• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
    38·
    3 days ago

    I’m dismayed by car reviewers that cover the Tesla and make a passing comment on how they don’t support Musk.

    Like James May did a Tesla review saying, “I didn’t buy it to support Elon Musk.”

    That’s like being a T shirt reviewer, buying a T shirt from a Hitler Youth website, and then saying, “I don’t support Nazis. I bought this T shirt to support the garment workers and graphic artists who created the T shirt.”

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      RCRs did a review of a viewer’s Cybertruck. No comment on the owner or why a viewer of RCR would own one, but tried giving a neutral review. He liked the all wheel steering, but otherwise, said he never drove a car before that felt like it actively hated the driver.

      I don’t know about Jame May, but I know Jeremy Clarkson is a Man Made Climate Change denier, previously being a regular Climate Change denier. I wouldn’t be surprised if May’s only issue with Musk is the EVs and bad optics. Wait, never mind. May knows when something’s up, but doesn’t have the spine to speak up.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        but tried giving a neutral review.

        The issue isn’t giving it a neutral review. All reviews, if they aren’t shills, give neutral reviews.

        The issue is that James May bought that car with his own money. He said it’s his daily driver which is an endorsement even though he has nitpicks.

        So he literally handed money to Elon Musk and then had the audacity to say he wasn’t supporting Musk.

        Clarkson hasn’t been a climate change denier since 2019. But he still says individual change is useless.

    • Nocklusamigos@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      Also Tesla is shit I was so surprised how bad is the experience of riding it compared to Subaru Forester 2007 for example. It is like you paid money to get humiliated