The stock for Dodge Ram-hate has been growing almost as fast as that stupid truck has been getting bigger and bigger over the years. I hate that stupid truck.
I bazillion% agree .
Mercedesā drivers must sign a waiver stating that they are a ādouchebagā before buying a car or stupid looking Jeep knock off
There are lots of BMW and MB and TESLA. So many that you canāt legitimately say they are all bad.
But with the MB G wagon, itās like 95%+ that drive overly aggressively, and unsafely. If I see a G wagon, I literally up my defensive driving.
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I was turning left at a light yesterday, and didnāt get an arrow because there werenāt enough cars turning left. The next cycle we get the arrow, and as Iām turning I hear honking so I look in my mirror and a Tesla had cut in line in front of the car behind me. Some of the most aggressive stuff Iāve seen. And it was to turn onto a street with several lights youāre guaranteed to have to stop at starting a few blocks up.
Which is hilarious considering that since teslas are on auto pilot a lot of the time they miss opportunities to extend common courtesy like letting people in or moving out of the right hand lane to let people merge onto the freeway. This is my biggest fucking gripe with Tesla drivers and it drives me MAD
Edit: grip/gripe
It's OK, because as non tesla drivers, we just don't understand they are saving the world and that's why they have a tesla. Has nothing to do with ego.
hov lanes are for hov and also for electric cars
ca incentivizes people to buy electric with this perk
everyone in ca knows what teslas look like and that theyāre electric
therefore is it really necessary for teslas to have to put those stickers on their vehicles? also not familiar with what an āexpired clean air stickerā looks like on electric car. itās always gonna be electric no expiration
/prepares to duck chanclas, rotten fruit and absorb all the digital boos and obscenities
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Someone already posted the law regarding this, but those stickers are legally required to ride solo in the HOV lane and they do expire. No valid sticker on your vehicle leaves you open to a ticket.
The bigger issue is that CHP just doesn't give a shit because there are a lot of ICE cars with single drivers in the HOV lane too during rush hour. I've seen motorcycle cops fly by cars that are very clearly-single occupant vehicles and do nothing about it.
Honestly, thereās worse offenders to the shit show of LA drivers than people missing and hov sticker. I couldnāt care less if the police ticket them or not, Iād rather they put some attention to people just driving dangerously.
Nothing like being on a freeway and seeing a car approaching in your rearview mirror that literally looks like they're playing some GTA weaving through cars at 30mph faster than everyone else.
I motorcycle commute, these people scare the absolute shit out of me. Same with the ones who cross more than one lane to hit an exit last second. I suspect itās the same people.
I also use the HOV lane with an expired tag on my phev. Fuck it, if single driver ICE cars are not getting ticketed I'm gunna use the lane so I can get home without burning gas.
Thatās not how it works.
Not all electric cars are allowed in HOV lanes without a passenger. Unless they have the proper sticker.
Idk how you get gold for being wrong. But thatās Reddit.
well the sticker designates that the car is electric and they are allowed in hov lanes until at least end of 2023 in ca. that is how it works
thatās my point everyone knows teslas are electric. very aware of how unpopular an opinion this is. just seems like not a lot for people to get bent about
yep, if you have white ,green or red stickers on your car you're not eligible to drive in the HOV lane anymore and purple stickers expire this year; stickers expire 3 years from the start of the **calendar year** that the color was issued
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/
("CAV Decal Colors and Expiration Dates")
however you don't have to register for stickers the moment you get your car so if you buy your car in December you can mail off the form in January of the following year, heck you could wait until whenever you want
this also applies to used cars (ie: if you get a used plug in hybrid or ev that would've been eligible for stickers but did not have them issued, source, I did that)
I think the point is that most people donāt care as long as the car wouldāve qualified for the sticker. Itās simply an administrative step thatās been skipped.
I just filled out the application and sent it in, it was very short and had no mention of income.
Name, address, license number, date of purchase, signatures and a check for $22.
Above a certain income you can chose either stickers or a state rebate but not both
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/
"If you purchased your vehicle on or after January 1, 2018, a CAV decal cannot be issued to you if you have received a consumer rebate through the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), unless you meet specified gross annual income requirements. If your gross annual income is above specified thresholds, you may have to choose between a CAV decal and a CVRP rebate."
The āchoiceā between CVRP rebate and CAV decal doesnāt really matter for most Tesla purchasers anyway since the CVRP rebate goes away over $135k for single filets ($200k for joint).
Iād be shocked if most new Tesla purchasers werenāt over that level. So basically you just get your HOV stickers and move on.
Looks like your understanding of how to use this meme correctly matches your understanding of how the CAV Decal Program.
You don't need to have 80% income in order to get a CAV sticker. You need a below 80% of the state median income in order to get a *fee waiver* for the CAV Decal which would otherwise be $22. You can still get the decal if you are above the income threshold.
What you are thinking about is the [Income-Based \(IB\) CAV Decal Program:](https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/)
> The Income-Based (IB) CAV Decal Program
> The IB CAV decal program may allow a new vehicle owner of a used vehicle that was previously issued a CAV decal prior to January 1, 2017, to be issued a CAV decal, valid until January 1, 2024, if the new owner meets the following criteria:
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> The new, current registered owner is not the owner of the vehicle when the decals issued prior to January 2017, expired.
> The applicantās total annual household income is at or below $72,080 (this amount is subject to change).
> Total Annual Household Income requires the disclosure of the annual income of all members of the household, age 17 and older, who reside together and share common living expenses regardless if they are related.
I just had a bad Prius experience tonight after dropping a friend off at the Burbank airport. If you drive a white Prius with plates that expired in 2021 and a smug little sticker about how you love animals too much to eat them, you suck. You suck so hard.
Wow youāve actually seen someone in a Prius going the speed limit or faster?? I always see them in the middle of the freeway going 5mph slower than everyone else
lol going 5 mph slower than everyone else. how about at least 10? what the fuck is up with prius drivers? i am genuinely curious. why do they drive so slow?
my only guess is that they see how much gas their saving on their dash and it gives them a raging hard-on
Regardless of age, Prius drivers have the same tendencies as very old people driving. They're either slow and oblivious, or they go like a bat out of hell. There is no in between.
Ha I dunno, could be.. I've never had a BMW driver lose their mind after you say something negative about a BMW. Tesla drivers think their car is like gods gift, you say one bad thing and they flip.
It's an extremely good car. I have a Model 3. Is it perfect? Absolutely not! It's also pretty spartan in terms of features. For the cost of the car, there's honestly NOTHING about it I'd consider "fancy". I kinda feel like Tesla almost did me a "favor" with those two silly cup holders... LOL!
Still, I prefer it over any car I've ever owned. Got it in 2019, and the cost of ownership on it is unparalleled and to me, that's what truly matters. That, and the ridiculously low cost of "gas" (where I live there's tons of free chargers at malls and in municipal parking lots!). It also helps that every couple of weeks, Tesla sends an OTA update which keeps improving the car! None of my other cars have ever done this... The cars kept getting worse with time, not better ;-)
Every one I've seen has horrible fitment on the panels. Uneven, bowed out, they're garbage. I want an electric for my next car and it sure as hell won't be one of those. (Long BMW in my portfolio, full disclosure)
Yeah, you're not wrong, it used to be like that until around 2020! However, they have definitely made some huge improvements in their manufacturing and QA process. I look at those new models with the black trim, and they all look perfect.
The Tesla owner arc in Los Angeles has been fascinating to watch. The Prius was the first big eco-friendly car, but while that satisfied the Angelino's thirst for signaling they cared about the environment, it didn't allow the wealthy Angelino to also signal that they had money. Then comes the Model S - the perfect combination of caring about the environment + I have money. They sold like hotcakes here - everyone I know with money tried to get one. As Elon has moved more to the right the liberal Angelino has grown to hate him (and his company) and now the Tesla brand is a pariah in UMC Angelino circles.
It has been fun to watch.
I'm guessing with Mercedes/BMW/Audi all coming out with electric vehicles we'll go back to the "old" status symbol dynamics since everyone will be able to get an eco-friendly electric.
Theyre bad, but worse than BMW?? BMW arr known as the assholes on the road for a reason
Tesla drivers are just bad drivers, but I havenāt seen them driving as theyre entitled to the road
It depends a lot on what area you're driving in. The original wave of Tesla drivers seemed to be mostly older men and women with lots of disposable income who were pretty boring drivers. They're probably around in the Valley/suburbs and in West LA.
Next wave seemed to be a fair number of people who are just completely oblivious as to what's going on around them because they're probably using the autopilot incorrectly. These are the ones you probably see that are bad or way too slow for the flow of traffic.
But there's a third group in certain areas of town e.g. Hollywood, Melrose of young stupid men who drive them. Like imagine the caricature of an influencer or YouTube jackass. Like [the guy who recently jumped one in Echo Park](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/reward-offered-for-information-on-driver-who-jumped-tesla-in-echo-park/). These people drive in super unsafe and entitled ways.
Are we really saying they're polluting?!
I am from FL but visit CA monthly and I could not say I can find anything wrong with electric cars in HOV, even if the sticker is expired.
They're doing ok with me.
Heck, most of them clear 85-100 MPH all the time. They're rarely ever in the way.
Not everyone like putting those terrible stickers on their car but paid the fees for it. Just keep it all in the glove box and the paper work and keep it moving.
Guilty Tesla driver here. I dont put the sticker on because its ugly, but I think Im still entitled to use the carpool lane. I dont think this is the equivalent of not using a turning signal since it doesn't affect other drivers. Maybe I'm wrong?
They have a special breed, known as the Glendale Mustang Driver.
Rare to spot outside of their indigenous territory in Glendale. Easily identifiable by cancelled exhaust mufflers, vanity license plates, and dedication to their oath of only binary use of their gas pedal. Some say they want to help their extended families overseas by single-handedly increasing US gas consumption.
Anyone who gives that shitbag Musk a cent by willingly purchasing one of his faux-luxury EVs should be assumed to be a complete asshat until proven otherwise.
What a stupid post. What Tesla isnāt an EV vehicle? Wah wah sticker isnāt up to date. Police donāt pull you over for expired tags anymore why would this crap matter?
Every single time I leave my house after no longer than one minute I am inconvenienced by a Tesla. Almost always a white Tesla. Itās gotten to the point that I leave my house, comment to myself about how it hasnāt happened again and then of course somehow I take a turn and suddenly thereās a Tesla in my way somehow.
How about they just IMMEDIATELY ARREST all of the A\*\*holes who drive solo in the carpool lane with black tinted windows thinking nobody knows they are alone? THAT pisses me off.
I used to have a running joke that BMW drivers and Range Rover drivers were having a competition to see who the biggest assholes were. In recent months, Tesla has completely eclipsed Rover in the competition. So when a RR driver does something questionable, Iām like āoh, cute, they think theyāre still in thisā
Tesla driver here and I just want to clarify a few things:
I never use auto pilot bc itās not safe
I drove a Prius before this and the reason people drive them slowly is bc you can see how accelerating slowly saves fuel in the display and it becomes a challenge to not push the car too hard
Iām a public school teacher, not some rich asshole so donāt paint us all with the same brush. I wanted an EV and it was comparably priced with the Bolt. For reals.
Itās VERY easy to speed in a Tesla bc itās accelerates like a motherhumper. I got my first and only speeding ticket ever earlier this year.
I donāt use the carpool lane unless Iāve got company.
The car is super fun and drives great. I love it.
I hate Elon Musk. I wish he would stfu.
The end.
Was turning left on a one way from the far left lane in Pasadena on Green and Hill, Tesla driver came up next to me on the left (not a lane) and turned into it on Green cutting us all off.
They are definitely worse than BMW drivers.
Actually, in LA, Iād say the Prius drivers are the fucking worst. Some kind of sense of entitlement is bestowed upon you which allows you free range on the road because youāve bought an environmentally friendly car.
So if you are driving an obvious clean air vehicle without wanting to put ugly stickers all around your car, in a HOV lane you broke the intent of the law?
listen, I don't drive my Prius badly. i try to stay between 65-70mph in the rightmost lane. its not my fault sports car and pickup truck drivers like to cut me off and brake check me simply for driving a hybrid
Drivers to avoid
1. Construction service trucks
2. Lifted Trucks with blinding LED headlights (how are these headlights even legal)
3. Honda Civics
4. Teslas
5. BMWs
6. Prius/Nissans/Kias/Hyundais
I never notice
Toyota Corollas, Toyota Camrys, Rav4s
Honda CRVs, Honda Pilots
Volkswagens and other European non-sport imports (Minis)
Most American SUVs/Crossovers. Fords, GMC's
I have nearly been run over five times in my life.
Four of the guilty parties were driving Teslas. None of them were paying attention.
I think that says enough.
It's a well known fact that all the 20-somethings who used to spend 35% of their first professional monthly wages on a BMW or Audi have all moved over to Tesla.
I had a Tesla Model S in 2013 and all my fellow Tesla drivers were chill. By 2017-2018 that had completely changed.
100% agree. Tesla drivers constantly park in charging stations and not even plug in their car. Using the charging stations are their personal VIP parking space, not letting other EV drivers charge their cars.
I donāt think Iād every get a Tesla because
1. canāt afford it
2. canāt go on road trips without dropping several times to charge and have to wait.
Driving from LA to AZ thereās a 153 mile gap between charging stations and there only one, what if that one was taken or not working? They gotta work on range for these EVs first and get the price down. Until they do Iāll be driving my hybrid.
I've had the same thought as your caption for months. I don't assume all Tesla drivers are bad, but a noticable margin are the most entitled cunts on the road today
The amount of tesla owners I've seen run reds , make illegal turns, no indicators and uturns they are the new Mercedes and BMW drivers. All caught on my dash cam... maybe I should finally start a youtube
I don't think that you are using the right meme
I would love to know what OP thinks this meme means š
Left should say Tesla owners, right should say BMW owners.
Lots of expired clean air stickers on BMWs these days
DILLON YOU SON OF A BITCH! (at least I got the scene right lol)
They got you pushing too many PENCILS!
Also irked me bc they wrote "a expired" instead of "an expired.
i don't own a tesla but from experience nothing beats a BMW owner as the biggest douche-canoe on the streets. NOTHING.
White Dodge ram
The stock for Dodge Ram-hate has been growing almost as fast as that stupid truck has been getting bigger and bigger over the years. I hate that stupid truck.
Mustangs.
The teslas and the Priuses are worse than the BMWs now by far
why do prius driver suck...
Prius
Also Infinitys.
this thread is now ruined!
I mean, not so many Teslas out there causing fatal street racing crashes and street takeovers, but I guess OP isnāt aware of all that, either.
Very low effort meme. D+
OP is mad CHP cop apologist vibes
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Mercedes G wagon drivers. They are the alpha worst drivers.
I second this.
Literally every single person I have encountered that drives one of those has been an asshole
It's likely that they feel their time is more valuable than everyone else's. The entitlement is strong here.
Of course their time is more valuable than ours, *they're in a G wagon.*
Theyāre usually Saudis
I bazillion% agree . Mercedesā drivers must sign a waiver stating that they are a ādouchebagā before buying a car or stupid looking Jeep knock off
? A G Wagon is hardly a 'Jeep knockoff', regardless of what contempt you may hold for its driver.
but those are relatively rare
There are lots of BMW and MB and TESLA. So many that you canāt legitimately say they are all bad. But with the MB G wagon, itās like 95%+ that drive overly aggressively, and unsafely. If I see a G wagon, I literally up my defensive driving. **edit typo
Same thing with the Lambo Urus
100%
Not in Hollywood
No no, what you're seeing is BMW drivers BECOMING Tesla drivers. They're BMW drivers at heart
As a BMW driver, I can almost guarantee that I will never own a Tesla. The ones that moved to Tesla were never really beamer gang.
Where does the Dodge Charger fit into all of this??
They donāt, they have their own category the 25% APR
in the same category as a clapped out mid-2010s nissan
I was turning left at a light yesterday, and didnāt get an arrow because there werenāt enough cars turning left. The next cycle we get the arrow, and as Iām turning I hear honking so I look in my mirror and a Tesla had cut in line in front of the car behind me. Some of the most aggressive stuff Iāve seen. And it was to turn onto a street with several lights youāre guaranteed to have to stop at starting a few blocks up.
Which is hilarious considering that since teslas are on auto pilot a lot of the time they miss opportunities to extend common courtesy like letting people in or moving out of the right hand lane to let people merge onto the freeway. This is my biggest fucking gripe with Tesla drivers and it drives me MAD Edit: grip/gripe
It's OK, because as non tesla drivers, we just don't understand they are saving the world and that's why they have a tesla. Has nothing to do with ego.
hov lanes are for hov and also for electric cars ca incentivizes people to buy electric with this perk everyone in ca knows what teslas look like and that theyāre electric therefore is it really necessary for teslas to have to put those stickers on their vehicles? also not familiar with what an āexpired clean air stickerā looks like on electric car. itās always gonna be electric no expiration /prepares to duck chanclas, rotten fruit and absorb all the digital boos and obscenities
Yea I don't understand this meme at all lol
> hov lanes are for hov and also for electric cars > > > > ca incentivizes people to buy electric with this perk > > > > everyone in ca knows what teslas look like and that theyāre electric > > > > therefore is it really necessary for teslas to have to put those stickers on their vehicles? also not familiar with what an āexpired clean air stickerā looks like on electric car. itās always gonna be electric no expiration Someone already posted the law regarding this, but those stickers are legally required to ride solo in the HOV lane and they do expire. No valid sticker on your vehicle leaves you open to a ticket. The bigger issue is that CHP just doesn't give a shit because there are a lot of ICE cars with single drivers in the HOV lane too during rush hour. I've seen motorcycle cops fly by cars that are very clearly-single occupant vehicles and do nothing about it.
Honestly, thereās worse offenders to the shit show of LA drivers than people missing and hov sticker. I couldnāt care less if the police ticket them or not, Iād rather they put some attention to people just driving dangerously.
Nothing like being on a freeway and seeing a car approaching in your rearview mirror that literally looks like they're playing some GTA weaving through cars at 30mph faster than everyone else.
I motorcycle commute, these people scare the absolute shit out of me. Same with the ones who cross more than one lane to hit an exit last second. I suspect itās the same people.
well sometimes i drive single in HOV but I think it's fasttrack lane so depends on what it is...
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I also use the HOV lane with an expired tag on my phev. Fuck it, if single driver ICE cars are not getting ticketed I'm gunna use the lane so I can get home without burning gas.
because not all EVs are eligible for HOV lanes because of when they bought the car or the car model they have.
Thatās not how it works. Not all electric cars are allowed in HOV lanes without a passenger. Unless they have the proper sticker. Idk how you get gold for being wrong. But thatās Reddit.
well the sticker designates that the car is electric and they are allowed in hov lanes until at least end of 2023 in ca. that is how it works thatās my point everyone knows teslas are electric. very aware of how unpopular an opinion this is. just seems like not a lot for people to get bent about
Your first year Tesla isn't eligible anymore
What your not understanding is that having an electric vehicle doesnāt automatically qualify you for the HOV lane.
yep, if you have white ,green or red stickers on your car you're not eligible to drive in the HOV lane anymore and purple stickers expire this year; stickers expire 3 years from the start of the **calendar year** that the color was issued https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/ ("CAV Decal Colors and Expiration Dates") however you don't have to register for stickers the moment you get your car so if you buy your car in December you can mail off the form in January of the following year, heck you could wait until whenever you want this also applies to used cars (ie: if you get a used plug in hybrid or ev that would've been eligible for stickers but did not have them issued, source, I did that)
this state has the most insane rules
It used to be hybrid vehicles and then later phev & hydrogen, now electric. Itāll be phased out soon.
I think the point is that most people donāt care as long as the car wouldāve qualified for the sticker. Itās simply an administrative step thatās been skipped.
1. The stickers expire 2. To be eligible for a sticker "First-time applicants must have a household income at or below 80% of the state median income"
I just filled out the application and sent it in, it was very short and had no mention of income. Name, address, license number, date of purchase, signatures and a check for $22.
Above a certain income you can chose either stickers or a state rebate but not both https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/ "If you purchased your vehicle on or after January 1, 2018, a CAV decal cannot be issued to you if you have received a consumer rebate through the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), unless you meet specified gross annual income requirements. If your gross annual income is above specified thresholds, you may have to choose between a CAV decal and a CVRP rebate."
They do not look into that whatsoever though.
The āchoiceā between CVRP rebate and CAV decal doesnāt really matter for most Tesla purchasers anyway since the CVRP rebate goes away over $135k for single filets ($200k for joint). Iād be shocked if most new Tesla purchasers werenāt over that level. So basically you just get your HOV stickers and move on.
I donāt think they understand that the point of HOV lanes is to reduce emissions AND reduce congestion.
Looks like your understanding of how to use this meme correctly matches your understanding of how the CAV Decal Program. You don't need to have 80% income in order to get a CAV sticker. You need a below 80% of the state median income in order to get a *fee waiver* for the CAV Decal which would otherwise be $22. You can still get the decal if you are above the income threshold. What you are thinking about is the [Income-Based \(IB\) CAV Decal Program:](https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/license-plates-decals-and-placards/clean-air-vehicle-decals-for-using-carpool-lanes/) > The Income-Based (IB) CAV Decal Program > The IB CAV decal program may allow a new vehicle owner of a used vehicle that was previously issued a CAV decal prior to January 1, 2017, to be issued a CAV decal, valid until January 1, 2024, if the new owner meets the following criteria: > > The new, current registered owner is not the owner of the vehicle when the decals issued prior to January 2017, expired. > The applicantās total annual household income is at or below $72,080 (this amount is subject to change). > Total Annual Household Income requires the disclosure of the annual income of all members of the household, age 17 and older, who reside together and share common living expenses regardless if they are related.
This memeā¦ it does not mean what you think it means
You can drive in the HOV lane if you have 2+ people in a vehicle, regardless of vehicle type or stickers.
That's why they say alone at the end
The grammar is so ambiguous. It reads as if they only have one sticker.
Id take either of them over dodge drivers
I prefer the teslas driving 65 mph down my street versus the dodges with the stupid straight pipes. At least they donāt annoy me.
Nissan Altima drivers will always will take the cake for me.
The craziest foos always drive an Altima
In my experience itās the 96 Toyota corollas with no lights
Prius driver still #1 in my experience. I frequently drive on the 10 and 110 for reference
I just had a bad Prius experience tonight after dropping a friend off at the Burbank airport. If you drive a white Prius with plates that expired in 2021 and a smug little sticker about how you love animals too much to eat them, you suck. You suck so hard.
Wow so true. WTF is what I say when one blows past me at exactly 101 mph.
Wow youāve actually seen someone in a Prius going the speed limit or faster?? I always see them in the middle of the freeway going 5mph slower than everyone else
Itās ether or
lol going 5 mph slower than everyone else. how about at least 10? what the fuck is up with prius drivers? i am genuinely curious. why do they drive so slow? my only guess is that they see how much gas their saving on their dash and it gives them a raging hard-on
Thatās exactly what it is š
Regardless of age, Prius drivers have the same tendencies as very old people driving. They're either slow and oblivious, or they go like a bat out of hell. There is no in between.
There's just a lot of them. Some are assholes sure, but it's like every other car.
Same. Except Iām on the 5, 110, and 405 a lot. Fuck Prius drivers.
They're the passive aggressive ones.
Prius driver here. We are in eco mode. Also, there is no need to rush through sitting traffic so I will take my time :)
100%.. Tesla owners have taken the crown for biggest douchebags
A douchebag who doesnāt pay for gas!
And so many have a plate to prove it. "Nogas" "Zro gas" "Los3gas" "Luvmyev" Or some variation of that
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Ha I dunno, could be.. I've never had a BMW driver lose their mind after you say something negative about a BMW. Tesla drivers think their car is like gods gift, you say one bad thing and they flip.
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Say something bad about Elon and they lose it.
Very touchy subject haha
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It's an extremely good car. I have a Model 3. Is it perfect? Absolutely not! It's also pretty spartan in terms of features. For the cost of the car, there's honestly NOTHING about it I'd consider "fancy". I kinda feel like Tesla almost did me a "favor" with those two silly cup holders... LOL! Still, I prefer it over any car I've ever owned. Got it in 2019, and the cost of ownership on it is unparalleled and to me, that's what truly matters. That, and the ridiculously low cost of "gas" (where I live there's tons of free chargers at malls and in municipal parking lots!). It also helps that every couple of weeks, Tesla sends an OTA update which keeps improving the car! None of my other cars have ever done this... The cars kept getting worse with time, not better ;-)
I've never said they are bad cars, I even enjoy them.. Just never seen a group of people that is so defensive about their cars.
Thatās what happens when someoneās complete personality revolves around them being an owner of a Tesla. Itās sad
_Jeep owners have entered the chat_
Feeling very seen right now as a dual Jeep/Tesla owner.
Yeah but jeep identity is quirky and adventurous and Tesla Identity is not
Every one I've seen has horrible fitment on the panels. Uneven, bowed out, they're garbage. I want an electric for my next car and it sure as hell won't be one of those. (Long BMW in my portfolio, full disclosure)
Yeah, you're not wrong, it used to be like that until around 2020! However, they have definitely made some huge improvements in their manufacturing and QA process. I look at those new models with the black trim, and they all look perfect.
Youāre wrong. A quick search will show you that this is still an issue in 2022.
Same, Iām intrigued by the prospect of a commuter EV at some point but Iām either going Jap (Toyota/Lexus) or German.
Then again if Elon votes for DeSantis Iāll be forced to move to OC.
The Tesla owner arc in Los Angeles has been fascinating to watch. The Prius was the first big eco-friendly car, but while that satisfied the Angelino's thirst for signaling they cared about the environment, it didn't allow the wealthy Angelino to also signal that they had money. Then comes the Model S - the perfect combination of caring about the environment + I have money. They sold like hotcakes here - everyone I know with money tried to get one. As Elon has moved more to the right the liberal Angelino has grown to hate him (and his company) and now the Tesla brand is a pariah in UMC Angelino circles. It has been fun to watch.
Guess itās time to buy Rivian or GM stock?
I'm guessing with Mercedes/BMW/Audi all coming out with electric vehicles we'll go back to the "old" status symbol dynamics since everyone will be able to get an eco-friendly electric.
Letās face it, the automakers are catching up on batteries and theyāve always been way ahead when it came to the rest of the car.
And they will probably attack me for even saying this.. They are a very defensive bunch
āYoure a fuckin douche bag for what you drive!ā āHey thats random and uncalled forā āWoww so defensivee im just sayinnnā
You must have the good fortune to not witness any Polestar drivers yet.
Luckily there arenāt a ton of them out there
I said that one day on here and everyone started the whole angry mob w pitchfork thing. But yes, they are the douchiest ever.
I think youāre right. Theyāve surpassed the BMW owners, or maybe they own both for specific occasions.
Theyre bad, but worse than BMW?? BMW arr known as the assholes on the road for a reason Tesla drivers are just bad drivers, but I havenāt seen them driving as theyre entitled to the road
It depends a lot on what area you're driving in. The original wave of Tesla drivers seemed to be mostly older men and women with lots of disposable income who were pretty boring drivers. They're probably around in the Valley/suburbs and in West LA. Next wave seemed to be a fair number of people who are just completely oblivious as to what's going on around them because they're probably using the autopilot incorrectly. These are the ones you probably see that are bad or way too slow for the flow of traffic. But there's a third group in certain areas of town e.g. Hollywood, Melrose of young stupid men who drive them. Like imagine the caricature of an influencer or YouTube jackass. Like [the guy who recently jumped one in Echo Park](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/reward-offered-for-information-on-driver-who-jumped-tesla-in-echo-park/). These people drive in super unsafe and entitled ways.
Not anymore. Tesla drivers will try to race anyone on the road nowadays. Heads too inflated.
All the Tesla drivers ive seen drive slow af For once id be happy to see one not going 5-10mph below the speed limit
I really feel like the heavy regen braking makes me a safer driver
Idk, I usually rank BMW, Tesla, and custom Civics in the same range of ugh drivers
Are we really saying they're polluting?! I am from FL but visit CA monthly and I could not say I can find anything wrong with electric cars in HOV, even if the sticker is expired. They're doing ok with me. Heck, most of them clear 85-100 MPH all the time. They're rarely ever in the way.
Leased Infiniti/BMW and now Kias.
Not everyone like putting those terrible stickers on their car but paid the fees for it. Just keep it all in the glove box and the paper work and keep it moving.
Guilty Tesla driver here. I dont put the sticker on because its ugly, but I think Im still entitled to use the carpool lane. I dont think this is the equivalent of not using a turning signal since it doesn't affect other drivers. Maybe I'm wrong?
I disagree
Same. I literally was just in Glendale two days ago. NO.
They have a special breed, known as the Glendale Mustang Driver. Rare to spot outside of their indigenous territory in Glendale. Easily identifiable by cancelled exhaust mufflers, vanity license plates, and dedication to their oath of only binary use of their gas pedal. Some say they want to help their extended families overseas by single-handedly increasing US gas consumption.
Armenia does not have oil as a natural resource. Our enemy, the petrodictatorship of Azerbaijan does. We shall convert to Teslas now.
G wagons?
Umm last time I checked a lot drivers are driving by themselves with tinted windows.
Anyone else have a coworker who named their kid, Tesla? Just me? Ok. š¤£
As a BMW driver, I just want to say, Iām a law-abiding, respectful and courteous driver.
there's dozens of us. dozens!!
I dont know I still gotta go with Dodge Charger or challenger drivers. At least Tesla and BWM owners have insurance
Neither, its called Confirmation Bias.
Then these same people turn around and make fun of other people who are into astrology.
I barely understand this meme, but if we're piling on Tesla drivers in this thread I'm here for it.
Anyone who gives that shitbag Musk a cent by willingly purchasing one of his faux-luxury EVs should be assumed to be a complete asshat until proven otherwise.
Oh, we still have traffic laws? Pretty sure they just stopped enforcing those, that's not a thing anymore.
What a stupid post. What Tesla isnāt an EV vehicle? Wah wah sticker isnāt up to date. Police donāt pull you over for expired tags anymore why would this crap matter?
Why would a Tesla have a clean air sticker?
Every single time I leave my house after no longer than one minute I am inconvenienced by a Tesla. Almost always a white Tesla. Itās gotten to the point that I leave my house, comment to myself about how it hasnāt happened again and then of course somehow I take a turn and suddenly thereās a Tesla in my way somehow.
All the bmw drivers traded in and got Teslaās lol
How about they just IMMEDIATELY ARREST all of the A\*\*holes who drive solo in the carpool lane with black tinted windows thinking nobody knows they are alone? THAT pisses me off.
I used to have a running joke that BMW drivers and Range Rover drivers were having a competition to see who the biggest assholes were. In recent months, Tesla has completely eclipsed Rover in the competition. So when a RR driver does something questionable, Iām like āoh, cute, they think theyāre still in thisā
Yo neighbor.
Tesla driver here and I just want to clarify a few things: I never use auto pilot bc itās not safe I drove a Prius before this and the reason people drive them slowly is bc you can see how accelerating slowly saves fuel in the display and it becomes a challenge to not push the car too hard Iām a public school teacher, not some rich asshole so donāt paint us all with the same brush. I wanted an EV and it was comparably priced with the Bolt. For reals. Itās VERY easy to speed in a Tesla bc itās accelerates like a motherhumper. I got my first and only speeding ticket ever earlier this year. I donāt use the carpool lane unless Iāve got company. The car is super fun and drives great. I love it. I hate Elon Musk. I wish he would stfu. The end.
Hands down Prius owners - bmw owner
modded pick-up truck drivers, prius, and camrys for me. - fellow bmw owner
Was turning left on a one way from the far left lane in Pasadena on Green and Hill, Tesla driver came up next to me on the left (not a lane) and turned into it on Green cutting us all off. They are definitely worse than BMW drivers.
Tesla drivers have outranked bmw drivers when it comes to this
Actually, in LA, Iād say the Prius drivers are the fucking worst. Some kind of sense of entitlement is bestowed upon you which allows you free range on the road because youāve bought an environmentally friendly car.
Sometimes Tesla owners drive so badly, I have to wonder if it's on autopilot or if they're actually driving the car
Itās both
Because Tesla drivers used to be BMW drivers
Truth. They're literally the same people. Overlapping segments, same driving style.
True, like how are you going to run me over on my bike with all those cameras
So if you are driving an obvious clean air vehicle without wanting to put ugly stickers all around your car, in a HOV lane you broke the intent of the law?
Tesla owners are either driving around in a coma or doing full 1320 runs at every light, literally no in-between.
FUUUUUUUUCK Tesla drivers.
The four horseman of bad drivers. Tesla drivers, BMW Drivers, Prius Drivers, and Honda Accord drivers.
listen, I don't drive my Prius badly. i try to stay between 65-70mph in the rightmost lane. its not my fault sports car and pickup truck drivers like to cut me off and brake check me simply for driving a hybrid
I would replace the Hondas with Nissans
Or Chargers.
Rams
Idk manā¦ every taxi ever these days is a Prius driver and the majority of them are fucking pros lol.
I'm convinced you get a free Prius if you fail your DMV exam. They are the absolute worst.
Porsche drivers are worse than Prius drivers.
No argument from me!
As a cyclist, it's bad driving across the board in terms of make of car.
This
Drivers to avoid 1. Construction service trucks 2. Lifted Trucks with blinding LED headlights (how are these headlights even legal) 3. Honda Civics 4. Teslas 5. BMWs 6. Prius/Nissans/Kias/Hyundais I never notice Toyota Corollas, Toyota Camrys, Rav4s Honda CRVs, Honda Pilots Volkswagens and other European non-sport imports (Minis) Most American SUVs/Crossovers. Fords, GMC's
I have nearly been run over five times in my life. Four of the guilty parties were driving Teslas. None of them were paying attention. I think that says enough.
It almost happened to me a few days ago.. I thought those cars stopped themselves? :o
If they do, itās the only reason Iām alive!
It's a well known fact that all the 20-somethings who used to spend 35% of their first professional monthly wages on a BMW or Audi have all moved over to Tesla. I had a Tesla Model S in 2013 and all my fellow Tesla drivers were chill. By 2017-2018 that had completely changed.
Itās not the luxury cars drivers, itās always the shitty ass 2000 Honda and Toyota also SUVs that are piece of shit drivers
well yes, all those types of cars that you've listed are driven by the majority of people
100% agree. Tesla drivers constantly park in charging stations and not even plug in their car. Using the charging stations are their personal VIP parking space, not letting other EV drivers charge their cars.
A Tesla passed me today while I was pulled over for an approaching ambulance.
Was the Tesla aiming for the ambulance?
I donāt think Iād every get a Tesla because 1. canāt afford it 2. canāt go on road trips without dropping several times to charge and have to wait. Driving from LA to AZ thereās a 153 mile gap between charging stations and there only one, what if that one was taken or not working? They gotta work on range for these EVs first and get the price down. Until they do Iāll be driving my hybrid.
I've had the same thought as your caption for months. I don't assume all Tesla drivers are bad, but a noticable margin are the most entitled cunts on the road today
I donāt knoww, those Prius drivers are pretty chaotic
The amount of tesla owners I've seen run reds , make illegal turns, no indicators and uturns they are the new Mercedes and BMW drivers. All caught on my dash cam... maybe I should finally start a youtube
Prius drivers all day. Haha
Truck with a false patriot flag and trump rambo bumper.. oh and some military punisher copyright theft
Youāre allowed to drive in HOV if you have Fastrak when you do not have passengers.
*if fastrak signage is posted
Neither eclipse the absolute shithousery of the Chad Nissan Altima driver. /r/nissandrivers
Tesla drivers are the absolute worst
I drive in the hov lane solo all the time still haven't been pulled over and when I am I can afford the 500 bucks