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mimitabby

(1,945 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:10 PM Monday

My brother in law wants to sell his Tesla

He had to drive the thing 50 miles to my house yesterday. The car kept deciding to change lanes when he didn’t expect it to or want it to.
So he put it in cruise mode at 70 mph and it kept slowing down. He noticed everyone was passing him… the cruise control was not keeping it on 70.
My sister said it was terrifying how it would try to go into the slower lane without realizing cars were coming up from behind.

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My brother in law wants to sell his Tesla (Original Post) mimitabby Monday OP

Wait to sell that Tesla it will end up an historical memorabilia, at best. rich7862 Monday #1

Yes mimitabby Monday #4

I always wanted an Audi A4, so I was amused at Tesla owners prying off the logo & replacing with Audi hlthe2b Monday #2

I have them all turned off, except for Adaptive Cruise Control, tech which exists in a lot of other cars. LauraInLA Monday #5

I think he bought it because of those settings mimitabby Tuesday #9

Maximum Overdrive was a terrible movie yet now it seems to be coming true! Towlie Monday #3

Every single thing I hear about those cars makes me hate them more Blue Owl Monday #6

A year or two and someone will get great footage of the CyberTruck section of junkyards... hlthe2b Monday #7

Ha blubunyip Tuesday #10

I was in one that was set to the highest level of auto-drive. nilram Monday #8

rich7862

(465 posts)

1. Wait to sell that Tesla it will end up an historical memorabilia, at best.

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:15 PM

Monday

Can’t blame you for wanting to get rid of this scourge on the government. This will be a huge loss if sold now. But I would sell it and take the loss.

mimitabby

(1,945 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to rich7862 (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:34 PM

Monday

That’s what he said

hlthe2b

(109,415 posts)

2. I always wanted an Audi A4, so I was amused at Tesla owners prying off the logo & replacing with Audi

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:24 PM

Monday

or other nameplates.

Not to make light of your BIL's situation. That's scary. I hope he can sell it, but forgive my curiosity: is it not possible to turn off all those automatic drive settings (I'm assuming no, or it was malfunctioning? ) Good luck to him on getting rid of it.

LauraInLA

(1,830 posts)

5. I have them all turned off, except for Adaptive Cruise Control, tech which exists in a lot of other cars.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:49 PM

Monday

mimitabby

(1,945 posts)

9. I think he bought it because of those settings

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:31 AM

Tuesday

And he’s absolutely appalled by elong, so he wants to dump the car, since it isn’t living up to expectations

Towlie

(5,496 posts)

3. Maximum Overdrive was a terrible movie yet now it seems to be coming true!

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:33 PM

Monday

IMDB: Maximum Overdrive

Blue Owl

(56,101 posts)

6. Every single thing I hear about those cars makes me hate them more

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:51 PM

Monday

And I'll never fully comprehend just how fucking UGLY those 'cybertrucks' are -- absolutely hideous!

hlthe2b

(109,415 posts)

7. A year or two and someone will get great footage of the CyberTruck section of junkyards...

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:46 PM

Monday

blubunyip

(134 posts)

10. Ha

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:39 AM

Tuesday

"the cybertruck section of junkyards"...

nilram

(3,168 posts)

8. I was in one that was set to the highest level of auto-drive.

Reply to mimitabby (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 11:46 PM

Monday

The owner is an engineer and watches it like a hawk, so I eventually felt okay. He mentioned a situation where it was slow to do the right thing (merging out of a lane that's ending) and that he generally had to correct or coerce it. Next day, we both saw a report where a Tesla was totaled because of that situation. I think he still uses auto-drive, though.

If it were me, and I could at all afford it (and, actually, he could), I'd recycle every part of it and melt the rest down.

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