Howdy,
I keep seeing videos such as these:
Watch Tesla Model 3 AWD On Snowy Incline With Stock Tires
Someone takes a video of a snapshot in time, then wants the world to believe it applies to 100% of the time.
Or, someone drives around in the city a little when it's snowy then claims the car works great in the winter.
I've received one private message echoing what I wrote about. This thread has posts from people in CO, who have concerns. A rep at the Littleton SC told me, "you're not the first one to bring this up".
The car is definitely better with my 18" setup. But I had to spend $3k to get what Tesla promised to me in their advertising. Tesla doesn't put an asterisk by their claims *you'll need different wheels and tires to achieve what we're advertising.
Tesla should come up here to the mountains, drive their cars in real world conditions. They'd see for themselves, that they're making claims that aren't true.
This all feeds into the world we've created.
Some random guy, with no picture, a cryptic username, and no verification he/she/it even owns a Tesla writes something on the Internet and people believe it. Has anyone looked on Fred's site? The comments are mostly cats who own Pintos!
Not only that, their comments feed into this bizarre system where random comments, by random people, are now what people base their decisions on.
Or, we're asked to "rate" some good, product, or service before we even open the package. The restaurant wants us to rate their meal before it's been digested. Someone drives a few feet, makes a video, and pronounces that the car is great for winter. Tesla sends me feedback email to rate the service that was just done an hour ago.
Or, we're not holding companies feet to the fire. We accept that "it's just how it is".
It's shocking, that people have mistaken the zombie culture that we live in for progress.
Yikes.
Peace and love,