Tesla Talk

Investing short term in a (somewhat) disruptor is fine, its like betting on red or black (ignoring the greens/0 that mean the house always wins overall). You're as likely to win as lose. Not long term though. I have invested and took profit multiple times with Tesla when the numbers made sense, but only ever ultimately based on my subjective opinion rather than driven by logic and numbers. That means any investment was a bet and not an investment. I work in finance and the idea of subjectivity rather than quant data is not a great source for confidence.

Tesla is over 20 years old now so I don't fully buy the new startup disrupter anymore. When tesla was formed I was still in secondary school and now I'm a hairy old man with a family and a mortgage and two teenagers. Tesla were a disrupter in 2008, 2012 etc and that argument carried to the model 3 launch. There are car companies younger than Tesla that have started and folded in a single model cycle for tesla.

Good point. Boards is a weird spot where people who were in their 20's in the '00s-2015 are hanging out (and less and less each year) but no real new users join here. Anyone that contributes a fair bit but has a recent join date is 99% a rejoin of an old user (like I was, I first joined in 08 I think). I wonder in 2034 will there be a boards or will some of us that are left be down memory lane on r/theboardsyears or something 😁

Yes, like the chap who used 10k bitcoin to buy a pizza. He did well, as the bitcoin were free to him, but he could have done a heck of a lot better by hodling. I had shares before the first split.

I'm considering dropping it because the reception is worse than my phone. I didnt use the car spotify account anyway. Tenner a month is nothing (but over the year it's the same as the year's motor tax cost!). I like the visualised traffic and the satellite nav but to be honest it's nowhere near worth 120 quid a year.

I'm coming the other way. I didn't start to pay for Premium Connectivity after the free month expired without me missing anything. I haven't seen a compelling reason yet why I should and Tesla seemingly cutting features makes it less likely. It's not really about the actual cost at all as I'd probably have paid a once off €99 for a year if it was offered herre but I'm always reluctant to start another open-ended subscription.

The satellite maps were nice to have but I'd turned them off anyway as I was finding the plain maps less distracting and I'm not likely to be a subscriber for many of the other streaming apps.

When I think about it, the only improvement I'd value enough to pay actual money for would be Android Auto and/or letting two phones be connected to Bluetooth at the same time like in any other car. (So I am able to answer my phone while the kids play music, etc.). But I've made my peace with the fact that that's not likely to happen - and if it ever did it probably shouldn't come under Premium anyway.

Completely pointless and laughable. I'll eat my hat if this is out and functional before 2030