Acrono
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I agree that most Tesla owners are generally down to earth and didn't buy one to attract attention or for bragging rights. What I meant by "Keeping up with the Joneses" is that Tesla is moving more towards a planned obsolescence model. You can't upgrade to next gen seats, you can't physically upgrade your battery (besides P90DL->P100DL), you can't upgrade RWD to AWD, you can't add an XM antenna after the fact, and you can't go from non-AP to AP1.0 to AP2.0, and can't go from a 3G to a 4G radio antenna. Hell, you can't even upgrade the backup camera. And I doubt you'll be able to upgrade the center console CPU when the next version comes out to alleviate the GUI lag. Some of the upgrades I listed should be relatively simple, yet it's not officially possible.Most of your points are indisputable, for people who like to live in a fact-based world. I know no Tesla owners who are not happy with their cars, and they range from P100D to Signature Model S. The few buyers who can afford to, and want to, upgrade to more capable versions frequently are doing a service to Tesla and the evolution of EV's. I am happy they do it, and am happy that I sometimes can too. Most such people that I know, most of us have zero interest on what other people think about our vehicle choices. Anyway, not many people know what a Tesla is, much less the arcane model changes, so there is pretty minimal bragging power here. If it is about such I suggest Lamborghini is a better choice. As for the power of Tesla I still recall "...is that the new Malibu?" from a post here. Keeping up with the Joneses isn't really a Tesla story.