One of the funniest things I've seen in my life was when this snooty guy I know bought a tesla. He's exactly the sort of person you think of when you think of a tesla owner. He was so proud and clearly only bought it for the social points. Then when Elon Musk started being attacked as some evil person by the twitter hivemind types the tesla owner basically had a nervous breakdown about owning a tesla. It wasn't about saving the environment, he just wanted people to like him and think he was a good person for owning a tesla and yet now all that money spent had the opposite effect for impressing the people he bought it to get attention from in the first place. His downward spiral after that was a gloriously hideous thing.,(reply>), Is he aware the metals for the batteries are mined in 3rd world countries like Congo and 7 year old kids work in horrid conditions for $1 a day?,(reply>), none of this new...cars have always been a status symbol.  today it's tesla.  yesterday it was ferrari, bmw, or lexus.  the more things change the more they stay the same,(reply>), If you wanna help him, and I mean genuinely help him, tell him to ditch the Tesla and import a Japanese Kei car. That's actually relatively good for the environment in the grand scheme of things, and in the US the import laws are time-based, so a slew of gems from the 90's are getting available for US purchase.<br><br>If he wants to truly be better, then that's how he becomes better.,(reply>), He selling?,(reply>), It's unfortunately indicative of a major part of what's wrong with modern "high society". Everything is all about vanity and trying to find ways for one's self to "look good", while looking down on their neighbors.<br>I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.