Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

[Krugerrand]

The honest truth is I'm spoiled now and don't really get that *HIT* any more unless I'm up a Hundred K for the day...

I can say it on your behalf if you like, then you can live vicariously through my share ownership.

 

[mickificki]

Get the popcorn ready.

 

[azaz]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1287818109651431427

insert meme about Kanye and Musk embarrassing their partners by repeatedly tweeting right wing propaganda

 

[StarFoxisDown!]

All I'm saying is for a company that prides itself on continuous improvement and innovation this is one aspect of their experience I'd like to see them improve. It is so easy for the casual Tesla buyer to confuse these fit issues with all the FUD that goes around in the media and think that these "fit" issues could potentially be mechanical issues too. I have educated so many of them in the past few months and converted a few into buyers so I know this is a real issue.

Yeah I think we both agree that Tesla can and should improve quality and that it has led to some uninformed potential buyers either waiting or cancelling their purchase. I'm just saying I don't think it matters when you have no competition in town AND when you have the ability to continue to drop prices at will on the competition. This would be a different story if Tesla was still only selling high end version of their cars all above 50k where there's a much more limited pool of buyers.

I will say, and I've thought this from the beginning....but Tesla gets a very unfair amount of criticism about it's build quality and the kind of obsessives behavior of Tesla buyers kinda played into this. Absolutely no other car company deals with customers measuring panel gaps or misalignment......not even the higher end brands. Across my family and friends, I had never seen anyone paying attention to details like that when purchasing a regular car.....even when that regular car was a BMW or Lexus(and I've been on BMW and Lexus lots and have seen plenty of cars with gaps/misalignment). Some people may not agree with my opinion on that but the insistent spotlight on tesla from it's customers, the media, including things like Sandy Munroe's breakdowns(which have been great btw) and of course shorts, unfairly paints Tesla issues as Tesla specific issues when in fact they are issues every auto maker deals with.

 

[ZachF]

Get the popcorn ready.

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Don't think it's wrong though.... but the same is true of the right as well.

 

[StealthP3D]

I think it's a bit remiss from Tesla to give a car with such obvious issues to people who are going to review them. They should be going over these cars before they go out and. resolve all these stupid issues.

Tesla has too much integrity to only give perfect examples to reviewers. No one gets a cherry-picked, perfect example unless it is by the luck of the draw!

If you can't handle minor panel gaps I suppose you might be sentenced to only owning BMWs, Hondas and lowly Toyotas! /s

 

[StarFoxisDown!]

Don't think it's wrong though.... but the same is true of the right as well.

It's the fundamental issue across the entire country. Everyone's so dug into their position that there's no middle anymore. I definitely agree with Elon on that take

 

[dc_h]

What's the latest news regarding bats and/or ants?

Yo gotta be batsh#t crazy if you think Texas will slow down for ants.

 

[computerchuck]

This happened last time Gordon Johnson was on too. Maybe he's good luck.

There's the possibility that GJ had a colonoscopy done after his interview.

Edit: oh wait, then the price would be $2500. Nevermind. Continue with your day.

 

[Curt Renz]

I think 1500 is a nice number!

Perhaps because my first car was a 1500 cc?

Some funds may be preparing for TSLA inclusion in S&P 500, while they again laugh at GLJ.

 

[UkNorthampton]

There's the possibility that GJ was having a colonoscopy done this afternoon.

C:
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[UnknownSoldier]

Get the popcorn ready.

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He's right. I can't wait to see them try to cancel Elon though, he's as bulletproof as JK Rowling these days.

 

[Tes La Ferrari]

Democrats currently control the House of Representatives. That won't change.
Republicans currently control the Senate and the White House. Both might change.

The election is in November, but all of the changes will take place in January.

The acronym for "House Of Representatives" just occurred to me.

 

[ggr]

I was about to post about how the stock price had made repeated pushes to $1500, and how usually that ends up breaking through, but I'm too late.

 

[azaz]

Don't think it's wrong though.... but the same is true of the right as well.

It’s pretty inaccurate considering the amount of voters that have switched from Republican to Dem, the strong preference of swing voters to vote Dem this year as well. And by any dieological lens as recent studies have shown the Dems here would be considered moderates on the global stage where as the GOP is pretty far right.

however now that there is a progressive wing of the party (in response to decades of worsening economic inequality) many rich people like Musk feel without a home, but that doesn’t mean it’s true as a generalization, but the party leadership including the candidate is as moderate as it gets.

It’s fairly evident the middle has it self shifted to the left wether that’s on economic or racial issues.

 

[Steve m]

Okay. Well. I think they decided how much they need by doing the raise earlier this year and then cutting costs during the pandemic to continue to add to their cash.

Since they stated they want to make minimal profit etc, etc... in full context of everything else they are doing, when they stop building their bank we’ll know when they believe they have that necessary level of on hand reserve. No?

I think their raising cash going into the pandemic was brilliantly timed. I think it also indicates the amount of cash they thought they needed to do the berlin factory and survive the pandemic. But gets back too how much should they hold in reserve and how much do they think they need to best expand. If they do another cash raise I won't cry because I will think they good plans on how to expand faster.

 

[Nocturnal]

Not that I enjoy arguing politics every where I go, but it seems to be working well for the SP so keep it up fellas.

 

[CarlS]

Yo gotta be batsh#t crazy if you think Texas will slow down for ants.

Maybe, but they'll slow down for Spiders! Highway project stopped by spider will cost three times more to finish

 

[LN1_Casey]

Not that I enjoy arguing politics every where I go, but it seems to be working well for the SP so keep it up fellas.

I suppose it's a type of colonoscopy.

 

[Vad42]

TSLA is one of those stocks which needs a warning sign in front: "You must be this tall to ride this ride."

More like "You must have balls this size...."