have a Tesla–that if there’s eleven normal people and one Nazi in a room, there’s actually twelve Nazis. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/73 "2025-03-11T15:26:36Z")
While my morality is flexible enough that I won’t feel sad if someone paints a swastika on a Cybertruck, they really should leave the cars alone. People bought most of them before Elmo went full batshit. They were just a cool car. And really, are Teslas supposed to be the car for libs, or the swasitcar? Here in red Mesa Az, there are so many Teslas that if you spend sunup to sundown graffiting them, your work would never be done. Remember when Mush was the cool guy that launched his car into space? I miss those days. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/74 "2025-03-11T15:43:19Z")
I just saw a post on Facebook of a Kia with a sticker that read “I bought this after Elon went crazy.” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/75 "2025-03-11T16:10:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you live where they’re common you see them all day every day. Driving around my part of suburbia, there’s one in nearly every blob of cars sitting at a boulevard traffic light. Often more than one. > > In other parts of the country you may have to drive in locally typical traffic for a few _days_ to see one. I just got back from LA and there were a TON of Teslas. I was shocked! I’d say it was maybe 1/8 Teslas out there, and where I’m from (Cleveland suburb) about 1/25. We also noted that there were a lot fewer pickup trucks in LA. We guessed it was probably a matter of parking (here, everyone has a driveway and a garage). ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/76 "2025-03-11T16:12:52Z")
The makers of other EVs ought to be capitalizing on the hate for Musk/Tesla right now. The ads practically write themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/77 "2025-03-11T16:13:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@snowthx](#): > > > > I expect something like that to happen here as well - it’s just a matter of time. > > I don’t. Papa John’s was a generic pizza company. Tesla is a reflection of Musk. Papa John’s was _literally named after the guy_. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s hard to have much sympathy for “Tesla investors”. Yeah, if you put your money into a diversified investment portfolio that includes Tesla stock, you should rot in hell - no sympathy, you Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/78 "2025-03-11T16:17:07Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > > [@snowthx](#): > > > > I think it’s a lot to expect someone to sell their car for political reasons, especially after the financial investment. > > I don’t expect anyone to do much of anything. But, as I said, I believe there is a significant difference between, “I can’t afford to” and “It would not be financially advantageous for me to do so.” > > It is easy to espouse views so long as you are not willing to incur much expense or inconvenience in doing so. “Fuck freeloaders on food stamps. Would they really starve without government aid, or do they just not want the drop in quality of life they’d take if they dumpster dove?” Same energy. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/79 "2025-03-11T16:20:06Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > My impression is that many (not all) Teslas were bought more as a status statement than any other reason. Not for being green. Not for self driving. Ah well if the car now gets looks of a different sort. What gives you that impression? The people I know who have Teslas got them because they did the math and figured out it would pay for itself by saving gas money. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-a-tesla-get-sieg-heils-apparently-it-ain-t-easy-being-green-any-more/1015416/80 "2025-03-11T16:26:49Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I just saw a post on Facebook of a Kia with a sticker that read “I bought this after Elon went crazy.” “I can’t afford a Tesla but I don’t like Elon Musk and want to virtue signal about it” wouldn’t fit on the sticker? [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=3) [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=5)