It's a strange concept I know. It's like people don't know how threads work. Last thing I wanna read about when I see that notification on the model 3 discussion thread is yet another off topic discussion on Porches or whatever
I mean, its not that I dont understand how forum discussions work, especially in long meandering threads like this one. The issue we have here at TMC though, is that while most people are well meaning and are just having a discussion that sometimes meanders around, there are more than a few who either have an Axe to grind, or a specific point they are trying to make on how horrible Tesla is about X and Y.
Its easy to take a large thread like this off topic just by dropping in a comment that is designed to "spur comments". Also, as long as there has been car forums, people of "the higher end model" will go to the forums of people with the "plebian lower end model" and tell them how much better their higher end model is.
5 Series BMW drivers go into 3 series forums and tell them how much better the 5 series is, E class buyers tell C class merc buyers that its not even a real merc, etc etc.
Model S / X Plaid purchasers discussing "I bought a plaid" in this thread is much the same thing. If people in this thread were interested in model S / X plaid, they would research it in those subforums.
If we didnt have people on TMC that specifically try to turn discussions "specific ways" I wouldnt care so much about the various thread meandering.
