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points by Grombobulous 1 day ago | 0 comments

I am talking about how value to collectors is irrelevant for most automakers.

Tesla’s corporate leadership would be much happier if the Cybertruck was selling 100,000 units a year and was not at all a collector’s item.

[–] iamnothere 1 day ago

That’s not relevant to what the person you were responding to was talking about. They were talking about collectors.

[–] Grombobulous 1 day ago

And I’m talking about how their discussion of collectors is no consolation to the people at Tesla who were trying to make a mass-market profitable and successful vehicle.

I don’t have to talk about exactly what my comment parent is talking about in all facets. This isn’t a courtroom cross-examination.

[–] iamnothere 1 day ago

Your comment is a non sequitur then. It reads like you’re just tacking on an irrelevant comment based on your personal feelings about the company.

[–] Grombobulous 1 day ago

If anything the original discussion of collectors was the non-sequitur. How this relates to the business of automobiles is far more relevant to the topic and article.

[–] iamnothere 1 day ago

I guess I can’t really complain. They were making an interesting point about collectors that opened up a new line of discussion, in which I learned a couple of things. But that seemingly wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t responded to your comment, so somehow your non-sequitur response to his non-sequitur seems to have been necessary to generate that discussion. So thanks?

[–] Grombobulous 17 hours ago

You’re welcome!