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Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken
(arstechnica.com)
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The waves of Tesla buyers can approximately be summarized as
Each step has seen the brand increasingly more associated with jerkasses to the point that at this point I'm less likely to assume a BMW driver is a jerkass than a Tesla driver
What makes BMW drivers ass, actually? I'm in Japan, and I don't see that pattern.
Because of their size and association with masculinity a certain kind of insecure man in the United States will buy them to compensate for his insecurity. That same kind of man will also flex his masculinity by being rude and demeaning to people he sees as lesser, which builds an association.
BMWs aren't exactly known for being big though, they're mostly sports cars